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Apr 2021
27m 3s

THE UNKNOWN: Spring-Heeled Jack

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In 1838, a strange villain began stalking the London suburbs. For the next 70 years, Spring-Heeled Jack — a fire-breathing, metal-clawed monster — terrorized the city.

 

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