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Dreadful Thoughts: A Penny Dreadful Podcast

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Dreadful Thoughts is a weekly podcast dedicated to the Victorian era horror show Penny Dreadful.

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Episodes

  1. The End

    Listeners, the world has been filled with much turmoil since we last recorded. Namely of course, Penny Dreadful got abruptly canceled and is now dead like so many dicks. We're sorry for taking so long to release this episode, as our lives came crashing together and then apart. That combined with...

  2. Penny Dreadful 306 "No Beast so Fierce"

    On this episode of Penny Dreadful, we see some things that collective make us all let out the sails and sail out to sea in our "ship" ship. Our lovely Lyle comes back, only to break our hearts, Vanessa gets a new lady friend that we swoon over, and Ethan finishes dying his Edgelord hair black and...

  3. Penny Dreadful 305 "The World is Our Hell"

    Listeners, if you had started to appreciate the academic and grown up vibe that we've been getting into this season then we are sorry (not sorry) for ruining it this episode. Steph returns along with special guest Kym Stonick to spend an awful lot of time talking about cave fucking. We also…

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  4. Penny Dreadful: Season 3 Episode 4 "A Blade of Grass"

    Welcome little scorpions to our padded room, where we invite you to join us as we scratch and weave our way through Episode 4 of Penny Dreadful's third season, titled "A Blade of Grass". In this episode we take a very intimate mental journey through Vanessa's hypnotic state and find ourselves...

  5. Penny Dreadful Season 3 Episode 3 Good and Evil Braided Be

    Little scorpions we are here to bring you our discussion of Penny Dreadful's third episode this season, "Good and Evil Braided Be". In this episode we see Ethan and Hecate traveling through the desert and having deep conversations about good and evil. Malcolm and Kaetaney make up the distance...

  6. Penny Dreadful 302 "Predators Far and Near"

    Welcome little scorpions to the second episode of this season of Penny Dreadful. In this episode, titled "Predators Near and Far", we see what a Victorian dates with Ives and Dr. Sweet is like and what "getting coffee really means". Then we travel to Africa and meet up with Sir Malcolm and learn…

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  7. Penny Dreadful 301 "The Day Tennyson Died"

    The day we've all (well maybe except Lord Tennyson) been waiting for has finally arrived! Season 3 is here and boy oh boy did it come in firing on all cylinders. Ives is in Murray Manor doing her best impression of an early 2000's emo teen, Sir Malcolm is in Africa, Ethan is in chains on a train,...

  8. Penny Dreadful Final Pre-Season 3 thoughts

    It's that time again, and with less than a week before the premiere (unless you checked it out online early) we thought we'd take one more crack at predictions for Season 3. The next time we're in your ear holes, it'll be for the premiere! Your hosts are Ashleigh Shadowbrook (@ShadowbrookAsh)…

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  9. Dreadful Thoughts Plays World of Darkness Part 4

    The last episode of our World of Darkness game is here, and the penultimate episode of the off season, no less. Will Talia and Nigel catch Jack the Ripper? Will Madison ever show up again? All questions will be answered in this final episode! Also we talk about teeth a lot. Your hosts are…

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  10. Dreadful Thoughts Plays World of Darkness Part 3

    Another dark and steamy episode of World of Darkness for you in our lead up to Season 3! With Ash AWOL, Brad and Steph have to navigate Nika's game by themselves, and things get hairy. Your hosts are Ashleigh Shadowbrook (@ShadowbrookAsh), Brad Brockway (@bsquared_yo), Nika Howard (@Nika_Howard)...

  11. Dreadful Thoughts Plays World of Darkness Part 2

    Oh boy listeners. This episode is a real eye opener. We continue our Nika run game of World of Darkness, and see a side of Ash and Brad we've never seen before as our newly vampired characters hunt Jack the Ripper. Your hosts are Ashleigh Shadowbrook (@ShadowbrookAsh), Brad Brockway…

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  12. Dreadful Thoughts Plays World of Darkness Part 1

    We're closing out the off season with another role playing game, this time a World of Darkness adventure GMed by Nika! Meet Talia, Nigel and Madison: three people swept up into a world of dark creatures and darker desires. Plus Nika does a ton of accents. Your hosts are Ashleigh Shadowbrook...

