For months now, Outlander‘s Black Jack Randall, a sadistic Redcoat who makes Jeffrey Dahmer look like a mewling kitten in comparison, has had Jamie Fraser in his sights. In the season finale. Outlander’s first season finale went where few TV shows ever go, with the sadistic Captain Jack Randall, a.k.a. Black Jack, torturing heroic Highlander Jamie Fraser to the point of nearly losing.

1. As he fought them off, Black Jack appeared and placed a gun to his head. RELATED: Outlander: 5 Things That Have Changed After The Pilot (& 5 That Stayed The Same) Despite Jamie begging Black Jack to leave his sister alone, he stripped her and claimed she was very attractive. Randall then tied Jamie up and proceeded to whip him as Jenny watched.
2. Season three saw Black Jack killed by Jamie at the Battle of Culloden as the British and the Jacobites went head to head in a catastrophic conflict, which would shape the course of Scottish.
3. (Not included in this inauspicious tally: Claire was forced to have sex with Louis XV to free Jamie while their adopted son Fergus was raped by Black Jack in season 2, and Jamie was blackmailed to.

Fans ofOutlander have been wondering whether or not Captain Black Jack Randall was based on a real person or not.

Season three of Outlander saw the death of Captain Black Jack Randall, which led to questions about whether or not the tyrannical redcoat was actually based on a real figure.

Captain Jonathan “Black Jack” Randall (played by Tobias Menzies) passed many seasons ago. The evil villain died at the Battle of Culloden at the hands of Highlander Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan). Over the course of his time on the show, 'Black Jack' proved to be the most bloodthirsty and violent character on the show.

His cruelty was unparalleled, as he used violence to ensure that he got everything he wanted on the show. His torturous ways meant that he was feared and loathed across the world of Outlander.

This has led fans to wonder if there is any truth behind the theory that 'Black Jack' was actually based on a real person.

But how much is the character rooted in reality and how much was borne from US author Diana Gabaldon’s imagination?

Well, according to some sources, the character was not based on any real person from the Jacobite era, unlike other characters on the show. Outlander featured some real figures including the Duke of Sandringham (Simon Callow) and Bonnie Prince Charlie (Andrew Gower).

A newspaper called The Scotsman, however, has suggested the character could have been based on captain Caroline Frederick Scott, who is described by the publication as having a “brutal streak”.

In the book Culloden: Scotland’s Last Battle by historian Trevor Royale, Scott was said to have been led by a “visceral dislike of Highlanders” and had a personal desire to kill Bonnie Prince Charlie.

Sound familiar? Based on this description, there's certainly a chance that the idea for 'Black Jack' stems from Captain Scott.

Let us know what you think.

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