Between 1837 and 1904, rumors spread of a strange bounding devil who haunted southern England, breathing blue flames and menacing his victims with steel talons. In the latest Futility Closet podcast we review the career of Spring-Heeled Jack and speculate about his origins.

http://www.futilitycloset.com/2014/11/17/podcast-episode-34-spring-heeled-jack-a-victorian-supervillain/

That's who Jakben Imbel was based off of, yup yup.