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March 17, 2005	Peer review	Reviewed
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July 17, 2007	Featured article review	Demoted

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Spring-heeled Jack won the award in the Articles - Current Events & Pop Culture category in the first Wikimania writing contest

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The Sheffield Times

It is stated in the article that Sheffield Times not launch until April 1846 but The Yorkshire Magazine (1876) under its "The Printing Press in Yorkshire" section on page 126 mentions The Sheffield Times Sam. Harrison. (1833) and The Sheffield collegiate school (a record of the events connected with the school-meeting of 1852) has "Distribution of Prizes" October 15th, 1832 pg 18 as "Taken principally from the Report in the Sheffield Times Newspaper"; unless that was a flashback piece that pushes the existence a Sheffield Times back to at least the 1830's. The earliest mention of a Sheffield Times I could find via Google was in "Hallifax, and Its Gibbet-law Placed in a True Light" supposedly from 1708 which has “This Four-in-hand Quarterly is worthy of the County. Has an exceedingly varied list of contents, and several attractive Illustrations.” Sheffield Times. I recommend striking the "In addition, the Sheffield Times did not launch until April 1846" part from the reference as Sharon McGovern doesn't specify which Sheffield Times the letter appeared in and it can be demonstrated there were at least two (perhaps three) papers of that name that predate the one that appeared in 1846.--174.99.238.22 (talk) 05:06, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Addition to the "In contemporary popular culture" section

The song 'Spring Heeled Jack' by Lemon Demon (Neil Cicierega) is a direct reference to the legend of Spring-Heeled Jack. It seems like a big enough part of popular culture to be added to the list.

Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVt2MQAnV5A

Queencharlie (talk) 14:37, 12 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, I know this note is 2 years old but it feels like its popular enough, it is at least equal to or even more popular then the other pieces of media listed. Pinkleafsheep (talk) 18:46, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've edited the page accordingly. If anyone has any questions, please post them on my talk page (or reply to this message). GordonFreeman1997 (talk) 18:45, 13 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Addition to the "In contemporary popular culture" section

Suggested addition:

The plot of Primeval in Episode 5.3 has the team send a raptor by accident to 1860, where it's credited as being "Spring Heel Jack".

IMDB reference: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1734899/?ref_=ttep_ep3

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.237.88.102 (talk) 04:22, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Add Strawberry Spring?

I was wondering if we should mention Stephen King's short story "Strawberry Spring". The gist is that there's a murderer who has been dubbed Spring-heeled Jack, but it isn't the actual character of legend. It's a pretty central character. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 13:37, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Popular culture

This subject was used in a recent PBS Luther episode 207.194.98.177 (talk) 15:01, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Curse Of The Wraydons

As your own very short article about this obscure low budget movie from 1946 makes clear, the main character, played by forgotten pre-war horror icon Tod Slaughter, is Spring-Heeled Jack, who in this entirely fictional context is a serial killer. We never see him living up to his name, since the tubby middle-aged star is obviously incapable of such athleticism, and the story takes place some time after SHJ's Victorian rampage, with the retired maniac taking up his old ways again, and the young hero being falsely accused of the murders mainly because he happens to be a keen amateur athlete who always wins the long jump. I know it's not a computer game, a Japanese cartoon, or a passing mention on "The Simpsons" so it doesn't matter very much, but it is technically an entire movie about SHJ, albeit not a very good one, so perhaps it's worth mentioning if somebody can be bothered? 86.144.29.86 (talk) 07:55, 10 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Adding in section - In contemporary popular culture:

A Spring-Heeled Jack type assailant is depicted in season one of the Nocturnum Collective podcast. Grangerknight (talk) 20:58, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Shadow311 (talk) 00:22, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]