The Mystery of Montmartre, a Christmas ghost story

An illustration from a 19th century edition of A Christmas Carol, in which Jacob Marley's ghost visits Scrooge.

Ghosts of Christmas Past

Ghost stories were a mainstay of holiday entertainment at the turn of the 20th century. This tale, written by William Le Queux and published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on December 23, 1900, sets a mysterious murder, a Satanic cabaret, and maybe even a revenant against the backdrop of late 19th-century Paris.

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The Mystery of Montmartre, a Christmas ghost story

Margaret K. Smith
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

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Ghost stories were a mainstay of holiday entertainment at the turn of the 20th century. This tale, written by William Le Queux and published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on December 23, 1900, sets a mysterious murder, a Satanic cabaret, and maybe even a revenant against the backdrop of late 19th-century Paris.