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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!   Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: 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.    Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: 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.   Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: ‘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?   Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: 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 UFO sightings in Brazil - Wikipedia

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'.   Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: 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.   Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: 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 William Musculus | Flickr youtube.com/watch?v=rpBH2QTZgOU  

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.   Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: 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. Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: 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)

On May 13th, 1998, Rebecca Wight and Claudia Brenner went hiking through Furnace State Park. Unbeknownst to the couple, they were being stalked by Stephen Carr who would ultimately attack the two women unprompted.  Join us as we discuss the unfortunate events that unfolded, the "gay and trans panic" defense used in court, and statistics surrounding crimes against the LGBTQ+ community.    Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: 12 Crimes That Changed the LGBT World (advocate.com) Appalachian Trail Histories | Rebecca and Claudia · LGBTQ Hate Crime (Student Exhibit) (appalachiantrailhistory.org) CDE (cjis.gov) Fact Sheet on Injustice in the LGBTQ community | National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) Gay panic defense - Wikipedia Imgur: The magic of the Internet Killed For Being Gay: The Murder of Rebecca Wight | by Verity Partington | Medium LGBT people nearly four times more likely than non-LGBT people to be victims of violent crime - Williams Institute (ucla.edu) Michaux State Forest (pa.gov) Murder of Rebecca Wight - Wikipedia Rebecca Wight and Claudia Brenner - Newspapers.com™ The Gay/Trans Panic Defense: What It is, and How to End It (americanbar.org) Victimization rates and traits of sexual and gender minorities in the United States: Results from the National Crime Victimization Survey, 2017 | Science Advances Wayback Machine (archive.org)

Are ghost chickens and vampires wreaking havoc on Highgate, London? Can we take raccoons to court? Does this podcast support cannibalism? ...Tune in to find out!   Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: A Scientific Spirit: Sir Francis Bacon and the Ghost Chicken of Highgate | Mental Floss Francis Bacon - Wikipedia Highgate Cemetery Highgate Cemetery - Wikipedia Highgate Cemetery: A City of the Dead That Inspires the Living - The New York Times (nytimes.com) Highgate Cemetery, London, England (historic-uk.com) Highgate Chicken Ghost (real-british-ghosts.com) Pond Square Chicken, Highgate – Mysterious Britain & Ireland The ghosts of Hampstead and Highgate | Ham & High (hamhigh.co.uk) The Highgate Vampire: Horror of the Dead | The Unredacted Visit Highgate | A visitor's guide What Is the Highgate Vampire and Has it Ever Been Spotted? (vice.com)

To celebrate Women's History Month, we are dedicating this episode to the infamous serial killer known as The Soap Maker of Correggio. Leonarda Cianciulli's horrific crimes will make you rethink where your soap comes from... and how many people have forced you to commit cannibalism without your knowledge.    Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: Leonarda Cianciulli - Wikipedia LEONARDA CIANCIULLI: SHE CREATED SOAPS WITH HUMANS – HORRORS REVEALED (wordpress.com) Meet Leonarda Cianciulli, Italy's Infamous Female Serial Killer (allthatsinteresting.com) The Correggio soap-maker - Mucri - Criminology Museum (archive.org) TIME.com: A Copper Ladle -- Jun. 24, 1946 -- Page 1 (archive.org) Sodium: Getting rid of dirt - and murder victims - BBC News

All hail the Otter King this St. Patrick's Day! The Irish legend of the Dobhar-chú warns of its appetite for human flesh... so let's maybe not go chase it down for the protective properties of its fur.    Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: Dobhar-chú - Wikipedia Dobhar Chu, Ireland's Vicious Supernatural Crocodile Otter Monster | Spooky Isles Dobhar-chú: The Otter King of Irish Folklore - Historic Mysteries Giant otter - Wikipedia Irish Cryptids: Mysterious Creatures of Folklore and Legend - IrishWishes The Dobhar-Chú Tombstones of Glenade, Co. Leitrim (Cemetries of Congbháil and Cill-Rúisc) on JSTOR The myths and legends of Ireland's hound of deep, the Dobhar Chu (irishcentral.com) The tale of Leitrim's own Loch Ness Monster - the Dobhar-Chú - Leitrim Live (leitrimobserver.ie)

