The Mysterious London Attacker Who May Have Inspired Batman | Answers With Joe

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How did a crazed serial attacker in 1830s London become an urban legend, then a fictional anti-hero, then the inspiration for Batman? It's a fascinating mystery that has never been solved. So let's talk about Spring-Heeled Jack, the first urban legend.
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[@JeffSpurlock]

"luckily, life spans were incredibly short." I can always count on Joe to find the silver lining

[@joescott]

"Always look on the bright side of life..." 🎶

[@oneoflokis]

Actually, this in itself is a bit of an urban myth. *Infant and childhood mortality threw the statistics off WILDLY* . IF you could make it through your first three years of life, then you had a much better chance of survival. Then if you could make it out of your childhood to adulthood. After that, lifespans were not dissimilar to what they are now. Of course, there was no modern medicine, nor antibiotics: and moving to crowded cities for work, that didn't yet have sewerage systems, caused epidemics. 😏

[@oneoflokis]

Actually, this in itself is a bit of an urban myth. *Infant and childhood mortality threw the statistics off WILDLY* . IF you could make it through your first three years of life, then you had a much better chance of survival. Then if you could make it out of your childhood to adulthood. After that, lifespans were not dissimilar to what they are now. Of course, there was no modern medicine, nor antibiotics: and moving to crowded cities for work, that didn't yet have sewerage systems, caused epidemics. 😏

[@bestestdev]

Silver lining… you mean like in that line of Mack Weldon underwear? :0

[@iamcecilman]

@@joescott especially if it's extra short

[@Xxtayce]

"I could do a whole video on how everything in the Victorian Era wanted to kill you." ...yes, please!

[@masstv9052]

There's a BBC video series about that and it's on YT. Called something like deadly victorian homes or something similar

[@Xxtayce]

@@masstv9052 I'd prefer a Joe Scott version, tbh. ❤️

[@plsdontshoot3614]

WELP

[@Lala_Harvz]

I for one would absolutely watch that 😊

[@Lala_Harvz]

There’s also a channel called Weird History, oh and another called Nutty History and they’ve got loads of Victorian Era videos which are really interesting to watch.

[@coltonspicks6709]

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jumped over the candlestick.

[@tortysoft]

Good point !

[@razeezar]

In primary school, we used to extend this rhyme, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jumped over the candle stick and burnt his peepee* *=Except that it rhymed

[@keithe8449]

@@razeezar In England we say Jack be nimble Jack be quick Jack jumped over The candlestick Jack should have jumped a little higher Goodness gracious Great balls of fire 🔥

[@KC-nm7mf]

@@keithe8449 I wonder what it’s like to live in England, it fascinates me

[@keithe8449]

@@KC-nm7mf It isn't perfect but still a great country

[@pancakeprince3439]

First time I've heard of Spring-Heeled Jack was from playing Assassin's Creed: Syndicate. It was a side mission and it's one of my favorite missions in the game. The game leans more toward the "Some things are better off left as legends" logic, but it's interesting to think that there was in fact a maniac running around doing all this stuff.

[@phelps88ap]

"Luckily life-spans were incredibly short." That one got me.

[@tiermacgirl]

Me too!

[@francesbernard2445]

Sounds like you maybe are going through a lot right now too. It isn't true that all lives were short back then. People who managed to live past the average age of death often lived much longer. Today it is people who manage to live past the age of 65 who end up living a lot longer. Which is why now that there is a whole lot more of us compared to young people employers need to start considering to hire us and more women in some occupations too so that those of us with less resources to do so can contribute more to the welfare of others too. Otherwise there will be another generation again in which people over the age of 90 are almost all only women. There is no excuse not to anymore with so much more automation and much better applications of mechanical means to get more foot pounds done.

[@vasiovasio]

Reincarnation enters the chat!

[@phelps88ap]

@@francesbernard2445 I actually meant it made me laugh....

[@andrewlichmanov5767]

@@francesbernard2445 I'm... so confused

[@jeremymiller9582]

In the video game Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, there’s an item called the “Boots of Springheel Jak [sic]” that boosts your “acrobatics” skill, letting you jump higher and fall a long distance without getting hurt. :)

[@thephoenixgod5177]

That’s awesome I love when games do that

[@chosenone6158]

Yes , also to get them you have to kill the owner of the boots who is an ancient aristocrat vampire who probably preys on the citizens of imperial city .

