Join host Corinthian Finn, a.k.a. Finn J.D. John 18th Baron Dunwitch,* for a one-hour-long spree through the scandal-sheets and story papers of old London!

This is our hour-long Ha'penny Horrid 'Hursday episode, the second of our two weekly shows.

PART I: "THE HA’PENNY HORRIDS”: (Horrid, as in “horror”!)

• 01:00: DICKENS' DREADFUL ALMANAC for today: An account of a 21-year-old man who stole jewels worth north of half a million modern pounds Sterling … and nearly got away with it!
• 04:03: SWEENEY TODD, THE BARBER OF FLEET-STREET, Chapter 66-67: Johanna and Arabella get ready to implement their plan. The decide she’ll go over and ask for the job in the morning. … Meanwhile, Todd is musing about the strange fact that his customers always come by twos. He jumps up. “Yes,” he says, “the game is up. I am watched. Off and away.” And then he starts packing up his plunder, preparatory to hopping the twig, leaving Fleet-street in a great blaze behind him … then someone enters the shop. It’s a customer! Todd darts behind him — and bolts the shop door.
• 29:10: BROADSIDE: The Trials and Sentences of Prisoners at the Old Bailey in 1852 … including a lad who was put in the pillory for perjury after his testimony sent an innocent man to the gallows.
• 32:31: THE ‘REST OF THE STORY’ ABOUT THE MURDERING BURKERS: Trust me, it’s way more horrible than we realized when we read that Execution Broadside, two weeks ago!

PART II: "THE TWOPENNY TORRIDS”:

This second segment of the Thursday show contains a chapter or two of Dick Turpin's adventures, along with all the more salacious, cheeky, and naughty elements of the week — INCLUDING ...

• 44:08: BLACK BESS; or, THE KNIGHT OF THE ROAD (starring HIGHWAYMAN DICK TURPIN), Chapter 34-35: Dick and Tom stop at the Samson and Lion and ask the ostler to look after their horses. He is very surly and insolent until they pay him some money, at which point he snaps into line. Dick does a little bragging about Black Bess, which he quickly realizes was a big mistake as it is no part of their plan to reveal who they are … how big a mistake it was, our lads will soon be finding out!
• 1:08:15: SOME STREET POETRY from a broadside ballad: “The Archer-boy,” “Nan o’ the Valley,” “The Unkind Shepherdess,” and “I Love Thee Night and Day Love.”
• 1:12:55: A VERY NAUGHTY COCK-AND-HEN-CLUB SONG: "THE WAGER; or, THE HOLY OLD MAID.” In which, we learn that Aunt Sally isn’t nearly so spinsterish as her neighbours think …
• 1:17:20: A FEW SALTY AND SPICY JOKES from a somewhat edgy 1800s joke book: "The Joke-Cracker."

*The Barony of Dunwitch is located in a wood west of Arkham (where, as H.P. Lovecraft put it, “the hills rise wild, and there are valleys with deep woods that no axe has ever cut; there are dark narrow glens where the trees slope fantastically, and where thin brooklets trickle without ever having caught the glint of sunlight.”) Actually it is a good 3,000 miles west of Arkham. It is not to be confused with Dunwich, the English seacoast town that fell house by house into the sea centuries ago, or Dunsany, the home until 1957 of legendary fantasy author Edward J.M.D. Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany.

GLOSSARY OF FLASH TERMS USED IN THIS EPISODE:

• • CAPER MERCHANTS: Dancing teachers.
• • BITS O’ MUSLIN: Pretty girls.
• • KNIGHTS OF THE BRUSH AND MOON: Drunken fellows wandering amok in meadows and ditches, trying to stagger home.
• • CORINTHIAN: A fancy toff or titled swell. Used here as a reference to Corinthian Tom, the quintessential Regency rake depicted in Pierce Egan's "Life in London" (usually referred to as "Tom and Jerry").
• • CHAFFING-CRIB: A room where drinking and bantering are going on.

• • FLATS: Suckers.
• • FLY TO: Wised-up about, aware of.
• • FAKEMENT: Plot or scheme.

