#113: Such Was Railroading [the Castle Shannon Railway War]

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about a year ago 18:03

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Key sources for this episode include contemporary newspaper reports; the Bridgeville Area Historical Society, Brookline Connection, and Carrick-Overbrook Historical Society web sites; and N.A. Critchett's fantastic (and highly inaccurate) "Double Gauge."

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#113: Such Was Railroading [the Castle Shannon Railway War]

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published about a year ago

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#116: The Marshal is Missing! [the heist of Marshal Pétain's remains] presented by #42 (Alex Baumans) 35:18

5 days ago35:18

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In February 1973, French right wingers broke into the grave of of fascist dictator Philippe Pétain and made off with his mortal remains. This is the tragicomic story of what led them to that moment... and what happened afterwards. https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/the-marshal-is-missing/ Key sources for this episode include Jean-Yves La Naour’s On a volé le Maréchal ; Michel Dumas’ La permission du Maréchal ; Hugo Coniez’s La mort de la IIIe Republique ; and Julian Jackson’s France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Petain . Presented by #42 (Alex Baumans). Alex is pathologically interested in anything unusual and obscure. He’s a closet goth, armchair general and amateur theologian. His favorite animals are ducks, octopodes and pigs. You will also find him surprisingly knowledgable about K-Pop girl groups. The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope is a secret society devoted to the idea that that which is least known is best to know. Each episode we share a strange story or amazing fact, and no topic is off limits -- if it's interesting or entertaining, we'll cover about it! Email: jackalope@order-of-the-jackalope.com Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/order-of-the-jackalope.com Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@orderjackalope Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/orderjackalope YouTube: https://youtube.com/@orderjackalope…

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#115: Fluffy Raffles Comes To Town [who?] 28:47

26 days ago28:47

28:47

She was the meandering metropolitan mystery, the famous will-o'-the-wisp of the continent, who fooled police and the public from Abilene to Akron. Who was this mysterious and alluring woman, and why did she love bread so much? https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/fluffy-raffles-comes-to-town Thanks to the initiates who contributed their voices to this episode, including Dorothy Sibole (#7), Eric Leslie, and Jenn Thorson! Jenn Thorson: https://jennthorson.com/ Little Lake Theater Company: https://www.littlelake.org/ Key sources for this episode include contemporary newspaper report and that's about it. (You may find this hard to believe, not a lot of people are out there writing about this.) So let me recommend Rebeca Rego Barry's The Vanishing of Carolyn Wells , where she does some literary detective work to track down this vanished author, and Bill Peschel's Sherlock Holmes: Great War Parodies and Pastiches , an anthology of Sherlockian oddities. The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope is a secret society devoted to the idea that that which is least known is best to know. Each episode we share a strange story or amazing fact, and no topic is off limits -- if it's interesting or entertaining, we'll cover about it! Email: jackalope@order-of-the-jackalope.com Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/order-of-the-jackalope.com Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@orderjackalope Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/orderjackalope YouTube: https://youtube.com/@orderjackalope…

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#114: Unhuman Animals [Pennsylvania's anti-cartoon bills of 1903] 27:58

7 weeks ago27:58

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In 1903 Pennsylvania found the recipe for disaster: two of the greatest political cartoonists of the day, and an easily caricatured governor with no sense of humor. Their battle went to some...u unexpected places. https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/unhuman-animals Key sources for this episode include... Stephen Piott's "The Right of the Cartoonist: Samuel Pennypacker and the Freedom of the Press," contemporary newspaper reports... and that's it. Almost every other source I found either did not go into any detail about the act, or got the specifics so very wrong (like confusing the Pusey and Salus-Grady bills) to the point where I had to doubt everything else it had to say. The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope is a secret society devoted to the idea that that which is least known is best to know. Each episode we share a strange story or amazing fact, and no topic is off limits -- if it's interesting or entertaining, we'll cover about it! Email: jackalope@order-of-the-jackalope.com Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/order-of-the-jackalope.com Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@orderjackalope Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/orderjackalope YouTube: https://youtube.com/@orderjackalope…

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#113: Such Was Railroading [the Castle Shannon Railway War] 18:03

