"Series 8"

Series 8 of the Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope podcast ran from July 26rd, 2021 to November 14, 2021, and episodes from #7 and #13 on strange disappearances, Venezuelan volcanoes, and Vikings in America.

Westward Huss

here a Viking, there a Viking, everywhere a Viking Viking

Would you believe there were Vikings in Washington, DC? Or West Virginia? Or Oklahoma? Or Hawaii? How about all of the above and none of the above?

Categories: Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, People & Places, Series 8, The Quest for the Past

Tags: Adena culture aliens Arizona Barry Fell Eben Norton Horsford Freemasonry Grave Creek Mound Hawaii Kensington Runestone Knights Templar Maine Native Americans New England Antiquities Research Association (NEARA) Norumbega Nova Scotia Ohio Olaf Strandwold Paul Knutsson Presented by #13 pseudo-science runes Scott Wolter skepticism Smithsonian Institution Vikings Vinland Washington, DC West Virginia

Published: October 18, 2021

The Kensington Runestone monument (larger than life-size)

Westward Huss

Minnesota Vikings can be found far beyond U.S. Bank Stadium

In which the vikings of Minnesota challenge the patriots of New England for the right to claim Vikings beat Columbus to the New World.

Categories: Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, People & Places, Series 8, The Quest for the Past

Tags: Canada Kensington Runestone Knights Templar Minnesota Native Americans Paul Knutsson Presented by #13 pseudo-science Quebec runes Scott Wolter skepticism Smithsonian Institution Vikings Wisconsin

Published: October 11, 2021

Westward Huss

in which America asks the question: whither Vinland?

For years, archaeologists have searched in vain for the location of Leif Eriksson's Vinland. They should have just asked the good people of New England.

Categories: Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, People & Places, Popular Facts & Fallacies, Series 8, The Quest for the Past

Tags: Barry Fell Boston, MA Canada Dighton Rock Eben Norton Horsford Jöns Jacob Berzelius Leif Eiriksson Maine Massachusetts Native Americans New England Antiquities Research Association (NEARA) Norumbega Nova Scotia Presented by #13 pseudo-science Rhode Island runes skepticism Thorfinn Karlsefni Thorvald Eiriksson Vikings Vinland

Published: October 4, 2021

The Graveyard of Baseball

October 1, 1970 was a day that would live in infamy

It was supposed to be a celebration of sixty years of baseball... and instead, well, Philadelphia fans did what Philadelphia fans do best.

Categories: Most Popular, Series 8, Sports & Leisure

Tags: baseball Colonel John Ignatius Rogers Cornelius "Connie Mack" McGillicuddy Oakland Athletics Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia, PA Presented by #13

Published: September 20, 2021

Deborah Kallikak reading a book with a cat in her lap

Common Clay

Henry Herbert Goddard (1866-1957), the man who made morons

H.H. Goddard's studies of the feeble-minded helped justify eugenics policies across the world... which is a tragedy because they junk science and lies.

Categories: Most Popular, Science & Nature, Series 8, The Marvels of Science

Tags: genetics New Jersey Presented by #13 pseudo-science racism

Published: September 6, 2021