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Episode 27- O'Hare's Sky Secrets: The 2006 Saucer Sighting

This episode dives into the infamous 2006 Chicago O'Hare UFO sighting, where airport employees and pilots reported a silent, saucer-shaped craft hovering over gate C-17 and leaving a temporary "blue hole" in the clouds. The hosts debate possible explanations — mass hysteria, military testing, drones, or genuine extraterrestrial visitors — and discuss how the FAA initially responded.With humorous banter and listener reactions, the hosts explore witness accounts, media coverage, and lingering questions about why the sighting didn’t show up on radar and why further investigation was limited.

Episode 26- Pickle Beer & Flying Saucers: The Twining Memo Uncorked

The hosts get drunk and unpack Monroe native General Nathan F. Twining's role in early UFO history, covering the 1947 Twining Memo, Project Sign, Project Blue Book, and the Majestic 12 conspiracy.Expect local lore, chaotic banter, and a humorous, booze-soaked look at paranormal theory and small-town legends.

Episode 25- The Man with a Windowed Stomach: A 19th‑Century Medical Freakshow

On this rowdy Midwest paranormal podcast the hosts drink strange beverages and recount the true 1820s story of Alexis St. Martin — a fur trapper left with a permanently open wound into his stomach — and Dr. William Beaumont, who used him to study digestion.The episode mixes dark humor, historical medical experiments, and ethical questions about how early science treated its human subjects, all against a backdrop of booze and banter.

Episode 24- Minnesota’s Devil’s Kettle and Other Holes: Where Water Disappears

In this episode the hosts swap stories about mysterious bottomless pits, starting with Minnesota’s Devil’s Kettle — a waterfall that seems to swallow water, dye and GPS trackers — and moving to the legend of Mel’s Hole, a strange well tied to Coast to Coast AM reports of impossible depths, hot ice, a cooked sheep and a seal‑like creature. Between jokes and bar banter, they discuss investigations, wild theories (from underground caves to interdimensional portals) and reports of military interest, leaving listeners with more questions than answers.

Episode 23- Ridgeway Phantoms: Shape-Shifters of the Lead Trail

On this episode the hosts stumble through history and drink breaks as they recount the eerie Ridgeway legends. From 1840s miners and stagecoach routes to shape-shifting phantoms that appear as animals, headless riders, or the spirits of two tragic brothers, the guests debate whether the sightings are ghosts, skinwalkers, or generational hauntings.They mix facts about the lead-mining boom and Military Ridge with local folklore, personal anecdotes, and the chilling detail that similar sightings persist in Ridgeway to this day.

Episode 22- Momo: Missouri’s Pumpkin‑Headed Monster

In this episode the hosts, over drinks and chaotic banter, explore the legend of Momo—the Missouri Monster—recounting 1971–72 sightings, foul odors, plaster casts of footprints, and the creature’s mysterious disappearance by the 1990s.Mixing humor with folklore, the episode balances skeptical theories and fond storytelling about a strange regional cryptid.

Episode 21- Return to Beaver Island: The Mormons, The Cannon, and The Shot That Started It All

On this rambunctious podcast episode, the hosts revisit the strange history of Beaver Island: the rise of James Strang, his self-declared kingship among a Mormon splinter group, the violent clashes with Irish fishermen, and the mysterious rumors of buried treasure and counterfeit minting on the island.Through drunken banter and dark humor, they weigh Strang’s political successes, his controversial actions, and the chaotic aftermath that led to his assassination and the forced removal of his followers.

Episode 20- The Hamburger Man: Bloodied Aprons in the Sandhills

In this episode the hosts explore the creepy Kansas urban legend of the "Hamburger Man," a hooded figure in the Hutchinson sandhills who offers hamburgers that may be made from human flesh.The conversation blends folklore, eyewitness tales, and drunken banter as the hosts debate whether the story is a hoax, a tragic real person turned monster, or just small‑town scare tactics.

Episode 19- Vanished Over Superior: The Kinross Radar Mystery

In this episode the hosts get drunk and dig into the 1953 Kinross Incident: an unidentified radar contact over Lake Superior and the baffling disappearance of an F-89 interceptor and its crew, plus a mysterious piece of metal later removed from Project Blue Book.Amid sake breaks, beer, and rowdy banter, they walk through the radar timeline, military response, eyewitness claims, and theories ranging from government cover-ups to magnetic fog and parallel timelines.

Episode 18- Avon Bottoms: Gateway to Hell or Swamp Monster?

On this episode of Ope, Whatchya Think?, the hosts dig into the eerie legend of Avon Bottoms, a decaying southern Wisconsin floodplain near Broadhead reputed to harbor a swamp creature, haunted playground, and a dark history of dumped bodies.
They share local sightings, DNR notes about unusual wildlife, personal reactions, and consider a road trip to explore the spooky site themselves.