The world's spookiest spooky history podcast reaches episode 3 and that means it's time to tackle that most haunted time of the year: Christmas! Ever since Shakespeare, Christmas has been all about ghost stories, but why? We'll tell you! Let's dive into the middle of the 19th century and learn about seasonal spirits and the first Great Ghost Boom.(Featuring far fewer mentions of incest than Episode 2. But not zero.)

This episode was created and recorded by bestselling author, Grady Hendrix, Chris LaMartina of The WNUF Halloween Special , and sound engineer John Walker.