Attack the Facts
History buff Collis and conspiracy nut Jack are fighting each other with "facts" in an effort to convince the other that they've got it all wrong. They'll debate the details of WW1, trash talk the Mothman, and attack the facts surrounding the Salem Witch Trials. If you've ever been stuck in a car with two nerds raging at each other about Napolean and lizard people, then you have been conditioned to listen to this podcast!
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BIZARRE TALES of 2023
03/28/2024
BIZARRE TALES of 2023
We're finally serving up some of the weirdest stroies from last year! Brain worms, "wildfires", and ALIENS are just a few topics we're attacking in this super sized BIZARRE TALES OF STRANGE WEIRDNESS!! Sources on our website: attackthefacts.com Follow us on Instagram to see when we're coming back! @attackthefacts Support Jack's game! @silentprotagonistgames Read some comics! Music: Co Ag - "Letting Go", "The Disappearance _2", "Nuclear Blast", "The Deep", "A Sad end", "The Lost City Of Atlantis Part 2" "Hitman", "Mystery Sax", "Blippy Trance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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NFL Conspiracies
02/08/2024
NFL Conspiracies
In our very first SUPER BOWL SPECIAL, Adam field goals his first researched episode with a mountain of conspiracies, scandals, and cover-ups within the National Football League. From Deflategate to concealing concussions, we punt the most egregious football controversies into the end zone! Follow us on Instagram! @attackthefacts Support Jack's game! @silentprotagonistgames Read some comics! Music: Madden 95 - SNES Co Ag - "What's Left", "A Dangerous Destination 1", "Midnight trip to the Digital Zone", "Argoblitz", "Are you Still looking", "Tenshon" "Blippy Trance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Christmas Special: The CO2 Coalition
12/28/2023
Christmas Special: The CO2 Coalition
Jack spends Christmas alone to rage in his echo chamber about fossil fuel propaganda! What is the CO2 Coalition and why are they determined to convice you that climate change ain't happening? Sources: attackthefacts.com Follow us on Instagram! @attackthefacts Support Jack's game! @silentprotagonistgames Read some comics! Music: Co Ag - "What's Left", "Escape To Everything", "Collider"
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The Werewolf of Bedburg
10/26/2023
The Werewolf of Bedburg
Angelo returns to help Jack dive into the world of European witch trials in the middle ages to find the first inklings of real world werewolves. Then, Spooktober ends with the horrifying tale of Peter Stumpp, a 16th century cannibalistic serial killer that may have also been a WEREWOLF! Sources: attackthefacts.com Follow us on Instagram! @attackthefacts Support Jack's game! @silentprotagonistgames Read some comics! Music: Co Ag - "What's Left", "A Dangerous Destination 4", "October Nights", "Descent into Horror", "A Million Thoughts", "Carpe Diem" "Hitman", "Blippy Trance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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The Myrtles Plantation Part 2: There's Some Ghosts in This House
10/19/2023
The Myrtles Plantation Part 2: There's Some Ghosts in This House
The Myrtles is in the hands of a Californian house flipper determined to turn it into a bed and breakfast and she won't let any paranormal activity scare her away! No phantom footsteps, ghostly apparitions, haunted paintings, auditory hallucinations, demonic possessions, or horny specters are gonna keep Frances Meyers from her lifelong dream of owning a Louisiana inn... But they might turn her into an alcoholic. Sources: attackthefacts.com Follow us on Instagram! @attackthefacts Support Jack's game! @silentprotagonistgames Read some comics! Music: Co Ag - "What's Left", "Where No Shadow Falls", "October Nights", "Descent into Horror", "A Million Thoughts", "Telecommunications" "Blippy Trance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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The Myrtles Plantation Part 1: The Ballad of Whiskey Dave
10/12/2023
The Myrtles Plantation Part 1: The Ballad of Whiskey Dave
Angelo returns to help Jack explore the history of the most haunted house in America! How did this antebellum home in St. Francisville, Louisiana become so haunted? The answer is a tangled web of sex, lies, murder, and WHISKEY! Sources: attackthefacts.com Follow us on Instagram! @attackthefacts Support Jack's game! @silentprotagonistgames Read some comics! Music: Co Ag - "What's Left", "Are You Still Looking", "October Nights", "Descent into Horror", "A Million Thoughts", "Carpe Diem", "A Dangerous Destination 4" "Blippy Trance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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The Vampire of Cinkota
