The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope
There are known knowns, known unknowns and unknown unknowns. But there are also unknown knowns. We are the Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope, a secret society devoted to unearthing and sharing this forgotten knowledge.
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Nuns on the Run, Part 2 ["The Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk"]
05/29/2023
Nuns on the Run, Part 2 ["The Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk"]
In 1835 Maria Monk claimed that Montreal's Hôtel-Dieu convent was a vice den where the nuns were whores and the priests were baby murderers. She was making it all up... but Americans desperately wanted to believe her. Transcript, sources, links and more at: Key sources for this episode include Cassandra Yacovazzi's Escaped Nuns: True Womanhood and the Campaign against Convents in Antebellum America; Ray Allen Billington's The Protestant Crusade: 1800-1860; Maria Monk's Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal; William Leete Stone's Maria Monk and the Nunnery of the Hotel Dieu; and other contemporary newspaper reports and publications. Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network. Discord: Twitter: Tumblr: Email:
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Nuns on the Run, Part 1 [Rebecca Reed's "Six Months in a Convent"]
05/15/2023
Nuns on the Run, Part 1 [Rebecca Reed's "Six Months in a Convent"]
In August 1834 Boston teamsters burned down a convent a convent full of nuns, thanks to religious prejudice and the suspicious testimony of Rebecca Reed, a lazy teenager with a grudge against the Mother Superior. Transcript, sources, links and more at: Key sources for this episode include Cassandra Yacovazzi's Escaped Nuns: True Womanhood and the Campaign against Convents in Antebellum; James Phinney's "The Destruction of the Convent at Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1834"; Ray Allen Billington's The Protestant Crusade, 1800-1860; and Rebecca Reed's Six Months in a Convent. Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network. Discord: Twitter: Tumblr: Email:
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Space is the Place [the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors]
04/24/2023
Space is the Place [the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors]
The strange transformation of a Qu'ran study group into a UFO doomsday cult whose members believed they were psychic ancient alien Egyptian astronaut mound builders. With a quick break in the middle for their founder to catch disco fever. Key sources for this episode include Susan J. Palmer's Nuwaubian Nation: Black Spirituality and State Control; Theodore Gabriel's "The United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors" from UFO Religions; Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips's The Ansar Cult in America; and contemporary newspaper reports from the Atlanta Constitution by Bill Osinski and Bill Torpy. Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network. Discord: Twitter: Tumblr: Email:
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A Month of Billys [was Billy Sunday a good baseball player?]
04/03/2023
A Month of Billys [was Billy Sunday a good baseball player?]
In the early Twentieth Century Billy Sunday was America's foremost evangelist, whose admirers included young men, ex-presidents, and titans of industry. Today we're asking the hard questions about Billy -- like, was he any good at baseball? Transcript, sources, links and more at Key sources for this episode include Robert Bruns' Preacher: Billy Sunday & Big-Time American Evangelism; William G. McLoughlin Jr.'s Billy Sunday Was His Real Name; and baseball-reference.com. Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network. This week we're co-promoting with fellow TNC podcast Broadway and Other Kiwi Dreams, a podcast hosted by James Shera exploring the lives and minds of theatre practitioners in and around the New Zealand performing arts industry. Discord: Twitter: Tumblr: Email:
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Make Insurance Double Sure [the Blue-Eyed Six]
03/13/2023
Make Insurance Double Sure [the Blue-Eyed Six]
