Spring Heeled Jack, Part 2 - Mythillogical Podcast

[@TheHistocrat]

This podcast is now also available on Spotify, iTunes and Stitcher! You can find it at the links below: Spotify - open.spotify.com/episode/2jRlAfRfnpEb1KOj9Joxf6 iTunes - podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/spring-heeled-jack-part-2/id1514656609?i=1000499064109 Stitcher - www.stitcher.com/show/mythillogical-podcast/episode/spring-heeled-jack-part-2-79477943

[@AtomicDoorknob]

mothman/modern myth when?

[@owenwalker7829]

lol pl l mmmm L Lnl

[@owenwalker7829]

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[@TheHistocrat]

An additional credit that we forgot to include in the video, a number of the newspaper images used in this video were taken from the British Newspaper Archive.

[@TheHistocrat]

Apologies for the delay on posting this up folks, had to prioritise my Punic Wars video this month. Next one will be out sooner.

[@masterchaoss]

No problem my dude I'll enjoy what ever content you put out whenever you put it out

[@stevehall729]

PLEAESE go for 3 hours! you guys are my fave new podcast....the more the better. Love you guys. Keep it em comin!

[@Xathian]

Don't move to a mini format, this long, deeply detailed stuff is great. People need to learn what pause buttons are, I'm tired of all good, interesting content being stripped down to bare bones, surface level cliffs notes summaries and put out in 10 minute videos because everyone has developed ADHD or something.

[@teaspoonsofpeanutbutter6425]

YES!! yes Yes yes and yes! Me too. Some of is enjoy long, detailed videos we can put on and het sucked into for a while, like a documentary we're interested in. Wish creators would stop trying to flick to the masses and stick to keeping their current audience entertained. U all m3ans do both, but don't cut one in favour of the other unless you're too busy to bother doing that.

[@jamesrobiscoe1174]

I'm of your thought, though it's seldom heard in the public forum.

[@Alan-t6f8f]

Totally agree.

[@Mayakran]

Hell, I *have* ADHD (diagnosed 20+ years ago, well before this current explosion) and I find them extremely interesting and have listened to over 16 hours of these videos so far.

[@tuomasronnberg5244]

I didn't know that Crofty is a neuroscientist, that's really cool!

[@lysianassa2011]

As an archaeologist, I am impressed with the level of research you do. Lee it up please

[@WK-47]

Quality stuff as usual, lads. One of my favourite history/mythology channels. Glad I stumbled upon it.

[@Paulie-276]

Love the tales of spring heeled jack .

[@kurtgindling4450]

You two deserve many more views, please don't equate your quality or our appreciation with views alone!

[@mr.powell8817]

Sterling work, Mr. Croft. Another riveting and grounded exploration without the needless and distracting enunciation and frippery of other channels. Keep it up.

[@skjaldulfr]

I wish Mythbusters tried to make spring boots like that. I wonder if the concept of his spring boots is physically sound.

[@henrypercy9457]

I first heard of Jack five years ago abouts while on Wikipedia. I was looking at their page “English Folklore” that had an extensive list of folklore and legends. I saw “Spring-Heeled Jack” and just had to check out that link. Been a fan of the legend ever since.

[@blauth]

Thanks for another immaculately researched and humorously presented episode. I love these; keep at it!

[@apex2000]

These have been great. Finally a compiled source. Rather than half a dozen.

[@respublica8678]

Perfect way to end the night thank you for the video

[@Ruby-ep8oc]

It's amazing how Spring heeled jack of mid 19th centuary is still investigated and talked about in 2012.

[@ninadiamant8937]

Thank you both for doing this. Happy New Year!

[@johnbowles5399]

Great research guys, this was fascinating to listen to. I first read about Spring Heeled Jack when I was a kid in a big Readers Digest book called Strange Stories Amazing Facts. I think the book dates from some time in the 1970s and is full of really interesting and obscure stories, scientific stories, and various accounts from history, of which this particular story was one.

[@scottbubb2946]

Same here. Copyright is 1976. A lot of good stuff in that book.

[@onefeather2]

I remember reading Readers Digest, always had great stories and info.

[@scottbubb2946]

I can't believe they mentioned the Mad Gasser of Matoon. I used to live in the house on Marshall Avenue where one of the attacks allegedly occurred. I've raised and lowered the window by which the hose was supposed to have been inserted into the house many times. At the time I lived there, I had never heard the story.

[@QuinctiliusVarus]

Many are commenting “Don’t make this a mini…we love the long form!” I love the long form as well, but can’t we have both?

[@postictal7846]

Happy New Years Gentlemen and good riddance to the last one.

[@billyandrew]

That is tempting fate, as you may, at some point in this current year, wish it was last year. 😂

[@postictal7846]

@@billyandrew Naw...Fate is like regret, or life itself, you have to shrug it off and move forward. Hope for the best. Plan for the worst.

