The Nightmare Before Christmas 2025
How Haunted? Podcast | Horrible Histories, Real Life Ghost Stories, and Paranormal Investigations from Some of the Most Haunted Places on EarthShow Notes
Christmas is here once again, and in this – the fourth annual Nightmare Before Christmas special I will once again read real ghost stories from listeners, and there’ll also be a number of very special polterguests dropping by to tell you of their own scary experiences, in their own words.
So, let us get this year’s Nightmare Before Christmas underway.
Thanks so much to Carl, Emma, Mikkoulf, Oivind, Janet, Anonymous and Anonymous for taking the time in send in their stories, as without you taking the time to do this there would be no Christmas special. Thank you.
Also enormous thanks goes to the polterguests who were so generous with their time in speaking to me.
Check out the Three Ravens podcast, as well as picking a copy of Eleanor and Martin's fantastic book up. Find out more at Three Ravens Podcast | English History, Myths and Folklore
Pick up a copy of Fiona Dodwell's frightening great book here in the UK, A Cursed Collection of Haunted Dolls: From Real Life to Literature and Movies : Fiona, Dodwell, Batt, Fred: Amazon.co.uk: Books or if you're in the States then the link you need is A Cursed Collection of Haunted Dolls: From Real Life to Literature and Movies: Dodwell, Fiona, Batt, Fred: 9780738780719: Amazon.com: Books
To follow Dr Steph Lay's quest to collect the ghost stories of Milton Keynes check out her blog https://cityofsecrets.blog
Enormous thanks goes to Wayne from Eerie Edinburgh for telling us a fantastic story. Head over to eerieedinburgh.com to find out all about his podcast, spooky stories, and his books.
It was great to have Lil and Fitz tell us ghost stories of their childhood, for even more be sure to listen to Knock Once for Yes Home - Knock Once For Yes
If you're not familiar with Haunted UK be sure to rectify that and check out Steve's hugely popular show Haunted UK Podcast
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