{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 9 - A Strange Christmas Game","description":"Some people say Christmas is over-commercialised, but for us, it never loses its sheen, so for our ninth episode, released at midnight on 25th December 2018, we have embraced the tradition of the Christmas ghost story.&amp;nbsp;The story we've chosen is A Strange Christmas Game by Charlotte Riddell, which was first published in The Broadway Annual at the close of 1867.&amp;nbsp;It's set at Christmas, was published around Christmas and is steeped in Victorian atmosphere, so fits the bill perfectly. As for Riddell, she was a prolific Irish author, who had written her first full-length novel by the age of 15. Now sadly, she has faded into relative obscurity, but as&amp;nbsp;A Strange Christmas Game&amp;nbsp;shows, she was a prodigious talent, and we hope you will consider seeking out more of her work. Narration of the episode is by C.J. Carter-Stephenson and music by Kevin MacLeod as per usual.&amp;nbsp;Now without further ado, it's time to turn down the lights and journey back to an iPhoneless age... ","author_name":"Back of the Bookshelf","author_url":"http:\/\/www.carter-stephenson.co.uk\/botb.html","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/7932515\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/29194496"}