Jo Hickey-Hall is a folklorist, researcher, and social historian with a long-held interest in the relationship between supernatural experience, local landscape, and oral tradition. She was born in Jersey, UK—an island scattered with a network of ancient dolmens and rich in folklore. Partly due to her Irish heritage and the wonderful folktales of her father, she is particularly inspired by the survival of oral lore in rural communities. In 2015, she gained a Masters in History from the University of Bristol, supervised by Professor Ronald Hutton.