IN WHICH we learn some of the back story of the unlikely "hero" of Black Bess; or, The Knight of the Road, courtesy of a 12-page children's chapbook published by Samuel and John Keys of Devonport in or around 1840 ... almost exactly 100 years after the real Dick Turpin was hanged for his depredations!Be sure to join us this Saturday night for the next full episode of the Penny Dreadful Story Hour!

IN WHICH we learn some of the back story of the unlikely "hero" of Black Bess; or, The Knight of the Road, courtesy of a 12-page children's chapbook published by Samuel and John Keys of Devonport in or around 1840 ... almost exactly 100 years after the real Dick Turpin was hanged for his depredations! Be sure to join us this Saturday night for the next full episode of the Penny Dreadful Story Hour!

021. Ha'penny Horrid Minisode: A brief biography of Highwayman Dick Turpin, from an 1840 chapbook !

A tip-top evening to all you rum doxies, prime coves and knights of the brush and moon! Welcome to the Chaffing Crib!

This is the podcast that carries you back to the sooty, foggy streets of early-Victorian London when a new issue of the "story papers"—the ones the fancy toffs call "Penny Dreadfuls"—comes out. 

TO-WIT ...

Sweeney Todd, the Barber of Fleet-Street
Varney, the Vampyre; or, The Feast of Blood
Highwayman Dick Turpin in Black Bess
Spring-Heel'd Jack
The Black Band; or, The Companions of Midnight
The Mysteries of London
Rose Mortimer; or, The Ballet-girl's Revenge!

Join us!

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A tip-top evening to all you rum doxies, prime coves and knights of the brush and moon! Welcome to the Chaffing Crib! This is the podcast that carries you back to the sooty, foggy streets of early-Victorian London when a new issue of the "story papers"—the ones the fancy toffs call "Penny Dreadfuls"—comes out. TO-WIT ... Sweeney Todd, the Barber of Fleet-Street Varney, the Vampyre; or, The Feast of Blood Highwayman Dick Turpin in Black Bess Spring-Heel'd Jack The Black Band; or, The Companions of Midnight The Mysteries of London Rose Mortimer; or, The Ballet-girl's Revenge! Join us!

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021. Ha'penny Horrid Minisode: A brief biography of Highwayman Dick Turpin, from an 1840 chapbook !

021. Ha'penny Horrid Minisode: A brief biography of Highwayman Dick Turpin, from an 1840 chapbook !

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