[@jeremymiller9582]

@@chosenone6158 lol. It’s been a minute since I played; that’s hilarious!

[@jasonwest3618]

Funny enough i was just about to say this myself!!

[@jasonwest3618]

The mission you get them in is by far the best mission in the game as well. Its a shame you have to break them though when you complete it

[@RubenKelevra]

My great grandmother lived like this: As a child they used a horse drawn wagon to buy food at the local market and sometimes drove it the next big city - like every 2 month or so. There were no automobiles. She lived on to see people walking on the moon at the end of her life. Just image what she thought would be possible in one more lifetime... but no, we now just play candy crush on small miracle machines we put in our pockets.

[@droppedpasta]

The Marquess of Waterford sounds like the original Florida Man

[@kateofone]

I think I saw him once

[@moxxy3565]

"I could do a whole video about how..." Well, we're waiting.

[@lutello3012]

There's a BBC series about that. (Hidden Killers of theVictorian Home) etc

[@ShamblerDK]

@@lutello3012 Sure, but I think most people here would like the condensed information you get with Joe :-)

[@Pysslis]

@@lutello3012 the entire series is available on the KZbin channel Absolute history.

[@treelym]

The BBC series is pretty concise.

[@Marc83Aus]

@@Pysslis That channel is highly reccomended.

[@no-hr3cv]

That one girl that got stabbed 19 times in the into SURVIVED by the way

[@zagreus1249]

Wow

[@JohnSmith_1331]

And one of the girls who stabbed her just got her release papers last week.

[@Mythrell]

It's just a prank bro.. oh wait.

[@AB-vn2jc]

Holy shit what a champion, that’s fantastic

[@agoogleuser1188]

Yo that makes me feel so much better

[@RubenKelevra]

10:28 can we talk about this drawings of human faces? That's some seriously crazy good portraits someone made there, just with a fine liner.

[@leosmoonfish2849]

Flash of Morrissey at 6.48 in reference to “ panic on the streets of London “.a lyric on Panic by The Smiths . On Morrissey’s 1994 album Vauxhall And I he sings a song called Spring Heeled Jim, supposedly based on Spring Heeled Jack .

[@michaelblaine6494]

👏I was looking down here to see if anyone else caught that

[@candydandy2694]

@@michaelblaine6494 same!

[@nicolaslanglais]

What I have learned today: Don't name your child Jack if you live in London

[@BertGrink]

Also, if you meet a friend named Jack on an aeroplane, do NOT call out "Hi Jack!"

[@FuriousImp]

@@BertGrink nice

[@headcrab4090]

Jack London. He actually traveled to London to live among the homeless. «The People of the Abyss», (1903).

[@jamesbailey9007]

Jack the ripper and stripper and spring heeled all lived in London

[@imshaymaybe]

*insert Jack Manifold joke*

[@smcic]

The first MIB movie started with Will Smith chasing Spring Heeled Jack 😂

[@jessearnold4620]

😂🤣

[@joescott]

Mind blown

[@ssuresh237]

🤣🤣🤣

[@anthonycromwell4292]

Must of casted chris rock to play jack too

[@enigmaticbeing666]

@@anthonycromwell4292 keep my wife's name out yo fucking mouth!!!

[@Aimdog]

if you haven’t, *please* do a video on the 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak! How john snow (not that one) used maps and surveys and statistics to discover the infected water was the source of the disease. He narrowed down the spread to a contaminated water pump and stopped the cholera epidemic in Victorian London! It’s a super interesting story, and the push back from parliament was wild. I think you’d tell it great!!!

[@rustomkanishka]

You do know something, Dr John Snow.

[@xavierdoppler9997]

Waukesha is pronounced wah-keh-shaw, not wah-keh-shuh. The "kesha" part of the name is not pronounced like the artist, the "a" at the end makes an awe sound, like in awesome.

[@gorongamer7212]

I remember reading about him in a horrible histories book and being terrified!

