<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Penny dreadfuls were cheap popular serial literature produced during the nineteenth century in the United Kingdom . The pejorative term is roughly interchangeable with penny horrible, penny awful, and penny blood . The term typically referred to a story published in weekly parts, each costing one penny . The subject matter of these stories was typically sensational, focusing on the exploits of detectives, criminals, or supernatural entities . While the term "penny dreadful" was originally used in reference to a specific type of literature circulating in mid-Victorian Britain, it came to encompass a variety of publications that featured cheap sensational fiction, such as story papers and booklet "libraries". The penny dreadfuls were printed on cheap wood pulp paper and were aimed at young working class men . </P> <P> Crime broadsides were commonly sold at public executions in the United Kingdom in the 18th and 19th centuries . These were often produced by printers who specialised in them . They were typically illustrated by a crude picture of the crime, a portrait of the criminal, or a generic woodcut of a hanging taking place . There would be a written account of the crime and of the trial and often the criminal's confession of guilt . A doggerel verse warning others to not follow the executed person's example, to avoid their fate, was another common feature . </P>

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