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Rocking horses, Hornby train sets, "penny dreadfuls", French tin soldiers, Muffin the Mule, spinning cones and Russian folk toys were crammed on to all available wall space.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2023

“The penny dreadfuls were these kind of maudlin, cheap little horror and sci-fi serials about monsters and vampires and stuff,” said Joshua.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 4, 2022

Like penny dreadfuls, true crime podcasts tend to be serialised, short, of variable quality and drop weekly or bi-weekly.

From Salon • Jan. 11, 2021

Perpetrators of crimes whose misdoings were linked to their fondness for penny dreadfuls were often referred to in the newspapers as “victims” of the books.

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2017

Tristran sat at the top of the spire of cloud and wondered why none of the heroes of the penny dreadfuls he used to read so avidly were ever hungry.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman