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?
"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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
Judge Crater, Call Your Office
the missingest man in modern history
On August 6th, 1930 Judge Joseph Force Crater walked out of a New York City restaurant and was never seen again.
Scarlet Billows
when the shark bites with its teeth, dear
In July 1916, the New Jersey coast was rocked by the deadliest string of shark attacks in US history. Here's the whole bloody story.