Spring Heeled Jack – List of events:
Spring Heeled Jack – Back-story:
Stories of a demon have filtered up from London, about a strange man attacking people with his large claws and robbing from houses.
However, no one paid much attention to the stories, not in Liverpool. They were just an urban myth designed to frighten children. But that all changed one night.
Present day 2 kids A & B : Playing cricket in the park where they meet the old man (narrator). They also have a dog X.
Old man; Narrator. Appears from nowhere to tell the story to the kids.
The story is about Spring heeled Jack in turn of the century Liverpool.
1900 Liverpool 2 kids C & D: Two street urchins that are helped by Spring Heeled Jack. They also have a dog Y.
Present day Liverpool its going to rain but two kids A & B and their dog continue to play cricket in Crocky Park.
The ball gets stuck up one of the old oak trees, they try to retrieve it.
The dog Y starts to growl.
The old man appears and says the ‘Spring Heeled Jack’ would have no problem getting it down.
It starts to rain and the old man tells them the story of Spring Heeled Jack. The story is set in Liverpool 1900 and involves two similar kids and their dog.
Kids C & D are walking through the church yard at St Nicholas church.
There is thunder and lightening.
The dog Y starts and growls, we see a cloaked figure leaping across the steeple.
The kids look to see what the mysterious shape was.
They are frightened by the shapes that the Lightening throws up against the gravestones.
They run away into town.
We see wanted posters showing SHJ.
WANTED: SPRING-HEELED JACK. REWARD £100 FOR HIS CAPTURE
Kid C suggests that they should try to catch him themselves. That for a hundred pounds they could buy food for everyone we know!
Kid D doesn’t believe that SHJ exists and is skeptical.
The kids run through the Liverpool backstreets, near Rigbys on Dale Street.
Inside one of the taverns there are two Business men, we see a waitress lift a one of their wallets.
The two kids accidentally bump into the two business men as they leave the tavern.
One man accuses kid C of stealing his wallet.
The police arrive.
A crowd gathers.
Kid C pleads his innocence but the business man wants him arrested.
We watch from SHJ POV high above the alley.
Dog Y growls.
SHJ drops down on the scene and causes chaos.
The kids are able to escape from the policeman.
The businessmen shout that SHJ has just attacked them.
SHJ leaps out of the alley when the two kids are safe.
Kids C & D have taken refuge in an old shop. Through the boarded up windows they see OFFICERS and people rushing toward the tavern.
Kid C : Did he just help us escape?
A huge mob has gathered outside the tavern. The stories of SHJ become ever more sensationalized with each tale.
“His eyes were burning bright. He attacked them without mercy.”
The mob weaves through the narrow streets, chanting, baying for blood. Long shadows against the walls show the mob is swelling.
“Up there!”
Jack's maniac cackling rings out across the city.
The mob look skyward.
Jack prances along a telephone cable like a tightrope walker, high above the street.
One of the mob takes aim with his musket and shoots the cable, bringing it down Jack lands amongst the crowd.
Everybody freezes for a instant.
The man with the musket takes aim again.
Jack turns to leave when another mob rounds the other corner blocking him in.
Kids C & D hop onto a cart for a better vantage point.
The horse at the front of the cart rears up.
Jack looks up. The buildings are extremely high. Jack hesitates.
Kid D says “We've got to do something.”
Jack is cornered and the Musket man starts to squeeze the trigger.
Kid C takes a piece of wood and slaps the back of the horse.
The horse and cart career off down the alley.
The crowd part.
SHJ makes his escape, tips his hat to the boys in a gesture of thanks.
Back in the present the Old man speaks to the kids.
“Some say he was a scorned lover, others say he was a practical joker, while others still say he was the devil himself. A less popular view was that he merely the creation of the authorities, used to police the streets through fear.”
The Storm starts to brew again.
Dog X starts to whimper.
The kids look up to see that the old man has gone but they hear him laughing like a madman.
Up above, the branches start to shake and the cricket ball falls from the tree. Was the old man SHJ Himself?
