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The Penny Dreadful Hour: A Feast of Early-Victorian Street Literature and Stories

Finn J.D. John/ Pulp-Lit Productions

This is the podcast that carries you back to the sooty, foggy streets of early-Victorian London when a new issue of one of the "Penny Dreadful" blood-and-thunder story paper comes out! It"s like an early-Victorian variety show, FEATURING ... — Sweeney Todd ... — Varney, the Vampyre ... — Highwayman Dick Turpin ... — Spring-Heel"d Jack ... — mustache-twirling villains ... — virtuous ballet-girls ... —wicked gamblers ... ... and more! Spiced with naughty cock-and-hen-club songs, broadsheet

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00:31:31

3.11: Highwayman Dick Turpin fought the law, and the...

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2025/09/09

A "spicy" (-ish) Tuesday Twopenny Terrible minisode IN WHICH —0:01:50: HIGHWAYMAN DICK TURPIN, Ch. 20, IN WHICH —:Dick gets taken fairly roughly into custody by the officers, and the purple-faced one is especially happy to have him. If only he (the officer) could figure out how to weasel out of sharing the £1000 reward with the farmer who ratted Dick out … and also, there’s the pesky fact that he’s promised £5 to everyone at the bar to help him arrest Dick, and he’d rather not pay them

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01:11:47

3.10: The vampire's fair victim lets her guard down....

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2025/09/07

Episode 10 of Season Three! — A Sunday-evening full episode (which I goofed and set to publish a day early) IN WHICH —01:50: VARNEY THE VAMPYRE, Ch. 18:In this chapter, Flora relaxes in her new, as-yet-uncontaminated-by-a-vampire room and tries to distract herself with a novel. Then she hears a soft footstep approaching the door ...33:50: TERRIFIC REGISTER ARTICLE:We learn of three women buried by a winter's avalanche in the Alps, who were found alive when the snows melted the next spring!42:10:

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00:39:00

3.09: Colonel Mephistopholes executes his murderous...

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2025/09/05

A half-hour- long 'Hursday Horrors Minisode IN WHICH —0:02:25: THE BLACK BAND, Ch. 18 and 19, IN WHICH —:In Chapter 18, after Mrs. Montmorenci leaves, Mr. Lucas is doing some paperwork when a black-clad figure steps up behind and puts a hand on his shoulder. An Executioner of the Order! But this is no ordinary Executioner; it’s Colonel Oscar Bertrand himself! Lucas’s son-in-law, the man who stole his daughter from him! He snatches up a pistol from his desk — the room is filled with smoke and

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00:27:50

3.08: Rose Mortimer's ordeal is over ... wait, where...

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2025/09/03

A "spicy" (-ish) Tuesday Twopenny Torrid minisode IN WHICH —0:02:30: ROSE MORTIMER; or, THE BALLET-GIRL'S REVENGE, Ch. 7, IN WHICH —:Back at Mrs. Halliday’s house, Rose tries to rest and recover from the terrors of the night and repair her tattered ballet-dress in time for rehearsals. The dress is done just in time, and luckily there is a cab right outside the house. But wait — who is the man waiting with the driver? And why is the cab going so fast and reckless through the foggy

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00:58:08

3.07: Walter Sydney's secret. — The evil ghost of a...

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2025/09/01

Episode Seven of Season Three! — A Sunday-evening full episode IN WHICH —0:01:35: THE MYSTERIES OF LONDON, Ch. 18:We start to unravel some of the secrets of Walter Sydney … as the scene opens, we see him — uh, her — in her boudoir, lounging on a French bed (with a boobie out, by the way, if the original art is to be believed!) and reading a book and complaining bitterly about having to keep up the charade of masculinity. But why is she doing so? And who is the mysterious Mr. Stephens whom she

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00:29:07

3.06: A victim barely escapes Sweeney Todd's...

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2025/08/29

A half-hour- long 'Hursday Horrors Minisode IN WHICH —0:02:01: SWEENEY TODD Ch. 56, IN WHICH —:Back at the shop, Todd finds to his delight that a very likely prospect — a sailor just back from India with a pocket full of guineas — has come into his shop alone, unlike every other customer for the past few days. The sailor slipped in when Sir Richard’s men weren’t looking! Is Sir Richard’s decision to hold off arresting Todd about to cost a man his life? Will he be turned into pies? 0:14:33:

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00:28:58

3.05: Highwayman Dick Turpin is nabbed!... or is he?...