[@kayfrenly5460]

If I remember correctly, this was likely a bunch of rich heirs. They were known to go out and beat the hell of plebs and assault women for fun. They had little gangs. There was some evidence that pointed to one in particular. Mystery solved. (I haven't watched enough of the video to know if he mentioned this lol)

[@joescott]

I found a book of Penny Dreadfuls for this video and then didn't get a chance to read it before making this. :)

[@gorongamer7212]

@@joescott thanks for the reply! I love your channel! I actually searched my book shelf a little but couldn't find anything. I believe it was either "horrible histories - vile Victorians" or "villainous Victorians"

[@danielfurmage4381]

I read about Spring Heeled Jack as a little kid in the Readers Digest - Book of Strange Stories/Amazing Facts at my Nan's house when I was growing up, freaked me out and stuck in my head every since!

[@chewsgum1163]

@@kayfrenly5460 but i wonder how they could jump a 9 ft walls, and leap over walls

[@davebenhart4611]

"I could do a whole video on how everything in the Victorian era wanted to kill you." I think there are entire KZbin channels dedicated to that. And more than one podcast.

[@ThrottleKitty]

I remember watching a rather long video on how stairs were so thin and close back then that they killed people constantly. Another about how the most popular fabric at that point caught on fire so easily old people would just burn to death in a matter of minutes from dropping a cigarette. The later is likely responsible for myths of "Spontaneous combustion"

[@LG123ABC]

@@ThrottleKitty They also put arsenic in their wallpaper.

[@lyreparadox]

@@LG123ABC Certain green fabric dyes were made with arsenic too.

[@joescott]

And they're super interesting.

[@ThrottleKitty]

@@joescott I would love to see you do a video on spontaneous combustion and how it was likely caused by a weird adoration of making clothes out of shockingly flammable materials.

[@undergroundman1993]

“Slippity slap, and away I go!” - Spring Heeled Jack

[@adushack1982]

Texans and Wisconsin city names. Always fun. I needed the smile. Thanks!

[@SkyBlue-cv8qb]

Wow... I feel like I never get to do this I think I might mess it up *clears throat* FIRST!

[@joescott]

I always believed in you.

[@coltonmaas]

mmmmk, I see how it is, lol*

[@richardcollier1912]

One blighter claimed FIST! on another channel here on KZbin. The responses were predictable.

[@LuigiG145]

Spring-Heeled Jack legit sounds like he could be a Bloodborne Boss

[@jjcoola998]

I knew I wasn't the only one getting bloodborne vibes

[@A_Salted_Fishe]

There's a vampire in TES 4 named Springheel Jak

[@bloodaonadeline8346]

@@A_Salted_Fishe you can get his boots somewhere in game as well.

[@crackedemerald4930]

There isn't enough blood though

[@sweatysam6264]

Father Gausston anyone.

[@KwazyKats]

As someone who lives very close to Waukesha, WI it's pronounced. WA-Ka-SHAW. Been dying for the last few minutes 😂😂

[@kernowboy137]

And while we’re about it Teignmouth in Devon is pronounced “tin-mouth”

[@Oceans711]

glad to see i wasn't the first wisconsinite to catch this

[@michaelgrosberg2665]

Great video, and loved the blink-and-you'll-miss-it Smiths reference, which is doubly relevant as Morrissey has a song called Spring Heeled Jack.

[@nvan6638]

I did a half-blink and had to go back to see what it was. Glad someone else caught it too.

[@ascanbe]

Not to be an annoyance on behalf of middling details, but Morrissey's song is called "Spring Heeled Jim", not Jack. My work here is done.

[@catznjam470]

Cool... the first I ever heard of "Springheeled Jack" was in a Stephen King short story about a serial killer on a small Maine college campus- and I kinda looked into the original, but this was so much more detailed than what I could find- Thanks, Joe! 😁👍🍿💙💚💛🧡❤

[@Euroflounder]

A Stephen King story about a serial killer in Maine? Now I've heard everything.

