A dark and stormy night. Wind howling inthe trees. The creaky door of an old house…The tropes of the classic ghost taledid not spring up overnight, fully formed; they grew over time, from theRomantic literature of the 18th century to the early 20th century, the ‘heyday’ of horror fiction.The Tales from the Penny Bloods Podcast began as aseries of audio dramas inspired by stories from Victorian Penny Fiction (thinkPenny Dreadfuls), keepsake volumes, and journals like Household Words. Thiscollection brings together the ghostlier of such stories: loves lost and crimesunpunished, haunted carriages, and of course, haunted houses. From GothicRomanticism to Edwardian horror, these tales illustrate the evolution of themodern ghost story over the ‘long century’.The companion volume to this storyanthology includes the original scripts for these audio plays. [The Tales from the Penny Bloods Podcast can beheard, performed by a talented group of actors and brought to life with musicand special effects, on Spotify, Apple Music, and other platforms. Non-profittheatres can request the rights to perform the scripts at no cost, andfor-profit theatres can present them for a nominal fee.]
