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Join the Parajunkie Family TODAY!Madison Timmons and Chris Soucy sit down with Kim Jeffries—who traces her lineage directly to Mother (Deborah) Leeds—to talk about the Jersey Devil like you’ve never heard it before. From family genealogy and Pine Barrens road rules (“don’t stop for gas… ever”) to the 1700s almanac feud that dragged the Leeds name—yes, Benjamin Franklin was messy—this episode peels back the folklore and looks at the real family behind the legend. 👹🦇What’s InsideKim’s story: how a casual comment from grandma turned into a generational deep-diveWhy the other 12 Leeds kids matter (and how that nukes certain origin stories)Pine Barrens sightings, school closures, hoofprints on roofs, and a lottery commercial(!)Franklin vs. Titan Leeds: the petty almanac war that helped cement the mythIs the Jersey Devil a curse, a cryptid, or a culture-born creature that refuses to die?