10 weeks ago18:03

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Milton D. Hays had two things: a dream of a railroad linking Pittsburgh to the coal fields of southwestern Pennsylvania, and a lack of ethics that would allow him to realize that dream. This is the story of the Castle Shannon Railway War. https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/such-was-railroading Key sources for this episode include contemporary newspaper reports; the Bridgeville Area Historical Society, Brookline Connection, and Carrick-Overbrook Historical Society web sites; and N.A. Critchett's fantastic (and highly inaccurate) "Double Gauge." The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope is a secret society devoted to the idea that that which is least known is best to know. Each episode we share a strange story or amazing fact, and no topic is off limits -- if it's interesting or entertaining, we'll cover about it! Email: jackalope@order-of-the-jackalope.com Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/order-of-the-jackalope.com Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@orderjackalope Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/orderjackalope YouTube: https://youtube.com/@orderjackalope…

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#112: There Must Come a Change [Octavius Valentine Catto] 1:02:39

13 weeks ago1:02:39

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Octavius Valentine Catto was truly a man for all seasons: scholar, activist, politician, baseball star. He could have been the inspiring black leader Reconstruction-era Philadelphia needed... if he hadn't been murdered. https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/there-must-come-a-change Key sources for this episode include Daniel Biddle and Murray Dubin's T asting Freedom: Octavius Catto and the Battle for Equality in Civil War America ; Joe William Trotter Jr and Eric Ledell Smith's African Americans in Pennsylvania: Shifting Historical Perspectives ; Michael E. Lomax's Black Baseball Entrepreneurs: 1860-1901: Operating by Any Means Necessary ; Ryan A. Swanson's When Baseball Went White: Reconstruction, Reconciliation, and Dreams of a National Pastime ; and Stephan Segal's "An Unbreakable Game: Baseball and Its Inability to Bring About Equality During Reconstruction" The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope is a secret society devoted to the idea that that which is least known is best to know. Each episode we share a strange story or amazing fact, and no topic is off limits -- if it's interesting or entertaining, we'll cover about it! Email: jackalope@order-of-the-jackalope.com Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/order-of-the-jackalope.com Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@orderjackalope Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/orderjackalope YouTube: https://youtube.com/@orderjackalope…

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#111: Samozvantsy [false Dmitrys in the Time of Troubles] 1:12:58

16 weeks ago1:12:58

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The Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich died from an accidental self-inflicted knife wound in 1591... but that didn't stop him from popping up to try and reclaim his throne in 1604. And 1607. And 1611. And 1612. And... https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/samozvantsy Key sources for this episode include Chester S.L. Dunning's Russia's First Civil War: The Time of Troubles and the Romanov Dynasty ; Maureen Perrie's Pretenders and Popular Monarchism in Early Modern Russia: The False Tsars of the Time of Troubles ; Paul Avrich's Russian Rebels, 1600-1800 ; and Peter Julicher's Renegades, Rebels and Rogues Under the Tsars . Special thanks to Kristen Harkness for her help with Russian transliteration and pronunciation. (Sorry, Kristen, I still beefed it!) The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope is a secret society devoted to the idea that that which is least known is best to know. Each episode we share a strange story or amazing fact, and no topic is off limits -- if it's interesting or entertaining, we'll cover about it! Email: jackalope@order-of-the-jackalope.com Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/order-of-the-jackalope.com Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@orderjackalope Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/orderjackalope YouTube: https://youtube.com/@orderjackalope…

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#110: The Choice of the Next Generation [the Cola Wars in space] 26:03

25 weeks ago26:03

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War! The balance of power in the Cola Wars has been shifting for years. In a stunning move, Coke has swept into NASA and is about to send its signature beverage into orbit... but not if the underdogs at Pepsi have anything to say about it... https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/the-choice-of-the-next-generation/ Key sources for this episode include Charles T. Bourland and Gregory L. Vogt's The Astronaut's Cookbook ; David H. Harland's The Story of the Space Shuttle ; Tony Reichart's Space Shuttle: The First 20 Years ; numerous patent applications; and contemporary newspaper reports. You're Wrong About: The Cola Wars Coca-Cola Space Can at the Smithsonian Pepsi Space Can at the Smithsonian Pepsi MIR Ad I'll be presenting at the Intelligent Speech conference on February 8, 2025! Register now at https://intelligentspeechonline.com/ and get 10% off with the promo code JACKALOPE! The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope is a secret society devoted to sharing strange stories and amazing facts. No topic is off limits -- if it's interesting or entertaining, we'll do an episode about it! Email: jackalope@order-of-the-jackalope.com Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/orderjackalope.bsky.social Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@orderjackalope Tumblr: https://orderjackalope.tumblr.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@orderjackalope…

