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4:02: The midnight burial at the crossroads. — Sweeney Todd goes to church. — Plus three Horrid Murders, two spicy songs, and one charge of bigamy! (A Ha'penny Horrid 'Hursday episode)

4:02: The midnight burial at the crossroads. — Sweeney Todd goes to church. — Plus three Horrid Murders, two spicy songs, and one charge of bigamy! (A Ha'penny Horrid 'Hursday episode)

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 A one-hour Ha'penny Horrid 'Hursday episode!PART I: "THE HORRIDS," 0:00 — 32:20:This first segment of the Thursday show contains a chapter of Sweeney Todd, along with all the more darksome and horrifying elements of the week — INCLUDING ...02:30: DICKENS' DREADFUL ALMANAC for today: We hear of the sentencing to a lenient rap of a woman who, thinking her first husband dead after he was transported to Australia and dropped contact, remarried, only to have the old bad penny come back and press charges.04:20: SWEENEY TODD, THE BARBER OF FLEET-STREET, Chapter 60: We cut to St. Dunstan’s Church on a Sunday morning, with Sweeney Todd in attendance. He chats up the beadle, who mentions the “suicide” of John Mundel; and mutters to himself that the smell isn’t really so bad, before returning to his shop. He is advertising for a “pious boy” as a barber’s apprentice … will he find one? And will the boy he finds survive the ordeal of serving as Todd’s apprentice?20:15: BROADSIDE BALLAD: The story of a landlady who murdered her wealthy tenant, and two Londoners who murdered a third in a brothel, sent to the gallows at Newgate.27:46: TERRIFIC REGISTER ARTICLE: The true-crime story of a black-widow bride's plan coming to fruition ... and to ruin.PART II: "THE TORRIDS," 32:20 — 1:08:00:This second segment of the Thursday show contains a chapter or two of Dick Turpin's adventures, along with all the more salacious, cheeky, and naughty elements of the week — INCLUDING ...33:00: BLACK BESS; or, THE KNIGHT OF THE ROAD (starring HIGHWAYMAN DICK TURPIN), Chapter 25-26: The inquest on the suicide is held, and the verdict is suicide. According to the ancient custom, that means the body will be buried at the nearest crossroads, at midnight, with a stake driven through its heart. Will the townsfolk really be barbaric enough to follow through with this revolting procedure? 55:10: A FEW DIRTY JOKES from a collection from "The Chestnut Club," circa 1870.59:10: TWO VERY NAUGHTY COCK-AND-HEN-CLUB SONGS: "The Tinder-box" and "Of All the Blowings On the Town."1:04:45: 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 FLASH TERMS USED IN THIS EPISODE:SQUIRT QUESTERS: Bartenders.CATGUT TEASERS: Fiddle players. 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. BLOWINGS: Prostitutes.PRIGS: Thieves.LAGGED: Transported to Australia.LUSHINGTON: Habitual drunk (a reference to Lushington's, a famous London brewery, and its products).IN QUOD: In jail.SWAG: Stolen goods — booty, basically.SESSIONS: The season when criminal court is in session.KEN: Home or place, the root of modern "kennel."SHERRY OFF: To run away at top speed. Adopted from the nautical term "to sheer off."FLATS: Suckers. FLY TO: Wised-up about, aware of.FAKEMENT: Plot or scheme.BUMS: Bailiffs.CRAPPING COVES: Pronounced "crêpe-ing," it means hangmen, who cause the widows of the criminals they execute to wear crêpe in mourning.THE OLD STONE JUG: Newgate Prison, or prisons in general.PADDINGTON FAIR: Execution day at Tyburn Tree gallows, which was in Paddington parish.DUNWICH, TOWN OF (spelled with no "T"): A seacoast town east of London, once very large, which eroded away and fell into the sea starting in the 13th century; only a few streets and houses remain today.DUNWITCH, BARONY OF (spelled with a "T"): A small estate in the hills West of Arkham, according to Colonial chronicler H.P. Lovecraft. Does not actually exist, but if it did, would be headed by Finn J.D. John, 18th Baron Dunwitch.
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