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2025/08/27

A "spicy" (-ish) Tuesday Twopenny Terrible minisode IN WHICH —0:01:22: HIGHWAYMAN DICK TURPIN, Ch. 18-19, IN WHICH —:Leaving the church, Dick strikes out on foot for London, hoping to get Black Bess back. Then he meets a farmer with a wagon load of turnips and carrots, heading for Covent-garden market. The farmer gives Dick a lift. But, has the farmer recognized him? Will he try to turn him in and collect the £1000 reward? We shall see.0:19:29: THREE SALACIOUS SALOON SONGS:"The Jolly

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00:57:03

3.04: Varney the Vampyre challenged to a duel! — The...

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2025/08/24

Episode Four of Season Three! — A Sunday-evening full episode (dropping early today!) IN WHICH —0:04:25: TERRIFIC REGISTER ARTICLE:We hear of a cat who, standing watch over his mistress's freshly-murdered body, bristled and hissed when the murder suspect entered the room!Then we hear of an English traveler saved from the Spanish Inquisition by a priest he had befriended.0:08:20: VARNEY THE VAMPYRE, Ch. 18:In this chapter, Admiral Bell and Jack Pringle arrive at the hall and meet the principal

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00:31:52

3.03: The villain raises the knife just as...

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2025/08/22

A half-hour- long 'Hursday Horrors Minisode IN WHICH —0:01:55: SPRING-HEEL'D JACK, Ch. 17, IN WHICH —:Richard Clavering tries to bluster his way out, but it’s not a good look, looming over his unconscious lady with a knife in his fist. Jack unmasks — and we learn he and Clavering know each other socially! So … did Jack overhear the part about the loaded dice? What will he do if he does? And what will happen to poor Jessie?0:16:25: TRIGGER WARNING!This is a Ha'penny Horrid 'Hursday

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00:34:50

3.02: The titled swindlers bait their trap! — Also, a...

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2025/08/19

A "spicy" (-ish) Tuesday Twopenny Terrible minisode IN WHICH —0:08:45: MYSTERIES OF LONDON, Ch. 6, IN WHICH —:Richard Markham meets Diana Arlington and is utterly smitten. Then a short, stout, vulgar-looking man enters the room. This is Augustus Talbot, and he is truly crass. He keeps trying to steer the conversation round to the subject of a corn he’s afflicted with on his little toe. Chichester and Harborough are clearly worried that Talbot might spoil their chances of making a favorable

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01:06:49

3.01: The ballet-girl shanks her would-be murderer! —...

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2025/08/18

Episode One of Season Three! — A Sunday-evening full episode IN WHICH —0:04:10: TERRIFIC REGISTER ARTICLE:We hear of a spooky coincidence (or is it?): John Dryden, the poet and playwright who became England's first Poet Laureate in 1668, was an astrology buff, and pulled the charts for his newborn son Charles. They were not good news ... but that astrology stuff is just for fun, right? —right?0:09:10: ROSE MORTIMER; or, THE BALLET-GIRL'S REVENGE:SUMMARY OF OUR STORY SO FAR: A Cliff's Notes version

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00:28:57

2.17: The sailor's revenge! — The grim story of the...

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2025/08/15

TRIGGER WARNING: This is a Ha'penny Horrid 'Hursday episode. "Horrid" as in "horror." Thursday is the day we do all the grimdark, grisly, horrifying stories. If murders, war crimes, parricides, and other awful stuff are not something you are interested in hearing about, even 200 years later — feel free to skip this episode and circle back this coming Sunday for the regular Penny Dreadful Variety Hour, when this podcast will be back to being a bright, sunny romp through

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00:26:59

2.16: Sweeney Todd murders his way out of a tight...

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2025/08/13

A "spicy" (-ish) Tuesday Twopenny Terrible Minisode IN WHICH —0:02:00: SWEENEY TODD, Ch. 55:In which: The usurer, John Mundel, begins to realize that Sweeney Todd, the humble barber he has hired to prepare him for his visit to court, is the same man who pretended to be a duke and took him for £8000 with the string of pearls! What will he do? How will Todd get out of this one? We’ll find out today (but there's a pretty strong hint in the title to this episode!)0:17:00: TWO SALACIOUS

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00:58:33

2.15: A midnight secret wedding! — Lucas Clavering's...

