Uploaded April 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
WATCH the trailer for Penny Dreadful! youtu.be/3YdeSNcAWos
Twitter: twitter.com/vsaucethree
My Instagram: http://instagr.am/jakerawr
Facebook: facebook.com/vsauce3
***READ***
The Scent of Disease
pss.sagepub.com/content/25/3/817
Qin Shi Huang's quest for immortality
vision.org/visionmedia/history-shi-huang-emperor-china/5818.aspx
Interesting book on Qin Shi Huang
amazon.com/gp/product/0199574391
Vampirism: Literary Tropes of Decadence and Entropy
amazon.com/Vampirism-Literary-Tropes-Decadence-Entropy
Epic of Gilgamesh
http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/gilhelp.html
Immortality: The Quest to Live Forever and How it Drives Humanity
amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0307884910
Guns, Germs & Steel
amazon.com/Guns-Germs-Steel-Fates-Societies
Forever Young: The Science of Aging
amazon.com/gp/product/B00BMKH5ZK
Mummies
io9.com/the-science-of-mummies-993265763
***CREDITS***
Written, directed, edited, and hosted by Jake Roper
VFX and cinematography by Eric Langlay
Dead Body played by Matt Harvey
Line Producer: Lorraine O'Connor
Production Manager: Jamie Deasy
Production Coordinator: Steven Daly
Vsauce Production Coordinator: Samantha Friedman
PA: Sinead Lillis
Costume Designer: Gabriella Pescucci
Hair: Ferdinando Merolla
Hair Assistant: Suzie Redmond
Make Up: Claire Lamb
Make Up Assistant: Ciara Scannell
Props: Dermot Blighe
1st AD: David Kennedy
2nd AD: Mairead Campbell
Trainee ADs: Eamonn Cawley & Laurel Graham
Camera Op: Ciaran Kavanagh
1st AC: Alan Butler
Camera Trainee: Luke Gilligan
DIT: Donal Murphy
Sound Recordist: Brendan Deasy
Sound Designer: Jay Pellizzi
Gaffer: Barry Conroy
Grips: Philip Murphy, Darrell Murphy, Martin Kelly
Best Boy: Paul McNulty
Genny Operator: Niall Manyon
Electrician: Ian Carney, Paddy Ryder, Tom Keys, Robert Ryder.
Special thanks to Marcelo Guerra & Erin Joyce from Showtime for letting me do this weird idea, everyone at Ardmore Studios, and all of the Penny Dreadful team.
*This video and trip was a collaboration and was co-sponsored by Showtime. I was NOT paid to make it. Thanks again for letting me use your amazing sets and crew!*
***Vsauce Links***
youtube.com/vsauce1
youtube.com/vsauce2
youtube.com/vsauce3
youtube.com/wesauce
WATCH the trailer for Penny Dreadful! youtu.be/3YdeSNcAWos
Twitter: twitter.com/vsaucethree
My Instagram: http://instagr.am/jakerawr
Facebook: facebook.com/vsauce3
***READ***
The Scent of Disease
pss.sagepub.com/content/25/3/817
Qin Shi Huang's quest for immortality
vision.org/visionmedia/history-shi-huang-emperor-china/5818.aspx
Interesting book on Qin Shi Huang
amazon.com/gp/product/0199574391
Vampirism: Literary Tropes of Decadence and Entropy
amazon.com/Vampirism-Literary-Tropes-Decadence-Entropy
Epic of Gilgamesh
http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/gilhelp.html
Immortality: The Quest to Live Forever and How it Drives Humanity
amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0307884910
Guns, Germs & Steel
amazon.com/Guns-Germs-Steel-Fates-Societies
Forever Young: The Science of Aging
amazon.com/gp/product/B00BMKH5ZK
Mummies
io9.com/the-science-of-mummies-993265763
***CREDITS***
Written, directed, edited, and hosted by Jake Roper
VFX and cinematography by Eric Langlay
Dead Body played by Matt Harvey
Line Producer: Lorraine O'Connor
Production Manager: Jamie Deasy
Production Coordinator: Steven Daly
Vsauce Production Coordinator: Samantha Friedman
PA: Sinead Lillis
Costume Designer: Gabriella Pescucci
Hair: Ferdinando Merolla
Hair Assistant: Suzie Redmond
Make Up: Claire Lamb
Make Up Assistant: Ciara Scannell
Props: Dermot Blighe
1st AD: David Kennedy
2nd AD: Mairead Campbell
Trainee ADs: Eamonn Cawley & Laurel Graham
Camera Op: Ciaran Kavanagh
1st AC: Alan Butler
Camera Trainee: Luke Gilligan
DIT: Donal Murphy
Sound Recordist: Brendan Deasy
Sound Designer: Jay Pellizzi
Gaffer: Barry Conroy
Grips: Philip Murphy, Darrell Murphy, Martin Kelly
Best Boy: Paul McNulty
Genny Operator: Niall Manyon
Electrician: Ian Carney, Paddy Ryder, Tom Keys, Robert Ryder.
Special thanks to Marcelo Guerra & Erin Joyce from Showtime for letting me do this weird idea, everyone at Ardmore Studios, and all of the Penny Dreadful team.
*This video and trip was a collaboration and was co-sponsored by Showtime. I was NOT paid to make it. Thanks again for letting me use your amazing sets and crew!*
***Vsauce Links***
youtube.com/vsauce1
youtube.com/vsauce2
youtube.com/vsauce3
youtube.com/wesauce