Joseph Raber was "too lazy to live and too lazy to work" -- the perfect victim for conspirators who insured him to the gills and murdered him. Join us this week for 1879's Crime of the Century, the incredible tale of "the Blue-Eyed Six!" Key sources for this episode include Gary Ludwig's The Blue-Eyed Six: A Historical Narrative; G. Thomas Gates's A History of Hangings for Homicide in Lebanon County; and contemporary newspaper reports. Thanks also to #2 and #23, who helped me understand some of the more confusing legal issues surrounding the case. Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network. This week we're co-promoting with fellow TNC podcast Pop DNA!. Join hosts Erin and Rhonda as they dissect the building blocks of our favorite pop culture works, sometimes with bad jokes. Discord: Twitter: Tumblr: Email:
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Crepuscule in Blood and Guts [James McNeill Whistler, mercenary]
02/20/2023
Crepuscule in Blood and Guts [James McNeill Whistler, mercenary]
This one has it all: sibling rivalry, country club politics, adultery, duels, the Civil War, Spanish colonial policy, three giant piles of bird poop, all connected by the greatest American painter of the 19th Century: James McNeill Whistler. Transcript, sources, links and more at Key sources for this episode include Daniel E. Sutherland's Whistler: A Life for Art's Sake; Nikolaus Pevsner's "Whistler's Valparaiso Harbour at the Tate Gallery"; William Columbus Davis's The Last Conquistadores: The Spanish Intervention in Peru and Chile, 1863-1866; and the personal correspondence of James McNeill Whistler. Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network. This week we're co-promoting with fellow TNC podcast Art Slice. Join artists Stephanie Dueñas and Russell Shoemaker as they approach art history from an artist's perspective, without all the technical gibberish getting in the way. Discord: Twitter: Tumblr: Email:
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Gone Guy [Benjamin Bathurst]
01/30/2023
Gone Guy [Benjamin Bathurst]
In 1809, at the height of the Napoleonic Wars, British diplomat Benjamin Bathurst vanished into thin air. He was never seen again, and we're still debating what happened to him some 213 years later. Transcript, sources, links and more at Key sources for this episode include Sabine Baring-Gould's Historic Oddities and Strange Events; Michael Mason's "Benjamin Bathurst; The Case of the Missing Diplomat, 1809"; and Neville Thompson's "The Continental System as a Sieve: The Disappearance of Benjamin Bathurst in 1809." Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network. This week we're co-promoting with fellow TNC podcast Grown Up. The life of an adult is complicated and tough, and sometimes you feel like you aren't doing your best. Join Derric Holland as he does his best to navigate the perils of growing up and discusses mental health, relationships, and self-discovery along the way. Discord: Facebook: Tumblr: Twitter: Email:
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Errata #3
01/09/2023
Errata #3
Everyone makes mistakes. Here are some (more) of ours. Featuring corrections and updates for the following episodes: Hurricane Coming Through He Whooped to See Them Burn The Icelander The Prophet of the Pacific Suffer Little Children You Are Who You Eat Westward Huss Tales from the Cryptid Wonder Marvelously Your Heart's Sorrow A Warning to Future Man Air Crash Museum Worse Than Frankenstein Seven Minutes in Heaven 520% Transcript, sources, links and more at Discord: Facebook: Tumblr: Twitter: Email: Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network.
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Unto Us A Child Is Born [William W. Davies and the Walla Walla Jesus]
12/26/2022
Unto Us A Child Is Born [William W. Davies and the Walla Walla Jesus]
Mormons believe that Jesus once lived in the Americas. Some of them once believed he lived on the outskirts of Walla Walla, Washington from 1868-1880. This is their story. Transcript, sources, links and more at Key sources for this episode include C. LeRoy Anderson's For Christ Will Come Tomorrow: The Saga of the Morrisites; Russell Blankenship's And There Were Men; William Denison Lyman's History of Old Walla Walla County, Embracing Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield, and Asotin Counties; and Tony Zbaraschuk's The Fall of the Standard: William W. Davis and the Walla Walla Jesus. Presented by #13 (Dave White) Artist. Lover. Social Media Unfluencer. Acknowledged authority on lucrative bogs. Dave White is all this and more. But most days he's a web developer, graphic designer, and cartoonist. He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, his two cats, and his crippling obsession with strange trivia. Discord: Facebook: Instagram: Reddit: Tumblr: Twitter: Email: Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network.
