Horror for the Holidays 2024

American Hauntings Podcast

Cody Beck and Troy Taylor

True Crime, Religion & Spirituality, Tv & Film, Spirituality, Film Reviews, History

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Special Christmas Eve Episode of the Podcast!

In centuries past, our ancestors had a much different idea of the holiday season than we do today. In those days, the winter nights were long and dark. It was a time of snow, cold, and ice and days and weeks huddled around the fire waiting for warmer weather to return. Oil lamps, candles, and fireplaces were the only sources of light to keep back the encroaching shadows.

It was the perfect time for ghosts.

In the Victorian era, Winter was considered the spookiest time of year, beginning with Halloween and ending with the spring thaw. All the greatest fictional ghost stories of the time were set in the gloomy winter months and during the holidays, like Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” for instance.

So, if you’ve ever wondered why the singer mentions “Scary Ghost Stories” in the song, THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR, well, now you know….

So, here’s a ghost story for you to listen to while you’re going over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house this week.

Happy Holidays from Troy and Cody from American Hauntings!

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0:00.0	Happy holidays from American Haunites. My name is Troy Taylor, and I'm one of the hosts of the podcast,
0:07.7	and my co-host, Cody Beck and I want to wish all of you a safe and happy season. We'll be back in
0:13.9	the new year with a new season, but I wanted to end 2024 with this special holiday episode.
0:21.6	In centuries past, our ancestors had a much different idea of the holiday season than we do today.
0:28.6	In those days, the winter nights were long and dark. It was a time of snow and cold and ice,
0:34.6	and days and weeks huddled around the fire, waiting for warmer weather to return.
0:40.8	Oil lamps, candles, and fireplaces were the only sources of light to keep back the encroaching shadows.
0:48.1	It was the perfect time for ghosts.
0:52.2	In the Victorian era, winter was considered the spookiest time of the year, beginning with Halloween and ending with the spring thaw.
1:00.0	All the greatest fictional ghost stories of the time were set in the gloomy winter months, and during the holidays, like Charles Dickens, a Christmas Carol, for instance.
1:10.0	So if you've ever wondered why the singer mentions scary ghost stories in that song,
1:16.0	the most wonderful time of the year, well, now you know.
1:20.1	So here's a ghost story for you to listen to while you're going over the river
1:23.2	and through the woods to Grandmother's House this week.
1:26.6	But if you're staying home or will be in the Alton, Southwest Illinois, and St. Louis region,
1:32.3	and this is my shameless plug.
1:34.7	And you're looking for something unusual to do over the holidays with family and friends.
1:39.2	Come see us at the American Oddities Museum in Alton, Illinois.
1:42.7	We'll be open both weekends after Christmas and New Year's,
1:46.4	Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, 12 to 5,
1:48.3	or come on Thursday and hang out with me on December 26th and January 2nd.
1:54.9	All right, here, enough of that.
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