[@albertjackinson]

I remember that! I actually wrote a part II to it for a class assignment (we had read short stories and then were tasked with continuing them/providing a different perspective narratively). The short version is the two main characters are now old guys, they hire a detective, and the serial killer is finally put in jail after 40+ years with the detective's help. I might improve on it a bit just for fun; it's quite short.

[@CantonDem13]

"Strawberry Spring" is excellent. That's where I first heard of Spring-Heeled Jack, too.

[@thatfunkyduck]

Thanks, Jack!

[@myronstringer2596]

It

[@andie_pants]

If you think about it, we're in another Victorian era... I'm barely middle-aged at 42, but today's world bears so very little resemblance to that of my childhood in the 80s.

[@peanutbutter6720]

That’s just how the world works, think about how life looked 40 years before you were born, they were in WW2. Life has developed very fast since the Industrial revolution.

[@MoejiiOsmanTV]

The big difference tho is before the Victorian Era people were still using horse and carriage and still barbaric and then all of a sudden all this technology sprung up like cars, mass production etc. Ude have to get flying cars to be equivalent to a new industrial revolution

[@andie_pants]

@@MoejiiOsmanTV "still barbaric" Don't make the mistake of thinking we're somehow a more advanced race of humans than the previous generations. I think you'd be shocked how similar we are. Just look at the graffiti they found on the walls of an inn in Pompeii... people lamented missing their family during their travels and others boasted about screwing the barmaid.

[@nosuchthing8]

True

[@stephaniebaker6001]

Nope, you ARE past middle age. Sorry! (I'm 54, so I'm screwed. 😁)

[@RiotgrrrlPearl]

Glad I found your channel. Really interesting stuff!

[@winterking2510]

Yes! I was waiting for you to cover him! Spring-heeled Jack usually gets forgotten

[@frankbieser]

Nice discussion. Though I would quibble with your postulation of the fast rise of technology in 1800s England leading to the extreme class division of the Victorian era. Class division has existed in England for over 1000 years. What we probably witnessed was the extremes of England's class divisions brought together in proximity making obvious how extreme the divisions always were. Take the living conditions of a few million poor people from the country and put them right next to the living conditions of the top 10,000 or so wealthiest people and the contrast looks pretty stark.

[@alalalala57]

Not really. Poor peasants and kings used to have much closer living standards before the Industrial Revolution. Only difference was power, who was serving whom sort of thing. But the creation of urban, industrial cities that lacked the amenities of the countryside plummeted the living standards for those who can't afford to keep it up (heck, the rich also suffered from the pollution and crap urban planning but they had good homes and could afford to import good food from that same countryside). Hence, creating a huge divide.

[@masstv9052]

@@alalalala57 So all the poor people, fuedal peasants, and those especially when revolts over food prices or shortages and such broke out, weren't starving, lived almost similar to kings?

[@frankbieser]

@@WinstonSmithGPT The industrialists were just the upper tier of the new middle class. They all still longed to be aristocrats who held the political power. And yes, the kings of old had lower living standards than their 19th century offspring, but they still lived far better than the peasant class (kings and their court lived longer, had access to better quality food, materials, etc). And they certainly didn't toil for their meals (or be preyed upon by the ruling class).

[@michaelkeefer5674]

Kind of like the top 1% in America today, verses the lower 99%.

[@frankbieser]

@@michaelkeefer5674 If you squint real hard and blur your vision, sure. The social mobility of today is often overlooked. Back then, the top 1% stayed the top 1%, that is no longer true. The top 1% churns, just as all the other percentages do.

[@theinquisitivelayman]

I feel like you’re firing on all cylinders with this one. The script seems *quite* polished!

[@SP_3333]

🙂

[@megann2546]

Agree!

[@innouniversedoineedthis]

I wonder who wrote it🤔

[@cianj.duggan2904]

Absolutely! Joe just keeps getting better!!!

[@joescott]

Awe, thanks! It's an interesting story for sure.

[@VomitPinata]

Enjoyed this quite a bit! thanks!

[@ambienteterrazas]

I remember reading of spring healed jack as a kid from a book my dad had, loved that story, it was very interesting to me and kind of freaked me out, loved the morrisey refference.

