Fleet Street Fright Night (Penny Dreadfuls and Tales of Terror)

Fleet Steet is synonymous with the print industry - newspapers, comics, magazine, periodical and the infamous penny dreadfuls. Join horror writer and accredited tour guide, David Turnbull, on an autumn evening hunt for monsters in fiction, fact and folkore and their links to various Fleet Street publications. Explore the monsters imagined in novels, penny dreadfuls and creepy comic strips, as well as the press sensationalisation of real life monsters. Hear how these inspired theatrical, cinematic and radio adaptations. Along the way prepare to encounter vampires, werewolves, demon barbers and serial killers, as well as a few ghostly hauntings. As the nights draw in and the sun gives way to the moon this is walk for all fans of the horror genre, gothic literature and the history of popular culture .