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A Strange Christmas Game | A Ghost Story by Charlotte Riddell | A Bitesized Audio Production

Artist John Lester and his sister Clare are rescued from poverty when they inherit the estate of Martingdale from a distant relative. They also inherit a mystery: the unexplained disappearance of a previous owner, on Christmas eve more than 40 years before... A new, original recording of a classic public domain text, read and performed by Simon Stanhope for Bitesized Audio. If you enjoy this content and would like to help me keep creating, you may like to consider supporting me on Patreon:   / bitesizedaudio   Or for occasional one-off contributions, you can Buy Me a Coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/bitesize... Charlotte Riddell (1832–1906), often credited as "Mrs. J. H. Riddell", was born Charlotte Eliza Lawson Cowan in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ireland. She moved to London in 1855 and married Joseph Hadley Riddell, a civil engineer, two years later. She apparently turned to writing to make a living after her husband lost all his money, early in their marriage. In all she wrote 56 novels and short stories, of which several had a supernatural theme. Her best remembered shorter ghost stories include 'A Strange Christmas Game' and 'The Open Door'. She was also the co-proprietor and editor of the periodicals 'Home' and 'St. James's Magazine' in the 1860s and 70s. Her husband died in 1880; there were no children from their marriage, and from 1886 she "retired in seclusion" to Upper Halliford, Middlesex, until her death in September 1906. 'A Strange Christmas Game' appeared in the January 1868 issue of 'The Broadway', a periodical published by George Routledge & Sons in London and New York. It was probably written for earlier publication at Christmas 1867, but I have not been able to verify this. Recording © Bitesized Audio 2020.