[@THEmickTHEgun]

Perfect video to watch at 11pm on a Monday night whilst about to go to sleep.

[@debralucas2224]

Just turned midnight here in Australia :) bless Joe for putting this up now!

[@IsabelandSam]

This was my morning wake up and get ready video. Always start your week with Joe :))

[@jordanwood5992]

It's only 3.15pm in uk

[@jordanwood5992]

It's only 3.15pm in uk

[@Casey-Jones]

FUN FACT: In the mid 1800's, working class Londoners had a shorter life expectancy than slaves

[@eyes5226]

how fun

[@alalalala57]

@@eyes5226 The Industrial Revolution sucked balls for ordinary people lol.

[@lilnervous]

@@eyes5226 my reaction exactly haha 😅

[@brucebaxter6923]

So, you have made it to puberty already before you become a slave, but you are working class from birth, yep that makes sense with so much infant death

[@colmhauser9532]

Is that Lord Lucan?

[@deegorgeous]

Enjoyed this one! Tnx Joe.

[@filipkoz7480]

"Causing panic..." *Brendon Urie photo pops up* It got me good haha

[@bruceflee3117]

Is that who it is, I thought it looked like him but wasn't sure

[@squelchstuff]

"Panic on the streets of London" is a lyric from a song called Panic by The Smiths. The picture is of Morrissey, the lead singer. I'd never heard of Brendon Urie before now, and seemed to come to US prominence after The Smiths/Morrissey found fame. The resemblance is however remarkable, perhaps even fashioned after Morrissey?

[@mikew6554]

He influenced Bob Kane 0%. Bill Finger on the other hand...

[@johncloois3301]

They got off on the wrong foot.

[@rogerkeeling9869]

@ben esterberg Bill Finger is now co-credited with creation of Batman, per legal agreements (just watch the credits on the most recent Batman films) ... but there's substantial evidence that Finger in reality did more than Kane in creating the character at the start.

[@countofdownable]

Most of the ideas around Batman were from Bill Finger. Bob Kane did sod all.

[@Jaegerborn]

THANK YOU. I was just about to comment something of this sort. Bob Kane was a thief.

[@beautyforashes2022]

That is amazing that that guy survived having his leg blown off with a cannon, especially back then. It always kind of seems like people who are horrible and cause the most suffering, live the longest. In a perfect world that cannon should have been his undoing.

[@Jazzgriot]

Stories about Spring Heel Jack were going around Liverpool when I was growing up in the 1950's. Interesting to hear the research. Cheers.

[@artdonovandesign]

Joe, this was an absolutely delightful episode and I enjoyed every minute of it. As always, thank you for the great work! 😊

[@joescott]

Thanks so much!

[@Wetnapkin69]

@@joescott you are truly my favorite person to watch on yt your tangent cams and you random jokes are what makes you a better and more diverse educator on yt i love your video they make my day :) ive been subed since last February and i havnt stopped watching since :)

[@buffyrowe8659]

There’s an old Readers Digest compilation book called “Strange Stories, Amazing Facts” that contains an article about Spring-heeled Jack, and a ton of other interesting tidbits.

[@debbiehenri345]

I used to have that book when I was a kid. Used to love reading that.

[@Antony_Jenner]

I just left a comment and cited that very book too, loved that book.

[@robertpaton9716]

yeah that book was great - heaps of scary stuff in it

[@dpbusby]

Loved the video, and really LOVED the advert at the end!

[@JadisAmalthea]

I am absolutely fascinated by the story of Spring-Heeled Jack. I first read about him in a weird book I found at the thrift store (which also featured stories such as an autistic teenager who levitated, a witch who predicted the world would end in 2061, and a ghost that Telly Savalas met once). Idk why but SHJ is an amazing historical character/concept and I wonder if a movie will ever be made about Jack. I was going to write a screenplay about him myself. Maybe I still will lol.

[@AwesomeAutismHC]

15:52 It’s important to include Bill Finger as well, since it was his Batman design and not Kane’s that was used!

[@peanutbutter6720]

It’s unfortunate he doesn’t get as much recognition as he deserves.