10/05/2023
The Vampire of Cinkota
Spooktober begins with a true crime double feature! Jack is joined by a very special guest to attack a Hungarian serial killer from the 1900's that pickled his victims and probably drank their blood. Then, we follow up this well researched topic by reading straight from the wikipedia article on another serial killer that pickled PARTS of his victims. Sources: attackthefacts.com Follow us on Instagram! @attackthefacts Support Jack's game! @silentprotagonistgames Read some comics! Music: Co Ag - "What's Left", "Your Time is Up", "October Nights", "Descent into Horror", "Tenshon" "Blippy Trance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Sexy Aliens
09/28/2023
Sexy Aliens
We end Spooktember on a high note when Mike returns to help Jack attack two sexy stories about alien abductions! First, a Brazilian farmer is abducted and gets down and dirty with a hot alien babe. Then, a South African woman falls in love with a studly scientist from Venus! Be warned, this is episode 69, so it is certified NSFW 18+ ADULTS ONLY 🍆💦🍑 Sources: attackthefacts.com Follow us on Instagram! @attackthefacts Support Jack's game! @silentprotagonistgames Read some comics! Music: Co Ag - "What's Left", "Letting Go", "The Traveler of Dimensions", "The Tucanae System", "Nuclear Blast", "Its All Crystal Clear Now", "The Earth is Screaming", "Exit the Pod", "i dream of a distant land", "Show Me The New Way", "a life so far away" "Blippy Trance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Momo! & The Lizard Man!
09/21/2023
Momo! & The Lizard Man!
We keep Spooktember rolling with a CREATURE DOUBLE FEATURE!! Angelo returns to help Jack attack the Missouri Monster that was terrorizing the small community of Louisiana, Missouri in the summer of 1972. Then, we head on down to Browntown, South Carolina to investigate the 1988 reports of the Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp! Sources: attackthefacts.com Follow us on Instagram! @attackthefacts Support Jack's game! @silentprotagonistgames Read some comics! Music: Co Ag - "What's Left", "The Traveler of Dimensions", "Approaching the Wasteland", "Descent in to Horror", "Letting Go", "Tenshon", "Where No Shadow Falls" "Blippy Trance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Amusement Park Accidents
09/14/2023
Amusement Park Accidents
As Spooktember continues, Adam joins Jack on a road trip to amusement parks around the country to examine terrible accidents involving theme park rides and the lack of regulations that allow them to happen. Sources: attackthefacts.com Follow us on Instagram! @attackthefacts Support Jack's game! @silentprotagonistgames Read some comics! Music: Co Ag - "What's Left", "The Lost City Of Atlantis Part 2", "Digital Garden", "Descent in to Horror", "On The Move", "Your Time is Up", "Behind an Open Door" "Blippy Trance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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The Curse of Little Bastard
09/07/2023
The Curse of Little Bastard
Spooktember begins! To kick off the spooky summer fun, Jack is joined by special guest Angelo to attack the life, death, and curse of legendary Hollywood icon James Dean and his haunted Porsche Spyder! Sources: attackthefacts.com Follow us on Instagram! @attackthefacts Support Jack's game! @silentprotagonistgames Read some comics! Music: Co Ag - "What's Left", "Are You Still Looking", "Your Time is Up", "On The Move", "The Moon Rimmed with a Halo of Frost ", "It Never Goes Away" "Blippy Trance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Standoff 2: A Bundy Story
08/10/2023
Standoff 2: A Bundy Story
At the start of 2016, a group of extremists led by Ammon Bundy take over and occupy the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. As we examine their motives and actions leading up to an armed standoff resulting in death, Jack highlights the shortcomings of citizen militias while Collis rakes the Republican party over the coals. Sources: attackthefacts.com Follow us on Instagram! @attackthefacts Support Jack's game! @silentprotagonistgames Read some comics! Music: Co Ag - "What's Left", "Argoblitz", "Project Machine and Beyond", "A Dangerous Destination 1", "A Dangerous Destination 3" "Floating Cities" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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The Bundy Standoff
08/03/2023
The Bundy Standoff
