Haunted Houses 3: Christmas Ghosts
From Super Scary Haunted Homeschool by Grady Hendrix
April 21, 2026 · 52 min · Season 2 · Episode 3
About this episode
The episode explores the haunted history of Christmas and its connection to ghost stories.
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, C...
People in this episode
Host: Grady Hendrix
Topics covered
- haunted houses
- Christmas ghosts
- spooky history
- seasonal spirits
- Great Ghost Boom
Keywords
- haunted houses
- Christmas
- ghost stories
- spooky history
- 19th century
- Great Ghost Boom
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Christmas, Shakespeare
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