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- ↑ Ben Rock Breaths Life into Baal
- ↑ "Curse of the Blair Witch"
- ↑ Rock, Ben (February 27, 2021). "The Blair Witch Files Books". Blairwitch.net. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
- ↑ The B.P.R.D. Declassified
- ↑ 'Alien Raiders' Director Heads to the Stage with 'Baal'
- ↑ The Perfect Candidate
- ↑ The Meeting
- ↑ Hate or Date
- ↑ Conversations
- ↑ Exclusive: Ben Rock and Gregory Sims Talk Bringing Baal to Life
- ↑ Richard III at Sacred Fools Theater Company
- ↑ Members of Sacred Fools Theater Company
- ↑ "Meeting Mr. Subian
- ↑ Hate or Date
- ↑ Conversations
- ↑ Conversations
- ↑ Hate or Date
