I'm a cop. In New York City. I only drink water otherwise, but I'm willing to give it a shot!
I have actually read several old penny dreadful stories when I was a little girl. My teachers thought it was strange that I was reading 19th century "sensationalist" stories, but I was trying to read as many things as I could to try and break the world record for most books read. I'm still nowhere near the world record. Tiny me had such ambition.