After years of conflict, the ongoing feud between a cattle rancher and the Bureau of Land Management escalates into an armed standoff between militia groups and federal authorities under a highway overpass in Nevada. Sources: attackthefacts.com Follow us on Instagram! @attackthefacts Support Jack's game! @silentprotagonistgames Read some comics! Music: Co Ag - "What's Left", "Forensic", "Argoblitz", "Project Machine and Beyond", "A Dangerous Destination 1", "A Dangerous Destination 3" "Floating Cities" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Mystery Airships
07/27/2023
Mystery Airships
Adam returns to help Jack examine the strange phenomena cluttering the skies over America in the late 1800s. From 1896 to 1897, thousands of people across the United States witnessed phantom zeppelins and their occupants fly, crash, and even attempt abductions without any official explanation. What could explain these early UFO sightings? Sources: attackthefacts.com Follow us on Instagram! @attackthefacts Support Jack's game! @silentprotagonistgames Read some comics! Music: Co Ag - "Are You Still Looking", "Letting Go", "Magician of the Gods", "The Earth is Screaming", "A Dangerous Destination 4" "Floating Cities", "Blippy Trance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Student Loan Sharks: MOHELA
07/20/2023
Student Loan Sharks: MOHELA
Jack goes solo to descend down a rabbit hole of shady business practices to discover who is behind the mysterious Higher Education Loan Authority of the State of Missouri. In this downward spiral, we'll examine how this predatory lender provides the bare minimum of helpful information while concealing their true identity. We'll also look at their connections to state officials and maybe go on a bit of a rant about the ethics of student loans as a whole. Sources: attackthefacts.com Follow us on Instagram! @attackthefacts Support Jack's game! @silentprotagonistgames Read some comics! Music: Co Ag - "What's Left", "Emptiness", "Collider", "Argoblitz"
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The Loch Ness Monster!
07/13/2023
The Loch Ness Monster!
It's time to attack another legendary cryptid! In this final effort to convince Collis that cryptids are real, Jack puts on a Scottish accent and lays out the facts about history's most popular lake monster: Nessie. But with so many hoaxes surrounding the Loch Ness Monster, will mountains of eyewitness reports and photographic evidence be enough to sway a hardcore skeptic? Sources: attackthefacts.com Follow us on Instagram! @attackthefacts Support Jack's game! @silentprotagonistgames Read some comics! Music: Co Ag - "What's Left", "Letting Go", "The Moon Rimmed with a Halo of Frost", "The Traveler of Dimensions" "Floating Cities", "Blippy Trance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Bohemian Grove
07/06/2023
Bohemian Grove
Where do the rich and powerful go to kick back, relax, and plot world domination? They go to their annual summer camp in the middle of a redwood forest, Bohemian Grove! We'll look at the history of the Bohemian Club, examine the multiple infiltrations of the Grove, and attack the guest list and strange rituals performed at the New World Order's favorite vacation spot. Sources: attackthefacts.com Follow us on Instagram! @attackthefacts Support Jack's game! @silentprotagonistgames Read some comics! Music: Co Ag - "What's Left", "Are You Still Looking", "A Dangerous Destination 3", "Inside The Criminal Mind 6" "Floating Cities", "Blippy Trance", "Hitman" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Weed Laws in America
04/20/2023
Weed Laws in America
In this last minute totally not rushed 420 special, Adam stops by to discuss the history of weed legality in America with Jack who totally did a bunch of research about some guy named Hairy Anslinger and a dude named William Rudolph Hearst and how they ruined everything and now its all FUVKED Sources: attackthefacts.com Follow us on Instagram! @attackthefacts Support Jack's game! @silentprotagonistgames Read some comics! Music: Co Ag - "A Million Thoughts", "On the Run", "Floating Cities", "Desert of Lost Souls", "Half Mystery", "Mystery Sax", "Hitman" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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BIZARRE TALES of 2022
02/02/2023
BIZARRE TALES of 2022
