London has had a number of rather interesting characters throughout its history. Of course, most have heard of Jack the Ripper, but go back into the 1600s and you have another character who managed to send terror through the hearts and minds of those who resided in the city at that time.
However, this was not someone who would kill or maim their victims leaving them in a gory and bloody mess for somebody else to find. Nowhere near it.
Instead, some individual would stalk the streets of London armed with a rod, and upon setting eyes on a potential victim would use their stealth to creep up on them before lashing out. Okay, it sounds a lot worse than it was because all he did was spank them with his rod while shouting out the term ‘Spanko!’ followed by him running off.
When you now stop and think about it, you can begin to see that this guy was just not in the same league as Jack the Ripper after all.