Spring Heeled Terror and Spring Loaded Vice
In this episode Suzie follows the strange tale of a legendary terror and Trevor examines a pastime that was prohibited for a surprisingly long time.
WHAT THE HISTORY?
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Sources:
SPRING HEELED JACK
Comic Vine 2014, ‘Spring-Heeled Jack’ https://comicvine.gamespot.com/spring-heeled-jack/4005-64734/
D’Costa K 2016, ‘What’s the Bogeyman?’ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anthropology-in-practice/what-is-the-bogeyman/
Grundhauser E 2016, ‘Meet Spring-Heeled Jack, the Leaping Devil That Terrorized Victorian England’ https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/meet-springheeled-jack-the-leaping-devil-that-terrorized-victorian-england
Jordan J 2015, ‘Boogeymen From Around The World’ https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/halloween-2014/
Strange Stories, Amazing Facts 1988, ‘Spring-Heeled Jack’, Readers Digest Services Pty Ltd, Surry Hills, p. 358
PINBALL PROHIBITION
That Time America Outlawed Pinball – History.com
The War On Pinball – Atlas Obscura
Pinball Prohibition: The Arcade Game Was Illegal in New York for Over 30 Years – 6 Square Feet
When Pinball was Illegal – Today I Found Out
A menace to society: the war on pinball in America – Aeon
Pinball Was Once Illegal – Kotaku Australia
The 22 Strangest Things That Have Been Banned Around The World – Buzzfeed
Prohibition – Encyclopedia.com
The History of Pinball Machines and Pintables – BMI Gaming
Pinball Machines Almost Banned in 1978 – Aus Retro Gamer
Other stuff:
The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from…
History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981)
History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998)
Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984)
You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989)
Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015)
Fade out – Pinball Wizard – The Who (1969)
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