We travel back to Victorian England to take a look at the terror of London, Spring-Heeled Jack! Who is this mysterious figure, and did they inspire Batman? <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <a href= "https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/IFS-Deaton-Review-The-history-of-inequality-1.pdf"> Institute of Fiscal Studies Report</a> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <a href= "https://mikedashhistory.com/2021/05/19/the-twopenny-hangover/">Mike Dash on the Two-Penny Hangover</a> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IDN9gTAtjg">5 Reasons Why The Victorian Era Was Utter Insanity (Video) </a> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm4cAaAFhEs">Gruesome Victorian Medicine (Video)</a> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD7nRrSH_VE">History and Sewage: The Great Stink (Video)</a> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEowXY40GSs">The Strange World Of Ghost Hunting (Video)</a> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <a href= "https://youtu.be/gvwFUkeN_-w?si=wHjiMS173L1kMFFo">Destroying Artifacts for Profit Is Nothing New (Video)</a> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <a href= "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/great-moon-hoax-was-simply-sign-its-time-180955761/"> The Great Moon Hoax (Smithsonian)</a> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo1qv8uYlAs">Monstrum Spring Heeled Jack Video</a> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <a href= "https://www.jonmackley.com/single-post/the-return-of-spring-heeled-jack-the-terror-of-london"> JS Mackley on the Spring-Heeled Jack Library</a> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BXYC17PS">The Spring-Heeled Jack Library</a> </li> </ul> Head on over to <a href= "https://batlessons.com/">https://batlessons.com</a> for all things Bat Lessons. Send us a letter or voice recording, find us on mastodon or youtube, read full transcripts and find show notes. Podcast Artwork by <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/sergiormduarte/">Sergio R. M. Duarte</a> Podcast Music by <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/renzocalm">Renzo Calma</a> Motion Graphics by <a href= "https://www.fiverr.com/r2ktalha/do-custom-logo-animation">r2ktalha</a>

19: Gotham By Gaslight

Covering characters, stories, writers, artists, movie directors, business, politics and more. Everything in and around Batman. We start at the very begining, and work our way chronoligcally through 80 years of Batman.