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545: Intergalactic Baby Mama (Member)
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545: Intergalactic Baby Mama (Member)

In Episode 545: Intergalactic Baby Mama we are joined by Sahdi from the Lions Gate podcast. Her son JC listens to The Confessionals and told her she had to reach out to tell her lived experiences of abductions. Sahdi from a young age has gone through abductions where she remembers seeing and communicating with other people and entities as well as going through medical procedures. She believes she is the mother to multiple hybrid children whom she has met on occasion as well as raised because she believes her son JC is one of those hybrid children. When he was just a few months old he was displaying physical and mental feats that were on pace for that of a two-year-old child. Sahdi always shares about her NDE (near-death experience) which might have played a role in her abductions in a way.  

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543: Stepping Into Alternate Realities (Members)
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543: Stepping Into Alternate Realities (Members)

In Episode 543: Stepping Into Alternate Realities we are joined by Ceasar who comes to share about his wild experiences serving in the United States military. Ceasar shares a story that has some shadows of Charlie's story from Episode 122: Secret Military Enochian Technology such as the oddities of circulating around him filling out his "dream sheet" of what he would like to do most while he serves. He ends up getting stationed in Antarctica and from there, things get outright weird for him. He talks about finding himself in President Bush's limo, having reptilian roommates, time travel, portal entries, underwater bases, working with greys, and much more. Today, Ceasar is still dealing with some issues post-military service as he believes he has a handler that follows him around, essentially gangstalking him to which the purpose is unknown. But before he walks us into all this, he lays the foundation of his childhood where he was sent to a nunnery, and how that experience might play a foundational role in his life direction.

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541: Portal Entities (Members)
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541: Portal Entities (Members)

In Episode 541: Portal Entities we are joined by Pastor Daniel. He shares how when he was a child he and his brother saw a horned entity in their bedroom but what his brother saw was a little more than a child would have to experience. We venture into a topic of conversation where we discuss where these beings are coming from and how are they getting here. Could it be portals? Could their very makeup be a type of portal to traverse between realms? Could the human mind be a portal into other realms?  We discuss all this in today’s member episode.

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539: The Kappa of Japan (Members)
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539: The Kappa of Japan (Members)

In Episode 539: The Kappa of Japan we are joined by Ev. He is a marine stationed in Japan right now and he had a run-in with a Japanese cryptid known as a "Kappa." One night when he couldn't sleep he took a walk down by the water and there he saw this creature under a bridge. He had a bizarre interaction with this being and it left him seeking answers and that is when the locals filled him in on the fact that he saw the Kappa. From there he sought more answers and he comes on today to share what he's learned. 

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537: Bigfoot Burial Plot (Members)
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537: Bigfoot Burial Plot (Members)

In Episode 537: Bigfoot Burial Plot we have a different-paced show. I am joined in the studio by my brother and assistant Jack as we discuss his coming on board to work with me at Merkel Media. Then we give an in-depth walkthrough of the NEW members app which is available now on Apple and Google Play stores. After we talk shop, we get into some weird things that have been happening around the studio with "something" or "someone" trying to enter through our backdoor. Jack and I both experienced this separately on two separate occasions. We also had some other odd things happening since he arrived in Tennessee and we get into that as well. Lastly, we talk about my trip out west trying to hunt down the bigfoot and a location we have been given where there is a bigfoot buried and waiting to be exhumed. 

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535: Hauntings At Sea and At Home
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535: Hauntings At Sea and At Home

In Episode 535: Hauntings At Sea and At Home we are joined by Jed. He wants to share some of his paranormal encounters while stationed on the USS Nimitz, a haunted apartment he and his wife lived in, and his chilling experiences working as a security guard. 