We yearn for the tunnels... so do ghosts in Switzerland! They especially like to hitch rides through the Belchen Tunnel.   Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: Belchen Tunnel: Key Route in Swiss Transport Network - Vignetteswitzerland.com Belchen Tunnel - Wikipedia Hörbuch «Sage uf d Ohre» erzählt Unheimliches aus dem Baselbiet (bzbasel.ch) Microsoft PowerPoint - 2014 03 Vortrag Belchentunnel ETH_druck handout.pptx (ethz.ch) Road Trip of Terror: Exploring the World's Most Haunted Highways - Nightmare on Film Street (nofspodcast.com) Shrove Tuesday - Wikipedia The spookiest places in Switzerland (thelocal.ch)

23-year-old Pamela Smart began an affair with a 15-year-old student in the early 90s. Although she denies it, she ended the affair a few months later by convincing the boy to murder her husband.   Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: Court rejects sentence reduction for Pamela Smart, serving life in prison for plotting with teen lover to have her husband killed - CBS News New Hampshire Supreme Court will consider challenge to Pamela Smart's life sentence - ABC News (go.com) Pamela Smart - Wikipedia Pamela Smart got four boys to kill her husband nearly 29 years ago. Now, they're free. She isn't. - The Washington Post Pamela Smart, The Woman Whose Teenage Lover Killed Her Husband (allthatsinteresting.com) Pamela Smart, Who Inspired ‘To Die For,’ Is Denied Parole Bid - The New York Times (nytimes.com) The Trial of Pamela Smart: Sex, lies & murder | Court TV  

In April 2006, Marc and Debra Richardson were found murdered in their home along with their 8-year-old son, Tyler Jacob. Authorities would horrifyingly discover that their 12-year-old daughter and her 23-year-old "boyfriend" had been behind the heinous crime, making her the youngest person ever convicted of a multiple murder in Canadian history.   Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: Canadian Girl, Boyfriend Responsible For Brutal Murder Of Her Entire Family – New Arena Girl on trial for murder agreed to marry lover (thestar.com) Jasmine Richardson, Jeremy Steinke, and the Richardson Family Murders - The CrimeWire Medicine Hat girl guilty of first-degree murder - Calgary - CBC News (archive.org) Richardson family by ag112397 on emaze Richardson family murders - Wikipedia solving a mystery: Steinke, girlfriend smiled at murder coverage: Witness (solvevingamystery.blogspot.com) Tenth Anniversary of Richardson Family Murders in Medicine Hat | Lethbridge News Now Three bodies found Medicine Hat, Alta., home - The Globe and Mail Where is Jasmine Richardson now? Inside the Richardson family murders. (mamamia.com.au)

If you like feet, this is the episode for you! Help us track down who left hoofprints in the England snow one cold February night. It might be hungry badgers... or it might be The Devil's Footprints.   Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: 26 May 1855 - Miscellaneous Extracts. - Trove (nla.gov.au) Devil's Footprints - Wikipedia Devil's Hoofmarks - Source Material On The Great Devon Mystery of 1855 PDF | PDF | Nature (scribd.com) Five of the Strangest Creature Footprints Ever Discovered (coolweirdo.com) The 1855 "Devil's Footprints" mystery in Devon, England (thevintagenews.com) The Mystery of the Devil’s Footprints - Discovery UK The Ongoing Mystery of the 'Devil's Footprints' | Mental Floss

Celebrate the New Year with us as we discuss what the Guinness Book of World Records deems the largest, most successful hotel robbery in history, the heist of Hotel Pierre!     Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: Lucchese crime family - Wikipedia Mobster in witness protection details world’s greatest heist (nypost.com) Pierre Hotel robbery - Wikipedia Police Find a Clue in Robbery at Pierre Hotel - The New York Times (nytimes.com) The Biggest Heists and Bank Robberies in American History - WorldAtlas The Pierre - Wikipedia

