: ON THIS DREADFUL DAY (Oct. 11, 1852): A servant girl suffered a psychotic break, and murdered her mistress’s infant child.05:20: VARNEY THE VAMPYRE; or, THE FEAST OF BLOOD, Chapter 68-69: Marchdale sneaks back to the ruined abbey with a dagger in his hand, planning to cut Charles Holland’s throat as he lies there chained to the floor. But … Charles Holland is no longer chained to the floor. He’s waiting till 2 a.m. before taking his leave, according to his promise to Varney. What will happen when Marchdale finds him there … and free of his chains?39:45: CATCHPENNY BROADSIDE: “The Drunkard’s Catechism,” a half-joking treatise on the evils of Demon Rum.49:50: THE LIVES OF THE HIGHWAYMEN: They called him “The Gentleman Highwayman,” and when he was caught, half the women in London seemed to be in love with him. His name was James MacLaine, and he was the highway robber who robbed and accidentally almost shot Horace Walpole, the author who invented the Gothic novel.1:03:25: CHRISTABEL, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Part 2 of 2: Christabel brings her new friend, the demonic Geraldine, to meet her father, Sir Leoline, who is utterly charmed by her. Just then Christabel sees an evil gleam in Geraldine’s eye, and cries out a warning to her father; but it’s too late ….1:18:20: A FEW SQUEAKY-CLEAN DAD JOKES from the early-1800s' most popular joke book: "Joe Miller's Jests; or, The Wit's Vade-mecum."GLOSSARY OF EARLY-VICTORIAN SLANG USED IN THIS EPISODE:JACK PUDDINGS (from outro patter): Clownish fellow.HOP MERCHANTS (ibid): Dancing teachers.MASTER OF THE MINT (ibid): A gardener (who grows and tends all sorts of plants, including mint). CORINTHIAN FINN (ibid): This nickname is a reference to Corinthian Tom, the rakish hero of Pierce Egan’s Life in London; or, or The Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn Esq. and his Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom (1821) and the original Tom of “Tom and Jerry” fame. A “Corinthian” was a sporting man of rank and fashion.SHE-LION (ibid): A shilling. CHARLIES (ibid): Watchmen.TOWN TABBY (ibid): An old gentry lady.BLUE RUIN (ibid): Gin.HEEL TAPS (ibid): The liquor left in the bottom of the glass after one has taken a drink. “No heel taps” basically means “Everybody chug.”CATCH A FLAT (from broadside “The Drunkard’s Catechism”): A flat was a sucker, basically.BARREL FEVER (ibid): A hangover.SWAG (from The Lives of the Highwaymen): Stolen goods, not including money and other fungible assets.ANGLING COVE (ibid): Buyer of stolen goods; that is, a fence.SUFFERER (ibid): Has two meanings: either a tailor, or a sovereign (a gold £1 coin).JOE MILLER: A famously stone-faced Elizabethan actor who, like Leslie Nielsen, managed to be uproariously funny by acting super sober and serious. Naming a jokebook after Joe Miller was itself an inside joke.DRAGGLE-TAILS (ibid): Prostitutes who are about to age out of the profession. HEDGE CREEPERS (ibid): Low-level thieves. SWELL COVE OUT OF LUCK (ibid): A formerly wealthy rake who has fallen on hard times. 18th BARON DUNWICH (ibid): A fictional title, adopted as a nod to Edward J.M.D. Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany (Lord Dunsany) and a reference to “The Dunwich Horror” by H.P. Lovecraft. Lovecraft places Dunwitch “far, far west of Arkham (Massachusetts).” And in fact Corinthian Finn’s sky-parlour is situated about 3,200 miles nearly due west of Newburyport, so it fits!There are more! But we're out of space. For the complete glossary of flash-cant terms, plus art for various show elements, see ⁠pennydread.com/discord⁠.