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Misers

The Past and The Curious by The Past and The Curious History Podcast for Kids

Dec 29, 202530:44Kids & family

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...

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Misers is an episode from The Past and The Curious by The Past and The Curious History Podcast for Kids. Two misers for the price of one! Charles Dickens created the world-famous character Ebenezer Scrooge in the 1840s, but he may have been...

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Published Dec 29, 2025, 30:44 long, audio available.

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