<p>IN WHICH we are introduced to Finn J.D. John, and to "Varney, the Vampyre; or, The Feast of Blood: A Romance," the first Penny Dreadful serial-gothic-horror story to receive the GDT3K treatment. Please, pour yourself a generous goblet of well-aged Amontillado and join us!</p>

IN WHICH we are introduced to Finn J.D. John, and to "Varney, the Vampyre; or, The Feast of Blood: A Romance," the first Penny Dreadful serial-gothic-horror story to receive the GDT3K treatment. Please, pour yourself a generous goblet of well-aged Amontillado and join us!

Introducing GDT3K, and our first "Penny Dreadful": Varney, the Vampyre; or, The Feast of Blood!

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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Introducing GDT3K, and our first "Penny Dreadful": Varney, the Vampyre; or, The Feast of Blood!

Introducing GDT3K, and our first "Penny Dreadful": Varney, the Vampyre; or, The Feast of Blood!

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