How Autism Can Affect The Paranormal Experience with Jessica Penot
Ghost Bunny
Bridget Marquardt
4.8 • 709 Ratings
🗓️ 10 March 2026
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
On this week's episode, Bridget speaks with Jessica Penot as she shares her lifelong fascination with ghost stories and the paranormal, stemming from her childhood experiences in a haunted family home. She discusses her family's ghost stories, her experiences with ghost hunting, and her journey as a writer of ghost stories and horror novels. The conversation delves into specific haunted locations, particularly in Chattanooga and Alabama, and explores the rich folklore surrounding these places. Jessica also reflects on the psychological aspects of belief in the paranormal and the impact of her autism on her experiences and storytelling.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the Ghost Bunny podcast. I'm your host, Bridget Marker, with a brand new episode for you. |
| 0:23.4 | My guest today is Jessica Pinot. Jessica Pinot, LPC, is a licensed professional counselor based in Madison, Alabama, specializing in trauma and autism spectrum disorder. |
| 0:34.0 | She is the founder and director of Tree of Life behavioral health and has written and |
| 0:38.6 | spoken widely about autism for platforms such as the art of autism and psychology today. |
| 0:44.3 | Diagnosed with autism in her 40s, Pino has devoted much of her work to understanding the |
| 0:49.4 | unique challenges and often overlooked traumas experienced by autistic women. She is the author of The Unmasking Workbook for Autistic Adults. |
| 0:58.3 | Outside her clinical world, Pino's lifelong hyperfixation on ghost stories, horror, |
| 1:03.3 | and all things that go bump in the night has pulled her into an entirely different realm with storytelling. |
| 1:09.3 | Her passion for the paranormal letter to write three |
| 1:11.7 | books for the history press, haunted North Alabama, haunted Chattanooga, and spooky Chattanooga. |
| 1:17.7 | She has traveled the globe exploring haunted sites and collecting firsthand accounts from those |
| 1:22.8 | who have encountered the unexplained. Pino is also the author of 10 novels and works of fiction, |
| 1:28.8 | including the bestselling novel of The Accidental Witch, |
| 1:31.5 | centered on extraordinary women and girls, |
| 1:33.9 | characters born different, |
| 1:35.5 | navigating worlds that demand they find strength, |
| 1:38.1 | identity, and even magic in their otherness. |
| 1:41.7 | Her work blends psychological insight, |
| 1:44.1 | supernatural curiosity, and a deep empathy for those who live at the edges of the ordinary. I'm so excited to talk to her today. Jessica, thank you so much for doing the show today. Oh, thank you for having me. Yes. So I was telling you before we started the show, I recently had Amy Petula on. |
| 2:02.9 | She was talking about Chattanooga Ghost Stories. |
| 2:05.0 | And when I was doing my research on her, I saw that you guys had co-written the book. |
| 2:08.8 | So then I was like, and then I saw your little bio. |
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