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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.

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    © The Past and The Curious History Podcast for KidsLength 30 min29 December 2025HistoryEducationalUSAEpisodic

    Ep. 1 The Past and The Curious: An Introduction

    Ep. 1 The Past and The Curious: An Introduction

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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.


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