Triple Jumper
the mysterious death of baseball superstar Ed Delahanty (1867-1903)
On July 2, 1903 Washington Senators outfielder Ed Delahanty walked out of the team's hotel in Detroit and disappeared.
"Series 7"
Series 7 of the Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope podcast ran from April 12 to July 25, 2021 and featured episodes from #7, #13 and #17 on daring art thefts, sleazy hotels, pseudoscience, and a cult founded by a dentist.
You Are Who You Eat
foods named after famous people
Time to dress up, because #7 is inviting you to a dinner party where all the foods are famous. Or at least have famous namesakes.
Suffer Little Children
John Ballou Newbrough, Oahspe, and the Faithists of SHalam
In 1880, God dictated a new Bible to J.B. Newbrough, and then told him to move to New Mexico and open up the weirdest orphanage the world has ever seen.
The Garden of Oblivion
the Golden Age of Hollywood's own no-tell motel
From millionaire's mansion to sleazy hotel to Frank Gehry architectural abomination, the sordid history of the Sunset Strip's own Garden of Allah.
Moron or Madman?
in which science is subordinated to politics
Trofim D. Lysenko (1898-1976) set back the study of biology in the Soviet Union for two generations -- but the lessons you should learn from his story are not the one scientists and philosophers have pushed.
More Lovely and More Temperate
poor estate planning, a daring art theft, and a brief history of Anglo-Irish relations
In which two Irish art students commit a daring daylight museum heist with virtually no planning, and somehow get away consequence-free.