Join host Corinthian Finn, a.k.a. Finn J.D. John 18th Baron Dunwitch,* for a one-hour-long spree through the scandal-sheets and story papers of old London!

PART I: “The HALF-CROWN CAMPIES” segment: 0:00 — 35:00:

• 01:05: VARNEY THE VAMPYRE; or, THE FEAST OF BLOOD, Chapter 27: Henry, the admiral and Mr. Marchdale present the three letters to Flora, anticipating she will be offended and angry with Charles for treating her so. Instead, they are surprised when she cries, “Where did you get these disgraceful forgeries? What has happened to Charles? Has someone waylaid him and murdered him?” … It’s a pretty good question, isn’t it?
• 24:05: STREET BROADSIDE : A “catchpenny” broadside telling the story of the experiences of a man of the cloth who awakened in his coffin just before burial, with what you might call a “hellacious” story of his out-of-body adventures while dead.
• 30:55: TERRIFIC REGISTER ARTICLE: Tells of the almost miraculous rescue of a starving sailor stranded on his disabled ship.

PART II: "THE SIXPENNY SPOOKIES," 35:30 — 1:14:00:

• 35:50: EARLY VICTORIAN GHOSTLY SHORT STORY, TO-WIT: Carmilla by J.S. Le Fanu, Part 9 of 9: An extraordinary-looking gnome-like man now makes an appearance. This is BARON VORDENBURG, who has committed his life to research of vampires in general and Countess Mircalla in particular. He traces a map in the chapel with the general, and they end up identifying a spot in the wall, where a tablet is uncovered with “Mircalla Countess Karnstein” carved upon it. The general is delighted, and says the Inquisition will be held the following morning. … It is done. Laura’s life is thereby saved. So … why does it feel so much like a bereavement to her?
• 57:25: A SHORT GHOST STORY from the scrapbook of Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax: An account by Mrs. Alured Brooke of her experience when, staying in Wrotham House near Maidstone in Kent, she was visited three times by a ghostly man in a grey suit who sucked all the heat from the room.
• 1:10:25: A FEW SQUEAKY-CLEAN DAD JOKES from the early-1800s' most popular joke book: "Joe Miller's Jests; or, The Wit's Vade-mecum."

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* The Barony of Dunwitch is located in a deep forest glade west of Arkham (where, as H.P. Lovecraft put it, “the hills rise wild, and there are valleys with deep woods that no axe has ever cut; there are dark narrow glens where the trees slope fantastically, and where thin brooklets trickle without ever having caught the glint of sunlight.”) Actually it is a good 3,000 miles west of Arkham. It is not to be confused with Dunwich, the English seacoast town that fell house by house into the sea centuries ago, or Dunsany, the home until 1957 of legendary fantasy author Edward J.M.D. Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany.

GLOSSARY OF FLASH TERMS USED IN THIS EPISODE:

• ACADEMICIANS: Bordello ladies.

• AUTEM DIVERS: Pickpockets who work the crowd at religious gatherings. Also used to refer to churchwardens and overseers of the parish poorhouse.

• KNIGHTS OF THE BRUSH AND MOON: Drunken fellows wandering amok in meadows and ditches, trying to stagger home.

• CORINTHIAN: A fancy toff or titled swell. Used here as a reference to Corinthian Tom, the quintessential Regency rake depicted in Pierce Egan's "Life in London" (usually referred to as "Tom and Jerry").

• CHAFFING-CRIB: A room where drinking and bantering are going on.

• YARD OF OLD TOM: Large serving of top-shelf gin.

• FLICKER OF KILL-DEVIL: Glass of coarse, cheap gin or other spirit served raw and unaged, fresh from the still.

• YELPERS: People who lament piteously over trifles.

• CAKES: Silly fellows — cakes being made like them, of soft dough not over-well baked.

There are more! But we’re out of space here. A full glossary of all the flash-cant terms used in this episode is at ⁠https://pennydread.com/discord⁠ in the "#season-4-episodes" thread.