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#109: The Number of the Stars [are there actually twelve planets?] 38:49

28 weeks ago38:49

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New Age types keep saying that there are twelve planets. Where does that number come from, and what are these three extra planets supposed to be? (Plus: a detour to the world of ancient astronauts.) https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/the-number-of-the-stars/ Key sources for this episode include Gottfried de Purucker's Fundamentals of the Esoteric Philosophy and The Fountain-Source of Occultism ; Govert Schilling's The Hunt for Planet X: New Worlds and the Fate of Pluto ; Maureen Temple Richmond's "The Threefold Rulership System in Esoteric Astrology"; Michael Heiser's website sitchiniswrong.com ; and the collected works of Zecharia Sitchin. Unidentified: Zecharia Sitchin's Made-Up Ancient Aliens History Unidentified: Fear of a 12th Planet Unidentified: Nibiru Needs Gold (and Sperm, for Some Reason) 404 Media: If Planet X Exists, It's Running Out of Places to Hide This week we're promoting our friends the Paranoid Strain, where the Fearful Jesuit and Dana Unicorn explain why so many people believe ridiculous conspiracy theories. https://www.theparanoidstrain.com/ I'll be presenting at the Intelligent Speech conference on February 8, 2025! Register now at https://intelligentspeechonline.com/ and get 10% off with the promo code JACKALOPE! The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope is a secret society devoted to sharing strange stories and amazing facts. No topic is off limits -- if it's interesting or entertaining, we'll do an episode about it! Email: jackalope@order-of-the-jackalope.com Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/orderjackalope.bsky.social Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@orderjackalope Tumblr: https://orderjackalope.tumblr.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@orderjackalope…

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#108: Your Eyebrows Will Grow Back [Richard Timewell's Space Ranger] presented by #42 16:20

31 weeks ago16:20

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Everybody always asks, "If this is the future, where's my jetpack?" but only Richard Timewell was bold enough to do something about it. And by "do something" I mean "sell jetpacks through the mail." https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/your-eyebrows-will-grow-back/ Presented by #42 (Alex Baumans): Pathologically interested in anything unusual and obscure. Closet goth, armchair general and amateur theologian. Favorite animals are ducks, octopodes and pigs. You will also find me surprisingly knowledgable about K-Pop girl groups. Key sources for this episode include contemporary newspaper reports, with some added material from the Secret Projects forum. A Gluhareff engine in action The Secret Projects Forum This week we're promoting our friends Imperfect Men, the show about the heroes, legends, and sometimes utter goobers who actually founded America. Join Steve and Cody every other week as they figure out who's a Founding Father and who's a Floundering Father. https://shows.acast.com/imperfect-men Email: jackalope@order-of-the-jackalope.com Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/orderjackalope.bsky.social Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orderjackalope/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orderjackalope/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@orderjackalope Tumblr: https://orderjackalope.tumblr.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@orderjackalope I'll be presenting at the Intelligent Speech conference on February 8, 2025! Register now at https://intelligentspeechonline.com/ and get 10% off with the promo code JACKALOPE! The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope is a secret society devoted to sharing strange stories and amazing facts. No topic is off limits -- if it's interesting or entertaining, we'll do an episode about it!…

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#107: Deeply Impressed [Helen Duncan goes on trial] 42:24