It's well past time to look at three weird stories from 2022! We're focusing on UFOs over Ukraine, a digital monster born from an AI art generator, and the destruction of the Georgia Guidestones! Sources on our website: attackthefacts.com Follow us on Instagram to see when we're coming back! @attackthefacts Support Jack's game! @silentprotagonistgames Read some comics! Music: Co Ag - "Letting Go", "The Traveler of Dimensions", "It Never Goes Away" "Floating Cities", "Hitman", "Mystery Sax" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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The Thirty Years War Part 3: Sack of Magdeburg
01/19/2023
The Thirty Years War Part 3: Sack of Magdeburg
As our series continues, we examine the flimsy alliances and advanced battle tactics that turned the tide of the war over the first couple decades. We also explore the most devastating massacre of the conflict: The Sack of Magdeburg. Sources on our website: attackthefacts.com Follow us on Instagram! @attackthefacts Support Jack's game! @silentprotagonistgames Read some comics! Music: Co Ag - "A Million Thoughts" Aviators - Infinity Awaits Us "Glades" "Floating Cities", "Devastation and Revenge", "Desert of Lost Souls" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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QUICKISODE: LA Jewish Community Center Shooting
01/12/2023
QUICKISODE: LA Jewish Community Center Shooting
In August of 1999, a man drove from Washington to California to shoot up a community center in an attempt to murder as many Jewish people as possible. On today's quickisode, we'll take a shallow dive into the topics of hate crime, antisemitism, and how radicalization can lead to violence. Sources on our website: attackthefacts.com Follow us on Instagram! @attackthefacts Support Jack's game! @silentprotagonistgames Read some comics! Music: Co Ag - "On the Move", "Forensic" "Floating Cities", "Hitman" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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The First Noel's Bowls Christmas Special
12/22/2022
The First Noel's Bowls Christmas Special
In our first ever Noel's Bowls Christmas special, our sponsor Noel McGillicuddy is determined to get his family back for the holidays after his alleged alien abduction back in Spooktober. This episode is sponsored by Nate's Plates! Follow us on Instagram! @attackthefacts Support Jack's game! @silentprotagonistgames Read some comics! Music: Infinity Awaits Us - "Spheres" "Fantasia Fantasia", "We Wish You", "Nouvelle Noel", "Sneaky Adventure", "Sneaky Snitch", "Oh Christmas Tree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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The Thirty Years War Part 2: Defenestration
12/15/2022
The Thirty Years War Part 2: Defenestration
In the second part of our Thirty Years War series, we examine the major players in the conflict, along with their motivations and quirks. We also look at the 1618 Defenestration of Prague, where a couple of anti-Protestant Hapsburg shills get tossed out a window and the King of Bohemia is deposed and replaced, which kicks off the war. Sources on our website: attackthefacts.com Follow us on Instagram! @attackthefacts Support Jack's game! @silentprotagonistgames Read some comics! Music: Co Ag - "A Million Thoughts", "Just Let It Go" Aviators - Infinity Awaits Us "Glades" "Floating Cities", "Devastation and Revenge", "Desert of Lost Souls" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Cancer Alley
12/08/2022
Cancer Alley
When residents of predominantly black, low income neighborhoods notice an unusually high rate of cancer cases in their community, they take action against the companies polluting their land. But the fight for environmental justice gets tricky when they must also contend with the local government that incentivizes corporations to build in their communities, as well as the regulatory agencies that are in the pocket of the industry they are supposed to regulate. Sources on our website: attackthefacts.com Follow us on Instagram! @attackthefacts Support Jack's game! @silentprotagonistgames Read some comics! Music: Co Ag - "Moving Money", "On the Move", "Forensic" "Floating Cities", "Desert of Lost Souls", "Half Mystery" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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The Thirty Years War Part 1: Ready To Rumble
11/17/2022
The Thirty Years War Part 1: Ready To Rumble
We finally take a swing at one of the longest and most destructive wars to ravage Europe. As a prelude to what is sure to be our bloodiest series yet, Collis sets the stage and establishes the power structure and religious and political conflicts within the Holy Roman Empire that would inevitably lead to a war that spans three decades. Sources on our website: attackthefacts.com Follow us on Instagram! @attackthefacts Support Jack's game! @silentprotagonistgames Read some comics! Music: Co Ag - "A Million Thoughts" Aviators - Infinity Awaits Us "Glades", "Castles of Ice" "Floating Cities", "Desert of Lost Souls" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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QUICKISODE: The Phoenix Lights
