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Long before Halloween claimed the spooky spotlight, Christmas Eve was the traditional time for telling ghost stories - a tradition I'm reviving tonight with true tales of yuletide hauntings.<br /><br />Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. <a href="https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate</a><br />Info on the next LIVE SCREAM event. <a href="https://weirddarkness.com/LiveScream" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://weirddarkness.com/LiveScream</a><br />Info on the next WEIRDO WATCH PARTY event. <a href="https://weirddarkness.com/TV" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://weirddarkness.com/TV</a><br /><br />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.<br /><br />SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…<br />Photo of the Berthelot ghost: <a href="https://weirddarkness.com/TrueChristmasGhostStories" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://weirddarkness.com/TrueChristmasGhostStories</a><br />“A Christmas Carol” narrated by Darren Marlar: <a href="https://weirddarkness.com/?s=%22A+Christmas+Carol%22" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://weirddarkness.com/?s=%22A+Christmas+Carol%22</a><br />More holiday horror stories from Weird Darkness: <a href="https://weirddarkness.com/?s=%23holidayhorrors" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://weirddarkness.com/?s=%23holidayhorrors</a><br />Most stories were gathered from the book, “30 Real Christmas Ghost Stories” by MJ Wayland: <a href="https://amzn.to/41QrPBj" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://amzn.to/41QrPBj</a><br />Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. = = = = =<br />(<i>Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.</i>)<br />= = = = =<br />"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46<br />= = = = =<br />WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2024, Weird Darkness.<br />= = = = =<br />Originally aired: December 25, 2024<br /><br />SOURCES PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/TrueChristmasGhostStories<br /><br />