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The Ape-Man Creature of Whiteface Customized My Van [the Minnesota Iceman]
12/12/2022
The Ape-Man Creature of Whiteface Customized My Van [the Minnesota Iceman]
The mind-boggling tale of how two world-famous zoologists were fooled by a shifty carnival worker, a rubber dummy, a three ton block of ice, and their own biases. Transcript, sources, links and more at Key sources for this episode include Ivan T. Sanderson's "Preliminary Description of the External Morphology of What Appeared to be the Fresh Corpse of a Hitherto Unknown Form of Living Hominid"; John Napier's Bigfoot: The Yeti and Sasquatch in Myth and Reality; Bernard Heuvelmans' Neanderthal: The Strange Saga of the Minnesota Iceman; Brian Regal's Searching for Sasquatch; several episodes of The Bigfoot Show, MonsterTalk, and Skeptoid podcasts; and online articles by Darren Naish. Presented by #13 (Dave White) Artist. Lover. Social Media Unfluencer. Acknowledged authority on lucrative bogs. Dave White is all this and more. But most days he's a web developer, graphic designer, and cartoonist. He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, his two cats, and his crippling obsession with strange trivia. Discord: Facebook: Instagram: Reddit: Tumblr: Twitter: Email: Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network. https://thatsnotcanon.com/
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520% [William F. Miller and the Franklin Syndicate]
11/28/2022
520% [William F. Miller and the Franklin Syndicate]
William F. Miller's Franklin Syndicate promised a 520% return on your investment... and for many Brooklynites, it was too good an offer to pass up. Too bad it was all a scam. Transcript, sources, links and more at Key sources include for this episode include Arthur Train's True Stories of Crime from the District Attorney's Office; V.G. Oltmann's The Ponzi Files: 520% Miller; and contemporary newspaper reports. Presented by #13 (Dave White) Artist. Lover. Social Media Unfluencer. Acknowledged authority on lucrative bogs. Dave White is all this and more. But most days he's a web developer, graphic designer, and cartoonist. He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, his two cats, and his crippling obsession with strange trivia. Discord: Facebook: Instagram: Reddit: Tumblr: Twitter: Email: Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network.
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Seven Minutes in Heaven [William Dudley Pelley]
11/14/2022
Seven Minutes in Heaven [William Dudley Pelley]
One man's horrifying journey from toilet paper salesman to famous author to spiritual guru to American Hitler to space brother. Transcript, sources, links and more at Key sources for this episode include Bradley W. Hart's Hitler's American Friends: The Third Reich's Supporters in the United States; Gustavus Myers's History of Bigotry in the United States; and Scott Beekman's William Dudley Pelley: A Life in Right-Wing Extremism and the Occult. Presented by #13 (Dave White) Artist. Lover. Social Media Unfluencer. Acknowledged authority on lucrative bogs. Dave White is all this and more. But most days he's a web developer, graphic designer, and cartoonist. He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, his two cats, and his crippling obsession with strange trivia. Discord: Facebook: Instagram: Reddit: Tumblr: Twitter: Email: Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network.
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Worse Than Frankenstein [the Flatwoods monster]
10/31/2022
Worse Than Frankenstein [the Flatwoods monster]
On September 12, 1952 a housewife and six kids in Flatwoods, West Virginia ascended a foggy mountain and had an encounter with the unknown at the top. Ever since, scientists have debated what they actually saw that night... Transcript, sources, links and more at Key sources for this episode include Gray Barker's They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers; Ivan T. Sanderson's Uninvited Visitors: A Biologist Looks at UFOs; Joe Nickell's Real Life X-Files: Investigating the Paranormal, and contemporary newspaper reports. Presented by #13 (Dave White) Artist. Lover. Social Media Unfluencer. Acknowledged authority on lucrative bogs. Dave White is all this and more. But most days he's a web developer, graphic designer, and cartoonist. He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, his two cats, and his crippling obsession with strange trivia. Discord: Facebook: Instagram: Reddit: Tumblr: Twitter: Email: Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network.
