WATCH the trailer for Penny Dreadful! https://youtu.be/3YdeSNcAWos Twitter: http://twitter.com/vsaucethree My Instagram: http://instagr.am/jakerawr Facebook: http://facebook.com/vsauce3 ***READ*** The Scent of Disease http://pss.sagepub.com/content/25/3/817 Qin Shi Huang's quest for immortality http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/history-shi-huang-emperor-china/5818.aspx Interesting book on Qin Shi Huang http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0199574391 Vampirism: Literary Tropes of Decadence and Entropy http://www.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 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0307884910/ Guns, Germs & Steel http://www.amazon.com/Guns-Germs-Steel-Fates-Societies/ Forever Young: The Science of Aging http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BMKH5ZK/ Mummies http://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*** http://youtube.com/vsauce1 http://youtube.com/vsauce2 http://youtube.com/vsauce3 http://youtube.com/wesauce