Wolpertingers
Back in July, #42 sent us a some cool photos of the jackalope's wild and weird Bavarian cousin, the wolpertinger.
Categories: Supplement
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"fakelore"
Sometimes people make things up and try to pass them off as genuine folklore. And sometimes, other people believe them.
The Best Exotic Marigold Gospel
for one messiah, this is just the beginning of an exotic adventure
Where did Jesus get his ideas? Some people think he learned them in India. And some of those people have even ginned up fake evidence for that theory...
Categories: Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Series 10, Wild Card
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Brimful of Wrath and Cabbage
a double dram of true Dutch courage
A satirical (and entirely fictional) account of the fall of Fort Christina from early America's greatest humorist, Washington Irving.
Categories: Bonus Episodes, Supplement
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What-Is-It?
there's an animal roaming round the town that is certainly gaining great renown
For one week in January 1909, the Jersey Devil walked among us. Maybe.
Categories: Footsteps into the Unknown, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Legendary Lands & Beasts, Myths & Legends, Series 6, Wild Card
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The Jackalope
lopegigrus lepusalopus ineptus
Douglas Herrick invented the jackalope in 1932 by "enhancing" a mounted rabbit with a set of deer antlers. It's a nice story, but is it true?
Categories: Legendary Lands & Beasts, Series 1, Wild Card
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