34 weeks ago42:24

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Helen Duncan was the last person persecuted in Britain for being a witch. Except she wasn't the last, she wasn't a witch, and she wasn't exactly persecuted either... https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/deeply-impressed/ Key sources for this episode include C.E. Bechhofer Roberts' The Trial of Mrs. Duncan ; Gena Brealey and Kay Hunter's The Two Worlds of Helen Duncan ; Harry Price's Leaves of a Psychist's Case-Book; Marion Gibson's Witchcraft: A Story in Thirteen Trials ; Paul Tabori's Harry Price: The Biography of a Ghost Hunter ; Ruth Paley and Simon Fowler's F amily Skeletons: Exploring the Lives of Our Disreputable Ancestors ; and contemporary newspaper reports. This week we're promoting our friends The Penny Peepshow -- presenting a range of podcast-play series for your edification and delight. The Pirate Queen! The Devil's Bed & Breakfast! The Edge of Infinity! Our Lady of the Egregious Assumption! Humanity's Last Hope! A Process of Elimination! And more! https://shows.acast.com/the-penny-peepshow/ Email: jackalope@order-of-the-jackalope.com Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/orderjackalope.bsky.social Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orderjackalope/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orderjackalope/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@orderjackalope Tumblr: https://orderjackalope.tumblr.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@orderjackalope I'll be presenting at the Intelligent Speech conference on February 8, 2025! Register now at https://intelligentspeechonline.com/ and get 10% off with the promo code JACKALOPE! The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope is a secret society devoted to sharing strange stories and amazing facts. No topic is off limits -- if it's interesting or entertaining, we'll do an episode about it!…

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#106: Cloud Dongs [George Gray Barnard's Pennsylvania State Capitol sculpture groups] 33:49

37 weeks ago33:49

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George Gray Barnard's sculptures have been installed in front of the Pennsylvania State Capitol since 1911... but the story of their creation is a long and tortured one, featuring the strangest act of self-censorship you'll ever see. https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/cloud-dongs/ Key sources for this episode include Dan Williams' "George Grey Barnard"; Ingrid Steffensen's "Toward an Iconography of a State Capitol: The Art and Architecture of the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg"; Ruth Hoover Seitz's Pennsylvania's Capitol ; Samuel W. Pennypacker's The Desecration and Profanation of the Pennsylvania Capitol ; the catalog of Pennsylvania State University's George Grey Barnard: Centenary Exhibition ; the proceedings of the Dedication Ceremonies of the Barnard Statues, State Capitol Building, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Oct 4, 1911; and contemporary newspaper reports. This week we're promoting our friends The Curiosity of!? -- where a father and son discuss things they are curious about, from science and history to monsters and games. They look at the quirky and unusual from around the world as well as seeking out local history, events, and characters. https://curiosityofpod.com/ Email: jackalope@order-of-the-jackalope.com Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/orderjackalope.bsky.social Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orderjackalope/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orderjackalope/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@orderjackalope Tumblr: https://orderjackalope.tumblr.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/orderjackalope YouTube: https://youtube.com/@orderjackalope I'll be presenting at the Intelligent Speech conference on February 8, 2025! Register now at https://intelligentspeechonline.com/ and get 10% off with the promo code JACKALOPE! The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope is a secret society devoted to sharing strange stories and amazing facts. No topic is off limits -- if it's interesting or entertaining, we'll do an episode about it!…

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#105: Wild Frantics [the Sanctified Band of Chincoteague Island] 36:25

40 weeks ago36:25

36:25

The Sanctified Band was driven from their homes on Chincoteague Island, forced to live in floating arks, and persecuted up and down the Eastern Seaboard... and all they really wanted was freedom to worship as they pleased. https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/wild-frantics/ Key sources for this episode include Harry J. Collins, Jr. and Floyd L. Hagan, Sr.'s History of Christ's Santified Holy Church ; Kirk Mariner's Once Upon an Island: The Story of Chincoteague ; Vinson Synan's The Holiness-Pentecostal Movement in the United States ; and contemporary newspaper reports. This week we're promoting our friends The Apocrypals -- a podcast where two non-believers read through the Bible but try not to be jerks about it. Join comics writers Benito Cereno and Chris Sims as they journey through the Good Book from Acts to Zephaniah, with stops in the Apocrypha along the way. https://apocrypals.libsyn.com Email: jackalope@order-of-the-jackalope.com Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/orderjackalope.bsky.social Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orderjackalope/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orderjackalope/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@orderjackalope Tumblr: https://orderjackalope.tumblr.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/orderjackalope YouTube: https://youtube.com/@orderjackalope I'll be presenting at the Intelligent Speech conference on February 8, 2025! Register now at https://intelligentspeechonline.com/ and get 10% off with the promo code JACKALOPE! The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope is a secret society devoted to sharing strange stories and amazing facts. No topic is off limits -- if it's interesting or entertaining, we'll do an episode about it!…

