Charles Dickens didn't invent the Christmas ghost story — he was continuing a tradition that stretched back centuries. These true tales of holiday hauntings show why the longest nights of winter were once considered the most dangerous.

IN THIS EPISODE: Before Halloween claimed the spooky spotlight, Christmas Eve was once the traditional time for telling ghost stories - a centuries-old custom that gave us Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" and brought families together around crackling fires to share spine-tingling tales on long winter nights. Tonight I continue my efforts to bring back this tradition with some ghost stories and hauntings that took place during the Yuletide season… and every single ghost story is absolutely true.

SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
Photo of the Berthelot ghost: https://weirddarkness.com/TrueChristmasGhostStories
“A Christmas Carol” narrated by Darren Marlar: https://weirddarkness.com/?s=%22A+Christmas+Carol%22
More holiday horror stories from Weird Darkness: https://weirddarkness.com/?s=%23holidayhorrors
Most stories were gathered from the book, “30 Real Christmas Ghost Stories” by MJ Wayland: https://amzn.to/41QrPBj
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Originally aired: December 25, 2024

SOURCES PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/RealParanormalChristmas


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