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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope

Aug 28, 2023

This one has it all: the afterlife, encyclopedia salesmen, evil stepmothers, Kickapoo princesses, New Yorkers with more money than sense, the Empress Alexandra, bigamy and fraud, ghost farts and spirit chickens.

https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/a-good-thing-to-die-by/

Key sources for this episode include Mary E....


Aug 7, 2023

In 1862, William H. Mumler took the first known photograph of a ghost. Maybe. What unfolded over the next two decades was a story of fraud and self-deception... that even spilled over into the criminal courts of New York City.

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