<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 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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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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