The Jersey Devil + a Bonaparte = The Weirdest Story Out Of N. Jersey I've Ever Heard.
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The Jersey Devil + a Bonaparte = The Weirdest Story Out Of N. Jersey I've Ever Heard.
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Seekers!
This week we're heading deep into the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. A million acres of twisted pitch pines, bogs and legends that refuse to die.
For over 250 years, locals have whispered about a winged, hoofed creature living within the wilderness: The Jersey Devil.
But here's the plot twist: one of the most famous supposed eyewitnesses wasn't a farmer or a trapper. It was Joseph Bonaparte, Napolean Bonaparte's older brother and a king in exile in his own right and living on a palatial estate in Jersey after fleeing Europe.
In this episode I trace how a colonial family feud, Benjamin Franklin's b*tchiness, a cursed thirteenth child and a monarch in exxile all collided to give America one of its most enduring monster legends of all time.
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Thank you for getting weird with us :)
-Jessica