Welcome to What The Heck's Creature Feature! These episodes release on Saturdays and look at folklore and cryptids from around the world! The same academic style is applied to these episodes, but they look at history and eyewitness reports before describing the creature of the week! A lot of the time, theories are a bit more scarce than the main episodes, but the content is still just as interesting.

This week we're looking at Phosphorus Jack. Following the Auckland Ghost Scare at the turn of the 20th Century, New Zealand was plagued by sightings of a glowing, ghostly man. He mostly targeted women and children across the country. His appearance was constantly changing, but one thing stayed constant- a phosphorescent glow somewhere on his body. When did the sightings start? Where was he spotted? Could this be one massive hoax? Listen in to find out!

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References:-

Disgust, Sustained. “The Mystery of ‘Phosphorus Jack’, the Glowing Fiend Who Terrorised New Zealand for Over a Year.” Reddit, https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/xbyenf/the_mystery_of_phosphorus_jack_the_glowing_fiend/. Accessed 21 May 2025. 

“Phosphorus Jack.” Papers Past, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19050801.2.9?end_date=31-12-1905&items_per_page=100&query="PHOSPHORUS+JACK"&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA&start_date=01-01-1905. Accessed 21 May 2025. 

“The Auckland Ghost.” Heritage et AL, Blogger, 30 June 2015, https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-auckland-ghost.html. 

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