About Us

Dapper Jackalope is the brainchild of Janet and Aaron in Miles City, MT, and Robert is a welcome and enthusiastic contributor and leader in his field.

Janet Banister is a choir and general music teacher by day and a podcast detective by night, unearthing long-buried family secrets and captivating historical true crime. As the creator of Skeletons in the Closet: Family Secrets and the co-host of Wilderness of Errors, she weaves deep research, layered storytelling, and a love for all things mysterious. 

In How to Not Start a Cult (Probably), Janet asks the most important unasked question in regards to cults or other toxic social systems: How do create social systems in which shitty people don’t get what they want?

With a background in law, agriculture, and education—not to mention an unshakable true crime obsession—Janet serves up history and culture with a side of intrigue… and the occasional shenanigan.

Aaron the Sound Guy is a school principal by day and audio wizard by night, wrangling waveforms and rogue background noise with the precision of a seasoned hunter. When he’s not perfecting podcast soundscapes, you’ll find him casting a line, tracking deer, or mastering the art of smoked brisket. With a keen ear, a killer instinct for clean edits, and a toolbox full of tech skills Janet refuses to learn, Aaron keeps the chaos sounding crisp—and occasionally reminds the host to hit “record.”

Together, Janet and Aaron run Dapper Jackalope, a small but mighty production studio with a flair for the mysterious and a heart for good storytelling. 

Robert Vitt, a non-practicing attorney and professor of philosophy out of Long Beach, CA, is the steady hand on the lantern and the voice asking the uncomfortable follow-up question. As co-host of Skeletons in the Closet: Family Secrets and the creator of Wilderness of Errors, he brings a sharp investigative instinct, a respect for evidence, and a healthy skepticism of stories that sound a little too neat.

Robert is drawn to the spaces where history, memory, and myth collide. He’s less interested in sensational answers than in how people live with uncertainty, how narratives get inherited, and how silence shapes families across generations. When the research gets murky, he’s the one slowing things down, checking assumptions, and reminding everyone that truth is usually messier than legend.