Don’t miss Tony on The Sword & Staff podcast: In this week's edition of The Sword and Staff, you're going to get flooded with weirdness. This week, Josh and Ritchie sat down with Tony Merkel of The Confessionals and Merkel Media. They talk to Tony about all sorts of topics ranging from folklore to flying saucers. They talk about giants, fallen angels, ancient gods, ufos, indian mounds, conspiracy theories to cover up the true history of the earth, and then the guys reflect on some personal experiences towards the end of the episode.

The following written confession was shared via Reddit: My (now ex) husband and I were laying in bed talking one night after we put our kids (a 15 month old and a newborn at the time) to bed when we heard what sounded like 2 little girls giggling in our dining room. Our bedroom was off the dining room and the dining room was between our room and the kids room…

It’s not here for your soul - it’s here for your underwear. Meet the Pugot, a ghastly figure out of Philippine mythology and today’s Creature Feature! Is the Pugot a flesh-and-blood creature? A shapeshifting spirit? Some chilling combination of the two? Whatever the case, the Pugot is one strange, underwear-stealing entity.

The following confession was posted via Reddit: Around 2 weeks ago my girlfriend was heading to my place to visit; and she picked up a painting that was left on the side of the road. I live in a duplex with a few other people and just moved in this year; so my room is still pretty bare and she thought the painting could spice it up a little. I didn’t think anything of it and hung it up overlooking my bed. The first few nights were fine; but then I started getting a really uneasy feeling…

The following written confession was submitted via email: …this encounter happened when I was 15 living in Brentwood a small farm town in the east bay. I was out on a night walk with my older sister who was 17 or 18 at the time. We were walking down a trail near our neighborhood that goes off into a more rural area with a creek…

If you are fascinated by the subject of giants (like we are) or you’ve spent any length of time on TikTok, there’s a good chance you’ve seen an intriguing video posted by Andrew Dawson earlier this year. In it, Andrew spots what appears to be a huge human standing on a mountain peak miles away. The giant video earned him viral status, but it also may have earned him some unwanted attention. The following series of events begins unexpectedly, and ends both mysteriously and tragically. Along the way, we had our own interaction with Andrew that only seems to deepen the mystery.

Happy International Podcast Day! Whether you’re a brand new listener of The Confessionals Podcast or you’ve been with us from the very beginning, we’ve pulled together 10 quintessential TC episodes to entertain you on IPD! (…Although it’s hard to choose just 10, tbh!) And as an added bonus, all of these episodes have just the right amount of scary and mysterious to kick off October, the spookiest month of the year.

The following written confession was submitted via email: I wanted to share a brief encounter I had when I was about 10 or 12 years old. While on a field trip to a mine about an hour away I think it was called empire mine in grass valley California about 90 percent sure it was that one. So for about maybe 10 minutes or more I decided to look around apart from my group…

The following written confession was submitted via email: Has anyone reported to you anything about giant ants in the desert of Texas. I seen several of the walking in line carrying away some livestock. I witness this late at night driving from my great uncles house. This happened back in 1977. I was in the backseat of the car and I yelled to my Mom driving the “Look giant ants Mom!” Her response was “you most be dreaming go back to sleep!” Needless to say I wasn’t asleep…

Have you heard of the “Not Deer”? It’s like a deer… but it’s… not. This eerie folk cryptid out of Appalachia may look normal at first glance, but a closer inspection reveals the creature is anything but natural. From its canine mouth, to claws instead of hooves, to its bipedal walk, the Not Deer is a phenomenon no one can entirely explain.

The following written confession was submitted via email: I've been listening for awhile now to your show and I have a question. Before the question, I need to give context. My wife was telling me about how when she was younger, she and her friend were walking in their neighborhood. They looked up and saw a vortex of some sort…

The following written confession was submitted via email: When I was 4, I was playing in our yard in a very small town in Central NY. My mom was hanging up laundry on the line and I remember looking up in the sky and seeing who I KNEW was Jesus standing in the clouds. The clouds were very fluffy and the sky was a beautiful blue…

The following written confession was submitted via email: ...I was battling my faith and wanted to explore into maybe hoping to get proof of God. Well, we as a group were spread out throughout the country and so we did a cool summon guided mediation over FaceTime. During that eclipse because we could all see it. Well, after mediation I was by a creek and in the woods doing this mediation solo with the group on FaceTime. I took a walk down this game trail and came across an old iron bridge that’s been abandon…

Tune in to an awesome episode of Forbidden Knowledge News: Hidden Realms - Extradimensional Agreements - Portals, Dogmen & Shapeshifters with Tony Merkel! You can watch and listen to the full interview right here, or check it out on Rokfin and Spreaker!

If a mysterious video isn’t short, blurry, and shaky, is it even worth watching?! In a ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ clip posted on Facebook, a FB user shared footage of what appears to be a tall figure robed all in black walking along a wooded road in Kentucky.