# A Christmas Carol Deep Dive: The Last of the Spirits

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Podcast: [Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/scrooge-a-christmas-carol-podcast-7096743)
Published: 2025-08-06T10:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3153

## Resource

In this episode of A Christmas Carol Deep Dive, Collin breaks down the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come portion of the story. Learn about 'Change, Victorian burial traditions, offal, and much more. Sources used in this episode and additional reading: https://www.britannica.com/story/where-does-the-concept-of-a-grim-reaper-come-from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchange_Alley https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=grim https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=Old+Scratch https://experimentaltheology.blogspot.com/2012/09/old-scratch.html https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/rag-and-bone-man https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2017/08/regulating-the-rag-and-bone-man/ https://victorianmonsters.wordpress.com/victorian-funerary-practices/ https://wellcomecollection.org/stories/why-we-no-longer-keep-our-dead-at-home

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