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Spring Heeled Jack

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This week on Tales of History and Imagination we return to an episode from the first season to give it a new coat of (red) paint… speaking of, we’re going back to London in 1837 to discuss newspapers, the death of ‘Silly Billy,’ ‘painting the town red’ and a mysterious sex pest whose legend took on a life of it’s own throughout the remainder of the century…

Content warnings: This week we discuss a sexual abuser.

Sources Include:

I failed to keep a list on this one back in 2020, (apologies all) and mostly built it up from online articles and a Reader’s Digest book on Mysteries … but

Mike Dash’s ‘Spring Heeled Jack: To Victorian Bugaboo from Suburban Ghost

Was a given.

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104 episodes

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Spring Heeled Jack

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Content provided by Simone Whitlow. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Simone Whitlow or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

This week on Tales of History and Imagination we return to an episode from the first season to give it a new coat of (red) paint… speaking of, we’re going back to London in 1837 to discuss newspapers, the death of ‘Silly Billy,’ ‘painting the town red’ and a mysterious sex pest whose legend took on a life of it’s own throughout the remainder of the century…

Content warnings: This week we discuss a sexual abuser.

Sources Include:

I failed to keep a list on this one back in 2020, (apologies all) and mostly built it up from online articles and a Reader’s Digest book on Mysteries … but

Mike Dash’s ‘Spring Heeled Jack: To Victorian Bugaboo from Suburban Ghost

Was a given.

Support Tales on Patreon for $2 US a month and get access to exclusive content, or Try our 7 Day Free Trial.

Please leave Tales a like and a review wherever you listen. The best way you can support us is to share an episode with a friend - Creative works grow best by word of mouth. I post episodes fortnightly, Wednesdays.

Tales of History and Imagination can be found on…

| Facebook |TikTok | Threads | YouTube | Bluesky |

  continue reading

104 episodes

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