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Misers

Podcast: The Past and The Curious: A History Podcast for Kids and Families
Published: Dec 29, 2025
Duration seconds: 1844
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Two misers for the price of one! Charles Dickens created the world-famous character Ebenezer Scrooge in the 1840s, but he may have been inspired by a real-life miser named John Elwes. Another famous miser is buried in a Jewish cemetery in Krakow, Poland. However, it turns out that Yossele the Holy Miser wasn't as miserly as everyone believed him to be during his life.