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533: Little People, D.U.M.B.'s & Bigfoot of the Smoky Mountains (Members)
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533: Little People, D.U.M.B.'s & Bigfoot of the Smoky Mountains (Members)

In Episode 533: Little People, D.U.M.B.'s & Bigfoot of the Smoky Mountains we are joined by author Mary Joyce. When I moved to Tennessee I started talking to locals about what I do and the common experiences popped up of people seeing UFOs and bigfoot but what caught me off guard was the topic of little people. Multiple people have brought up the topic as well as the person to talk to about it all, Mary Joyce. So Mary joins me to talk about her reporting on the topic but also other topics such as bigfoot, deep underground military bases, UFOs, and more.

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531: The Joshua Tree Cult Leader (Member)
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531: The Joshua Tree Cult Leader (Member)

In Episode 531: The Joshua Tree Cult Leader we are joined by James. He reached out after hearing Episode 512: Desert Portal Death Cult because the story being revealed in that episode sounded extremely similar to what he had gone through. James was in charge of soldiers that were getting kicked out of the military and one soldier always stuck out to him more than the others. This soldier lived in a house with other people that would call him "father" and he called them "his children." On an extended weekend, this soldier asked James to take him out to a party in Joshua Tree that had RVs and tents all over which is what was described in episode 512. It turns out we are nearly 100% sure that this location was the exact location from episode 512 but 5 years earlier.

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529: The Pink Portal Door (Members)
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529: The Pink Portal Door (Members)

In Episode 529: The Pink Portal Door we are joined by returning guest Melissa. She first appeared in episode 175: It Dragged Me Down The Hall (also it was just rebroadcast as a Reloaded Monday) where she talked about being haunted by an entity her entire life. This entity got so violent that it literally drug her out of bed and down the hallway. She left us off in the first conversation talking about how she believes this thing has attached itself to her son Jack. Today she joins me again to give an update as there are new developments that she would like to share. It seems like the attachment has shifted completely towards Jack and Melissa believes it's because he is special. Jack talks about seeing a pink door that takes him to other places and after knowing what I know now, I believe Jack is describing something that is literally happening. As she is talking in this episode we both hear things moving and speaking into her phone, her dogs act very unhinged and her phone hung up on me multiple times.

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527: Haunted Sleepover with The Confessionals (Members)
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527: Haunted Sleepover with The Confessionals (Members)

In Episode 527: Haunted Sleepover with The Confessionals we are joined by Laura. For the last couple of years, The Confessionals has taken a select group of listeners on a bus trip to haunted locations where we would spend the nights. The first trip was to the Burn Brae Mansion and the second trip was to the Shanley Hotel. Laura was on both of these trips and we finally get the opportunity to sit down and rehash what we experienced these haunted nights as we slept over in these infamous locations.

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525: Sasquatch Harasses Smoky Mountain Property
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525: Sasquatch Harasses Smoky Mountain Property

In episode 525: Sasquatch Harasses Smoky Mountain Property we are joined by Carey to talk about how she had so much bigfoot activity on her East Tennessee property that she and her husband had to sell it and move 10 hours away. Seven years ago they moved from Virginia to Tennessee with the idea that they were going to settle in there for the rest of their lives. But as soon as they arrived they knew something was wrong as the harassment started and continued to happen until they left.

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521: Demonic Influences Misdiagnosed (Members)
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521: Demonic Influences Misdiagnosed (Members)

In Episode 521: Demonic Influences Misdiagnosed we are joined by Kelsey. She has had some wild things happen regarding witches, demons, and things she just can't explain, such as a car being thrown at her and her husband that narrowly missed them. She was in a mental hospital off and on for seven years after being misdiagnosed and through that process, she was opened up to a lot of supernatural activity. With her husband's encouragement, she comes on the show to share her story in hopes to help others be more confident in themselves if they find they're in similar situations. 