  13. Dreadful Thoughts Talks Victorian Royal Gossip

    This off season episode is an homage to one of our favourite podcasts: The Dollop. Listen as Steph tells Nika, Brad, and Ash all about the hot royal gossip of the 1800s. We discuss assassinations, plaster hands, and the finer points of tying your royal dick down. Your hosts are Ashleigh…

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  14. Dreadful Thoughts Q&A

    It's here! It's finally happened! We've been talking about it since the show started but we've finally done a Q&A episode! Listen to hear your long ago asked questions finally answered! We talk show theories and predictions, secret things about the hosts, and how Ash would hunt us all for sport....

  15. The Strange Book Club of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Part 3

    And so the adventures of Mr Utterson:Boy Detective comes to an end. Join us as we discuss the last chapters of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Also, Ash and Brad's dogs were being really uppity, so sorry about that. Your hosts are Ashleigh Shadowbrook (@ShadowbrookAsh), Brad Brockway...

  16. Penny Dreadful Season 3 Trailer Talk

    Our demonic daddy Lucifer has blessed us with not one, not two, but three new trailers for Penny Dreadful's third season. Naturally we had to dissect them like Victor going at a hot corpse. We theorize what Dorian and Lily are up to, why is Ives in an asylum again, and discuss the return of...

  17. The Strange Book Club of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Part 2

    In our last episode of 2015 we read chapters 4-6 of "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and continue to get distracted by Brad's dog. We also talk Mr.Utterson: Boy Detective, and Deux Ex Mailmen. Your hosts are Ashleigh Shadowbrook (@ShadowbrookAsh), Brad Brockway (@bsquared_yo), and...

  18. The Strange Book Club of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Part 1

    It's that time again for another book club! Season 3 of Penny Dreadful is going to feature characters from "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson. So of course, we are here to read and dissect the book, starting with the first 3 chapters. Along the way we talk...

  19. Penny Dreadful Season 3 News

    After clearing the horrific questions of Yahoo Answers from our brains, Steph returned and Nika fucked off so we figured it was a good time to discuss season 3! We discuss casting, locations, character theories, and literary references. Important to note: when we recorded the episode the casting...

  20. Burning Questions and Heated Fanfic

    For this offseason episode, we decided to delve in to the depths of insanity that is fan fiction! Steph is off nomming on a Vegemite sandwich in Australia so we also decided to take the time to see if we could answer the hard hitting Penny Dreadful questions over at Yahoo Answers. Prepare your...

  21. Dreadful Thoughts Talks Victorian Fashion

    For this offseason episode, we welcome Victorian fashion expert (and Steph's sister) Leslie Kingston to the show! And kick Brad to the curb so we can talk about boobs a lot. This episode has many useful tips for ladies like when to get your boobs out in a societally acceptable way, how long to…

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  22. Interview with Penny Dreadful's Anais Chareyre

    Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts, a fan run podcast about Showtime's Penny Dreadful. This week we have a very special off season episode for you, an interview with artist Anais Chareyre. Anais has created many very important things for the show including the tarot cards, Verbis Diablo book, and...

  23. Penny Dreadful Themed "Fiasco" Part 3

    Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts, a fan-run podcast about Showtime's Penny Dreadful. This is the thrilling conclusion to our messy, bloody, sexy game of "Fiasco" by Bully Pulpit Games. Find out what happens to our reanimated creature, our sensual lovers, and our hilarious manservants. Your hosts...

