You may know <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens%20">Charles Dickens</a> used ghosts in A Christmas Carol - but did you know his work also included many other weird and quasi-paranormal elements? We discuss this lesser known aspect of the famous English author with <a href="Dr.%20Liz%20Savage.">Dr. Liz Savage.</a><a href="https://www.oldstyletales.com/single-post/2014/11/20/7-best-ghost-stories-by-charles-dickens-not-including-a-christmas-carol">Seven Ghost Stories by Dickens that aren't A Christmas Carol.</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_human_combustion%20">Spontaneous Human Combustion (Wikipedia)</a><a href="https://skepticalinquirer.org/newsletter/a-fiery-death-murder-or-spontaneous-combustion/%20">A fiery death: Murder or SHC?</a><a href="https://skepticalinquirer.org/1987/07/incredible-cremations-investigating-spontaneous-combustion-deaths/%20">Investigating SHC</a>Read more Dickens for free:<a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/37">Dickens on Project Gutenberg (free read)</a>﻿This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at <a href="https://cms.megaphone.fm/organizations/49030b9e-6e7b-11ec-9fbd-ff69d6d10229/podcasts/9fecdaca-fad6-11eb-9ffa-a3e68bab84c8/episodes/ab62632c-3f5c-11ed-a1c5-7b1425b745c5/betterhelp.com/monstertalk">betterhelp.com/monstertalk</a> and get on your way to being your best self. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

268 - The Most Haunted City in America

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