Episode 117: The Bunny Man
Some people consider them good luck. Others, fluffy playthings who hide eggs and bring candy at Easter. But for the residents of this Virginia town, a white rabbit was not something from fairytales. Residents were attacked. Dark tales persisted. But was it all the result of a city’s collective imagination? Or was something more sinister at play? This week’s episode is The Bunny Man.
REVIEWS OF THE EPISODE
THIS WEEK IN TRUE CRIME PODCASTS OCT. 30, 2020, Vulture
THIS WEEK IN COMEDY PODCASTS OCT. 22, 2020, Vulture
SOURCES
Newspapers.com Archives (copies available with Newspapers.com subscription)
• “Virginia Hopping Over ‘Bunny-Man’” Fort Lauderdale News, October 31, 1970
• “Axe-weilding bunny man keeps Va. town on alert,” The Lowell Sun, November 1, 1970
• “It’s Hippity-Chop,” The Miami Herald, November 1, 1970
• “’Bunny Man’ Makes Second Appearance to Damage Property,” The Daily Courier, November 2, 1970
• “’Bunny Man’ Strikes Again,” Wisconsin State Journal, November 3, 1970
• “Bunny Man Still Hopping,” The Tampa Times, November 4, 1970
• “On The Trail Of The Bunny Man,” Tampa Bay Times, November 5, 1970
• “Bunny man,” Albany Democrat-Herald, February 10 2009
The True Story Of The Bunnyman, Northern Virginia’s Most Gruesome Urban Legend. On Halloween night, don't go near that bridge in Clifton — you could get snuffed out by the Bunnyman., WAMU: https://wamu.org/story/17/10/31/true-story-bunnyman-northern-virginias-gruesome-urban-legend/
The Bunny Man Unmasked. THE REAL LIFE ORIGINS OF AN URBAN LEGEND by Brian A. Conley, Historian-Archivist
Fairfax County Public Library: https://research.fairfaxcounty.gov/local-history/bunnyman
Washington post article reproduced by The Demoniacal: http://thedemoniacal.blogspot.com/2009/06/bunny-man.html
The purported child-killer lunatic roaming the woods of Clifton may be more like us than we think. The Northern Virginian Magazine, https://northernvirginiamag.com/culture/culture-features/2015/10/01/long-live-the-bunnyman/
Bunnyman Bridge: The scary truth behind an infamous urban legend, Inside NoVA: https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/bunnyman-bridge-the-scary-truth-behind-an-infamous-urban-legend/article_a27c7000-dca4-11e8-ad84-af51d935cbcb.html
The Scary, Weird, Somewhat True Story of the Fairfax "Bunny Man", Washingtonian, https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/10/23/the-scary-weird-somewhat-true-story-of-the-fairfax-bunny-man/
Legend Lives on at Bunnyman Bridge, The Connection Newspapers: http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2003/nov/04/legend-lives-on-at-bunnyman-bridge/
The Bunny Man on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Man
Bunny Man Bridge, Fairfax Station, Virginia, This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume. Atlas Obscura: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bunny-man-bridge-2
The Bunny Man: The True Story, The Foundry Cast: https://www.thefoundrycast.com/single-post/2019/08/23/The-Bunny-Man-The-True-Story
Nightmare at Bunnyman Bridge (2010) on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1686905/
The Clifton Haunted Trail: https://www.cliftonhauntedtrail.com/
