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281: The Secret Scroll (Members)
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281: The Secret Scroll (Members)

In Episode 281: The Secret Scroll, we are joined by Mark, who describes living in a house full of such unique, bizarre activity that it left me stunned. Amongst the many things he shares with us, he talks about seeing two entities enter his room at night, seemingly on a mission to hide an ancient-looking scroll in the wall. Mark also shares one of the his scariest experiences, when he was physically assaulted by a demon entity and came eye to eye with a demonic dog-type creature that resembled a “Terror Dog” from the movie Ghostbusters!

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279: Diamonds In The Sky (Members)
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279: Diamonds In The Sky (Members)

In Episode 279: Diamonds In the Sky, we talk with Ryan, who recounts his amazing UFO sightings. Ryan has has seen multiple UFOs and two of them were extremely close, revealing plenty of detail. The closest one he saw was in North Carolina at the end of 2016, and the second was in New York in December 2017. Ryan describes seeing diamond-shaped crafts that were either being chased or escorted by helicopters. After you hear what he has to say, decide for yourself what those choppers were up to that night!

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277: Party In The Basement (Members)
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277: Party In The Basement (Members)

In Episode 277: Party In The Basement, we talk with Josette about her bizarre experiences in the house where she grew up. Her first recollections are that she had “friends” in this house that only she could see. As she got older, strange things would happen, like doors opening, lights turning on and off, and the sound of something walking around in the house. After she eventually moved out, Josette started having unusual dreams in which people who had died came to her with messages they wanted her to relay to someone still among the living.

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275: The Ringwraith Chased My Friend (Members)
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275: The Ringwraith Chased My Friend (Members)

In Episode 275: The Ringwraith Chased My Friend, we talk with guest Josh, who has been a paranormal investigator in Cecil County, Maryland. Josh has had many paranormal experiences in his life, which prompted him to take up investigation. In one of those instances, he and his friends were playing as kids when a loose ball rolled into a neighboring church parking lot; when one of Josh’s friends went to retrieve it, they all saw what can only be described as the “ringwraith” from ‘The Lord of the Rings’! In addition to paranormal experiences, Josh also has a Bigfoot report posted on the BFRO site.

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273: That's Not Me. SHOOT IT! (Members)
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273: That's Not Me. SHOOT IT! (Members)

On Episode 273: That’s Not Me. SHOOT IT! we talk to Austin, a forest ranger who has had experiences with bigfoot – and he is not the only one in his family who has witnessed these creatures! His family’s bigfoot stories begin when his dad was camping with a friend and heard something moving around their campsite. At first, he thought it was his friend... until the friend yelled, “That’s not me. SHOOT IT!” And that’s just the beginning of what Austin shares with us!

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271: Bigfoot Jumped Into My Life (Members)
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271: Bigfoot Jumped Into My Life (Members)

On Episode 271: Bigfoot Jumped Into My Life, we talk with Matthew who, at a very young age, literally had a bigfoot jump in front of him! From that point on, he and bigfoot had ongoing run-ins, including one night when he found himself face-to-face with one next to his bed! From Matthew’s first encounter, it seems like bigfoot are just giant creatures running around the woods. But as he grew older, he spent time learning more about these creatures, and his continued experiences make one wonder if there is something more to bigfoot than meets the eye.

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269: Mimicking Spirits (Members)
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269: Mimicking Spirits (Members)

On Episode 269: Mimicking Spirits, guest Chad tells us about his childhood experiences with mimicking spirits. On one occasion, he encountered something portraying the exact likeness of his sister, minutes before his real sister actually walked into the room. At another time, he and his best friend were playing soccer when they saw a shadow entity that scared them both senseless. Chad also shares how later as an adult, one of his customers seemed to vanish without a trace!

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267: The Dead Doll Hiker and D.C. Sniper (Members)
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267: The Dead Doll Hiker and D.C. Sniper (Members)

On Episode 267: The Dead Doll Hiker and D.C. Sniper, we have Amy joining us to share two stories that are equally bizarre! Her first experience includes a haunting story from the Appalachian Trail, in western Maryland, where she and her friends seem to have encountered a walking, talking dead man! Dressed in a creepy ensemble, it was not until later that Amy realized the man was no longer, in fact, alive. She also shares her personal run-in with the infamous “D.C. Sniper”, who almost ran her over with his car before he was ultimately arrested, tried, and put to death. Finally, we also share a new potentially prophetic dream from Pastor Dana Coverstone, who joined us on Episode 252: Prophetic Dreams for 2020.

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265: The Tennessee Goatman (Members)
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265: The Tennessee Goatman (Members)

On Episode 265: The Tennessee Goatman, we speak with Mike about a chance encounter he and his ex-wife had with a half-man, half-goat entity! He also shares an interesting bigfoot experience in which he and his mother where looking in the same direction, but only his mother actually saw the creature. The topic of bigfoot takes us down a rabbit trail about my thoughts on bigfoot research, which have helped shape my approach for hosting The Confessionals!

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263: The Visitors In Sleep Paralysis (Members)
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263: The Visitors In Sleep Paralysis (Members)

On Episode 263: The Visitors in Sleep Paralysis, we have a double interview episode! First, we have Rick joining us to share his UFO encounter in Mobile, Alabama. Following his story, we bring on Savannah who details her dramatic experiences in sleep paralysis. During her first experience with sleep paralysis, Savannah recalls a guttural voice whispering in her ear, “I’m going to take care of you.” From that point on, sleep paralysis has been very consistent in her life - she has seen figures while paralyzed and even seems to have had an “Inception”-like paralysis experience.

