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!
Episodes
41 episodes
Bell Witch: The Pettiest Poltergeist
At what point does legend become fact? Is there any evidence that the legend of the Bell Witch was concocted to cover for something more nefarious? We don’t know what strange girls in green dresses hanging about in trees showing off...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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23:05
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Ouija Boards in the Local Convenience Store
In this episode Jackalope Carnival explore the history and lore of contacting the spirit world. Warning: this episode contains detailed accounts of a historic 7-11 in Baltimore with Ouija board connections and a ham sandwich eating medium from ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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26:50
How you doin', Mothman?
Our inaugural episode! It's a Jackalope Carnival! Bekah and Eric are longtime friends and aficionados of all things odd, mysterious and downright strange. This week they talk about their favorite cryptids:...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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52:55
Christmas Episode '23: Santa's Friends Are Not Okay
In our 4th Christmas episode, which may or may not have been done under the influence of holiday cheer, we take a look at some of the dark and devilish company that Saint Nicholas keeps in France, Belgium and regions of Germany. They say ...
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35:04
Mermen and more!
Where did all the stories of mermen go? When merpeople are so popular in fiction, why are they not talked about so much in cryptozoology circles? Was a merman sighted in Redondo Beach, California? Discover the answers to these questions a...
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30:13
Civil War Ghosts and Otherwise
Ghosts a plenty. Ghost-o-rama, Plethora of hauntings here. Boooooy Howdy. Also: Eric talks about his connections to the Civil War. Bekah wonders if her cold is making her manifest ectoplasm.
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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40:59
Channeling for Fun and Prophet
A new (mini) season of Jackalope Carnival! In this episode there's Ouija boards, automatic writing, earnest but (probably) poorly pronounced Mandarin and voices from the spirit world telling a famous poet to get over his ex. And no...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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34:21
Winged Harbingers and Scary Sky Creatures!
The final episode of Season Three speaks of DOOOM! DOOOOOOOOOM! Were Chernobyl and the eruption of Mt Saint Helens prophesied by winged har-binge-rs? Or is it Har-bing-ers? Find out on this episode of Jackalope Carnival where we loo...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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44:09
Worst Valentine's Day Episode Ever
In this pretty inappropriate, and not particularly family friendly episode, we look to Sylvester Graham and John Harvey Kellogg to talk about past diets that were intended to keep one's vision 20/20 and palms bald as cue ball. <...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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38:45
Ghost Ships: The Carroll A. Deering and the Flying Dutchman
Jackalope Carnival again takes to the high seas in search of abandoned ghost vessels, ghosts on ships and ships that are ghosts. Also: phantom ships, missing crews and ruddy men who leave their shoes lying about in strange...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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47:08
Out of Body Experiences, Psychic Spies and Dangerous Artichoke Aliens
Did the government open doors it couldn't close? Do dangerous aliens wear hot pants in the produce aisle? Why do they wave artichokes about? Good thing the Men in Black got there just in time! We will literally mention all of this,...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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51:06
MORE Jackalope Carnival Holiday Special 2022!!
Our second helping of international Christmas folklore and fun At one point, Bekah tries to convince Eric that if you beat a log with a stick while screaming at it, it will poop candy into your bed. So far the results ...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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27:53
Jackalope Carnival Holiday Special 2022!!
Are werewolves and ghosts only for Halloween? What are the "stretchy pants days of December" and why do mischievous little men crawl from underground to sour my milk? A very happy holidays from Jackalope Carnival to you!!!
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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35:52
Urban Legend -or- is it? The Bunny Man and More.
This all totally happened to my friend's cousin back in the 80s...In this episode we talk about stories that sound way too unbelievable to be true. But of course, this is Jackalope Carnival, nothing is ever that simple...Lederho...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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40:11
To Owl or Not to Owl? That is the Question.
Join us as we look into two monster sightings that are often blamed on owls, talk about some owl lore and ask the question: owl or not owl?Owlman, Hopkinsville Goblins, Eurasian Eagle Owls, Barred Owls, Barn Owls &...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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43:00
The Stone of Scone: Legends of British Rock(s)!!!!!
If you came looking for Zeppelin or The Beatles... um, wellllll... It's more sandstone and quartz. But while we may not have The Rolling Stones, we do have the Stone of Destiny, and a troop of monkeys tasked with keeping the Emp...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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39:59
Accidental Time Travel- Your Timeslip is Showing!
Don't you just hate it when you're taking an elevator from the office to go home and you accidentally end up in one of the bloodiest battles in American History? Or how about when you put in a full day's work, go to clock out and f...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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39:15
You Wouldn't Have Heard of It, They're Totally Underground
Jackalope Carnival is excited to be back in the studio for you! This week we're going to get deep, like subterranean and dig up the secrets of hidden tunnels and passageways in Norwich and elsewhere. We missed you, it's good to be ...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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44:26
Jackalope Carnival Holiday Special 2021!!
Our gift to you, dear listeners! We countdown 12 Christmas tales, traditions and trivia from around the world. Thank you for all the support! Happy Holidays! Bekah & Eric
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Season 2
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25:18
UFO Religions, Unarians, Jello, Sparkles and the United States Supreme Court
No, really, it's all in there. Every single bit of it and more...Join Jackalope Carnival as we ask investigate UFO religions and answer your burning questions. Were early UFO religions in league with Nazis? Are the Unarians the best dressed...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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36:26
Moon-eyed People and the Menehune: Choose Your Own Adventure!
Join us for a special "Choose your own Adventure" episode of Jackalope Carnival! As we investigate stories of moon-eyed people from North Carolina and the menehune of Hawaii. How far back d...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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42:53
Werewolves and... Cheese?!
Two of history's most well documented werewolf sightings one from France, the Beast of Gévaudan and one from Wisconsin, USA, the Beast of Bray Road. And cheese! How did Barry Manilow get involved in all o...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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47:41
There's No Alligators in MY Sewers!
The Jackalope Carnival crew is hot on the trail of one of America's most enduring urban legends. On the way there's a troop of monkeys set loose on Manhattan in a possible advertising campaign gone wrong, a zebra cobra endures a Ca...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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30:29
North American Sea Cryptids: The Thing In The Water Isn't What It Appears To Be
Eric and Bekah cover a lot of ground historically, geographically and in subject matter in this episode about sea creatures. Eric tells the tale of two Chessies- one cryptid and one sirenian - both in the continent's largest estuar...
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Luchadores, the Real Nacho Libre and Wrestling's Greatest Eyebrows
In the second part of Jackalope Carnival's look at professional wrestling's checkered past, Eric finds the origins of hard core wrestling with a Wild Bull. Bekah talks of Lucha Libre from the early days of El Santo and his "bride" ...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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