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Kings of Pain [Horace Wells, William Thomas Green Morton, Charles Thomas Jackson, Crawford Long and the Ether Wars]
10/17/2022
Kings of Pain [Horace Wells, William Thomas Green Morton, Charles Thomas Jackson, Crawford Long and the Ether Wars]
In October 1846, the world discovered the miracle of surgical anesthesia... and then four men spent the next two decades fighting over which one of them deserved all of the credit. Transcript, sources, links and more at Key sources for this episode include Julie Fenster's ETHER DAY: THE STRANGE TALE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST MEDICAL DISCOVERY AND THE HAUNTED MEN WHO MADE IT; Richard Wolfe's I AWAKEN TO GLORY: ESSAYS CELEBRATING THE SESQUICENTENNIAL OF THE DISCOVERY OF ANESTHESIA BY HORACE WELLS; Richard Wolfe's TARNISHED IDOL: WILLIAM T.G. MORTON AND THE INTRODUCTION OF SURGICAL ANESTHESIA; and Richard Wolfe's CHARLES THOMAS JACKSON: THE HEAD BEHIND THE HANDS. Presented by #13 (Dave White) Artist. Lover. Social Media Unfluencer. Acknowledged authority on lucrative bogs. Dave White is all this and more. But most days he's a web developer, graphic designer, and cartoonist. He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, his two cats, and his crippling obsession with strange trivia. Discord: Facebook: Instagram: Reddit: Tumblr: Twitter: Email: Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network.
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Saddam's Favorite Artist [Rowena Morrill & Saddam Hussein]
10/03/2022
Saddam's Favorite Artist [Rowena Morrill & Saddam Hussein]
Rowena Morrill spent two decades building a career as one of America's top fantasy artists... and then in 2003 two of her paintings were found hanging in Saddam Hussein's "love nest." Transcript, sources, links and more at Key sources for this episode include The Art of Rowena by Rowena Morrill; Aaron Santesso's "Fascism and Science Fiction" from the March 2014 issue of Science Fiction Studies; Norman Spinrad's Science Fiction in the Real World; and contemporary newspaper reports. Presented by #13 (Dave White) Artist. Lover. Social Media Unfluencer. Acknowledged authority on lucrative bogs. Dave White is all this and more. But most days he's a web developer, graphic designer, and cartoonist. He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, his two cats, and his crippling obsession with strange trivia. Discord: Facebook: Instagram: Reddit: Tumblr: Twitter: Email: Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network.
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Shenandoahs, Part 2: Air Crash Museum [the US Navy's rigid airship program]
09/12/2022
Shenandoahs, Part 2: Air Crash Museum [the US Navy's rigid airship program]
For fifteen years the United States Navy invested heavily in rigid airships... only to lose the majority of their fleet in tragic accidents. This week join us for the sad tales of the ZR-2, the USS Shenandoah, the USS Akron, and the USS Macon and learn why we can't have nice things. Transcript, sources, links and more at Key sources for this episode include Thomas H. Flaherty's The Epic of Flight: The Giant Airships; C.E. Rosendahl's Up Ship!; and contemporary newspaper reports. Presented by #13 (Dave White) Artist. Lover. Social Media Unfluencer. Acknowledged authority on lucrative bogs. Dave White is all this and more. But most days he's a web developer, graphic designer, and cartoonist. He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, his two cats, and his crippling obsession with strange trivia. Discord: Facebook: Instagram: Reddit: Tumblr: Twitter: Email: Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network.
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Shenandoahs, Part 1: The Sea King [the CSS Shenandoah]
09/05/2022
Shenandoahs, Part 1: The Sea King [the CSS Shenandoah]
In 1864 the Confederate States of America commissioned a privateer to destroy the American whaling industry. It succeeded beyond their wildest dreams... but not until after the war was over. Whoops. Transcript, sources, links and more at Key sources for this episode include Chester G. Hearn's GRAY RAIDERS OF THE SEA: HOW EIGHT CONFEDERATE WARSHIPS DESTROYED THE UNION'S HIGH SEAS COMMERCE; John Baldwin and Ron Powers' LAST FLAG DOWN: THE EPIC JOURNEY OF THE LAST CONFEDERATE WARSHIP; Lynn Schooler's THE LAST SHOT: THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF THE CSS SHENANDOAH AND THE TRUE CONCLUSION OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR; Terry Smyth's AUSTRALIAN CONFEDERATES: HOW 42 AUSTRALIANS JOINED THE REBEL CAUSE AND FIRED THE LAST SHOT IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR; and Tom Chaffin's SEA OF GRAY: THE AROUND-THE-WORLD ODYSSEY OF THE CONFEDERATE RAIDER SHENANDOAH. Presented by #13 (Dave White) Artist. Lover. Social Media Unfluencer. Acknowledged authority on lucrative bogs. Dave White is all this and more. But most days he's a web developer, graphic designer, and cartoonist. He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, his two cats, and his crippling obsession with strange trivia. This week we're cross-promoting with The Paranoid Strain (), the podcast that explains why so many people believe ridiculous conspiracy theories! Listen as each episode the Fearful Jesuit explores the origins of conspiracy theories like QAnon, 9/11 Truthers, and Sovereign Citizens and then systematically dismantles them! You'll love it! Discord: Facebook: Instagram: Reddit: Tumblr: Twitter: Email: Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network.
