
Victorian Christmas: A Strange Christmas Game: 105
From There Might Be Cupcakes Podcast by Carla Pettigrew
December 22, 2025 · 15 min
About this episode
Carla celebrates the Victorian Christmas season by discussing a horror author from that era.
In which Carla celebrates the season by once again celebrating a Victorian horror author, as the Victorians would wish us to do in this season of darkness and cheer. Sources and References: Books by Charlotte Riddell available from Project Gutenberg Books by Mrs. J. H. Riddell available from archive.org Theme song and stinger: “She Comes Through the Fog” by Haunted Me, used with permission. How to Support Cupcakes: Subscribe to ad-free episodes and the newsletter at theremightbecupcakes.com (hosted by ghost.io), Shop at Bookshop for physical books and ebooks, also supporting Judy Blume’s Books & Books, https://bookshop.org/shop/theremightbecupcakes Shop at libro.fm for audiobooks , also supporting Judy Blume’s Books & Books Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast--4761852/support .
People in this episode
Host: Carla Pettigrew
Topics covered
- Victorian literature
- Christmas traditions
- horror authors
- seasonal celebrations
- darkness and cheer
Keywords
- Victorian Christmas
- horror author
- Charlotte Riddell
- Mrs. J. H. Riddell
- seasonal darkness
- cheer
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Project Gutenberg, archive.org, Haunted Me, Bookshop, libro.fm, Judy Blume’s Books & Books, Spreaker
Books & works: Charlotte Riddell, Mrs. J. H. Riddell
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