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In the early nineteenth century, London was gripped by fear of a figure that seemed to defy explanation.

Witnesses described a man — or something like one — with glowing eyes, clawed hands, and the ability to leap impossibly high over walls and rooftops. He appeared suddenly, attacked without warning, and vanished just as quickly into the night.

He became known as Spring-Heeled Jack.

In this episode of The Eclectic, we explore the origins of the legend, the eyewitness accounts that spread panic across Victorian England, and the theories that attempt to explain him — from aristocratic prankster to mass hysteria, or something far stranger.

Because sometimes, the most unsettling stories are the ones that refuse to stay in the realm of myth.

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