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Jelly Time [what's the difference between jam and jelly?]
08/22/2022
Jelly Time [what's the difference between jam and jelly?]
What's the difference between jam and jelly? And just what the heck is marmalade? This week, take a quick break and let #7 sit down and explain the wild world of preserves to you! Transcript, sources, links and more at Presented by #7 (Dorothy White) Voluptuary. Raconteur. Artist wannabe. Travel junkie. Photographer of Pearl. In thrall to Vampire Andy. Teacher of culinary arts. Discord: Facebook: Instagram: Reddit: Tumblr: Twitter: Email: Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network.
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A Warning to Future Man [Richard Sharpe Shaver and the Shaver Mystery]
08/08/2022
A Warning to Future Man [Richard Sharpe Shaver and the Shaver Mystery]
"I myself cannot explain it. I know only that I remember Lemuria! Remember it with a faithfulness that I accept with the absolute conviction of a fanatic..." The world is ruled by evil dwarves who live beneath the surface and control your life with devious ray guns. This is the Shaver Mystery... either the most astonishing revelation in history, or its greatest hoax. Only you can decide. Transcript, sources, links and more at Key sources for this episode include Richard Toronto's WAR OVER LEMURIA: RICHARD SHAVER, RAY PALMER AND THE STRANGEST CHAPTER OF 1940s SCIENCE FICTION; Fred Nadis's THE MAN FROM MARS: RAY PALMER'S AMAZING PULP JOURNEY; David Standish's HOLLOW EARTH; and the stories of Richard Sharpe Shaver. Presented by #13 (Dave White) Artist. Lover. Social Media Unfluencer. Acknowledged authority on lucrative bogs. Dave White is all this and more. But most days he's a web developer, graphic designer, and cartoonist. He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, his two cats, and his crippling obsession with strange trivia. This week we're cross-promoting with The Paranormal Son ()! Join JT as he explores all topics paranormal, fortean, mysterious, strange and unexplained! Discord: Facebook: Instagram: Reddit: Tumblr: Twitter: Email: Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network.
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Holy Ghost Babies [George Jacob Schweinfurth, the "Illinois Jesus"]
07/25/2022
Holy Ghost Babies [George Jacob Schweinfurth, the "Illinois Jesus"]
For two decades George Jacob Schweinfurth was public enemy #1 in Rockford, IL: a smooth-talking charlatan who made a mockery of religion, despoiled innocent women, and stole money with his hypnotic powers. Tune in this week for the amazing tale of the man they called "ten times worse than Brigham Young." Transcript, sources, links and more at Key sources for this episode include Dan Visel's article "Illinois Jesus" from the Paris Review; Alex McCleneghan's Six Years in Heaven: The Amazing Story of George Jacob Schweinfurth, The False Christ; and contemporary newspaper reports and magazine articles. Presented by #13 (Dave White) Artist. Lover. Social Media Unfluencer. Acknowledged authority on lucrative bogs. Dave White is all this and more. But most days he's a web developer, graphic designer, and cartoonist. He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, his two cats, and his crippling obsession with strange trivia. This week we're cross-promoting with Oldie But A Goodie (https://www.patreon.com/oldiebutagoodiepod)! Join Sandro Falce and Zach Adams as they embark on a journey through an entire year of cinema, reviewing one film per episode in the week they originally came out. Discord: Facebook: Instagram: Reddit: Tumblr: Twitter: Email: Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network.
