Mandrake Pan (@MandrakePan) header
Mandrake Pan (@MandrakePan) profile picture

AUTHOR, ARCANOLOGIST, MAN-ABOUT-TOWN. *No Unsolicited DMs If You Please*

The City of London
Joined September 2021
Photo by Mandrake Pan (@MandrakePan)Photo by Mandrake Pan (@MandrakePan)Photo by Mandrake Pan (@MandrakePan)Photo by Mandrake Pan (@MandrakePan)Photo by Mandrake Pan (@MandrakePan)Photo by Mandrake Pan (@MandrakePan)Photo by Mandrake Pan (@MandrakePan)Photo by Mandrake Pan (@MandrakePan)Photo by Mandrake Pan (@MandrakePan)Photo by Mandrake Pan (@MandrakePan)
'I’ve seen some pretty hideous things in my time: 'The Case o’ the Hideous Thing' springs to mind. But this was something altogether more frightening...' 'The Case of the Fiendish Nudger' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️OUT NOW!👇 amazon.com/dp/B09MC4PL3L #MandrakePan
45
William Gimble - His Hat's a Thimble - was just ONE of many extraordinary sights to behold at a Turnpenny Exhibition! Read MORE about it for FREE on #Substack! Bill Poster, Whitechapel, London - 1871👇 open.substack.com/pub/mandra… #Humor #Subscribe #Poster #Humour
1
76
Ah - another melancholy work from that great Belgian poet Albert Du Neef. Feel his sorrow! Out NOW & FREE to read on #Substack. #Subscribe for FREE for MORE nonsense! Albert DuNeef’s Melancholy Cry: 'Beyond The Gloomy Skies of Home' 👇 open.substack.com/pub/mandra… #Poem #Poetry
1
1
3
858
Jasper Eely, The Big-Headed Kid! Wucks the Mindless Depravity! It has to be a Colson T Turnpenny Exhibition! Available to read for FREE. #Subscribe for FREE too on #Substack!👇 Bill Poster, Whitechapel, London - 1864. open.substack.com/pub/mandra… #Read #Humour #Humor #Exhibit
1
1
109
Good gravy! What's the world coming to? It's a wonder these saucy novels saw the light of day!😳But they did! 'Naughty Novels of the Late 19th Century!' FREE to read on #Substack! Oh, and DO #subscribe. It's FREE too!👇 open.substack.com/pub/mandra… #Naughty #Novel #Saucy #Humour
1
1
133
For those brave enough to become one of my FREE #subscribers... Here's something you can read for #FREE in the Weird World of Mandrake Pan on #Substack! Adventure! Derring-Do! OUT NOW👇 Gordon Grapeshot in 'The Hunt for the Ruby Scimitar' open.substack.com/pub/mandra… #Weird #Humor
1
1
89
Some say the Bewitched Toenails of Saint Finbar the Doubter are the worst! But, for my money, Blandford's Demonic Moustache takes the biscuit - & most of one's nasal hairs too! 'Demonic Moustache at Large in Putney'👇 open.substack.com/pub/mandra… Free to read on #Substack! #Humor
1
1
1
66
For those lovely people who subscribe to my #substack - even for FREE - here's an unusual list from 1899 to fizz up your Friday! Top Ten Magazines with the Highest Circulation, 1899👇 open.substack.com/pub/mandra… #Humour #Humor #List #Surreal
1
3
391
Quite the story of the day - as reported in The London Magnifier - June 7th, 1893! The sad fate of Tobias Melko - The Diminutive Lion Tamer - FREE to read on #Substack!👇 open.substack.com/pub/mandra… #News #Humor #Substack #Read
3
88
Friends! You can not only find many of my scribblings for FREE on #Substack, but my website is full of curious content too! Find articles, galleries, cartoons & MORE! Take a gander today! mandrakepan.com #humour #books #read #humor
1
72
In his efforts to understand the workings of the human mind, Dr Alexander McCabe certainly designed a lot of frightening contraptions! Contraptions Designed by the Alienist Dr. Alexander McCabe for Alleviating Mental Impurity👇 open.substack.com/pub/mandra… #Humour #Humor #Health
1
1
75
The Unusual Exhibitions of Colson T. Turnpenny really were extraordinary sights! And this bill poster from 1848 is an insight into how it all began👇 mandrakepan.substack.com/p/b… FREE to read on #Substack! Consider #subscribing too! #Poster #read #humour #humor #subscribe
1
1
70
The Unusual Exhibitions of Colson T. Turnpenny really were extraordinary sights! And this bill poster from 1848 is an insight into how it all began👇 mandrakepan.substack.com/p/b… FREE to read on #Substack! Consider #subscribing too! #Poster #exhibition #read #humour #humor
34
Bethesda Hoop is one of England’s most famous psychic mediums! She also happens to have a modest astrology column published on page 3 of ‘Eldritch Monthly’ Your Horoscopes with Bethesda Hoop👇 mandrakepan.substack.com/p/y… #Astrology #Horoscope #Humour #Humor
1
1
717
I've always loved an epic poem & this one's a favourite! Luckily, though, this is an extract, as reading ALL verses takes almost 4 days! 'Extract, ‘That Sundered Sea’ by Sir Mortimer Lowestoft-Gaskil'👇 mandrakepan.substack.com/p/e… #Poem #Poetry #Epic #Humour
1
2
456
This sad lament by the Belgian Poet Albert DuNeef always has me longing for home whenever I am away. Even during a short trip to the corner shop. Albert DuNeef’s Sad Lament ‘The Wanderer’ NOW on #Substack for FREE - Read & #Subscribe!👇 open.substack.com/pub/mandra… #Poem #Poetry
1
2
345
Dr Alexander McCabe! Superintendent of Blackwall Asylum... ...And publisher of quite the catalogue of outdated papers! But that's those Victorians for you! Now on #Substack!👇 mandrakepan.substack.com/p/p… #Humour #Humor #Lists
1
1
156
This latest offering by H.R. Pirie finds its home on #Substack! A perfect place for such romantic meditation! 'Our Yellow-Rattled Meadow' 👇 open.substack.com/pub/mandra… #Poem #Poetry
1
2
302
Evil nuns, a beastly recluse, demonic plots, curious contraptions & plucky protagonists, all set in Victorian London. Oh, and a world-famous yodeller! 'The Case of the Devil's Key' 👇 amazon.com/dp/B0DQCV6DH8 #Christmasread #Humor #Humour #Book #Read #Supernatural #Spooky
3
66
Fiendish Fiends, Haunted Cupboards, Whistling Crooks, Angry Golems & Plucky Protagonists, all set in Victorian London. Oh, and a flying moustache. 'The Case of the Fiendish Nudger' - with spiffing new cover & interior @ Amazon!👇 Amazon.co.uk/dp/B09M59KMGV #Christmasread
2
39