[@Eyembooks]

Batman wouldn’t exist as we know him if it wasn’t for Bill Finger. I wonder if he might have been aware of Spring hill Jack

[@SUPER_ZOMBIE]

The way he pronounced Waukesha lmao

[@Kvantum]

Wau-keh-shaw, not wah-kesha

[@kainwi]

I thought it was Wauk-eh-shaw. How do you say - Milwaukee? How about Wisconsin?

[@SUPER_ZOMBIE]

@@kainwi "Mil waa key"

[@NUFIGHTER]

Isn't it spelled Wauke$ha?

[@___LC___]

Thank you my fellow Sconnies!!!

[@Alex-um4fe]

That was fun Joe and a smooth transition at the end. 👍

[@xochilguevara3429]

How have I never heard of this? It’s so crazy and amazing!

[@gwgere]

Fun Fact Part Duh. The Duke of Wellington was nicknamed "The Iron Duke" not because of his military prowess, but because of his political resolve, and the fact that he put up iron shutters on his house to keep out the peasants after he became PM. The last bit was popularised by Punch magazine and other satirical publications.

[@wg8561]

I once owned the boots of spring heel jack. They saved me from a really long fall.

[@booglerized]

Never forget

[@AlexB_yolo]

Oh, so you’re that guy!

[@ronmani9476]

came in handy in quake deathmatches... no more taking damage doing rocket jumps

[@persaunna]

Me too!!

[@iainholmes2735]

Great vid. Looking forward to some more mysteries based in dear old Blighty. Cheers.

[@andrewclifton429]

Could this be the origin of the old yarn in which "Jack" is a hero, using his agility to escape some predicament? The story goes that a serial writer of Victorian "penny dreadfuls" penned an extreme cliff-hanger for the hero. There are several versions: he is chained to a chair in a cellar that's being flooded and the water is rising up to his throat; he is tied to stake, being circled by hungry lions, in the path of a huge river of lava from an erupting volcano. You get the idea. But the writer is then hit by a car - and the publisher is desperate: no one can come up with a believable solution! At the last moment, the original writer walks in (having made a remarkable recovery). He calmly sits down at his typewriter and writes: *"With one bound, Jack was free."*

[@sendmorerum8241]

Publisher: >facepalm< Superheroes are easy to write 🤣

[@Think_Inc]

This comment was a big cliffhanger, until it turned into the worst kinda prank.

[@itarry4]

I believe that was based on Jack shepherd Theif of pre Victorian London look him up. Jack Rackham has a good video on him on here.

[@KevynKing]

Just one note for anyone watching, it's now accepted that Bill Finger is the one who came up with the majority of Batman as we know him. Building off a Bob Kane's name and idea (although his original Batman pitch is very different - look it up). So if anyone was inspired by Spring Heeled Jack it probably would have been him, and it's easy to see the similarities.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

_"...if you've seen that show Glee, I mean that's kind of understandable."_ 😊😊😊

[@sarahhayes9906]

Thanks for another interesting video!

[@pariscatblue]

Thanks a lot Joe, very interesting..

[@teteeheeted]

“Jackulated action” Well played Joe….welll playeddddd

[@joescott]

I believe it was "jack-related action". ... Yeah that's not any better.

[@teteeheeted]

@@joescott well that clears up a confusion, but I do have to agree, jack-related action is only slightly better than jackulated action

[@RaphyLive]

The Dark Jack trilogy. LOL Also never say hi to a Jack in an airplane.

[@soidontthinkicanthinkofago4162]

Why

[@rayt2548]

Good one!

[@quintork4100]

i always been obsessed with s h jack and thought the cloven hoof night were the same,thanks for this great info,as an artist and writer of short batman storys ,you have just inspired something great and i promise to send u a copy first my friend x

[@henryrollen481]

That transition to the promo was spot on. Well done.

[@jbirdmax]

Wow! You got everything on point! You guys really do your research. And it’s entertaining to boot. Bravo 👏

[@yaellramirez69]

These videos are so interesting. Scientific but with a touch of “out there”. Thank you!

[@mrknowitalllearned]

informative video. Thanks

[@colin564]

I already knew all about spring Hill Jack but his videos are just so interesting to watch

[@BenTeutho]

Cool. I always wondered if Spring Heeled Jack was inspiration for Batman.

