"Series 8"

Series 8 of the Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope podcast will run from July 26rd, 2021 to November 14, 2021, featuring episodes from #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? Read More...

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

Tags: Arizona Barry Fell Eben Norton Horsford Freemasonry Hawaii Kensington Runestone Knights Templar Maine Native Americans New England Antiquities Research Association (NEARA) Norumbega Nova Scotia Ohio Paul Knutsson Presented by #13 runes Scott Wolter Vikings Vinland Washington, DC West Virginia

Published: October 18, 2021
Edited: 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. Read More...

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

Tags: Canada Kensington Runestone Knights Templar Native Americans North Dakota Paul Knutsson Presented by #13 runes Scott Wolter Vikings

Published: October 11, 2021
Edited: 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. Read More...

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

Tags: Barry Fell Boston, MA Canada Eben Norton Horsford Leif Eiriksson Maine Massachusetts Native Americans New England Antiquities Research Association (NEARA) Norumbega Nova Scotia Presented by #13 runes Thorfinn Karlsefni Thorvald Eiriksson Vikings Vinland

Published: October 4, 2021
Edited: October 11, 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. Read More...

Categories: Series 8, Sports & Leisure

Tags: baseball Cornelius "Connie Mack" McGillicuddy Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia, PA Presented by #13

Published: September 20, 2021
Edited: September 17, 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. Read More...

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

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

Published: September 6, 2021
Edited: September 6, 2021

Burnu Acquanetta posing in a Mexican costume in front of a fake Olmec head

Burning Fire, Deep Water

neither Venezuelan nor Volcano

Burnu Acquanetta, "the Venezuelan Volcano," was an exotic beauty who took Hollywood by storm in the summer of 1942... but who was she really? Read More...

Categories: Biography, Entertainment & Media, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Series 8

Tags: Arizona Burnu Acquanetta Ross California Hollywood motion pictures Native Americans New York, NY Phoenix, AZ Presented by #13 racism Universal Pictures