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Independent by Accident [Neutral Morsesnet] by Alex Baumans
07/11/2022
Independent by Accident [Neutral Morsesnet] by Alex Baumans
It started out as a mistake in the Treaty of Paris (1814), and quickly turned into a neutral libertarian haven for tax cheats, gamblers, smugglers, zinc miners, and (worst of all) Esperantists. This week, Alex Baumans recounts the century-long history of Neutral Moresnet. Transcript, sources, links and more at Key sources for this episode include Philip Dröge's Moresnet, opkomst en ondergang van een vergeten buurlandje; Wilfried Uitterhoeve's ‘een innige vereeniging’ Naar één koninkrijk van Nederland en België in 1815; and material from the Museum Vieille Montagne in Kelmis. 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. Discord: Facebook: Instagram: Reddit: Tumblr: Twitter: Email: Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network.
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"I Am (Not) Charley Ross" [the true story of Nelson Miller / Gustave Blair / Charley Ross]
07/04/2022
"I Am (Not) Charley Ross" [the true story of Nelson Miller / Gustave Blair / Charley Ross]
In 1939, Gustave Blair convinced an Arizona court that he was the missing Charley Ross. He was never able to convince the Ross family or the public, though, and if he really was Charley he took that secret to his grave... Or did he? Transcript, sources, links and more at Presented by #16 (Rod Miller). Rod is a descendant of the Miller family that was allegedly involved in the kidnapping of Charley Ross, and grew up in family of ten boys and three girls in Mason City, Iowa. He holds a master's degree in social work from the University of Northern Iowa, settled in Minneapolis 35 years ago with his life partner, and retired from the mental health profession in 2011. His interest in geneaology began in 1977 when his father removed a black satchel from a mildewed cardboard drum his our wet basement, handed it to him, and said "This is Charley Ross." Discord: Facebook: Instagram: Reddit: Tumblr: Twitter: Email: Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network.
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Your Heart's Sorrow [the abduction of Little Charley Ross]
06/27/2022
Your Heart's Sorrow [the abduction of Little Charley Ross]
On July 1st, 1874 four-year-old Charley Brewster Ross was kidnapped from the street in front of his family's Germantown home, and became America's first case of kidnapping for ransom. The Philadelphia police sprang into action... but their investigation would prove to be a tragic comedy of errors. Transcript, sources, links and more at Key sources for this episode include Carrie Hagen's We Is Got Him: The Kidnapping That Changed America; Christian K. Ross's The Father's Story of Charley Ross, Norman J. Zierold's Little Charley Ross: America's First Kidnapping for Ransom; Tom Everly's "Searching for Charley Ross"; and contemporary news reports. Presented by #13 (Dave White). Artist. Lover. Social Media Unfluencer. Acknowledged authority on lucrative bogs. Dave White is all this and more. But most days he's a web developer, graphic designer, and cartoonist. He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, his two cats, and his crippling obsession with strange trivia. Discord: Facebook: Instagram: Reddit: Tumblr: Twitter: Email: Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network ().
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The Buzzer Brigade [the 1900 Philadelphia Phillies sign stealing scandal]
06/13/2022
The Buzzer Brigade [the 1900 Philadelphia Phillies sign stealing scandal]
Thirty five years before Major League Baseball played its first game under electric lights, the 1900 Philadelphia Phillies were using electricity at the Baker Bowl... to steal signs. Transcript, sources, links and more at Key sources for this episode include Ron Schuler's biography of Pearce Chiles for the Society for American Baseball Research and contemporary newspaper reports. (And while you're at it, you should check out the greatest baseball books ever written, Dan Gutman's It Ain't Cheatin' If You Don't Get Caught and Derek Zumsteg's The Cheater's Guide to Baseball.) All that, plus a preview of Series 11! Discord: Instagram: Reddit: Tumblr: Twitter: Email: Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network.
