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There's nothing quite like a spooky story

on a dark, bold December night.

But this episode is in collaboration with

our sister podcast, Just Chills,

where I read mostly classic, spooky and scary stories.

To check it out, click the link in the show notes, or search your favorite podcast app for Just

Chills.

Tonight, I will be reading

At Crichton Abbey

by Mary Elizabeth Braden.

So lie down, close your eyes,

and let me read you a story.

The Crichtons were very great people in that part of the country where my childhood and

youth were spent. To speak of Squire Crichton was to speak of a power in that remote western

region of England. Crichton Abbey had

belonged to the family ever since the reign of Stephen, and there was a curious old wing and a

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