The Penny Dreadful Hour; or, A Feast of Early-Victorian Street Literature and Stories (no AI)

153. Sweeney Todd is nabbed at last! — Bigamy or Murder? The “heiress whisperer” makes his choice! — The murderess who had been Prince Edward’s wet nurse. (The “Ha’penny Horrors.”)

152. Varney the Vampire contemplates his prisoner: To kill him, or set him free? — The lovely vampire Clarimonde proves allergic to holy water! — The Lives of the Highwaymen. (The “Graanum Gothics.)

151. The vampire-courtesan leaves the grave to claim her lover! — A strange ghostly schooner approaches England’s shores. — Two haunted abbeys. (The “Sixpenny Spookies.”)

150. OOPS! ALL VAMPIRES! Dracula en route to Carfax! — The vampire-courtesan Clarimonde fixes her eye on a young novitiate! — Moonlight revives the murdered vampire!

149. Highwayman Tom King plots his escape from the prison! — The Smuggler’s Bride! — Introducing MISS BROWN, our Ninepenny Naughties hostess! (The “Twopenny Torrids”)

148: Sweeney Todd’s attempt to kill Mrs. Lovett backfires! — A husband-killing wife, a wife-murdering husband, and a husband-and-wife murder team. (A “Ha’penny Horrors” episode))

14: Someone tries to MURDER the VAMPYRE ... but the moon is full tonight! — A Highwayman’s APPRENTICESHIP program. — The BODY-SNATCHERS. (A "Graanum-gold Gothics" theme episode)

Ep. 13: Alone in CASTLE DRACULA with three thirsty VAMPIRE-MAIDENS! — The body-snatcher’s grisly trade. — Death was poor Lenore’s bridegroom! (The “Sixpenny Spookies.”)

Ep. 12: Highwayman TOM KING is in a tight spot! Can Dick Turpin save him? — Sundry street poetry, naughty songs, and dirty jokes fit for a Regency rake! (The “Twopenny Torrids & Ninepenny Naughties”)

11. The “Reverend” hides his murdered wife in someone else’s coffin! — The murdering mitten-knitters get their virtue rewarded! — The notorious 1849 Liverpool Lodger murders. (The “Ha’penny Horrors.”)

10. Breakfast with Varney the Vampyre goes about as well as you might expect. — A baronet caught SHOPLIFTING? — Introducing Old Mobb, the cross-dressing highwayman-poet! (The “Graanum Gothics”)

09: The three vampire-maidens: Was it really a dream? — The ghost of Chesney Wold. — A dead man who came back … from Hell! — Lord Byron’s “The Giaour.” (The “Sixpenny Spookies.”)

8. Rev. Mr. Lupin turns out a wolf in sheep’s clothes! — The murderer who had to be hanged twice. — When price gouging triggered riots. (The “Ha’penny Horrors.”)

7. A prisoner in Castle Dracula! — The restless spirit of a murdered boy. — A wrestling match with the dead, in a tomb! (The “Sixpenny Spookies.”)

Ep. 6: Highwayman Dick Turpin’s miraculous escape from the soldiers! — “Making Love by Moonlight.” — Introducing our hostess, MISS LITTLETON (The “Twopenny Torrids + Ninepenny Naughties”)

Sir Francis Varney has a strange visitor. — The Life and Times of a Legendary Highwayman. — The Death of an Unrecognised Son. (Episode 5; theme: The “Graanum Gothics.)

6.04: Sweeney Todd gloats over his latest murder — but is Mrs. Lovett really dead? — The trial and execution of two horrid double-murderers. (Episode theme: The “Ha’penny Horrids”)

6.03: Mr. Harker arrives at Castle Dracula. — The ghosts of two lovers — and Dick Turpin? — He dreamed they were digging his grave! (Theme: “Sixpenny Spookies.”)

Wreckers caught luring a vessel to its doom! — Meet our Hostess, Miss Read of 66 Queen Anne-street. — Two songs and poems about “frisky milkmaids.” (The “Twopenny Torrids and Ninepenny Naughties”)