{"id":2367,"date":"2021-11-08T17:38:45","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T17:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.horrifiedmagazine.co.uk\/?page_id=2367"},"modified":"2023-09-26T08:34:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T08:34:31","slug":"a-ghost-story-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.horrifiedmagazine.co.uk\/a-ghost-story-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Warnings to the Curious: A Ghost Story for Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2367\" class=\"elementor elementor-2367\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-tp-sc-link=\"https:\/\/www.horrifiedmagazine.co.uk\/a-ghost-story-for-christmas\/essays\/\" data-tp-sc-link-external=\"\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-782293a elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed 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