From the Crypt: Ghost Stories During Christmas - A Victorian Tradition We Need to Bring Back

From the Crypt: Ghost Stories During Christmas - A Victorian Tradition We Need to Bring Back

December 15, 2025 · 29 min

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This episode explores the Victorian tradition of telling ghost stories during the holiday season.

This episode was originally released December 19, 2023 Gathering around the fire and telling ghost stories during the holiday season was extremely in vogue during the Victorian Era. We explore how a tradition of yuletide terror came to be, and the authors behind it. Leave us a review -- it helps the show! 30 Morbid Minutes is made by Elyse Willems and Jessica Vasami, with music by Casey Edwards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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