Episode 115: Wherever The Devil Leeds You
Sometimes you just want to talk about The Jersey Devil, but all of the little details keep getting in the way. This time we are going to scour The Pine Barrens for the secret untold truth of The Garden State's second most famous monster... After Bruce Springsteen, that is.
Also in this episode: We run with The Sun Dogs in search of alien life in Garth's Corner.
As always, please come join the episode discussion on the Least Haunted Discord! And come join the Monster Squad to join the Movie Night tomorrow at 8 PM PST to watch The Last Broadcast!
Now for the images below!
The New Jersey Pine Barrens
Inside the Barrens
Bog Iron, an early colonial use for The Pine Barrens
King Henry VIII, an unlikely source for The Jersey Devil...
George Fox, founder of The Religious Society of Friends aka "The Quakers"
The Leeds American Almanack, 1738. Note the Wyverns on the crest.
Edward Hyde 3rd Earl of Clarendon, Lord Cornbury (possible portrait). Supporter of William of Orange in The Glorious Revolution, Governor of New York and New Jersey, and friend of Daniel Leeds. (Note: This portrait was most likely made as part of a smear campaign against Lord Cornbury who may or may not have been a transvestite or transexual.)
The Poor Richard's Almanack, published by Benjamin Franklin
Ben Franklin getting ready to do some trolling of Titan Leeds ca. 1735
A Trenton Times Newspaper article about The Jersey Devil during the sightings of 1909
Advertisement to come see the captured "Leeds Devil"
The African Hammer-Head Bat Hypsignathus monstrosus, the largest Bat in Africa, has a Wingspan of 38 inches, or about 1 meter. Could this have been the 1909 Jersey Devil?
The facial similarities are pretty striking...
Although it could have been our old nemesis... The Sandhill Crane!
1995, The New Jersey Devils win The Stanley Cup
Jersey Devil for PS1. Cody Review: Meh.
Garth's Corner, Garth's Corner!
Sun Dogs!
The Drake Equation
Frank Drake