There are more! But we’re out of space here. A full glossary of all the flash-cant terms used in this episode is at ⁠https://pennydread.com/discord⁠ in the "#season-4-episodes" thread.

Join host Corinthian Finn, a.k.a. Finn J.D. John 18th Baron Dunwitch,* for a one-hour-long spree through the scandal-sheets and story papers of old London!

• 03:20: VARNEY THE VAMPYRE; or, THE FEAST OF BLOOD, Chapter 26: Henry, the admiral and Mr. Marchdale present the three letters to Flora, anticipating she will be offended and angry with Charles for treating her so. Instead, they are surprised when she cries, “Where did you get these disgraceful forgeries? What has happened to Charles? Has someone waylaid him and murdered him?” … It’s a pretty good question, isn’t it?
• 23:20: BROADSIDE BALLAD: A tale of four teen-age girls seized and carried away by His Satanic Majesty for visiting a fortune-teller’s shop. All maidens, beware! This could happen to YOU! An image of this broadside is in this episode’s notes at pennydread.com/discord
• 28:00: TERRIFIC REGISTER ARTICLE: A German anatomy professor saves the life of a specimen who, after being hanged for desertion, woke up in the dissecting-room.

PART II: "THE SIXPENNY SPOOKIES," 34:49—1:18:00:

This second segment of the show brings you Victorian ghost stories, spooky street literature, and sundry other tidbits — INCLUDING ...

• 35:12: EARLY VICTORIAN GHOSTLY SHORT STORY, TO-WIT: Carmilla by J.S. Le Fanu, Part 8 of 9: An extraordinary-looking gnome-like man now makes an appearance. This is BARON VORDENBURG, who has committed his life to research of vampires in general and Countess Mircalla in particular. He traces a map in the chapel with the general, and they end up identifying a spot in the wall, where a tablet is uncovered with “Mircalla Countess Karnstein” carved upon it. The general is delighted, and says the Inquisition will be held the following morning. … It is done. Laura’s life is thereby saved. So … why does it feel so much like a bereavement?
• 56:27: A SHORT GHOST STORY from the scrapbook of Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax: The ghosts of Castle Glamis, in Angus, Scotland, according to the Earl of Strathmore and family. A photo of Glamis Castle is in this episode’s notes at pennydread.com/discord
• 1:14:30: A FEW SQUEAKY-CLEAN DAD JOKES from the early-1800s' most popular joke book: "Joe Miller's Jests; or, The Wit's Vade-mecum."

* The Barony of Dunwitch is located in a deep forest glade west of Arkham (where, as H.P. Lovecraft put it, “the hills rise wild, and there are valleys with deep woods that no axe has ever cut; there are dark narrow glens where the trees slope fantastically, and where thin brooklets trickle without ever having caught the glint of sunlight.”) Actually it is a good 3,000 miles west of Arkham. It is not to be confused with Dunwich, the English seacoast town that fell house by house into the sea centuries ago, or Dunsany, the home until 1957 of legendary fantasy author Edward J.M.D. Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany.

GLOSSARY OF FLASH TERMS USED IN THIS EPISODE:

• WOOD PECKER: Joker, punster, and/or word-player.

• SMASHING COVES: Housebreakers.

• KNIGHTS OF THE BRUSH AND MOON: Drunken fellows wandering amok in meadows and ditches, trying to stagger home.

• CORINTHIAN: A fancy toff or titled swell. Used here as a reference to Corinthian Tom, the quintessential Regency rake depicted in Pierce Egan's "Life in London" (usually referred to as "Tom and Jerry").

• CHAFFING-CRIB: A room where drinking and bantering are going on.

• BRUSHER: Large, full glass.

• LIGHT BLUE JACKY: Gin. You could also call it just-plain “light blue,” or just-plain “jacky,” and be perfectly understood.

• TOWN TODDLERS: Marks or flats — naïve lads easily taken in by sharpers.

• LAMBSKIN COVES: Judges.

• VADE MECUM: Latin for "hand book."

There are more! But we’re out of space here. A full glossary of all the flash-cant terms used in this episode is at ⁠https://pennydread.com/discord⁠ in the "#season-4-episodes" thread.

