<p>IN WHICH the single most overwrought, campy story associated with H.P. Lovecraft receives the MST3K treatment at the hands of your intrepid hosts. Sonia Haft Greene, the future wife of H.P. Lovecraft, wrote this story to poke friendly fun at her boyfriend, who was at the time going through a "high camp" phase in his artistic development (he had just finished "Herbert West, Reanimator"). You'll never hear the portentous chirp of a monstrous cricket the same way again!  #Lovecraft #talesFromTheCrypt #ghost #highCamp #spoof</p>

IN WHICH the single most overwrought, campy story associated with H.P. Lovecraft receives the MST3K treatment at the hands of your intrepid hosts. Sonia Haft Greene, the future wife of H.P. Lovecraft, wrote this story to poke friendly fun at her boyfriend, who was at the time going through a "high camp" phase in his artistic development (he had just finished "Herbert West, Reanimator"). You'll never hear the portentous chirp of a monstrous cricket the same way again! #Lovecraft #talesFromTheCrypt #ghost #highCamp #spoof

<p>IN WHICH the single most overwrought, campy story associated with H.P. Lovecraft receives the MST3K treatment at the hands of your intrepid hosts. Sonia Haft Greene, the future wife of H.P. Lovecraft, wrote this story to poke friendly fun at her boyfriend, who was at the time going through a "high camp" phase in his artistic development (he had just finished "Herbert West, Reanimator"). You'll never hear the portentous chirp of a monstrous cricket the same way again! &nbsp;#Lovecraft #talesFromTheCrypt #ghost #highCamp #spoof</p>

Four O'Clock, by Sonia Haft Greene/ H.P. Lovecraft: A GDT3K Minisode!

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. 

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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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