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519: Night Of The Skinwalker (Members)
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519: Night Of The Skinwalker (Members)

In episode 519: Night Of The Skinwalker we are joined by Asher. He was referred to the show by Nick from "Tales From The Grid Square" as Asher had one of the most terrifying stories Nick had ever received for his Instagram page. Asher was a soldier in the military and he and his friends went out to the woods for a night of relaxing next to a bonfire. That night of relaxation changed as they all started to feel a sense of unease and dread. As the night unfolded they heard multiple beasts taunting them from the shadows, at least one skinwalker appearing and his friend during the chaos becoming seemingly possessed. As they were trying to handle their friend in his possession they ran for the trucks to try to escape. As a chase ensued and their friend still fighting a possession, another friend who was a practicing pagan might have been responsible for a white wolf appearing during the chase which is a form the goddess Hecate appears in. The night ends with them going to a witch they knew of to see if she could rid the demon from their friend. This dramatic night has left a mark on each of the men involved and Asher comes today to share it all.

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517: Police Officers On Duty Encounters (Members)
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517: Police Officers On Duty Encounters (Members)

In Episode 517: Police Officers On Duty Encounters we are joined by Tom. He is a retired police officer that has had some extraordinary experiences while on duty. He recalls a time that he had to take a woman to the hospital and while she was there it became very apparent that she was possessed by a least one demon. Once while there was a high-speed chase he was saved from dying by an angle. Then he transferred to Alaska where he heard from locals all about the sasquatch creature that roamed through the towns. 

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515: Demons Among Us (Members)
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515: Demons Among Us (Members)

In Episode 515: Demons Among Us we are joined by best-selling author MR Gorga! - We cover the first fully documented eyewitness account of demonic possession in American history. (Reported decades before the Salem Witch Trials!) Real personal encounters with black spirits, inhuman entities, visions, and terrifying nighttime visitations. And how dark forces deceive and destroy—even kill.

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513: Trapped In A Barn By A Shaggy Beast (Members)
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513: Trapped In A Barn By A Shaggy Beast (Members)

In Episode 513: Trapped In A Barn By A Shaggy Beast we are first joined by Logan from Idaho. He tells us some of his experiences such as when he was a kid he was trapped in the family barn by what he could only call a shaggy beast. He also shares about seeing a "hyena" in Idaho and ghostly figures out his window. Then we bring on Jose who brings us two UFO sightings he has had.

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511: Doppelganger Spirits (Members)
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511: Doppelganger Spirits (Members)

In Episode 511: Doppelganger Spirits we are joined by Jay. He comes to share his experiences with the paranormal and how there were mimicking spirits popping up in his life. After talking about these things he tells about his encounter with what seems to be a sasquatch while he was hunting.

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509: Sasquatch Stalked My Property (Members)
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509: Sasquatch Stalked My Property (Members)

In Episode 509: Sasquatch Stalked My Property we have Josh coming on the show. He owned a property in the ORanoke Virginia area that had sasquatch roaming it for the 7-8 years that he owned it. It hassled him and his family and eventually made him feel like these things are not safe to co-exist with on his property.

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507: The Jinn Of Afghanistan (Members)
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507: The Jinn Of Afghanistan (Members)

In Episode 507: The Jinn Of Afghanistan we are joined by the father-son duo, Eli and Jonah. Jonah heard his dad's story told on The Confessionals when we broadcast episode 405: Paranormal Military Encounters with Nick of Tales From The Gridsquare Instagram account. So he decides to reach out to have him and his dad on the show to talk about that story and many more. Jonah opens us up telling us of his hatman encounter that he never told anyone until the day we recorded, not even his father. Then Eli tells us of the July 4th saga where tragedy seemed to follow their family that day. He talks about how his brother died in a swimming accident on July 4th but was brought back to life through the power of prayer. He also talks about how his head was run over by a car on July 4th and survived with no injuries at all. Eli wraps us up with his jinn encounter when he was overseas in Afghanistan where he saw a man transform into a panther one night while on watch. The catch is it happened the next night to another guard and though it was scary it left Eli knowing that he was not crazy.

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