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Jackalope Tales pulls back the curtain on the strange, spooky, and sometimes shocking urban legends that lurk within the music industry. Hosts, and founding members of the platinum selling band Toadies, Charles Mooney and Lisa Umbarger explore the weird and wacky stories behind music’s biggest names. Some legends are too bizarre to be true, while others may have a kernel of truth buried beneath the hype. You’ll never listen to your favorite songs the same way again after you hear the outlandish myths behind them on Jackalope Tales.
Episodes
June 18, 2025 • 20 mins
In this episode of Jackalope Tales, Lisa and Charles sharpen their shears and take aim at pop industry puppet master Scooter Braun — or as they like to call him, the world’s most polite snake in a thousand-dollar suit.
Lisa kicks things off with the sad, weird saga of Lil Twist — the young rapper who went from being Justin Bieber’s BFF to Bieber’s personal fall guy, blamed for DUIs, wild parties, and basically any tabloid mess Sco...
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June 11, 2025 • 28 mins
This week on Jackalope Tales, we dive face-first into the chaos of two music festivals that went completely off the rails—in the best possible way.
Lisa takes us back to Lollapalooza ’92, when the Jim Rose Circus was turning stomachs and pushing limits. We’re talking human blockheads, electric nipples, and a backstage challenge between Chris Cornell, Eddie Vedder, and Al Jourgensen involving a beverage so foul it makes Malört look...
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June 4, 2025 • 20 mins
Ever wonder what it costs to book a rockstar to sing you into matrimony? Spoiler: it’s more than your house. In this week’s episode of Jackalope Tales, Charles and Lisa wade through the diamond-studded swamp of celebrity wedding gigs—where the only thing more uncomfortable than the vows is the paycheck.
Charles dives into the surreal fever dream that was Elton John performing at Rush Limbaugh’s wedding—a union so strange it practi...
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May 28, 2025 • 20 mins
In this episode of Jackalope Tales, Lisa and Charles sharpen their shears and take aim at pop industry puppet master Scooter Braun — or as they like to call him, the world’s most polite snake in a thousand-dollar suit.
In this episode of Jackalope Tales, Charles and Lisa trade earthly logic for alien abduction reports as they dive into the weird world of musicians who claim they’ve had close encounters of the musical kind. Charles...
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May 21, 2025 • 27 mins
Step right up, cult members and curious creeps—this week on Jackalope Tales, Charles and Lisa serve up a double dose of musical messiahs who didn’t just drink the Kool-Aid… they stirred it themselves.
Lisa dives deep into the desert-drenched delusion of 30 Seconds to Mars, where Jared Leto traded in eyeliner for enlightenment and accidentally became a shirtless space Jesus to an army of spiritually dehydrated fans. Camp Mars? More...
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May 14, 2025 • 19 mins
In this episode of Jackalope Tales, Charles and Lisa aim their skepticism skyward and take on the conspiracy theories swirling around Blue Origin’s latest New Shepard rocket flight. Was it really a triumphant leap into the final frontier—or just an expensive bottle rocket launched from Jeff Bezos’s backyard? From claims that the “passengers” were actually AI holograms to whispers that the onboard champagne celebration took place in...
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May 7, 2025 • 26 mins
This Mother’s Day, Charles and Lisa celebrate the matriarchs of mayhem—the moms who made music history by being absolutely terrible at motherhood. In Mom Said Knock You Out, Charles dives into the chaotic parenting of Pattie Mallette, Justin Bieber’s mom, who once thought it was a great idea to leave her teenage son in the care of P. Diddy. Spoiler alert: it didn’t end well. Meanwhile, Lisa unpacks the Pepsi-denying mother who inad...
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April 30, 2025 • 23 mins
This week on Jackalope Tales, we peel back the velvet curtain on the music industry’s darkest backstage drama—abduction. In B-Sides and Blindfolds, Lisa unpacks the haunting and largely silenced story of pop singer Duffy, whose sudden disappearance from the charts hid a disturbing real-life mystery involving drugs, captivity, and silence. Meanwhile, Charles takes us on a wild ride through the botched, bizarre, and strangely polite ...
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April 23, 2025 • 25 mins
This week, we turn the dial straight to the static. In Dead Air, Lisa dives into the explosive, real-life demise of controversial radio host Alan Berg—shot down in his driveway by white supremacists for refusing to shut up. Meanwhile, Charles takes us down the twisted rabbit hole of Casey Kasem’s bizarre post-mortem journey: from beloved Top 40 DJ to a missing corpse in a Norwegian freezer, with a wild stop at a family feud straigh...