[@erricro3198]

I had no idea... I never thought about Jack being the inspiration for Batman. The Mo' Yo' Kno'

[@flashkraft]

Almost like a cross between Batman and the Joker.

[@hollow8730]

To the spring boots “bamananana”

[@Nothingburger112]

I love content like this, and this video was so well done! Great Job!

[@IncomeOptionsTrading]

Non-Wisconsin residents can never pronounce Wisconsin cities correctly. Love it.

[@joshl16]

Lol wau-ke$ha

[@benjabin6729]

Wisconsin is the UK of USA

[@winklerchr]

@@benjabin6729 New England has those same stupid city names, so, no.

[@benjabin6729]

@@winklerchr yeah but I've heard how you guys pronounce those same city names. They're your city's pronounce them however you like but just know it sounds nothing like the original

[@Sazyyduck]

I'm from Northamptonshire and didn't know about this. Very interesting! Also loved your pronunciation of Northamptonshire 😄 Love watching these videos while I'm working from home.

[@theOrionsarms]

It was a tree climbing velociraptor coming trough a anomaly from cretacic period , you didn't watch primeval TV series?

[@tomev2008]

You just took me back in time

[@2beans1cream]

Holy shit

[@judealdred5237]

I remember Primeval! good times

[@joescott]

I don't but I'm gonna go find that sh!t now.

[@oneoflokis]

🙄 Maybe it got there via Dr Who's TARDIS?

[@archangel5627]

I really appreciated this video. It was super entertaining and very informative. I always thought Spring-Heeled Jack was just a fictional character from the Penny Dreadfuls( Precursor to comic books.) But according to these accounts he was in fact a real person. I find all of it super fascinating.

[@lindsayclark6453]

Great video, thanks.xxx

[@wolf1066]

I just *knew* when I read the video title that it was going to be about Spring-Heeled Jack! By the way, that's one of the most awesome segues to the sponsorship spot I've ever witnessed.

[@vanadyan1674]

Dude that segue to the Mack Weldon commercial was gold.

[@mroch5836]

I have to agree, and Joe's runway skills are top notch.

[@SandsSpades]

Though I like your science vids, I'm really happy to see you dipping back into oddball stories like this! Thanks

[@jaymzx0]

Legendary ad transition, Joe. Well done.

[@rowanmarlow7402]

I never get tired of your videos

[@CaseyBurnsInvesting]

Throwing poop out of my window is something I regret I missed out on. I was born in the wrong era for sure. Also slavery and widespread poverty... good times... *sigh*

[@whythelongface64]

Oh you're still in the correct generation. You just need to move to one of the poor countries, which are still the norm not the exception. :)))

[@fajaradi1223]

I'd wrap it on a McD paper bag before threw it out of the window.

[@coltonmaas]

I hope your being sarcastic about the slavery eh

[@___LC___]

Just buy your own house.

[@___LC___]

The past was the worst!

[@es0strefis]

In early 2001, there's was a rumour scattered around in India about a monkey with same attributes you just described and coincidentally newspaper called it "spring heel jack/monkey" or something like that. People were horrified of sleeping in open places because of that. That rumour lasted for almost a year. I wonder if they named it after him. I was just a kid back then and I remember sitting in a group of teenagers and kids, talking about it at night after dinner in our locality. Edit : after watching this, did some Google search, and look what I found mysteriousuniverse.org/2016/04/spring-heeled-jack-and-the-monkey-man-parallels-between-panics/ For some reference - www.theguardian.com/world/2001/may/18/lukeharding

[@j.newton]

I’d like to see you do a video about the concept of Future Shock. Amazing videos, Joe!

[@kathryngeeslin9509]

Excellent. And the first I'd heard of the Batman connection which is pretty spot on.

[@johnhodgkiss9882]

Living in Victorian housing is still a part of living memory, especially in the north of England. When i grew up the toilet was still outside in a terraced house etc.. etc.. My parents grew having to get there washing done at the local wash house.

[@TeamLegacyFTW]

Just in time for my wake n bake bowl, thanks 😤😙💨

[@fordmanjosh]

That segue was on point!

