spree

Pick anything below and it plays in the bar at the foot of the window — and keeps playing while you go on browsing the directory.

1. 1▶148: Sweeney Todd’s attempt to kill Mrs. Lovett backfires! — A husband-killing wife, a wife-murdering husband, and a husband-and-wife murder team. (A “Ha’penny Horrors” episode))The Penny Dreadful Hour; or, A Feast of Early-Victorian Street Literature and Stories (no AI)54:53Notes
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2. 2▶147: Someone tries to MURDER the VAMPYRE ... but the moon is full tonight! — A Highwayman’s APPRENTICESHIP program. — The BODY-SNATCHERS. (A "Graanum-gold Gothics" theme episode)The Penny Dreadful Hour; or, A Feast of Early-Victorian Street Literature and Stories (no AI)1:31:27Notes
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3. 3▶146: Alone in CASTLE DRACULA with three thirsty VAMPIRE-MAIDENS! — The body-snatcher’s grisly trade. — Death was poor Lenore’s bridegroom! (The “Sixpenny Spookies.”)The Penny Dreadful Hour; or, A Feast of Early-Victorian Street Literature and Stories (no AI)1:25:23Notes
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4. 4▶145: Highwayman TOM KING is in a tight spot! Can Dick Turpin save him? — Sundry street poetry, naughty songs, and dirty jokes fit for a Regency rake! (The “Twopenny Torrids & Ninepenny Naughties”)The Penny Dreadful Hour; or, A Feast of Early-Victorian Street Literature and Stories (no AI)59:34Notes
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5. 5▶144. The “Reverend” hides his MURDERED WIFE in someone else’s coffin! — The murdering mitten-knitters' virtue rewarded! — The notorious 1849 Liverpool Lodger murders. (The “Ha’penny Horrors.”)The Penny Dreadful Hour; or, A Feast of Early-Victorian Street Literature and Stories (no AI)1:22:02Notes
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6. 6▶143. Breakfast with VARNEY THE VAMPYRE goes about as well as you might expect. — A baronet caught SHOPLIFTING? — Introducing Old Mobb, the cross-dressing highwayman-poet! (The “Graanum Gothics”)The Penny Dreadful Hour; or, A Feast of Early-Victorian Street Literature and Stories (no AI)1:16:01Notes
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7. 7▶142: The three VAMPIRE-MAIDENS: Was it really a dream? — The ghost of Chesney Wold. — A dead man who came back … from Hell! — Lord Byron’s “The Giaour.” (The “Sixpenny Spookies.”)The Penny Dreadful Hour; or, A Feast of Early-Victorian Street Literature and Stories (no AI)1:34:51Notes
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8. 8▶141: Rev. Mr. Lupin turns out a wolf in sheep’s clothes! — The murderer who had to be hanged twice. — When price gouging triggered riots. (The “Ha’penny Horrors.”)The Penny Dreadful Hour; or, A Feast of Early-Victorian Street Literature and Stories (no AI)59:58Notes
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9. 9▶140: A prisoner in Castle Dracula! — The restless spirit of a murdered boy. — A wrestling match with the dead, in a tomb! (The “Sixpenny Spookies.”)The Penny Dreadful Hour; or, A Feast of Early-Victorian Street Literature and Stories (no AI)1:10:48Notes
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10. 10▶139: Highwayman Dick Turpin’s miraculous escape from the soldiers! — “Making Love by Moonlight.” — Introducing our hostess, MISS LITTLETON (The “Twopenny Torrids + Ninepenny Naughties”)The Penny Dreadful Hour; or, A Feast of Early-Victorian Street Literature and Stories (no AI)55:10Notes
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