The Sad Truth About The Real-Life Ebenezer Scrooge

Even though Charlies Dickens created a huge rogue’s gallery of colorful and complex characters, Ebenezer Scrooge is still the most popular. After all, it’s Scrooge's story that gets told multiple times every holiday season, and even if you think Christmas gets to be a bit much, you still probably have your favorite version of A Christmas Carol.

While Scrooge is undeniably a statement about the worst parts of society, a lot of people believe there is a single inspiration for the fictional miser. From the politician that may have been the real-life Scrooge to the hoax about the name’s origin, let’s take a look at the sad truth about the real-life Ebenezer Scrooge.

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The stingiest man in town | 0:00
Extreme penny pinching | 1:26
Politics of parsimony | 2:29
Shocking generosity | 3:31
The Gloucester miser | 4:28
A Dickensian hoax | 5:36
Surplus population | 6:40
Getting warmed up | 8:04
What's in a name? | 9:16
Variations on the theme | 10:39

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