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, Corinthian Toms and knights of the brush and moon! Welcome to the Chaffing Crib!

This is the podcast that puts you in character as a London street urchin when a new issue of the "story papers"—the ones the beaks and charleys and fancy toffs call "Penny Dreadfuls"—hits the streets. TO-WIT ...

Sweeney Todd, the Barber of Fleet-Street
Varney, the Vampyre; or, The Feast of Blood
Black Bess; or, The Knight of the Road
Spring-Heel'd Jack, the Terror of London
The Black Band; or, The Companions of Midnight.

Plus a flash-cant lesson. 

Join us!

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A tip-top evening to all you rum doxies, prime coves, Corinthian Toms and knights of the brush and moon! Welcome to the Chaffing Crib! This is the podcast that puts you in character as a London street urchin when a new issue of the "story papers"—the ones the beaks and charleys and fancy toffs call "Penny Dreadfuls"—hits the streets. TO-WIT ... Sweeney Todd, the Barber of Fleet-Street Varney, the Vampyre; or, The Feast of Blood Black Bess; or, The Knight of the Road Spring-Heel'd Jack, the Terror of London The Black Band; or, The Companions of Midnight. Plus a flash-cant lesson. 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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