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.
When the punks said “tear it up,” they weren’t talking about the setlist. In this episode, Charles dives headfirst into the chaos of a Dead Kennedys tour where things spiraled so far out of control t…
This Labor Day, Charles and Lisa are clocking in for overtime shade. In Happy Luber Day, they dig into the Diddy trial that promised fireworks but fizzled out like a damp sparkler. From the anticlima…
It finally happened—Jackalope Tales hit the big leagues: episode 101. That’s right, not only did we survive 100 episodes without getting sued, canceled, or abducted by aliens, but we’re still here ke…
In this episode of Jackalope Tales, Charles and Lisa explore the musical equivalent of signing your own death certificate: inking a deal with a major label. Charles dives into the heartbreaking saga …
Some performers leave the stage to thunderous applause. Others are escorted out by security while the crowd wonders if this is part of the act. In this episode, Lisa spills the hay-bale-scented tea o…
In this spellbinding episode, Lisa and Charles grab their crystal balls and dive broom-first into the long, glittering trail of scorched bridges left behind by the one and only Stevie Nicks. From ban…
This week on Jackalope Tales, Charles and Lisa unzip the lip-syncing scandal vault in Our Lips Are Sealed.
Charles revisits the Mamas and the Papas’ chaotic appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, where …
This week, Charles and Lisa dive headfirst into the cigarette-scorched, mob-adjacent world of one of rock’s most feared figures: Don Arden. If Satan had a cigar budget and a talent roster, it might’v…
Welcome to Jackalope Tales, the podcast where music myths, legends, and label lies come to life. In this episode, Signed, Sealed, Screwed, we dive into the devil’s fine print—the kind that turned pla…
Welcome to Jackalope Tales, where the only thing taller than our stories is the pile of lies musicians tell their fans. In this episode, Lisa dives into a Swiss band’s grand hoax: they convinced Phis…
Is that Elvis Presley belting out “Jailhouse Rock” from a pulpit in rural Arkansas? Did Tupac really die, or did he just multiply? In this episode of Jackalope Tales, Lisa wades into the swampy legen…
This week on Jackalope Tales, we crank up the static and tune into two rumors that blew up online louder than a dial-up modem at 3 AM. Charles digs deep into the endless game of social media telephon…
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 th…
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 Ji…
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-studd…
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 th…
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…
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 t…
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 ch…
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 stor…