Stories of a demon have filtered up from London, about a strange man attacking people with his large claws and robbing from houses.
However, no one paid much attention to the stories, not in Liverpool. They were just an urban myth designed to frighten children. But that all changed one night.
Present day 2 kids A & B : Playing cricket in the park where they meet the old man (narrator). They also have a dog X.
Old man; Narrator. Appears from nowhere to tell the story to the kids.
The story is about Spring heeled Jack in turn of the century Liverpool.
1900 Liverpool 2 kids C & D: Two street urchins that are helped by Spring Heeled Jack. They also have a dog Y.
Present day Liverpool its going to rain but two kids A & B and their dog continue to play cricket in Crocky Park.
The ball gets stuck up one of the old oak trees, they try to retrieve it.
The dog Y starts to growl.
The old man appears and says the ‘Spring Heeled Jack’ would have no problem getting it down.
It starts to rain and the old man tells them the story of Spring Heeled Jack. The story is set in Liverpool 1900 and involves two similar kids and their dog.
Kids C & D are walking through the church yard at St Nicholas church.
There is thunder and lightening.
The dog Y starts and growls, we see a cloaked figure leaping across the steeple.
The kids look to see what the mysterious shape was.
They are frightened by the shapes that the Lightening throws up against the gravestones.
They run away into town.
We see wanted posters showing SHJ.
WANTED: SPRING-HEELED JACK. REWARD £100 FOR HIS CAPTURE
Kid C suggests that they should try to catch him themselves. That for a hundred pounds they could buy food for everyone we know!
Kid D doesn’t believe that SHJ exists and is skeptical.
The kids run through the Liverpool backstreets, near Rigbys on Dale Street.
Inside one of the taverns there are two Business men, we see a waitress lift a one of their wallets.
The two kids accidentally bump into the two business men as they leave the tavern.
One man accuses kid C of stealing his wallet.
The police arrive.
A crowd gathers.
Kid C pleads his innocence but the business man wants him arrested.
We watch from SHJ POV high above the alley.
Dog Y growls.
SHJ drops down on the scene and causes chaos.
The kids are able to escape from the policeman.
The businessmen shout that SHJ has just attacked them.
SHJ leaps out of the alley when the two kids are safe.
Kids C & D have taken refuge in an old shop. Through the boarded up windows they see OFFICERS and people rushing toward the tavern.
Kid C : Did he just help us escape?
A huge mob has gathered outside the tavern. The stories of SHJ become ever more sensationalized with each tale.
“His eyes were burning bright. He attacked them without mercy.”
The mob weaves through the narrow streets, chanting, baying for blood. Long shadows against the walls show the mob is swelling.
“Up there!”
Jack's maniac cackling rings out across the city.
The mob look skyward.
Jack prances along a telephone cable like a tightrope walker, high above the street.
One of the mob takes aim with his musket and shoots the cable, bringing it down Jack lands amongst the crowd.
Everybody freezes for a instant.
The man with the musket takes aim again.
Jack turns to leave when another mob rounds the other corner blocking him in.
Kids C & D hop onto a cart for a better vantage point.
The horse at the front of the cart rears up.
Jack looks up. The buildings are extremely high. Jack hesitates.
Kid D says “We've got to do something.”
Jack is cornered and the Musket man starts to squeeze the trigger.
Kid C takes a piece of wood and slaps the back of the horse.
The horse and cart career off down the alley.
The crowd part.
SHJ makes his escape, tips his hat to the boys in a gesture of thanks.
Back in the present the Old man speaks to the kids.
“Some say he was a scorned lover, others say he was a practical joker, while others still say he was the devil himself. A less popular view was that he merely the creation of the authorities, used to police the streets through fear.”
The Storm starts to brew again.
Dog X starts to whimper.
The kids look up to see that the old man has gone but they hear him laughing like a madman.
Up above, the branches start to shake and the cricket ball falls from the tree. Was the old man SHJ Himself?
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