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The Conspirators Podcast

Ep. 91 - The Christmas Conspirators

The Conspirators Podcast

The Conspirators Podcast

History, Society & Culture

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2018

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In this special Christmas episode, I present eight short holiday themed tales. Listen as I tell you the strange story of an astronaut's UFO encounter, the tragic tale of a Christmas card that was never sent, of bizarre Christmas traditions from around the world, and many more.  Notes: http://mentalfloss.com/article/54184/8-legendary-monsters-christmas https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/12/frightening-holiday-hauntings-tied-to-christmas/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/iceland-elves https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/jfk-christmas-card-was-never-sent-180948006/ Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ All other music from this episode by Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Go to BeachBody.com to claim your free membership and start feeling great. Of all the time-honored Christmas traditions, there's one in particular that seems to have been lost to history.

1:14.0

The ghost story.

1:16.0

It seems strange now to consider, but all the way up to the early 20th century,

1:21.0

telling ghost stories around a crackling fireplace was a very popular thing to do on Christmas Eve.

1:28.0

Stories in Christmas are two things that used to go together like peanut butter and jelly.

1:32.0

The holiday that we think of as Christmas actually has its roots in the pagan winter solstice celebration known as Yule.

1:40.0

This was a time when many believed the veil between living and the dead was especially thin.

1:46.0

And the spirits would sometimes show up to visit their loved ones.

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