About this episode

This episode explores the Philadelphia origins of the urban legend surrounding gerbiling.

You may have heard this common urban legend that pops up every few years, some celebrity got caught shoving a gerbil up his butt. Or maybe you’ve seen it joked about in a movie or on an episode of South Park. It’s such an outlandish claim that you might’ve even spread this rumor yourself, whether you believed it or not. But where did this disturbing idea come from? Today we explore the philadelphia origins of gerbiling.Subscribe to South Fellini on YouTube.com/SouthFelliniListen to our old podcasts at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legends-of-philadelphia/id1504529624CONNECTShop: http://southfellini.comInstagram: http://instagram.com/southfelliniSpotify: http://Spotify.com/southfelliniYouTube: http://YouTube.com/SouthFelliniPatreon: http://Patreon.com/SouthFellini

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Host: South Fellini

Topics covered

• urban legend
• gerbiling
• Philadelphia history
• celebrity rumors
• cultural origins

Keywords

• gerbiling
• urban legend
• Philadelphia
• celebrity rumors
• South Park

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Places: Philadelphia, Philadelphia

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