[@travistydings3150]

We all love you too Joe. Keep doing what you're doing!

[@doodoobrown3928]

"Interacting with anybody could be a social minefield" sounds like today

[@juliaf_]

*cough* Twitter

[@sasssquatch1467]

Are you assuming my gender?

[@memesfromdeepspace1075]

Even when you not directly

[@albertjackinson]

@@Quickcat21MK How did you talk about that here?

[@albertjackinson]

Yes, but also social interaction can be quite pleasant.

[@wasanasaw]

For the UK. Love your channel, love your work, love you dude. Now DON’T ever do the accent again, please 🤣

[@josmith2031]

🤣🤣bad wasn’t it

[@kanedaku]

💯

[@stevvvvvvv]

6:48 Nicely timed little subliminal morrisey there.

[@Strype13]

All hail the shape-shifting, fire-breathing, razor-fingered demon who's terrified of seizures and doesn't realize his claws are too sharp to be tickling people.

[@robhogg68]

"You could not approach someone... who was in a higher station than you... you could go to jail for that." Do you have a source of that claim? Yes, class structures were pretty rigid, and there was a minefield of etiquette. And I could well believe that if a member of the aristocracy considered someone of the lower orders to have behaved impertinently, then that person might get roughed up by the nob's servants. But I've read a fair amount of British history and historical fiction, and never come across a claim that there any legal (rather than social) restrictions on interaction between the classes.

[@chanahasnomana]

Sounds like something straight out of dishonoured. Corvo had his chaos run 😂

[@Splatterbrain7]

I think Spring Heeled Jack has been stated to be part of the inspiration for corvo. Might even be a reference or two in the game. Good to see dishonored hasn’t been forgotten.

[@chanahasnomana]

@@Splatterbrain7 indeed friend. I recently played 1 and 2 again, so they were fresh on my memory.

[@JorgeArmandoCazares]

That ad transition was top quality notch my dude! Splendid.

[@jamesasker3846]

mad to hear the tiny town of aldershot (neighbouring town to where I grew up) in a Joe Scott video!!

[@playeraj96]

The only thing I know about Springheel Jack is that his boots increase my acrobatics skill

[@jonalesch]

Boots of striding and springing?

[@Endrw]

why the hell are there comments from 2 days ago when this video was released 16 seconds ago

[@thatisuday]

TENET

[@amenallaharfaoui]

Right! WTF

[@stevanusgeraldopakpahan4582]

Channel members are a thing y'know

[@Endrw]

@@stevanusgeraldopakpahan4582 oh shit that explains a lot

[@chriskelvin248]

Classic episode Joe!!!

[@tylerkrug7719]

Great video! I love these videos! Where have you been all my you tube life joe?

[@R355UR3C7]

I wonder if Jack the Ripper could've been a copycat. Or at least took inspiration from spring heeled Jack.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

I was thinking the same thing as I watched this video.

[@kristianferencik8685]

Well going from scratching a woman's abdomen with metal claws to ripping out a woman's cervix and intestine with a razor is quite a difference, wouldn't say is a copy cat

[@sherk3286]

Both aristocrats, different motivations. I think the ripper was acting on his own hate and evil thoughts as opposed to copying someone who didnt rise anywhere near to his level of evil

[@kristianferencik8685]

@@sherk3286 it is not known whether Jack the Ripper was an aristocrats. He could have been a barber which most likely would have been middle class.

[@sherk3286]

@@kristianferencik8685 Barbers stopped practicing surgery regularly nearly a century before the ripper, and even so would not have had the anatomical knowledge required to do what Jack that. He was highly educated on human anatomy and went in with a goal on what he wanted to do. He was essentially killing women and dissecting them

[@roberth.5938]

6:46 oh come on "panic in the streets of London" you must be kinda Smiths fan. Admit it!

[@alice5515]

6:16 That perfectly describes many a night in my 20s

[@Sheepraisin]

Nice Travelin Jack reference! Played a festival with them in 2015. Great band and Flö is a killer tattoo artist.

[@LeonWilias]

I liked the Smiths reference snuck in there