2 - The Philadelphia Gerbil Panic of 1985

2026-09-17 · 52 min · episode 2 · 6 entities

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Could Jerry Penacoli — Philly's golden-boy newsman, be the Gerbil rumor's actual patient zero? Eyewitnesses and archival tape tell a wilder, sadder story than anyone remembers. Did the rumor jump cities before it infected Gere?