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Hello, this is Mick Sullivan.

And this is the past and the curious.

And this is the last episode of 2025.

And this episode is about misers.

We'll go into a definition of what it is to be a miser, but I'm sure you have an idea.

Or when you hear the stories, you'll recognize the characteristics of what makes someone

a miser.

This episode features two stories, like most other episodes of The Past and the Curious.

And the first one is about a man named Charles Dickens and the real-life inspiration, a man named John Ellis,

who may have been the inspiration for Scrooge.

And this episode ends with the story of Yossalay.

I hope you enjoy this episode of The Past and the Curious.

And this is the last time I will say that...

Oh, well, just did it. Okay, well, let's go. Marley was dead to begin with.

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