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261: Witches and Warlocks Next Door (Members)
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261: Witches and Warlocks Next Door (Members)

On Episode 261: Witches and Warlocks Next Door, Regina shares the fascinating story of when she lived next door to a family of witches and warlocks. The family could seemingly read her mind, and tormented her while she lived there. Regina has also experienced demonic oppression brought on through a boyfriend who seems to be just an evil person. The conversation continues to include out of body experiences, entities in churches, and even a child entity who asked Regina if it could “go through” her right before turning into a demon!

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259: The New Jersey Vortex (Members)
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259: The New Jersey Vortex (Members)

In Episode 259: The New Jersey Vortex, we speak with Chris, who became interested in an NJ area known as “The Vortex” after reading the publication Weird New Jersey. The area supposedly includes many strange anomalies, so Chris and his associates decided to visit The Vortex a few times - and what they experienced there, and afterward, is something Chris will never forget!

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257: Neighborhood Witches (Members)
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257: Neighborhood Witches (Members)

In Episode 257: Neighborhood Witches, we have a special in-studio guest for the introduction! Lindsay joins me to talk about how we fared with the tropical storm that hit our house yesterday. Then our guest Eric joins the show to discuss the town he lived in as a child, and how there seemed to be an unusually large amount of witches residing there. One day he was even lured into his friend’s parents’ bedroom, where they stood waiting for him along with other adults. What happened next is bone-chilling. Eric also shares some of his experiences working in his church as a custodian. As we’ve heard on other episodes of the show before, when the lights go out at the church, other things come out of the dark.

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255: A Message From The Astral Plane (Members)
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255: A Message From The Astral Plane (Members)

In Episode 255: A Message From the Astral Plane, we speak with John about his many experiences with the paranormal. He begins by sharing the Hatman sighting he had as a child, and segues into a discussion of ghost girls, artificial intelligence, and more. John also reveals an especially personal story, recounting the day he and his friend fell into a reservoir and his friend did not survive. Later in life, John’s sister started having out of body experiences, and after one such episode, she came back from the “other side” with a message for her brother John, from his lost friend.

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253: Bigfoot Outside The Chicken Coop (Members)
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253: Bigfoot Outside The Chicken Coop (Members)

In Episode 253: Bigfoot Outside the Chicken Coop, Abe joins The Confessionals to share some of the strange things he has seen throughout his life. Once when visiting his great grandmother’s home, he saw a bigfoot standing next to her chicken coop. On another occasion, Abe witnessed something very big on his back porch. Whatever it was actually flew away, and set the house windows rattling in its wake! We also hear some of the paranormal stories Abe has experienced.

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251: The Death Row Goblin (Members)
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251: The Death Row Goblin (Members)

In Episode 251: The Death Row Goblin, we bring back Dustin from Member Episode 157: They Climbed Up My Bed! After Dustin and I finished recording his epic first interview, he told me he had a whole other show’s worth of haunting experiences from working in the prison industry. In this episode, Dustin shares those experiences with us, including seeing a goblin-like entity when he first began working at the prison, spotting the grim reaper, watching entities crawling around the prison, and so much more! This two-hour show is extremely fascinating, so grab the popcorn and don’t miss a second of this one!

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249: Kansas Bigfoot Territory (Members)
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249: Kansas Bigfoot Territory (Members)

In Episode 249: Kansas Bigfoot Territory, we speak with Jason who has access to private property in Kansas for hunting. Though he was very familiar with the wild game in Kansas, he was not prepared for the creatures they soon would be experiencing on this property. Jason has seen this creature walk through his camp at night, his brother in law was touched, their vehicles have been rammed and some suspicious people showed up on the property that was not who they said they were. Jason shares all this plus some of his paranormal experiences on today’s show!

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247: Abducted Off The Farm (Members)
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247: Abducted Off The Farm (Members)

In Episode 247: Abducted Off The Farm, we speak with Frederick about what seems to be a lifelong abduction case. It started out when he was a young child at his grandparents’ farm and only continued from there. He recalls missing time throughout this process, waking up in the middle of the abduction, and sharing dreams with his sister that left them both thinking they were not dreams but rather memories.

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245: Out Of Body Journeys (Members)
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245: Out Of Body Journeys (Members)

On Episode 245: Out Of Body Journeys, we speak with Ceb who has had some unique out of body experiences. Ceb took a great interest in out of body experiences and tried to induce them on his own, to no avail. However, once he gave up on trying, they started happening to him automatically. He shares with us how he has traveled to what seems to be underwater cities, inside of UFOs, and even had an encounter with three Sasquatch who spoke with him telepathically!

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243: The Hooded Demon (Members)
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243: The Hooded Demon (Members)

In Episode 243: The Hooded Demon, we talk with Justine about her paranormal and extraterrestrial encounters. First Justine describes seeing a hooded demonic creature in her bedroom as a child, and another similar experience outside her home that left her with a much different feeling than her first encounter. She also shares with us about a time when, while driving in her car, what can only be described as an extraterrestrial-type language came over her radio. Justine was able to record about a minute of the strange speaking, and you will hear it played on this episode!

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