  24. Penny Dreadful Themed "Fiasco" Part 2

    Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts, a fan-run podcast about Showtime's Penny Dreadful. Here is the second part of our game of Bully Pulpit's "Fiasco" which we played using a Penny Dreadful playset. This one features 100% more hilarious servants, and lady bone zones than the previous one. Your…

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  25. Penny Dreadful Themed "Fiasco" Part 1

    Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts, a podcast dedicated to Showtime's Penny Dreadful. The off season is here listeners, and we have many goodies to keep your thoughts dreadful all year round. We played a fantastic game of Bully Pulpit's "Fiasco" with a Penny Dreadful theme, and this is the first...

  26. Penny Dreadful 210 "And They Were Enemies"

    Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts, a fan-run podcast about Showtime's Penny Dreadful. And here it is listeners. The very last episode of season 2, setting us adrift once again in the Penny Dreadful-less parts of the year. But what a finale! Striking visuals, top notch writing, resolutions and...

  27. Penny Dreadful 209 "And Hell Itself is My Only Foe"

    Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts, a fan-run podcast about Showtime's Penny Dreadful. Listeners, off the top we want to apologize. First for this episode being late because Steph escaped the editing dungeon to go celebrate Canada Day. Also because we had a lot of feels about this episode and it's…

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  28. Penny Dreadful 208 "Memento Mori"

    Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts, the fan-run podcast about Showtime's "Penny Dreadful". Hot damn listeners! Who would have thought that an episode without a shred of Eva Green could still be one of our new favourites? While we gush over how much we love New Lily we manage to also discuss D&D...

  29. Penny Dreadful 207 "Little Scorpion"

    Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts, the fan-run podcast devoted to Showtime's Penny Dreadful. "Little Scorpion" may be Penny Dreadful's shortest episode yet, clocking in at only 48 minutes, but it's chock full of some meaningful stuff. We spend a lot of time unpacking Ethan and Ives' relationship,...

  30. Penny Dreadful 206 "Glorious Horrors"

    Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts, the number one fan run podcast about Showtime's Penny Dreadful. Morning after pains abound on both this week's episodes of Penny Dreadful and Dreadful Thoughts. Dorian, Angelique, Malcolm, Kali, Victor, and Lily are all feeling the various pangs of post coitus,...

  31. Penny Dreadful 205 "Above the Vaulted Sky"

    Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts the fan-run podcast all about Showtime's Penny Dreadful! This episode is the one where the group takes a trip down to bonetown. Ethan is interrogated by the good inspector, and couldn't care less. Sir Malcolm forgets his wife, and gets some of that sweet sweet...

  32. Penny Dreadful 204 "Evil Spirits in Heavenly Places"

    Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts, the fan run podcast all about Showtime's "Penny Dreadful!" Dress shopping! Leatherface Pinkertons! Gossamer tennis! Buttercream torte! Witch attacks! This episode had so many wonderful things that made us laugh, ponder, theorize, research, and generally just...

  33. Penny Dreadful 203 "The Nightcomers"

    Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts, the fan run podcast all about Showtime's "Penny Dreadful!" Here we are, only 3 episodes into the season with a full flashback episode revealing more of Vanessa Ives' mysterious past. This week we discuss "The Nightcomers" and just what exactly they're talking...

  34. Penny Dreadful 202 "Verbis Diablo"

    Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts, the fan run podcast all about Showtime's "Penny Dreadful!" "Verbis Diablo" might be one of our new favourite episodes, and even though Steph isn't here (time travel is hard), we had a lot of fun with this one. In it we discuss live dick (what is this world…

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  35. Penny Dreadful Episode 201 "Fresh Hell"

    Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts, the fan run podcast all about Showtime's "Penny Dreadful!" The time is nigh dear listeners, for season 2 has premiered and we are relevant once again! The season premiere, entitled "Fresh Hell" has brought us all the delicious daddy issues and demonic chanting…

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  36. Season 2 Ramp Up!

    Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts, the fan-run podcast about Showtime's Penny Dreadful! The time is nigh, dear listeners! Welcome to the final off season episode! Soon the show will return and we shall be relevant once again! Our party hats (and nothing else) are on and the keys to our carriages...

