Episode 21: Jerry Bundler and Christmas Ghost Stories

It's five days to Christmas, so gather round the fireplace, children! Crow's dug through the Victorian archives and dug out the weird Christmas tradition that gave us Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol: Christmas Ghost Stories. Possibly dating back to when Christmas was still known as The Winter Solstice, families and friends used to gather round the fire and tell ghostly tales to ward the darkness away and celebrate the rebirth of the sun. This was then adopted into Victorian Christmas traditions and, soon, writers started spending their autumns perfecting ghost stories to sell around Christmas time. In this week's episode, Crow tells us one such story just in time for the holidays. So grab your hot cocoa, eggnog, mulled wine, or what have you, and sit your butts down for a tragic, phantasmic tale! Intro music: Beeckmans: Hymne for Theremin, Oboe, String Quartet and Piano (2018) - The Alba Septet (Listen to the whole thing on Youtube, you'll thank us later). Outro music: Magic Hour by Three Chain Links Social Media Accounts: Instagram: crowandfernsguide TikTok: crow_and_ferns_guide Twitter: @Crow_and_fern Email: [email protected] References:  https://www.history.com/news/christmas-tradition-ghost-stories https://carnegiemnh.org/history-of-holiday-ghost-stories/ https://onanunderwood5.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-best-robert-e-howard-christmas.html