James Jasper
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James Jasper (died 1868) was a British choirmaster and opium addict who owned a house on 50 Berkeley Square during the 19th century.
Biography[edit | edit source]
Living with his nephew Edward in his home, Jasper grew jealous of Edward's betrothal to one of his pupils, Rosa, whom he shared romantic feelings for. Driven by madness, he murdered his nephew secretly and fabricated his own disappearance, hiding in his house's secret passage where he would live on opium.[1]
To scare other people away from his home, he used levers and contraptions to create illusions of specters and ghosts. This caused the townsfolk to create legends and stories regarding the "haunted house".[1]
Sometime in 1868, the novelist Charles Dickens and Evie or Jacob Frye investigated the house and managed to open the secret passage using the key found by some nearby children. There, they discovered Jasper's contraptions and, eventually, Jasper himself. The madman attacked them while retelling his love for Rosa and his guilt for murdering Edward, but was ultimately killed by one of the Frye twins.[1]
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- The "50 Berkeley Square" memory is a reference to The Mystery of Edwin Drood, the final novel by Charles Dickens, who died in 1870 before completing it. It is generally believed that the disappearance of the titular Edwin Drood is imputable to his uncle John Jasper, an opium-addicted choirmaster who is in love with Edwin's fiancée, Rosa Bud.