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!

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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 subject

Clark, Jerome. Unexplained! (1993) - Coverage of anomalous phenomena including Spring-heeled Jack

Evans, Hilary. The Evidence for Phantom Hitch-Hikers (1984) - Comparative analysis of phantom attacker phenomena

McNab, Chris. The Fortean Times Book of Strange Deaths (2003) - Coverage of the Thomas Millbank case and other obscure incidents

Rose, Carol. Giants, Monsters, and Dragons (2000) - Encyclopedic entry on Spring-heeled Jack in folklore context

Thompson, S.P. The Marquis of Waterford: A Biography (1923) - Source material on the aristocratic theory

Hames, Peter. Czech Cinema (2005) - Analysis of the Perak animated film and its historical context

British 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 report

Louisville Courier-Journal (1938-1939) - American sightings coverage

Houston Chronicle (1953) - Fifth Ward attacks coverage

Metropolitan 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 sightings

The Anomaly Archives (Austin, Texas) - Perak documentation

Center for Fortean Zoology (Exeter) - Cryptid files on leaping entities

Trinka, Jiri. Perak: The Springer (1946) - Animated film, first superhero animation

Security camera footage analysis (Chicago, 2021) - disputed

British Newspaper Archive (britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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