The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope

"Series 11"

Series 11 of the Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope podcast ran from June 27 to October 16, 2022 and featured episodes from #6, #7, #13, #16 and #42 on America’s first kidnapping for profit, the tiny neutral territory of Moresnet, sci-fi controversies from the 1940s, and two different ships with the same name.

The CSS Shenandoah

The Sea King

the last Confederate ship

In 1864 the Confederacy sent a privateer to destroy the whaling industry. It succeeded beyond their wildest dreams... but not until after the war was over.

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Amazing Stories, March 1943

A Warning To Future Man

either the most astonishing revelation in history... or its greatest hoax

"I myself cannot explain it. I know only that I remember Lemuria! Remember it with the absolute conviction of a fanatic..."

Categories: Entertainment & Media, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Most Popular, Series 11

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George Jacob Schweinfurth

Holy Ghost Babies

ten times worse than Brigham Young (or so they say)

George Jacob Schweinfurth was a charlatan who mocked religion, stole money, and despoiled women with his hypnotic powers. Then he did something unexpected.

Categories: Eccentrics & Prophecies, People & Places, Series 11

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map of Neutral Moresnet

Independent by Accident

a brief history of Neutral Moresnet (1814-1918)

An ambitious Prince William Frederick, prince of Orange-Nassau, was an ambitious man. The House of Orange had been chased from Holland by French revolutionaries, so when the Napoleonic empire crumbled in the final months of 1813 he was determined to grab as much of the spoils as he possibly could. His ultimate ambition was to […]

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Charles Brewster Ross

Your Heart’s Sorrow

the 1874 abduction of Little Charley Ross

In 1874 four-year-old Charley Ross was kidnapped in front of his family's Philadelphia home... and became America's first case of kidnapping for ransom.

Categories: Intriguing & Unsolved Mysteries, People & Places, Series 11

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