Finished my Spring-heeled Jack page:
We see it in S01E15 - The Benders:
We find the text in the Book âJohn Winchester´s Journalâ of Alex irvine. It says:
A few people here will talk
but no one seems to know any-
thing. You can tell they are
scared. The police have nothing
to go on.
Talked to an officer who said
all those cases are unsolved
there is absolutely no evidence,
and no bodies have ever showed
up! Othis is unlikely that they
are still alive.
This is likely a phantom attacker
of some kind, I am
almost certain.
The local folklore is similar
to Springheeled Jack for
example. In London he is said
he terrorized people
starting in 1837. Strange
sightings of a cloaked figure
possibly more description that breathed
blue-white fire. It targeted
women mostly. Never solved
Other legends of this type in-
clude âNain Rougeâ, 'Mothmanâ
and 'Phantom Gassersâ.
There are definitely similarities
to this Hibbing area phantom.
Hibbing County, Minnesota - this county has
more missing missing persons per capita
than anywhere in the state.
Very few of these cases have been solved.
The image is taken out of an old ad for a penny dreadful called âSpring-heeled Jack - The Terror of Londonâ from 1886 (look at the upper right corner):
It´s very interesting, it seems that Spring-heeled Jack was a real person:
Spring-heeled Jack is an entity in English folklore. The first claimed sighting was in 1837, later sightings were reported all over Great Britain and were especially prevalent in suburban London, the Midlands and Scotland. This urban legend was very popular and became the topic of several works of fiction.
The Times reported the alleged attack on Jane Alsop on 2 March 1838 under the heading âThe Late Outrage At Old Fordâ. This was followed with an account of the trial of one Thomas Millbank, who, immediately after the reported attack on Jane Alsop, had boasted in the Morganâs Arms that he was Spring-heeled Jack. He was arrested and tried at Lambeth Street court. The arresting officer was James Lea, who had earlier arrested William Corder, the Red Barn Murderer. He escaped conviction only because Jane Alsop insisted her attacker had breathed fire, and Millbank admitted he could do no such thing.
After these incidents, Spring-heeled Jack became one of the most popular characters of the period. His alleged exploits were reported in the newspapers and became the subject of several penny dreadfuls and plays performed in the cheap theatres that abounded at the time. The devil was even renamed âSpring-heeled Jackâ in some Punch and Judy shows, as recounted by Henry Mayhew in his London Labour and the London Poor
(Image and text from wikipedia)
There is another very short and very unusable scene where the whole spread is shown:
I tried to stretch it, but I can´t get it better than this:
Does anyone have an idea what the picture on the right could be??
Also it´s absolutely impossible to read anything on the right page.
If anyone got a clue, you´re very welcome to help me with that!!! =)