  37. Dracula in Modern Media

    Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts the fan-run podcast all about Showtime's Penny Dreadful! Welcome to the offseason! If you're new to the show, normally we'd be discussing the latest episode, but since the season is over we don't have a new episode to talk about. Instead we've started an…

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  38. Dracula Book Club 3

    Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts the fan-run podcast all about Showtime's Penny Dreadful! This week marks the second All-American Dreadful Thoughts. Steph is lost in a land down under-adhacent, so Ash, Nika and Brad tackle the closing chapeters of Dracula on their lonesome. Listen as they…

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  39. Dracula Book Club Part 2

    Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts the fan-run podcast all about Showtime's Penny Dreadful! Welcome to the offseason! If you're new to the show, normally we'd be discussing the latest episode, but since the season is over we don't have a new episode to talk about. Instead we've started an…

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  40. Dracula Book Club Part 1

    Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts the fan-run podcast all about Showtime's Penny Dreadful! Welcome to the offseason! If you're new to the show, normally we'd be discussing the latest episode, but since the season is over we don't have a new episode to talk about. Instead we've started an…

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  41. Dorian Gray in Modern Media

    Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts the fan-run podcast all about Showtime's Penny Dreadful! The time we've been waiting for has finally come. There have been interviews and teases; rumors and conjecture, but no real look at what is to come in season two of Penny Dreadful until this past week when...

  42. The Book Club of Dorian Gray pt 3

    Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts the fan-run podcast all about Showtime's Penny Dreadful! Welcome to the offseason! If you're new to the show, normally we'd be discussing the latest episode, but since the season is over we don't have a new episode to talk about. Instead we've started an…

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  43. Penny Dreadful Season Two Trailer Talk

    Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts the fan-run podcast all about Showtime's Penny Dreadful! The time we've been waiting for has finally come. There have been interviews and teases; rumors and conjecture, but no real look at what is to come in season two of Penny Dreadful until this past week when...

  44. Ye Olde Dreadful Story Time

    Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts the fan-run podcast all about Showtime's Penny Dreadful! Welcome to the offseason! If you're new to the show, normally we'd be discussing the latest episode, but since the season is over we don't have a new episode to talk about. Instead we've started an…

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  45. The Book Club of Dorian Gray pt 2

    Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts the fan-run podcast all about Showtime's Penny Dreadful! Welcome to the offseason! If you're new to the show, normally we'd be discussing the latest episode, but since the season is over we don't have a new episode to talk about. Instead we've started an…

    more
  46. The Book Club of Dorian Gray

    Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts the fan-run podcast all about Showtime's Penny Dreadful! Welcome to the offseason! If you're new to the show, normally we'd be discussing the latest episode, but since the season is over we don't have a new episode to talk about. Instead we've started an…

    more
  47. Frankenstein in Modern Media

    Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts the fan-run podcast all about Showtime's Penny Dreadful! Welcome to the offseason! If you're new to the show, normally we'd be discussing the latest episode, but since the season is over we don't have a new episode to talk about. Instead we've started an…

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  48. Frankenstein Book Club Part 3

    Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts the fan-run podcast all about Showtime's Penny Dreadful! Welcome to the offseason! If you're new to the show, normally we'd be discussing the latest episode, but since the season is over we don't have a new episode to talk about. Instead we've started an…

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  49. Frankenstein Book Club Part 2

    Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts the fan-run podcast all about Showtime's Penny Dreadful! Welcome to the offseason! If you're new to the show, normally we'd be discussing the latest episode, but since the season is over we don't have a new episode to talk about. In light of that, this week marks...

  50. Frankenstein Book Club Part 1

    Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts the fan-run podcast all about Showtime's Penny Dreadful! Welcome to the offseason! If you're new to the show, normally we'd be discussing the latest episode, but since the season is over we don't have a new episode to talk about. In light of that, this week marks...

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