
94 episodes

The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope David White
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4.6 • 9 Ratings
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There are known knowns, known unknowns and unknown unknowns. But there are also unknown knowns. We are the Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope, a secret society devoted to unearthing and sharing this forgotten knowledge.
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Make Insurance Double Sure [the Blue-Eyed Six]
Joseph Raber was "too lazy to live and too lazy to work" -- the perfect victim for conspirators who insured him to the gills and murdered him. Join us this week for 1879's Crime of the Century, the incredible tale of "the Blue-Eyed Six!"
https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/make-insurance-double-sure/
Key sources for this episode include Gary Ludwig's The Blue-Eyed Six: A Historical Narrative; G. Thomas Gates's A History of Hangings for Homicide in Lebanon County; and contemporary newspaper reports. Thanks also to #2 and #23, who helped me understand some of the more confusing legal issues surrounding the case.
Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network. https://thatsnotcanon.com/
This week we're co-promoting with fellow TNC podcast Pop DNA!. Join hosts Erin and Rhonda as they dissect the building blocks of our favorite pop culture works, sometimes with bad jokes. https://linktr.ee/Popdnapodcast
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Crepuscule in Blood and Guts [James McNeill Whistler, mercenary]
This one has it all: sibling rivalry, country club politics, adultery, duels, the Civil War, Spanish colonial policy, three giant piles of bird poop, all connected by the greatest American painter of the 19th Century: James McNeill Whistler.
Transcript, sources, links and more at
https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/crepuscule-in-blood-and-guts/
Key sources for this episode include Daniel E. Sutherland's Whistler: A Life for Art's Sake; Nikolaus Pevsner's "Whistler's Valparaiso Harbour at the Tate Gallery"; William Columbus Davis's The Last Conquistadores: The Spanish Intervention in Peru and Chile, 1863-1866; and the personal correspondence of James McNeill Whistler.
Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network. https://thatsnotcanon.com/
This week we're co-promoting with fellow TNC podcast Art Slice. Join artists Stephanie Dueñas and Russell Shoemaker as they approach art history from an artist's perspective, without all the technical gibberish getting in the way. https://www.artslicepod.com/
Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB
Twitter: https://twitter.com/orderjackalope
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Gone Guy [Benjamin Bathurst]
In 1809, at the height of the Napoleonic Wars, British diplomat Benjamin Bathurst vanished into thin air. He was never seen again, and we're still debating what happened to him some 213 years later.
Transcript, sources, links and more at
https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/gone-guy/
Key sources for this episode include Sabine Baring-Gould's Historic Oddities and Strange Events; Michael Mason's "Benjamin Bathurst; The Case of the Missing Diplomat, 1809"; and Neville Thompson's "The Continental System as a Sieve: The Disappearance of Benjamin Bathurst in 1809."
Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network. https://thatsnotcanon.com/
This week we're co-promoting with fellow TNC podcast Grown Up. The life of an adult is complicated and tough, and sometimes you feel like you aren't doing your best. Join Derric Holland as he does his best to navigate the perils of growing up and discusses mental health, relationships, and self-discovery along the way. https://beacons.ai/grownuppodcast
Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB
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Email: jackalope@order-of-the-jackalope.com -
Errata #3
Everyone makes mistakes. Here are some (more) of ours.
Featuring corrections and updates for the following episodes:
Hurricane Coming Through He Whooped to See Them Burn The Icelander The Prophet of the Pacific Suffer Little Children You Are Who You Eat Westward Huss Tales from the Cryptid Wonder Marvelously Your Heart's Sorrow A Warning to Future Man Air Crash Museum Worse Than Frankenstein Seven Minutes in Heaven 520% Transcript, sources, links and more at https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/errata-3
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orderjackalope/
Tumblr: https://orderjackalope.tumblr.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/orderjackalope
Email: jackalope@order-of-the-jackalope.com
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Unto Us A Child Is Born [William W. Davies and the Walla Walla Jesus]
Mormons believe that Jesus once lived in the Americas. Some of them once believed he lived on the outskirts of Walla Walla, Washington from 1868-1880. This is their story.
Transcript, sources, links and more at
https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/unto-us-a-child-is-born
Key sources for this episode include C. LeRoy Anderson's For Christ Will Come Tomorrow: The Saga of the Morrisites; Russell Blankenship's And There Were Men; William Denison Lyman's History of Old Walla Walla County, Embracing Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield, and Asotin Counties; and Tony Zbaraschuk's The Fall of the Standard: William W. Davis and the Walla Walla Jesus.
Presented by #13 (Dave White) Artist. Lover. Social Media Unfluencer. Acknowledged authority on lucrative bogs. Dave White is all this and more. But most days he's a web developer, graphic designer, and cartoonist. He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, his two cats, and his crippling obsession with strange trivia.
Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orderjackalope/
Instagram: https://instagram.com/orderjackalope
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/orderjackalope
Email: jackalope@order-of-the-jackalope.com
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The Ape-Man Creature of Whiteface Customized My Van [the Minnesota Iceman]
The mind-boggling tale of how two world-famous zoologists were fooled by a shifty carnival worker, a rubber dummy, a three ton block of ice, and their own biases.
Transcript, sources, links and more at
https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/the-ape-man-creature-of-whiteface-customized-my-van/
Key sources for this episode include Ivan T. Sanderson's "Preliminary Description of the External Morphology of What Appeared to be the Fresh Corpse of a Hitherto Unknown Form of Living Hominid"; John Napier's Bigfoot: The Yeti and Sasquatch in Myth and Reality; Bernard Heuvelmans' Neanderthal: The Strange Saga of the Minnesota Iceman; Brian Regal's Searching for Sasquatch; several episodes of The Bigfoot Show, MonsterTalk, and Skeptoid podcasts; and online articles by Darren Naish.
Presented by #13 (Dave White) Artist. Lover. Social Media Unfluencer. Acknowledged authority on lucrative bogs. Dave White is all this and more. But most days he's a web developer, graphic designer, and cartoonist. He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, his two cats, and his crippling obsession with strange trivia.
Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orderjackalope/
Instagram: https://instagram.com/orderjackalope
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/orderjackalope
Tumblr: https://orderjackalope.tumblr.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/orderjackalope
Email: jackalope@order-of-the-jackalope.com
Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network. https://thatsnotcanon.com/
Customer Reviews
Honours To The Jackalope
Should be in Top Ten for History ~ as entertaining as it is informative, but more than to the point The Order Of The Jackalope is just totally, absolutely F U N - and I’m so glad I found it.
Can’t believe this isn’t more popular
Really enjoying this podcast. Just found it a couple of days ago through an instagram recommendation. The stories are well researched and the host is personable and keeps it entertaining.
Incredible level of research
It’s a combination of “Strange, But True,” mixed with Paul Harvey’s “The Rest of the Story.” An eclectic collection or obscure & oddball tails with intense amounts of research brought together with a compelling narrative. If you like “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” or Hardcore History, it’s worth giving a couple of episodes a listen.