The Food Theorists. KFC and the Curse of Colonel Sanders. Posted: June 10, 2025 | Last updated: June 10, 2025. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be haunted by Colonel Sanders?

In 1985 Hanshin Tigers fans threw a statue of Colonel Sanders into the Dotonbori River, creating the Curse of the Colonel. Today they won the Series and lifted the curse.

I Spent Three Hours Getting Colonel Sanders to Fall in Love With Me on KFC’s New Dating Video Game. To say it was finger-lickin’ good would be too crude ...

Colonel Sanders remains an icon there, perhaps one as famous as Babe Ruth: ... The Tigers haven’t won a series since they triggered the Curse of the Colonel. In 2009, ...

But Colonel Sanders still had his trademark smile, 24 years later. ... Many fans feel the team has been plagued by the "curse of Colonel Sanders" since his effigy was submerged in 1985.

Colonel Sanders was a colonel, but not in the military sense. He was a Kentucky Colonel, ... He would curse in his own restaurants (KFC) Once the business was sold, ...

Hanshin Tigers lift Curse of the KFC Colonel Sanders with Nippon League win. By Simon Smale. Topic: Baseball. Mon 6 Nov 2023 Monday 6 November 2023 Mon 6 Nov 2023 at 2:21am.

Shedeur Sanders was the leading topic of conversation all weekend at the 2025 NFL Draft.The former Colorado star was long projected as a first-round pick, but as Thursday neared, there were ...

Sanders later assured her that he had put the recipe in a more secure place. He remained a KFC spokesman — pitching the fried chicken on folksy television ads — until his death in 1980 at age 90.

'Curse of the Colonel' KFC statue disposed of in Japan. Tokyo (AFP) – A plastic statue of Kentucky Fried Chicken's founder Colonel Sanders that was a lucky charm for superstitious Japanese ...