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The Hodag & Gene Shepard - Wisconsin's Most Fearsome Critter
Season 2 · Episode 4

The Hodag & Gene Shepard - Wisconsin's Most Fearsome Critter

Wisconsin Legends Podcast

October 18, 202355m 2s

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Show Notes

Spawned from the lumber camps of the Northwoods comes the Hodag, Wisconsin's most fearsome critter.

From bunkhouse tale to worldwide phenomenon.

Discover who or what created this mythical creature and how it became so popular.

Why is Rhinelander the "Home of the Hodags" and who is carrying on the tradition of the beast.

Hodag

Hodag 125th Anniversary

Hodag - wiki

William T Cox

Snallygaster

Capture of the Hodag

Eugene Shepard

Rhinelander

Lakeshore Kearney

PT Barnum

Mishipeshu

Piasa Bird

Whiskey Jack/Wisakedjak

JK Rollins - Hodag

JFK's Hodag

Hidden Headlines of Wisconsin - Chad Lewis

Hodag Country Music Festival

Pioneer Park Historical Complex

The Hodag Store

The Hodag Show

Hodag Heritage

I Saw a Hodag - Kerry Exotic

Carmen San Diego - Hodag Store

Best Highschool Mascot in America

Long Live the Hodag! 

Bumper Music

Spend the Night - Sunspot

Folk Polk 

Wisconsin Rapids native, Jeff Finup is the mind behind Badgerland Legends, which explores Wisconsin's mysteries and fascinating history, a post at a time. Legends, lore, history, cryptids ,and more from the Badger State. Find his work on Instagram and Facebook.


Mike Huberty, hailing from the town of Big Bend, near Milwaukee, is the owner of American Ghost Walks, a haunted history tour company with locations in Maine, California, Illinois, Minnesota, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and started in our very own Badger State of Wisconsin - with tours in Lake Geneva, Milwaukee, Madison, Waukesha, Bayfield, and the Wisconsin Dells. Find out more at AmericanGhostWalks.Com.