3.12: Mrs. Lovett has a big mouth when she sleepwalks! — A man murdered with gin. — The rusty nail in the drunkard's skull. (A Ha'penny Horrors Half-hour minisode)

A half-hour- long 'Hursday Horrors Minisode IN WHICH —

0:02:11: SWEENEY TODD, THE BARBER OF FLEET-STREET, Ch. 57; IN WHICH —:

• Sir Richard is continuing his exploration of Mrs. Lovett’s pie shop. Suddenly he’s startled by the appearance of Mrs. Lovett herself — in her nightgown — with a candle in her hand, but with her eyes shut tight. She’s sleepwalking! Will she wake up and notice the intruder? Will he hear the secrets that she keeps, while she’s talking in her sleep? We shall see.

0:25:15: TRIGGER WARNING!

• This is a Ha'penny Horror 'Hursday episode. Thursday is the day we do all the grimdark, grisly, horrifying stories, starting right after the chapter of the daily Dreadful! So: If murders, war crimes, parricides, and other awful stuff are not something you are interested in hearing about, even 200 years later — you should skip to the next podcast in your queue after the Dreadful finishes up. Don't worry, we'll be back this coming Sunday for the regular Penny Dreadful Variety Hour, when this podcast will be back to being a bright, sunny romp through Penny Dreadful stories!

0:19:18: AN ACCOUNT OF THE CORONER'S INQUEST held on the body of Mr. John Davidson Pow, who Met a Violent Death in London, on July 11, 1838 (an execution broadside).

• Today’s broadside tells of the indictment for Wilful Murder returned against Henry Myers, the deceased's physician. The jury also charged his wife as an accessory after the fact. Mr. Pow was murdered by plying him with so much gin that he expired from alcohol poisoning.

0:28:05: THE TERRIFIC REGISTER:

• A short account of Dr. John Donne's discovery of a rusty nail embedded in the skull of a late parishioner, who had supposedly died of natural causes after a night of heavy drinking.

Join host Finn J.D. John. for a half-hour-long spree through the darkest and loathliest stories seen on the streets of early-Victorian London! Grab a flicker of blue ruin, switch off your mirror neurons, and let's go!

GLOSSARY OF FLASH TERMS USED IN THIS EPISODE:

• HOP MERCHANTS: Dancing teachers.
• JACK-A-DANDIES: Little impertinent fellows.
• KNIGHTS OF THE BRUSH AND MOON: Drunken fellows wandering amok in meadows and ditches, trying to stagger home.
• FLATS: Innocent, not-too-smart persons who are duped by "sharps." In other words, suckers.