Episode 269: The Ghosts of Christmas

Sinisterhood

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True Crime, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.8 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

The most wonderful time of the year can also be the scariest. From centuries old winter tales to the most adapted holiday novella of all time, the holiday season has always had its fair share of frights. But why does gathering around the yule log incite within us a yearning to tingle our spines as well? This week’s episode is The Ghosts of Christmas.

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0:00.0	The most wonderful time of the year can also be the scariest. From centuries old winter tales to the most adapted holiday novella of all time,
0:08.3	the holiday season has always had its fair share of rights. But why does gathering around the yule log in sight within us a yearning to
0:15.7	tingle our spines as well? This week's episode is The Ghosts of Christmas. Probably a murderer who wants you dead.
0:34.0	It could be a ghost, a demon or worse.
0:37.0	Perhaps you're the victim of a witch's curse.
0:41.0	It's hopeless, you're doomed.
0:42.0	You'd call a priest if you could. You'd rather just listen to who sinister
0:48.9	hood. I'm gonna kill you.
0:55.0	Oh, ho, ho!
0:58.0	Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
1:00.0	oh, Bells, Nicholas, you're here.
1:02.0	Change my name on our...
1:04.0	On our recording software you can type a name in and I typed in Bell's nickel for mine today
1:11.0	because I'm feeling extra festive. It's not showing up. Oh it is. Oh that's fun I should have done that.
1:17.3	But next time. I'm next Christmas. I've been in knee-deep in Christmas movies because I've just been turning
1:25.6	to just you know ones that I either haven't seen or that we're going to talk
1:30.0	about today and I've been missing out on a few classics that I just seem to
1:35.0	apologize for having not watched The Muppet Christmas Carol any sooner than
1:39.2	today. You have never seen it? I've seen clips of it or it's been playing at movies, but I've never sat down and actually watched it and as I recently listened to a Christmas Carol the reading on I think it's an audible like audible presents but it's
1:55.4	Tim Curry which is amazing and he's the most amazing performer having read that and I
2:00.2	I don't know that I know Charles Dickens now, but I feel like he would have loved it.
2:04.8	Like I borderline started crying in the like opening song of the Muppet Christmas Carol
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