SUP KOOOOOOOOOOOKS! This episode we take a look at some of the less investigated aspects of the "Springheeled Jack" story! Specifically, that whole "secret cabal of bored, rich aristocrats" aspect that may make old Jack the actual Anti-Batman...even before there was a goddamn Batman! That, plus some considerations given to the potential technologies possibly involved in this tale, as well as how that very same secret technology might've also migrated to the U.S. and was maybe even used to make a straight up true, no shit, for real (probably) WWII superhero known for Mario Bros. jumping across Nazi noggins! ALSO! What's up with old Jack's "man/devil/bear" identity disorder? More evidence that there were multiple "Jacks" perhaps? Listen up & find out! PLEASE TO ENJOY!Email us!: [email protected]
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SOURCES:
Dash, Mike. Spring-heeled Jack: To Victorian Bugaboo from Suburban Ghost (1995/2018 revised edition) - The definitive scholarly treatment of the subjectClark, Jerome. Unexplained! (1993) - Coverage of anomalous phenomena including Spring-heeled JackEvans, Hilary. The Evidence for Phantom Hitch-Hikers (1984) - Comparative analysis of phantom attacker phenomenaMcNab, Chris. The Fortean Times Book of Strange Deaths (2003) - Coverage of the Thomas Millbank case and other obscure incidentsRose, Carol. Giants, Monsters, and Dragons (2000) - Encyclopedic entry on Spring-heeled Jack in folklore contextThompson, S.P. The Marquis of Waterford: A Biography (1923) - Source material on the aristocratic theoryHames, Peter. Czech Cinema (2005) - Analysis of the Perak animated film and its historical contextBritish Newspaper Archive - The Times, Morning Chronicle, Illustrated Police News, Hull Daily Mail, Tunbridge Wells Advertiser (various dates 1838-2019)Stockton and Darlington Gazette (1838) - Captain Finch encounter reportLouisville Courier-Journal (1938-1939) - American sightings coverageHouston Chronicle (1953) - Fifth Ward attacks coverageMetropolitan Police Archives, London - 1888 Ripper-Jack connection files (declassified 2001)Ministry of Defense Archives, Kew - "Operation Leaper" report (declassified 2005)Liverpool City Archives - William Morley report (1904, discovered 2015)Czech National Archives - German occupation reports on Perak (1940-1945)Russian State Archives, St. Petersburg - 1892 "leaping devil" report (discovered by Mike Dash, 2018)Fortean Times - Various articles on Spring-heeled Jack, tracer study (2010-2012), and modern sightingsThe Anomaly Archives (Austin, Texas) - Perak documentationCenter for Fortean Zoology (Exeter) - Cryptid files on leaping entitiesTrinka, Jiri. Perak: The Springer (1946) - Animated film, first superhero animationSecurity camera footage analysis (Chicago, 2021) - disputedBritish Newspaper Archive (britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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