Jackalope Carnival: A Sideshow of Stories
Mysteries, legendary creatures, historical oddities, strange occurrences and spooky stuff all are fair game in this carnival sideshow of stories. Eric and Bekah are your guides to looking at the unknown through the lens of human belief. Step right up! It's a Jackalope Carnival! Jackalope Carnival has a new episodes coming mid-September 2025! Stay tuned!
Podcasting since 2020 • 45 episodes
Jackalope Carnival: A Sideshow of Stories
Latest Episodes
Koreshan Unity: Just a Florida Man and his Hollow Earth Cult
Whatever you do, don't put your recently deceased cult leader in a bathtub in Florida for a week to see if he'll make good on his promise to come back to life. Is it occult? Sure. Is it a cult? Sure? Do they ...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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Hollow Earth Controversy: Pita or Arepa?
What is this hollow Earth business? What, is it the 1820s again? Or how about the 1920s?Fire up he blimp, we're heading for the North Pole in the latest episode of Jackalope Carnival where we spin another yarn that will make ...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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Phantom Hitchhikers: Not All Who Wander Are Alive!!
Think you know everything about this well studied trope? Think again. Jackalope Carnival will join folklorists of the past as they try to track down what is one of the oldest urban legends of them all! Along the way, will they pick up a strange...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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32:40
The Goatman: Of Goats and Men, and Men Who are Goats
Legends tell of a terrifying figure: half-man, half-goat, and fully armed with an axe. But is the Goatman a single creature wandering across America, or do multiple horned horrors haunt the land?From eerie folklore to strange encounters,...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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Southern Cousins: Wild Men and Bigfoot Kin
-Is there a connection between sightings of "wild man" in the Southern US, the Civil War and Sasquatch-like creatures? Why would anyone "buy a box of bats"? What made Bekah exclaim, "I just want a cryptid that wears pants!" Find out...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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