{"id":17022,"date":"2026-07-07T14:33:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\/?post_type=events&#038;p=17022"},"modified":"2026-07-07T14:36:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:36:00","slug":"edwyrdian-tales-ghost-stories-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\/en\/events\/edwyrdian-tales-ghost-stories-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Edwyrdian Tales &#8211; Ghost Stories for Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<div class=\"wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" single-featured-image\">\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Castle-lit-up-with-orange-sky-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header-tagline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t<section id=\"\" class=\"block text-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Join Edwyrdian Tales at <strong>Caerphilly Castle<\/strong> for an evening of haunting ghost stories set during Christmastide.<\/p>\n<p>A one-man performance, directed and haunted by Matthew Wood.<\/p>\n<p>This year our night of festive spirits features terrors from classic authors of the age\u2026 H.R. 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