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April 16, 2025 • 25 mins
This Easter, Jackalope Tales unseals the crypt of rock ’n’ roll resurrection with an episode steeped in scandal, smoke, and sizzling fajitas. Charles and Lisa dig deep into the enduring myths that Jim Morrison faked his death to escape the fame machine—and ended up flipping burgers as a line cook at a Chili’s in Austin. Meanwhile, they explore the infamous “Paul Is Dead” conspiracy, complete with backward messages, barefoot Abbey R...
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April 9, 2025 • 25 mins
In this chaotic and surprisingly educational episode of Jackalope Tales, Charles and Lisa dive into the bizarre world of celebrity tax myths and misadventures. First up: rap sensation Ice Spice nearly misses the tax deadline and ends up filing her return at a Walmart Jackson Hewitt just before midnight—wearing Crocs and a hoodie, no less. Then things get weirder when the duo uncovers the legendary tale of John Mayer’s alleged side ...
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April 2, 2025 • 27 mins
In this deliriously strange installment of Jackalope Tales, Charles and Lisa recount two celebrity sightings so surreal they have to be heard to be believed. First up: it’s a sunny afternoon at the Fort Worth Stockyards when Morgan Wallen — yes, that Morgan Wallen — is spotted sprinting buck naked through the middle of the cattle drive like some kind of country music cryptid. Was it a bet? A breakdown? Or just a new kind of rodeo?
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March 26, 2025 • 25 mins
This week on Jackalope Tales, Charles and Lisa dive into the eerie world of cursed recordings, starting with David Bowie’s infamous Toy—an album that seemed doomed from the start, leaving a trail of bad luck and personal misfortune in its wake. But the curse talk doesn’t stop there. Lisa shares her own chilling experiences recording the Toadies’ Hell Below/Stars Above, an album plagued with enough strange occurrences to make even t...
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March 19, 2025 • 23 mins
Top o’ the trolling to ya! In this special Saint Patrick’s Day edition of Jackalope Tales, Lisa and Charles raise a pint (of something strong) to two bands who dared to mess with Ireland’s most self-serious frontman—Bono of U2. First, we dive into the legendary case of Negativland, the experimental sound collagists who poked the bear by releasing an album titled U2—complete with a bootlegged Casey Kasem meltdown—and found themselve...
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March 12, 2025 • 22 mins
In this episode of Jackalope Tales, Lisa and Charles dive into one of the strangest and most persistent urban legends in music and Hollywood: Was Michael Jackson secretly a martial arts master? According to rumors that have circulated for years, the King of Pop wasn’t just a musical genius—he was also an unstoppable fighter who could throw hands with the best of them.
From whispers that he once took down Tupac Shakur in a brawl to...
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March 5, 2025 • 24 mins
In this wild and unfiltered episode of Jackalope Tales, original Toadies members Charles & Lisa dive into one of the most bizarre and least discussed chapters in music history - musicians who have, quite literally, left their mark. From the outrageous exploits of funk legend Rick James to the more recent, unexpected antics of country singer Ingrid Andress, the duo unpacks the unbelievable (and very real) moments when these artists ...
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February 26, 2025 • 24 mins
In this wild, fur-covered episode of Jackalope Tales, Charles & Lisa unravel two bizarre encounters between legendary musicians and some very unexpected (and very real) bears.
Jackalope Tales dives into the near-tragic tale of Michael Buble, who, mistakes an enormous polar bear for a friend and John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) found himself held hostage in his own home - by a very hungry bear and also the authorities!
Tune in for a d...
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February 19, 2025 • 25 mins
In this episode of Jackalope Tales, we dive into the unexpected storm surrounding country icon Carrie Underwood and rap legend Snoop Dogg following their involvement in the latest presidential inauguration. What seemed like a routine performance or endorsement has now turned into a full-blown controversy, with fans and critics alike calling for boycotts, questioning their loyalties, and debating the role of musicians in political e...
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February 12, 2025 • 27 mins
Love is in the air, or is it? In this special Valentine’s Day episode of Jackalope Tales, Charles and Lisa unravel the true meanings behind two iconic songs often mistaken for romantic anthems.
First, they dig into Screaming Jay Hawkin’s haunting classic, I Put a Spell on You. On the surface, it sounds like a passionate love song, but beneath the wailing vocals and eerie blues, it’s really a dark tale of obsession and control.
Th...
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February 5, 2025 • 20 mins
In this episode of Jackalope Tales, Charles & Lisa dive into incredible stories of musicians who have gone beyond the stage to become real-life heroes. They'll talk about a country singer who used his helicopter piloting skills to rescue stranded people and animals in a time of crisis. Then they'll share the story of a rapper who jumped into action to save a young girl after she was struck by a car. Tune in for these powerful ta...
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