There are three things I am excited to watch for this NFL season... Aaron Rogers potentially spotting another UFO in the night sky, Sauquon Barkley's fight against the 'Madden Curse', and ghostly apparitions cheering the players on at Lambeau Field.

While I did the research for this episode, Jack really pulled his weight with all of the football knowledge he has stored in his brain. Let us know if you think the curse is real!

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Former Eastern Michigan star says he saw UFO during Raiders’ flight - mlive.com

Las Vegas Raiders have a UFO story to tell: 'It's real' | Sporting News

Pro Athletes Reveal Their UFO Encounters

Aaron Rodgers Says He Saw A UFO, Recalls 'Bizarre Experience'

Did NFL Star Aaron Rodgers Really See A UFO?

New York Jets vs Miami Dolphins NFL Game UFO Incident (2025) – Unidentified Phenomena

UFO Incident Cowboys vs Steelers NFL Game (1979) – Unidentified Phenomena

UFO Sightings Daily: UFO Sighting over Dallas Cowboys Football Game Oct 1979, Close Up on TV, Real Video during game.

Does 'Madden NFL' cover curse still exist? A look back at 25-plus years of covers after Saquon Barkley nod - CBSSports.com

Looking Back At The Infamous History Of The Madden Curse

Madden covers by year: Full list of NFL players on cover since 2000, from Eddie George to Christian McCaffrey | Sporting News

NFL Receiving Yards Single-Season Leaders | Pro-Football-Reference.com

Power ranking the Madden Curse by year: Which players got it worst?

What is the Madden curse? A complete history of NFL stars who experienced cover jinx | Sporting News

Ghosts Lurk in Football Stadiums with Haunted Histories

Lambeau Field - Wikipedia

Sports Ghost Stories: Haunted Stadiums and Cursed Team

Vince Lombardi - Wikipedia

The Blennerhassett Hotel isn't just known for its luxurious rooms, vintage charm, and impressive history. In recent years, rumors of ghosts including the Sea Captain, Four O'clock Knocker, and Kissing Bandit have made it a paranormal legend among its guests.

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13 GHOSTS AT THE BLENNERHASSETT HOTEL | hauntedparkersburg

Blennerhassett Hotel - Wikipedia

Blennerhassett Island - staging ground for high treason

Explore the Haunted Blennerhassett Island in West Virginia

Full History - The Blennerhassett Hotel & Spa

The Ghosts of the Blennerhasse... - Creepalachia - Apple Podcasts

A Hallowed Haunt at the Blennerhassett Hotel - WV Living Magazine

The (Haunted) Blennerhassett Hotel - Atlas Obscura

Haunted Blennerhassett Hotel, Parkersburg, West Virginia | Haunted Rooms America

Several ghosts spotted inside the Blennerhassett Hotel

We are 99.99% sure 'blood rain' is caused by red dust or algae that is caught up in rain clouds. There have been accounts of this phenomenon happening all of the world for centuries! Even with this in mind, it really just means that there is still a 0.01% chance that it is actual blood raining down as an omen of bad things to come.

All we are saying is to keep your head on a swivel when you go outside and you start to feel a drop or two or rain falling on your head.

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‘A shower of Flesh and Blood’ in Sampson County – NC Miscellany

Blood rain - Wikipedia

Blood Rain, Blood Snow: Curse or Science? — International Microorganism Day

Chatham Blood Shower, 1884 | NCpedia

""Fall of Blood"" in Chatham County :: Journal of the NC Academy of Science

High Strangeness: When Flesh and Blood Fell from the Sky

Mystery from 1884: The day it rained blood in Chatham County

The Scary Legend Of The Day It Rained Blood In North Carolina

Antônio Vilas-Boas was abducted from his family farm in 1952 by 5-foot-tall humanoids dressed in "...tight-fitting siren-suit, made of soft, thick, unevenly striped, gray material." He was stripped of his clothes, covered in clear gel, and used as a, "...good stallion to improve their own stock". The alleged aliens then gave him a tour of their UFO before placing him back at his home.

This story contributed to the argument of what extraterrestrials wanted from earthlings... could it possibly be that they were investigating human reproduction and genetics?

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The alien abduction of Brazilian farmer Antônio Vilas-Boas, near São Francisco de Sales, 1957

9 Alien Abduction Stories That Seem Disturbingly True

Antônio Vilas-Boas - Wikipedia

Antonio Villas Boas Abduction (1957) – Unidentified Phenomena

The Antônio Villas-Boas case | Gnosis Online - Your portal to esotericism

Antonio Villas-Boas elrablása – TUDOMÁNYOS UFO

Architects of the Underworld: Unriddling Atlantis, Anomalies of Mars, and ... - Bruce Rux - Google Books

Conspiracy Films: A Tour of Dark Places in the American Conscious - Barna William Donovan - Google Books

Ed Keffel | The UFO Database

João Martins | The UFO Database

The Lure of the Edge: Scientific Passions, Religious Beliefs, and the ... - Brenda Denzler - Google Books

Phantoms and Monsters: Pulse of the Paranormal

The Surprising Origin of Alien Abduction Stories | Live Science

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H. H. Holmes was known for robbing graves, stealing horses, insurance fraud, and... murder. The United States' first serial killer allegedly had up to 200 victims fall prey to the soundproof rooms, secret passages, trapdoors, acid vats, pits of quicklime, gas chambers, and crematorium in his 'Murder Castle'.

