Welcome back to Something Strange! It’s episode number 30 today, and we’ll be discussing the history of telling ghost stories at Christmas time! Charles Dickens, anyone?

**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

Brief discussions of ancient rituals/human sacrifice

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References:

- History: How Ghost Stories Became a Christmas Tradition in Victorian England - https://www.history.com/articles/christmas-tradition-ghost-stories

- Nerdist: A Ghost Story for Christmas- Britain’s Scary Tradition - https://nerdist.com/article/ghost-story-for-christmas-m-r-james-mark-gatiss/ 

- The Carterhaugh School of Folklore and the Fantastic: 10 Spooky Ghost Stories for Christmas Time - https://carterhaughschool.com/10-spooky-ghost-stories-for-christmastime/

- Wikipedia: A Christmas Carol - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol

- Charles Dickens Museum: A Christmas Carol Synopsis - https://dickensmuseum.com/blogs/explore/a-christmas-carol-synopsis?srsltid=AfmBOop3tgxi8Ixl7Jbx-yT_FP_TrDn9cgjEmBlveLFTnoX75JC3mz5T

- Smithsonian Magazine: A Plea to Resurrect the Christmas Tradition of Telling Ghost Stories - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/plea-resurrect-christmas-tradition-telling-ghoststories-180967553/ 

- Britannica: Yule - https://www.britannica.com/topic/Yule-festival 

- Interfaith America: Waiting for the Sun a Pagan Celebration of Yule - https://www.interfaithamerica.org/article/pagan-celebration-of-yule/