[@gerryisaacherrera9883]

Welcome to an even shittier year

[@salvagemonster3612]

When I first read this story back in an old time life mystery books. The images scared the hell out of me. I was positive he was outside my window at the farm

[@logansmith2703]

Wait somebody literally painted the town red? That's crazy

[@yurisuika]

Over in the states, my impression was always that Spring Heeled Jack was a nickname for the Devil. Now I know that there is much more behind it!

[@patrickwingard1927]

In the south, we used to call the devil scratch. I think thatd easily make for a cool episode.

[@LTPottenger]

So even batman is a total copy. Is anything at all original? I thought he traced back to characters in the 30s but this is much more clear.

[@ghostshrimp5006]

Every idea takes something from before, it doesn’t mean it’s not unique in it’s own way, it just means there’s a line you can follow back to

[@MikeBD187]

This was a very thorough and interesting analysis, which I really enjoyed. The only two aspects which I still find difficult to understand are, first, how working class people would have knowledge of previous sightings of a similar person over such a long period. Many of them may not have been able to read. Also, there were so many accounts of Jack jumping over fences and buildings that it seems odd if that was always simply an excuse for not catching him. There would be far simpler and more acceptable excuses for not catching him.

[@ezrastardust3124]

Omg I’m from Sheffield So happy to know one of my favourite folkloric beings is associated with my city

[@Fiftysigns]

Yes! I was so fascinated by this story, I'm so glad this video is here! Makes me want to go study Victorian England. This has probably been asked, completely off topic, but do you plan on doing a video on the Proto Indo European people? Or is that too broad of a subject? Either way, I'm always here for your videos, thank you for making them!

[@LTPottenger]

I keep wanting to hear more of spring heel jack, but there pretty much is no more. I would definitely go see a movie.

[@laurachapple6795]

One might say that the Hammersmith Ghost proved to be EXTREMELY pervious to bullets.

[@skjaldulfr]

lol, too soon

[@mandybutler8880]

Fascinating. Don't know a lot about this mystery

[@Nobody_Special310]

Zombina and the Skeletones have an amazing song about Spring-Heeled Jack. They're an amazing band and everyone should check 'em out.

[@christopherneelyakagoattmo6078]

A suggestion. Not all are familiar with the exact geography of the cities, towns, and hamlets that you include with the lore. I would think that some maps displayed with a digital pin of some sort would fit right in with your storytelling. Love your work, here and elsewhere. Cheers.

[@LTPottenger]

It's all london today

[@PlayNiceFolks]

I heard he has a pair of kickass boots

[@rickybella7224]

Love this series my friends

[@tjoedarascal4617]

I always wondered if the Rolling Stones song, "Jumping Jack Flash" was named after Spring-Healed Jack. Anyone know?

[@arcray12]

Jumpin Jack was Keith`s gardener.

[@Ruby-ep8oc]

To pull off these pranks you'd probably need a "group of people"

[@novalone3211]

Literally sat on my futon waiting for pt 2 I am $10,000 in debt to Uber eats and my family put a missing poster out

[@jeffphisher3801]

Seems like it might be possible that spring heeled jack was an inspiration for batman

[@slarzyer]

being tall...and red eyed....and blue flames and so on could also be related to big foot sightings where big foot is tall....can seem to vanish at times...travel really fast and/or jump far... can become blue(or other colors)orbs ... been seen with red eyes ... can appear in various colors ... could be clawed or long nails.. appears as animals or wearing furs

[@beansnrice321]

Woah, I'm from Champaign, IL and Mattoon as about 30 miles away. XD

[@Adino1]

Women went into fits and lost their senses never to recover a lot back in these times.

[@MrDalisclock]

I wonder if it was like Victorian novel disease, which apparently was a much more romantic version of TB. Keeping in mind that TB is a horrible disease IRL.

[@MyTv-]

Given that the popular self defence revolves of the time for the most wasn’t particularly powerful. Its possible he got shoot with no visual effect. However these firearms are still dangerous and should be handed carefully and total respect.

[@mattengels22]

"yeah"

[@nowthenzen]

Thanks!

[@TomiTapio]

I reckon that Donald Duck as Superduck (Duck Avenger) has spring boots... 1970s comics

[@mickeydrippin]

Imagine if it was some of the first accounts of alien contact.He leaps like the astronauts did on the moon when you thing about it.

[@aroncranston1795]

Nice purple diagonal

[@ohsweatbret]

They also didn’t have the most effective or accurate guns in the 1800’s. The oil skin along with a cuirass or some other armor could have provided enough protection from a shotgun

[@pamela-vi7rp]

luv luv luv

[@emulateiam]

YESSSS

[@Ruby-ep8oc]

Yes books were expensive ..but also most of the working class didn't know how to read back then ....

[@g3heathen209]

because I am batm..I mean Spring heejed jack!

[@filipematias5127]

The Marquess had only one leg...

[@magnoliamike]

Jack jumped over the cabdle stick? Wonder if this cane from this

[@j4m32hz6]

Neat

[@Nangong123]

Ég elskaði þennan þátt!

[@900704949]

You beast

[@isaacrenne6031]

Please teach us about wolf rites of winter