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Did Serial Killer H.H. Holmes Really Build a ‘Murder Castle’? | HISTORY

The Enduring Mystery of H.H. Holmes, America's 'First' Serial Killer | Smithsonian

Exhumation confirms gravesite of notorious Chicago serial killer H.H. Holmes - Chicago Tribune

H.H. Holmes: Biography, Serial Killer, Murderer

H.H. Holmes - Crime Museum

H. H. Holmes - Wikipedia

Mass murderer Dr H H Holmes: The story of the Chicago Murder Castle, plus Benjamin Pitezel & his other victims - Click Americana

Michigan Today » A double dose of the macabre

Murder Castle ‑ H.H. Holmes, Chicago World's Fair & Layout | HISTORY

New Master List of HH Holmes Victims – Mysterious Chicago

St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Holmes selling Mortgaged Goods - Newspapers.com™

The Trial of Herman W. Mudgett Alias H.H. Holmes for the Murder of Benjamin ... - Herman W. Mudgett - Google Books

Richard "Beebo" Russell was dubbed the 'Sky King' after he made an unauthorized takeoff from the Seattle-Tacoma airport in a 76- seat passenger Bombardier Q400. He was followed by fighter jets as he flew to Mount Rainier and did an impressive barrel roll... all without his pilot's license.

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2018 Horizon Air Bombardier Q400 incident - Wikipedia

Airline worker who stole plane told air traffic control 'I don't wa.. - ABC13 Houston

Commercial Vs Airline Pilot: Comparison List of Differences | SkyTough

File:Ketron Island crash site of 2018 Horizon Air Q400 incident.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

How to Become an Airline Pilot – Steps, Eligibility, & Requirements / ATP Flight School

Richard Russell, "Rich": 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

The Sky Thief: Beebo Russell's Last Flight

The Tragic Story of 'Sky King' Richard Russell | HowStuffWorks

Who Was Richard Russell? Man Steals Airplane and Crashes | TIME

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Is 'The Rake' a creepypasta or a cryptid come to life? If it isn't real... then old, naked, no nipple men have been breaking into homes far more often than we thought.

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The Rake - Creepypasta

the Rake | Origin and History | Dictionary.com

The Rake | Monster Wiki | Fandom

The Story of The Rake | Paranormal Authority

The Rake - Mythical Encyclopedia

The Rake

#PrescottAZHistory: 9 Cryptid Monsters of Arizona (UPDATE: Bigfoot near Prescott?)

"Monsters Underground" Rake (TV Episode) - IMDb

The Rakshasa in the Puranas: The Demonic Beings of Hindu Mythology - Mythology WorldWide

Rakshasa | Demonic Spirits, Demons & Monsters | Britannica

What is Puranas & How Many Puranas are There? HindUtsav

Act of Rakshasa: Significance and symbolism

Where Tulpas Come From - JSTOR Daily

Tulpa - Wikipedia

Creature Feature: The Power Of Belief: The Rake | World of Magick⛥ Amino

Welcome to Wild and Wonderful West Virginia, where we have cryptids called The White Thing and Sheepsquatch!

One is a large, dog-like creature with filthy white, wooly fur and saber-like fangs, while the other is an 8-foot, hairy bipedal creature with a long head that holds a single-point set of horns not dissimilar to those found on a young goat.

What's not to love?

Join us as we discuss whether or not everyone is seeing the same entity or if there are two monstrous creatures stalking the Appalachian Mountains.

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Ruth Ann Musick - Wikipedia

Sheepsquatch | Cryptid Wiki | Fandom

Tale of West Virginia monster may have first been documented in 1950s - West Virginia Explorer (wvexplorer.com)

Ted Fauster: Meet the top five monsters from the West Virginia hills - West Virginia Explorer (wvexplorer.com)

Telltale Lilac Bush - Wikipedia

The Legend Of The White Things Of West Virginia (onlyinyourstate.com)

The Sheepsquatch: A Cryptid In American Folklore - Mother Farmland

The Sheepsquatch - Is West Virginia's White Thing Real? (cryptidophilia.com)

The Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales : Ruth Ann Musick : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

The WV Presents "The Telltale Lilac Bush" Webisode #1 - PILOT (Series Premiere) (youtube.com)

West Virginia Monsters – White Thing – Upper Monongahela River Association (uppermonriver.org)

White Thing/Sheepsquatch Sighting - Clio (theclio.com)