Virginian Red Devil
The story begins in the small town of Crewe, Virginia in May or June 1968. Bob was only a young child but remembers the incident well. “My mother was giving birth and my dad had sent use to wash our hands on the front porch and this child-like creature stepped up on the porch and...
The Spring Heeled Jack Movie
The Curse of the Wraydons (1946) CREDITS Producers: Gilbert Church, J.C. Jones; Director: Victor M. Gover; Screenplay: Owen George (based upon the play Spring-Heeled Jack, or the Terror of London, by Maurice Sandoz); Cinematography: S.D. Onions; Editing: Victor M. Gover; Music: De Wolfe; Art Direction: Victor Hembrow; Makeup: Peggy Carly, H. Wright; Production Manager: John...
Springtime for Sheffield
By Martin Jeffrey Most people have heard of Spring Heeled Jack, apparently a ghost like entity with the ability to jump tremendous distances in height and length. In England, during the 1800′s there were many sightings from Yorkshire down to Devon, scaring the wits out of people then suddenly disappearing without a trace. Some said...
Spring Heeled Jack in Rotherham 1873
Rotherham Advertiser – 8th Nov 1873 GHOST OR NO GHOST? To The Editor: – Can you enlighten the public as to there being any truth in the report that a man who goes by the name of “Spring-Heeled Jack” is frightening persons night after night in the vicinity of Rotherham. Whether there exists such an...
The Mad Gasser of Roanoke
In early ’30s, public’s imagination ran wild in Virginia FINCASTLE, Va. – Men sat awake with shotguns across their laps. Women stuffed rags into keyholes and the cracks around windows. Police chased shadows. The press ratcheted up the hysteria with dozens of news stories. Local politicians offered a reward. When and where would the fiend...
Spring Heeled Jack related cases
By Martin Jeffrey The following is an introduction to our new project on Spring-heeled Jack and other related phenomena. Mark Fraser (Haunted Scotland) has sent me information on recent sightings, these I found extremely exciting. They not only tied in with what I thought was an obselete sighting (The Sheffield 1970′s sightings) but they showed...
Spring Heeled Jack in India
By Martin Jeffrey The phenomenon with more comebacks than Sinatra, may have reappeared in a series of attacks in Ghaziabad suburbs, India. “The Times of India” reported on 7th May 01, assaults by what could be a “rogue monkey” or a masked man causing panic across Ghaziabad. More than a dozen people have been hospitalised...
Spring Heeled Jack in the USA
By Martin Jeffrey Spring Heeled Jack paid a visit to the US as early as July 1880. In Louisville, Kentucky someone was accosting women and tearing at their clothing. The attacker described as tall, with pointed ears, a long nose, and long fingers – wore a cape, shiny uniform and helmet. He is said to...
The Portrait of a Spring Heeled Hoaxer
By Martin Jeffrey My investigations have delivered to me not just one hoaxer, but maybe ten or even twenty, each hoaxing their local areas. One man though has carried the stigma of the Spring Heeled Jack hoax since 1837, Henry de la Poer Beresford, Marquis of Waterford. Throughout his days through Eton and Oxford, he...
