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Dec 2023
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860. Charles Dickens' Christmas Ghost St...

Luke Thompson
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Listen to me telling this classic Christmas ghost story - "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. I have read this story on the podcast before (in episode 320) but it's a good one so let's do it again, shall we?

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