11/10/2022
QUICKISODE: The Phoenix Lights
Special guest Adam returns to help Jack attack one of the most perplexing mass UFO sightings in modern history. On March 13, 1997, a strange formation of lights was seen flying slowly over the southwestern United States into Mexico over the course of two to three hours. What were these mysterious lights captured on video and seen by thousands of witnesses in multiple states? Sources on our website: attackthefacts.com Follow us on Instagram! @attackthefacts Support Jack's game! @silentprotagonistgames Read some comics! Music: Co Ag - "The Traveler Of Dimensions", "Letting Go", "Approaching the Waste Land" Infinity Awaits Us - "Claustrophobia" "Floating Cities", "Hitman" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Countess Elizabeth Bathory
10/27/2022
Countess Elizabeth Bathory
Collis returns just in time to help shine the Spooktober spotlight on the Blood Countess, Elizabeth Bathory! Hungary's most notorious serial killer was said to have killed as many as 600 servant girls and bathed in their blood to preserve her youth and beauty. But there's more to the story of this 16th century aristocrat than legends would have you believe... Sources on our website: attackthefacts.com Follow us on Instagram! @attackthefacts Support Jack's game! @silentprotagonistgames Read some comics! Music: Co Ag - "October Nights Part 1", "Your Time Is Up", "Frightfully Close", "A Million Thoughts" Aviators - Infinity Awaits Us "Flora", "Castles of Ice" "Floating Cities", "Devastation and Revenge", "Hitman", "Desert of Lost Souls" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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The Russian Doll Man
10/20/2022
The Russian Doll Man
Jack is joined by another special guest to dig up some dirt on a couple of grave robbers! First, we'll examine the strange case of Carl von Cosel, a radiologist who fell in love with his patient and started a romantic relationship with her AFTER she died. Then, we discuss Anatoly Moskvin, a Russian cemetery expert who made dolls out of human corpses. Sources on our website: attackthefacts.com Follow us on Instagram! @attackthefacts Support Jack's game! @silentprotagonistgames Read some comics! Music: Co Ag - "October Nights Part 1", "On The Move", "Your Time Is Up" Aviators - Infinity Awaits Us "Flora" "Floating Cities", "Mystery Sax", "Desert of Lost Souls" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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The Axeman of New Orleans
10/13/2022
The Axeman of New Orleans
On March 19, 1919, the city of New Orleans was filled with the sounds of jazz music playing in every home. This was a concentrated effort by the populace to ensure they wouldn't fall victim to a brutal serial killer that was never caught. Spooktober continues with the tale of the New Orleans Axeman! Sources on our website: attackthefacts.com Follow us on Instagram! @attackthefacts Support Jack's game! @silentprotagonistgames Read some comics! Music: Co Ag - "October Nights Part 1", "On The Move", "Your Time Is Up" Aviators - Infinity Awaits Us "Flora" "Floating Cities", "Mystery Sax", "Desert of Lost Souls", "Fig Leaf Rag" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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The Flatwoods Monster! and The Hopkinsville Goblins!
10/06/2022
The Flatwoods Monster! and The Hopkinsville Goblins!
To kick off Spooktober, Jack is joined by a special guest to attack two spooky cases of monsters from outer space! First, when a group of kids in Flatwoods, West Virginia investigate a crashed UFO, they find themselves face to face with a monster beyond human comprehension! Then, we'll head over to Kentucky where a family farm is attacked by shiny space goblins! Are you brave enough to make it through this CREATURE DOUBLE FEATURE? Sources on our website: attackthefacts.com Follow us on Instagram! @attackthefacts Support Jack's game! @silentprotagonistgames Read some comics! Music: Co Ag - "October Nights Part 1", "Letting Go", "Approaching the Waste Land", "The Traveler of Dimensions", "On The Move", "A Million Thoughts" "Floating Cities", "Industrious Ferret", "Desert of Lost Souls", "Medusa" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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