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Springheel Jack (Apt Pupil)
Springheel Jack (Apt Pupil) is recorded in 1 distinct story.
Strawberry Spring’s campus killer is nicknamed Springheel Jack; Apt Pupil only lists that name with notorious killers, leaving whether it means this campus murderer or the older legend unresolved.
Also recorded as Springheel Jack.
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Apt Pupil
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He calls up old bogies, threadbare but still useful—the Cleveland Torso Murderer, Zodiac, the mysterious Mr. X who killed the Black Dahlia, Springheel Jack. Such drivel. But it makes me think. What does an old man have to do but think when old friends don’t come to visit anymore?”
Strawberry Spring’s campus killer is nicknamed Springheel Jack; Apt Pupil only lists that name with notorious killers, leaving whether it means this campus murderer or the older legend unresolved.