021. Ha'penny Horrid Minisode: A brief biography of Highwayman Dick Turpin, from an 1840 chapbook !
- Author
- Finn J.D. John/ Pulp-Lit Productions
- Published
- Wed 30 Apr 2025
- Episode Link
- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gdt3k/episodes/021--Hapenny-Horrid-Minisode-A-brief-biography-of-Highwayman-Dick-Turpin--from-an-1840-chapbook-e31vi1o
IN WHICH we learn some of the back story of the unlikely "hero" of Black Bess; or, The Knight of the Road, courtesy of a 12-page children's chapbook published by Samuel and John Keys of Devonport in or around 1840 ... almost exactly 100 years after the real Dick Turpin was hanged for his depredations!
Be sure to join us this Saturday night for the next full episode of the Penny Dreadful Story Hour!