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2025/08/11

A Sunday-evening full episode IN WHICH —0:05:00: TERRIFIC REGISTER ARTICLE:We hear of an event in which a woman hanged for the murder of her child recovered miraculously, as if God Himself was vouching for her innocence.0:09:10: BLACK BESS (DICK TURPIN), Ch. 17:IN WHICH: Dick withdraws into the shadows to watch the beadle, Solomon Goggs, preparing the church for what looks like it’s going to be a midnight wedding. And as we’ll see, that’s exactly what’s intended. We’ll soon find out who is marrying

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00:24:35

2.14: A bride murdered at the altar! — A fake ghost,...

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2025/08/08

TRIGGER WARNING: This is a Ha'penny Horrid 'Hursday episode. "Horrid" as in "horror." Thursday is the day we do all the grimdark, grisly, horrifying stories. If murders, war crimes, parricides, and other awful stuff are not something you are interested in hearing about, even 200 years later — feel free to skip this episode and circle back this coming Sunday for the regular Penny Dreadful Variety Hour, when this podcast will be back to being a bright, sunny romp through

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00:33:39

2.13: The vampyre comes looking for a fight! Will he...

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2025/08/06

A "spicy" (-ish) Tuesday Twopenny Terrible Minisode IN WHICH —0:02:20: VARNEY THE VAMPYRE, Ch. 16:In which: The visitor in the garden does indeed turn out to be Sir Francis Varney, the vampire! He has come to the house to see the portrait that resembles him, or so he claims. But he behaves with very provoking coolness and seems like he is trying to get up a quarrel somehow, maybe with an eye toward fighting a duel with Charles Holland, whom he has literally just met. Will he succeed? And

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01:14:22

2.12: Evil Count Lerno makes his move! — The titled...

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2025/08/04

A Sunday-evening full episode IN WHICH —0:04:35: TERRIFIC REGISTER ARTICLE:We hear of a miraculous intervention to spare the life of a father condemned to die at the hands of his own son.0:06:50: ROSE MORTIMER, Ch. 5:IN WHICH: We see Rose Mortimer as a rising star in the ballet. Her great triumph is as Goddess of Morning in a Christmas show, after which Count Lerno approaches her, telling her he has a message from her father and offering to take her to him. She hesitates, distrusting him; then Jack

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00:28:40

2.11: A mother-daughter murder team. — The Hartlepool...

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2025/08/01

TRIGGER WARNING: This is a Ha'penny Horrid 'Hursday episode. "Horrid" as in "horror." Thursday is the day we do all the grimdark, grisly, horrifying stories. If murders, war crimes, parricides, and other awful stuff are not something you are interested in hearing about, even 200 years later — feel free to skip this episode and circle back this coming Sunday for the regular Penny Dreadful Variety Hour, when this podcast will be back to being a bright, sunny romp through Penny Dreadful stories!A

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00:35:16

2.10: The Highwayman sees ... a spectre? — A true...

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2025/07/30

A half-hour- long Tuesday Twopenny Terrible Minisode IN WHICH —0:02:40: BLACK BESS (Dick Turpin's adventures), Ch. 16:In which: Highwayman Dick Turpin is in a bit of a tight spot. He’s slipped away from the highway and hid in the darkness of a hedgerow, turning the stolen horse loose with a slap on the rump. But the grabs are closing in, until … wait, is that the spectre horseman again? He looks just like Dick, he’s dressed just like Dick … Who is he? Is he really a spectre? Can’t be, the cops

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01:01:07

2.09: A murderess caught in the act! — The libertine...

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2025/07/28

A Sunday-evening full episode IN WHICH —0:05:10: TERRIFIC REGISTER ARTICLE:The miracle in the burning house, that saved a young John Wesley, the later founder of Methodism.0:09:00: SPRING-HEEL'D JACK, Ch. 16:In this chapter, we cut back to the libertine who we saw badgering the poor ballet-girl two chapters ago. Now he is being upbraided by a very young woman. We learn that this girl is his old fancy-piece, whom he ruined with the kind of fair promises he’s been laying on the ballet-dancer; now

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