Join host Corinthian Finn, a.k.a. Finn J.D. John 18th Baron Dunwitch,* for a one-hour-long spree through the scandal-sheets and story papers of old London!

This is a one-hour Ha'penny Horrid 'Hursday episode! In two parts, to-wit:

PART I: "THE HA’PENNY HORRIDS," 0:00 — 38:00:

This first segment of the Thursday show contains a chapter of Sweeney Todd, along with the more darksome, loathly, and horrifying tidbits of the week: Tales of horrid murders, public executions, disasters, brutal crimes, and similar rays of sunshine — INCLUDING ...

• 01:05: DICKENS' DREADFUL ALMANAC for today: A tragic accident along the railway.
• 02:40: SWEENEY TODD, THE BARBER OF FLEET-STREET, Chapter 64-65: Watson puts the bite on Todd for a little monthly help. Todd is going along with it, obviously working to get Watson to lower his guard so that he can kill his way out of the blackmail situation, when Watson says, “That boy used to say some odd things of you, Mr. Todd. … Have you, by any chance, heard anything more of him?” Then, in chapter 65: Sweeney Todd invites Peter Watson into his parlour for a glass of brandy and the full satisfaction of the blackmail touch. After a couple good tumblers-full, Todd goes behind Watson’s chair to get some biscuits. Sweeney Todd seems like a bad fellow to turn one’s back on … doesn’t he?
• 34:30: TERRIFIC REGISTER ARTICLE: The would-be murderer slipped into the rich guest’s room, knife in one hand and dark lantern in the other, to find … someone had already done him in!

PART II: "THE TWOPENNY TORRIDS," 38:20 — 1:13:30:

This second segment of the Thursday show contains a chapter or two of Dick Turpin's adventures, along with all the more salacious, cheeky, and naughty elements of the week — INCLUDING ...

• 38:48: HIGHWAYMAN DICK TURPIN in BLACK BESS; or, THE KNIGHT OF THE ROAD, Chapter 32-33: Ostler Alf’s Cunning Plan turns out to be to climb into the hayloft and come upon the officers from inside the house, knowing they’ll be watching at the door. As they are preparing their attack, the two highwaymen can hear the officers singing a merry song inside, obviously well on their way to a jolly evening involving lots of good things to drink. Moving during the choruses of the songs when all the officers are singing along, the highwaymen slip up and pounce….
• 1:01:00: THREE VERY NAUGHTY COCK-AND-HEN-CLUB SONGS: "The Little Black (furry) Thing,” “The Mouse-trap,” and “With Mike Hunt I Have Travel’d All Over the Town.”
• 1:10:50: A FEW SALTY AND SPICY JOKES from an 1804 joke book titled "The Joke-cracker."

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* The Barony of Dunwitch is located in a wood west of Arkham (where, as H.P. Lovecraft put it, “the hills rise wild, and there are valleys with deep woods that no axe has ever cut; there are dark narrow glens where the trees slope fantastically, and where thin brooklets trickle without ever having caught the glint of sunlight.”) Actually it is a good 3,000 miles west of Arkham. It is not to be confused with Dunwich, the English seacoast town that fell house by house into the sea centuries ago, or Dunsany, the home until 1957 of legendary fantasy author Edward J.M.D. Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany.

GLOSSARY OF FLASH TERMS USED IN THIS EPISODE:

• BEAU TRAPS: Well-dressed swindlers, fortune hunters.
• ARCH DOXIES: Underworld ladies of high rank.

• KNIGHTS OF THE BRUSH AND MOON: Drunken fellows wandering amok in meadows and ditches, trying to stagger home.
• CORINTHIAN: A fancy toff or titled swell. Used here as a reference to Corinthian Tom, the quintessential Regency rake depicted in Pierce Egan's "Life in London" (usually referred to as "Tom and Jerry").
• CHAFFING-CRIB: A room where drinking and bantering are going on.

A full glossary of the flash-cant terms used in this episode is at ⁠https://pennydread.com/discord⁠ in the "#season-4-episodes" thread.