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An Arm Is Not Enough [the 1935 Sydney shark arm case]
05/16/2022
An Arm Is Not Enough [the 1935 Sydney shark arm case]
On Anzac Day 1935, a shark in a Sydney aquarium vomited up a severed human arm. The police investigation that followed went to some truly strange places. This story has everything: insurance fraud, blackmail, attempted suicide, a high speed boat chase, and murder. Plus sharks. Transcript, sources, links and more at Key sources for this episode inclue Philip Roope and Kevin Meagher's Shark Arm, Victor Coppleson's Shark Attack, and contemporary newspaper reports. Discord: Instagram: Reddit: Tumblr: Twitter: Email: Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network.
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The White City [the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and Columbian Exposition]
05/02/2022
The White City [the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and Columbian Exposition]
This week we're talking with Michael Finney of the Chicago 1893 Project about the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and Columbian Exposition, what it meant to the city and the nation, and resurrecting it with augmented reality. You can learn more about Michael and the Chicago 1893 Project at his website, or from his book and documentary film about the Exposition. Transcript, links and more at Discord: Instagram: Reddit: Tumblr: Twitter: Email: Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network.
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The Best Exotic Marigold Gospel [Jesus in India]
04/18/2022
The Best Exotic Marigold Gospel [Jesus in India]
For one messiah, this is just the beginning of an exotic adventure. Where did Jesus get his ideas? Some people think he learned them from Buddhists in India. And some of those people have even ginned up fake evidence for that theory... Transcript, sources, links and more at Key sources for this episode include Louis Fader's The Issa Tale That Will Not Die; Nicholas Notovich's The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ; Levi Dowling's Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ; Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's Jesus in India; and Elizabeth Clare Prophet's The Lost Years of Jesus. Discord: Instagram: Reddit: Tumblr: Twitter: Email: Part of the podcast network. This week we're cross-promoting with fellow TNC podcast Castology! Each episode Liz, Nick and Zane join forces to bring you recommendations for the best podcasts around!
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Wonder Marvelously [Geoffrey Pyke and Project Habakkuk]
04/04/2022
Wonder Marvelously [Geoffrey Pyke and Project Habakkuk]
Everyone always talks about Nazi megaweapons, but nobody talks about Allied megaweapons. This episode, we talk about the strangest war machine the British ever conceived: an aircraft carrier made from ice. Transcript, sources, links and more at Key sources for this episode include Henry Hemming's The Ingenious Mr. Pyke: Inventor, Fugitive, Spy; David Lampe's Pyke: The Unknown Genius; and Philip Ziegler's Mountbatten: A Biography. Discord: Instagram: Reddit: Tumblr: Twitter: Email: Part of the podcast network. This week we're cross-promoting with fellow TNC podcast ! Join the Fearful Jesuit as he explains why so many people believe ridiculous conspiracy theories.
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Brimful of Wrath and Cabbage [Knickerbocker's History of New York]
04/01/2022
Brimful of Wrath and Cabbage [Knickerbocker's History of New York]
While researching the latest episode I came across a satirical account of the fall of Fort Christina in Washington Irving's Knickerbocker's History of New York. It was too good not to share, so enjoy. Transcript, sources, links and more at Discord: Instagram: Reddit: Tumblr: Twitter: Email: Part of the podcast network.
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Nya Sverige [New Sweden]
03/21/2022
Nya Sverige [New Sweden]
What would happen if you started a colony in the New World and then just kind of forgot about it for a few decades? This episode we look at the short, strange history of New Sweden. Transcript, sources, links and more at Key sources for this episode include Terry G. Jordan and Matti Kapus's The American Backwoods Frontier: An Ethnic and Ecological Interpretation; J. Thomas Sharf's History of Delaware, 1609-1888; George Sydney Fisher's The Making of Pennsylvania; and numerous articles in The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Discord: Instagram: Reddit: Tumblr: Twitter: Email: Part of the podcast network. This week we're cross-promoting with fellow TNC podcast ! Listen as a father and his 11-year-old son discuss the things they are curious about from science and history to monsters and games.
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