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# Episode 89: Victorian Christmas: A Peculiar Atmosphere of Cranky Scholarship
- URL: https://there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast.ghost.io/episode-89-victorian-christmas-a/
- Published: 2024-01-01T03:08:46.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-03T15:53:43.000Z
- Author: Carla Pettigrew
- Tags: Podcast, #Migrated-1738597973835, #Import 2025-02-03 15:53

In which Carla celebrates the Twelve Days of Christmas by connecting M. R. James to Ash’s chainsaw.

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M. R. James adaptations listed at Letterboxd: <https://boxd.it/jwlZ>

Adaptations of this story:

1956: https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-whistle-and-ill-come-to-you-1956-online only for those in the UK, or those using a VPN (BFI’s words, not mine)

1960:

2010: <https://tubitv.com/movies/571582/m-r-james-whistle-and-i-ll-come-to-you>

Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories: The Complete Stories of M. R. James, Volume 1: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780143039396

The Haunted Doll’s House and The Complete Stories of M. R. James, Volume 2: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780143039921

The Complete Stories of M. R. James, ebook <https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Ghost-Stories-M-James-ebook/dp/B07KFKKL48/>

Complete Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Scotland's National Poet - the Bard of Ayrshire https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781387972753

Rosemary Pardoe <http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~pardos/FAQ.html>

Paranormal State: My Journey Into the Unknown by Ryan Buell and Stefan Petrucha <https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780061767944>

A Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781015877269

Referenced episodes:

4: …And Things That Go Bump in the Night <https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/there-might-be-cupcakes-podcas-520320/episodes/remastered-4and-things-that-go-25992370>

32: What the Dickens (included at the end of the episode) <https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/there-might-be-cupcakes-podcas-520320/episodes/what-the-dickens-32-24259323>

67: Haunted Yule: Twelve Days <https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/there-might-be-cupcakes-podcas-520320/episodes/haunted-yule-twelve-days-67-82798501>

There Might Be Cupcakes on IMDb:

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