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#104: Rapscallions! Part 3 "Surprised and Excited" [the St. Albans Raid and more] Take 2 50:55

42 weeks ago50:55

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This week we wrap up our look into Confederate skulduggery with a grab bag of smaller plots: Staging fake peace conferences at Niagara Falls! Robbing banks in Vermont! Burning New York! Kidnapping the vice president! https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/surprised-and-excited/ (This episode is the third and final part of Rapscallions!, a series about Confederate cloak-and-dagger operations in the final year of the Civil War.) Key sources for this episode include Adam Mayers' Dixie and the Dominion: Canada, the Confederacy, and the War for the Union ; Michelle Arnosky Sherburne's T he St. Albans Raid: Confederate Attack on Vermont ; Oscar Arvle Kinchen's Daredevils of the Confederate Army: The Story of the St. Albans Raiders; and William A Tidwell's April '65: Confederate Covert Action in the American Civil War. This week we're promoting our friends at Between Two Sterns -- where Jared Stern and Jared Stern talk to each other about their week, and then seek out other Jared Sterns around the world to see what they've been up to! https://jaredstern.com/between-two-sterns/ I'll be presenting at the Intelligent Speech conference on February 8, 2025! Register at https://intelligentspeechonline.com/ and get a 10% discount with the promo code JACKALOPE! Email: jackalope@order-of-the-jackalope.com Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/orderjackalope.bsky.social Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orderjackalope/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orderjackalope/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@orderjackalope Tumblr: https://orderjackalope.tumblr.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/orderjackalope YouTube: https://youtube.com/@orderjackalope The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope is a secret society devoted to sharing strange stories and amazing facts. No topic is off limits -- if it's interesting or entertaining, we'll do an episode about it!…

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#103: Rapscallions! Part 2: "Resist at Your Peril" [the Philo Parsons Incident] 42:24

44 weeks ago42:24

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The only thing standing between John Yates Beall and the Confederate prisoners-of-war on Johnson's Island was the USS Michigan... Well, that and a terrible con man and the cowardice of his own men. https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/resist-at-your-peril/ (This episode is part two of Rapscallions!, a three-part series about Confederate cloak-and-dagger operations in the final year of the Civil War. Part three will be released on 10/7.) Key sources for this episode include Adam Mayers' Dixie and the Dominion: Canada, the Confederacy, and the War for the Union ; John Bell's Rebels on the Great Lakes: Confederate Naval Commando Operations Launched from Canada, 1863-1864 ; Duane Schultz's The Dahlgren Affair: Terror and Conspiracy in the Civil War ; William A. Tidwell's April '65: Confederate Covert Action in the American Civil War ; and The Memoir of John Yates Beall: His Life, Trial; Correspondence, Diary, and Private Manuscript Found Among His Papers, Including His Own Account of the Raid on Lake Erie . Erie Maritime Museum: https://www.eriemaritimemuseum.org Johnson's Island Preservation Society: https://johnsonsisland.org This week we're promoting our favorite podcast, The Constant! Every other Tuesday Mark Chrisler looks at the accidents, mistakes, and bad ideas that helped shape our world. If you like our show, you'll love this one too! https://www.constantpodcast.com/ I'll be presenting at the Intelligent Speech conference on February 8, 2025! Register now at https://intelligentspeechonline.com/ and get 10% off with the promo code JACKALOPE! Email: jackalope@order-of-the-jackalope.com Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/orderjackalope.bsky.social Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orderjackalope/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orderjackalope/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@orderjackalope Tumblr: https://orderjackalope.tumblr.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/orderjackalope YouTube: https://youtube.com/@orderjackalope The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope is a secret society devoted to sharing strange stories and amazing facts. No topic is off limits -- if it's interesting or entertaining, we'll do an episode about it!…

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#102: Rapscallions! Part 1: "Patience is Sour" [Thomas Henry Hines and the Great Northwestern Conspiracy] 52:47

46 weeks ago52:47