logo
episode-header-image
Dec 2024
22m 54s

A Christmas Ghost Story by Anonymous (18...

Lucé Tomlin-Brenner
About this episode

Merry Christmas, Lanterns! Here's a traditional Victorian ghost story for you to enjoy today in front of a fire with the family in the grand 19th century holiday tradition. Written anonymously, it was first published in the Lincolnshire Echo on December 19th, 1895.


Be featured on a Small Frights episode! Submit all Halloween queries, advice, recommendations, or memories via telephone to the All Hallows Hotline at (802) 532-Dead! or write an EEEEKmail to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠itsalwayshalloweenpodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠


⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to It's Always Halloween on Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Order The Raven Record + Zine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Order The Lantern's Way #2⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Order The Lantern's Way #1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠IAH Spotify Playlist⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow It's Always Halloween on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the Local Lantern Society⁠

Up next
Jan 2025
Small Frights Friday: I Scream You Scream
We all scream because we're having a hard time! On this week's episode we explore grief through memorializing loved ones from ice cream rituals, to Northern Lights sightings, to poetry, to ancestral research. We keep those we've lost alive with storytelling and memory swapping. M ... Show More
35m 5s
Dec 2024
Small Frights Friday: Who Calls From the Dark?
Today we explore historic cemeteries, famous haunted houses, and creepy trick-or-treat memories. Mentioned on the episode: December BOO-k Club December Movie Brunches Be featured on a Small Frights episode! Submit all Halloween queries, advice, recommendations, or memories via te ... Show More
32m 38s
Nov 2024
Small Frights: Bring Back the Tricks!
Today we hear more stories from Lanterns' 2024 Calendar Halloween Season and meditate on the types of pranks that could actually cheer your neighbors up! Mentioned on the episode: November BOO-k Club: Ring by Koji Suzuki Night Terror Magazine: History of Haunted Attractions writt ... Show More
34m 42s
Recommended Episodes
Dec 2024
BONUS | 5 Unexplained Christmas HORROR Stories
GET MY WIFE'S ADORABLE STICKERS!!! https://ko-fi.com/ruffledragons/shop ORDER PHANTOM PHENOMENA: https://a.co/d/3hQAV7e ORDER APPALCHIAN FOLKLORE UNVEILED: https://a.co/d/iteR5xZ Get CRYPTID: The Creepy Card Battling Game https://cryptidcardgame.com/ Read our new wendigo horror n ... Show More
1h 2m
Oct 2024
S12 EP3: Sisters In The Cemetery - HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
The Sisters get real spooky in the lead up to Halloween and as you can see...they are taking their roles in the podcast VERY seriously!  From wasps, tombstones and SKY TV... the city got real SCARY today. Anna & Mandi read some of your creepiest horror stories, so light some cand ... Show More
57m 10s
Dec 2023
S4 Ep151: Episode 151: Santa Claus Horror
We start this festive podcast with ‘If you Hear Sleigh Bells,’ an original story by Kallier Devdi 6359, kindly shared directly with me to have me exclusively narrate it here for you all.  https://www.reddit.com/user/KallierDevdi6359  ‘Frost Rot’ is an original story by Isaac Cord ... Show More
1h 51m
Sep 3
181: The Real Conjuring: Ghost Hunters or Grifters? Who Were Ed & Lorraine Warren
Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Listen… I know it’s not *officially* Fall yet, okay? But we all know Fall means Halloween, and Halloween is my favorite holiday. So I wanted to get started celebrating a little early this year. I did a soft launch on my decorations. Put out a few pump ... Show More
51m 23s
Oct 2022
Halloween Special Compilation: Dinosaurs and Pumpkins- Thomas & Friends™ Storytime
Tune in for all the tricks & treats in this Halloween-themed Thomas & Friends™ compilation story for kids! Sodor seems spooky, what with missing pumpkins, eery dinosaur sightings and other Halloween hijinx. Find out what happens! For more kids' stories, subscribe to the Thomas & ... Show More
32m 9s
Jan 2023
S3 Ep109: Episode 109: The Horrors of Dark Town
‘I Didn't Park My Fiat There’ - From an original story by Erin Biff:  https://www.r-ddit.com/r/libraryofshadows/comments/68j3tl/i_didnt_park_my_fiat_there/  ‘Professionalism’ - From an original story by Provider 92:  http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/Professionalism  ‘Noises from ... Show More
2h 37m
Sep 2
309: WE ENCOUTERED ZOMBIES DURING THE WAR | 18 TERRIFYING True Scary Stories / Rain Ambience | EP 295
This episode includes narrations of true creepy encounters submitted by normal folks just like yourself. Today you'll experience horrifying stories about ghosts & war encounters HAVE A STORY TO SUBMIT? LetsReadSubmissions@gmail.com FOLLOW ME ON - ►YouTube - https://www.youtube.co ... Show More
1h 53m
Jan 2025
Season 6 Trailer - Haunted Road
If you love history, true crime and ghosts, join host Amy Bruni for a few stops on Haunted Road.  Haunted Road returns with season six Wednesday, February 5th, with new episodes dropping every Wednesday!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 
1m 45s
Dec 2024
"KRAMPUSNACHT" - Redwood Bureau Phenomenon #0025
Christmas is a time of cheer, but for centuries, something ancient and relentless has stalked its edges, feeding on the shadows of the season. In a frozen nightmare where holiday traditions are twisted into horrors, not even the Bureau was prepared for what awaited them. Hosted b ... Show More
1h 16m
Jan 2025
S5 Ep213: Episode 213: Weird and Bizarre Horror Stories
Our opening feature-length tale is ‘Cave’, by Skeletal Meulin; a story originally shared on the Creepypasta Wiki, and recorded here under the conditions of the CC-BY-SA license: https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/Cave Our second story this evening is ‘The Late-Night Creature Fea ... Show More
2h 40m