Sightings of non-native, typically large felids feral in the United Kingdom have been reported for decades. Are these exotic pets that have escaped domestic ownership or legends of powerful phantom cats come true?   Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: South Molton - Wikipedia BRIEF HISTORY OF SOUTH MOLTON | Visit South Molton South Molton Olde English Fayre | Visit South Molton Visiting South Molton (visitdevon.co.uk) Domesday Book | Medieval English Survey Record & History | Britannica British big cats - Wikipedia Big cats: The hunt for the puma caught roaming the Highlands in 1980 (pressandjournal.co.uk) Essex lion: Charting the big cats of Britain - BBC News Wayback Machine (archive.org) Big Cat Ownership Regulations: A Comparative Analysis of the UK, US, Australia, and Brazil — Mad Katz Blog Is it legal to keep big cats in the UK? - Such a great Great Britain (thedartmooryarncompany.com) Are big cats prowling the UK? What science tells us (theconversation.com) The Beast of Bodmin - Myth of Reality? (bodminjail.org) 'Big cat' photographed in Cotswolds with 'greying hair' as it's ageing - Gloucestershire Live The Black Book of Carmarthen (ancienttexts.org) Pa gur - Wikipedia Cath Palug - Wikipedia Stratford Lyon - Wikipedia Stratford Lyon | Myth and Folklore Wiki | Fandom Hauntings in the New Forest (historic-uk.com)

Approximately 26,000 people are drawn to Northern California by the powerful energy radiating from Mount Shasta. Native American legends speak of the center of creation being found within the slopes, alleged Lemurians tell tales of the crystalline city that hides aliens, and visiting businessmen claim to have found a way to ascend to a sixth dimension. Are those who have gone missing on the mountain found what lies beneath? Join us as we take a deep dive into the mighty landmark.   Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: Mount Shasta - Wikipedia Mount Shasta | U.S. Geological Survey (usgs.gov) The 4 Eruption Cones Of Mount Shasta | Hike Mt. Shasta (hikemtshasta.com) Mount Shasta by John Rollin Ridge - Poems | Academy of American Poets A Mountain Of Many Legends Draws Spiritual Seekers From Around The Globe : NPR The Legends Of Mount Shasta Explained (grunge.com) The Mysteries And Legends of Mount Shasta (ancient-code.com) Llao - Wikipedia A Mysterious Hole Appeared on Mt. Shasta. Each Theory Behind It Tells a Different Story | KQED Guy Ballard - Wikipedia The “I Am” Activity Movement: Guy & Edna Ballard – TPKs Stories True Crime & Other Stories (wordpress.com) UFO sightings: Why Mount Shasta is the new Roswell - Big Think Everything You Need To Know About The Mount Shasta Mysteries (california.com) There's Something About Mount Shasta - Atlas Obscura Facebook Native American Language Net: Preserving and promoting First Nations/American Indian languages (native-languages.org) Wikiwand - home

And for my next trick... I will attempt to teach all of the aspiring magicians the art of getting pierced by swords, sawing a woman in half, and escaping a locked milk can! What could possibly go wrong?   A lot... a lot can go wrong.   Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: Magic | Definition, Types, History, & Facts | Britannica What was the first Magic Trick ever performed? » Roger Lapin How to Do Penn & Teller’s Famous Cups-and-Balls Trick in 12 Steps - 2023 - MasterClass Ridley's Magic How To - Cups and Balls - YouTube The Top 10 Famous Magicians of Our Time (thesprucecrafts.com) Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed (TV Special 1997) - IMDb List of Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed episodes - Wikipedia 10 Magic Tricks That Are Still Unexplained - Listverse David Copperfield’s Portal Explained | Sandbox (wordpress.com) 7 Magic Tricks That Went Horribly Wrong | Mental Floss Princess Tenko - Wikipedia When Magic Tricks Went Terribly Wrong (grunge.com) Princess Tenko 〜 The Life of illusionist Tenko Hikida | (famous-popular.tokyo) プリンセス天功のイリュージョンワールド (tenko.ne.jp) Sawing a woman in half - Wikipedia Sawing Someone in Half Never Gets Old. Even at 100. - The New York Times (nytimes.com) How Cut Person In Half Magic Trick Work (With Video) – Improve Magic Houdini's Milk Can Escape, Where Failure Meant Death by Drowning - Atlas Obscura (24) HOW TO PERFORM HOUDINI'S MILK CAN ESCAPE! - YouTube Gilbert Genesta - Wikipedia