IN WHICH —

0:04:15: ARTICLE from the TERRIFIC REGISTER, Page 14:

• The prince of Saxony, we are told, asked a student of magic to raise the spirit of his rich deceased uncle so he could ask him where he hid his treasure. It did not go quite as the prince had hoped ...

0:14:00: THE BLACK BAND, Ch. 15:

• We see Lolota Vizzini, the Star of the Ballet, relaxing at her Arlington Street house, being sad because Lord Lionel (who, you remember, became an accessory to his brother's murder to inherit his estate) didn’t come to the opera that night. She has clearly developed a bad case for him. Then Lord Lionel races up to her house in a cabriolet! He has a proposal for her … come run away with me to some foreign land and we will pose as husband and wife! Will she say yes to this scandalous proposal? But soft: whose step is that outside the chamber door? Is that Colonel Mephistopholes?

0:34:30: ROSE MORTIMER; or, THE BALLET-GIRL'S REVENGE, Ch. 4 :

• In this chapter, we see Count Lerno in his drawing-room preparing for a fancy party. He’s steaming open packs of playing-cards and marking them. Then we cut to the party. We meet a man named Captain Roper, who seems to be working with Count Lerno; and a baronet named Sir Harold King, who just inherited a fortune, and he seems to be the mark. But he’s not as dumb as he seems, and he’s looking hard at Captain Roper … does he suspect him? Will he catch on to the swindle? What will happen if he does?

PLUS —

• Learn the meaning of "owlers," "out-and-outers," "rattling gloaks," "dub the jigger," "on the cross," and a few other words of highway-robber slang, and ...
• A thieves' song (so we are told) about the "New Dancing Academy," the treadmill installed at Brixton Prison in 1818.

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IN WHICH —

0:06:50: SWEENEY TODD, Ch. 53:

• In this chapter, Johanna grows maudlin and overwrought and starts wallowing in self-pity, and is nearly unbearable, even for her best friend Arabella. Arabella suggests they go for a walk; Johanna insists that it be in Fleet-street, and that they walk back and forth past Sweeney Todd’s shop door the whole time. Will he notice? What will happen?

0:26:50: ARTICLE from the TERRIFIC REGISTER, Page 10:

• In this short article from an 1825 true-crime journal, we have a ghost story — a legend of a haunted castle, the ghost of which appears to the Marquis of Londonderry one night.

0:41:00: BLACK BESS (starring Highwayman Dick Turpin), Ch. 15:

• In this chapter, A large party of policemen bursts into the room. They go straight to Turpin and seize him, they’re obviously mostly interested in him. A wild scuffle ensues, in the course of which Turpin manages to get to the door and, seeing the front door guarded by four cops, dashes up the stairs to the bedrooms. Will he be able to get away onto the rooftops? Or will he be trapped upstairs in this house like a rat? We’ll find out!

PLUS —

• Learn the meaning of "up the spout," "anglers," "pinks of fashion," "clankers," "heavy wet," "ack pirate," "iron doublets," "laced women," "a flicker or two," "greenbags," "shop lobbers," and a few other words of highway-robber slang, plus a quick mention of a few bits of the rhyming-slang lingo that replaced Flash after it became too well known to be useful for the underworld characters who used it professionally ....

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0:05:30: MYSTERIES OF LONDON, Ch. 3:

• In this chapter, we see this interesting youth having determined on a desperate attempt to flee the house when when one of the ruffians spots him, as you’ll recall from the last chapter. The youth knows he must flee for his life; but, can he? What will be his fate? Also, is he really a boy, or a woman in boy's clothes? If the latter, why?

0:17:00: ARTICLE from the TERRIFIC REGISTER, Page 9:

• In this short article from an 1825 true-crime journal, we are told of a pious man, much loved in his church, but who lives a secret life as a predator, luring poor girls into his house with promises of jobs and then imprisoning them as prostitutes; and how the "pious" man was unmasked an brought to justice.

0:23:00: VARNEY THE VAMPYRE, Ch. 15:

• In this chapter, two new characters enter our story by checking into the Nelson’s Arms in the nearby town of Uxotter. These are Admiral Bell, a retired Navy officer of about 70; and Jack Pringle, a seaman of the classic “Jack Tar” type. Admiral Bell is Charles Holland’s uncle; and he has been summoned by a letter warning him that his beloved nephew was about to enter into a relationship with a highly objectionable girl from a family a member of which is a vampire, and marrying into a vampire family would be a real disaster for everyone. The letter urges Admiral Bell to come to Uxotter, collect his wandering nephew, and save him from the dreadful fate of becoming a blood donor to his own brood of blood-drinkers …. So, will it work? Haha, we shall see!

PLUS —

• Learn the meaning of "leg bail," "ladybirds," "lumber coves," "victualling-office," "resurrection-man," "jemmy," "oaks and roses," "a nipperkin," and a few other words of highway-robber slang!

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