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Send us Fan Mail How would you rank the following on a tier list (scariest to least scary) : Mannequin  Religious statuary  Moldy deteriorating dolls  Ventriloquist dummy  Disembodied doll body parts (esp. heads and arms)  "Voodoo Dolls" (eyeroll)  Go!  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Clowns were always terrifying- this isn't anything new.  What was children's room decorations or corporate mascots are the aberration, I tell you!!! Join Bekah and Eric for hair raising stories about clowns that may scare you, or even a Liverpool ghost clown that might save your life!  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Enter a terrifying world of mysterious mirrors, haunted reflections, occult spies and...school kids' slumber parties?  C'mon who hasn't levitated a friend, called forth the scourge of faithful through chanting or put their friend's hand a bowl of warm water?  Bekah and Eric reminisce about their misspent youths in this latest episode of Jackalope Carnival.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Thesis: History in general, and the 19th in specific, was weirder than you told. Evidence: Jackalope Carnival submits for you approval Georg Rapp, a capitalist commune cult leader, alchemist and home brewer who founded three towns in America that still exist today.  Happy New Year from Jackalope Carnival!  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail What does Oliver Cromwell, Calvinist Lord Protector of England (and infamous prig), British garage rockers The Kinks and the Insane Clown Posse have in common?  Come for Christmas list of song goodies, stay for how Ghost Riders in the Sky is a now a Christmas song. Happy Holidays from Jackalope Carnival!  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail It's that time again folks, our annual holiday episode. This year Christmas brings fond memories of tube socks and hard candy. Enjoy this candy dish of musically inspired Christmas trivia and then listen to our playlist just for you! Happy Holidays from Jackalope Carnival!  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail 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 run a convenience store and a trailer park? Yes. Absolutely yes.  P.S.: the former cult compound is now a state park and historic site. Also, Bekah had a really bad cold when this was recorded. Apologies, but the show must go on! We can't make this stuff up folks, come to the Side Show of Stories!  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail 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 you wonder: "Is this really what happened?!?" Support the show

Send us Fan Mail 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 wayward soul just looking for ride home? Probably not. But check out this extra packed episode! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail 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, we dive into one of the wildest cryptid tales around in this goat-monster-themed episode.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail -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 in this episode of Jackalope Carnival.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail 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 her ankles has to do with two headed dogs, but boy howdy there were some strange goings on in central Tennessee in the 19th century. Witch or no witch.  And, by the eternals, what do Bekah's 2nd and maybe 3rd least favorite U.S. Presidents have to do with any of this?!  Jackalope Carnival is back to ask all of the questions you were afraid to even conceive of! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail 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 you can judge someone by their friends, but we'll give Saint Nick a pass.  We have to, you don't want to get on his bad side.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail 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 and more in this episode of Jackalope Carnival.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail 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.  Support the show