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413: Follow the Orbs (Members)
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413: Follow the Orbs (Members)

In Episode 413: Follow the Orbs, we are joined by Shane, who seems to be one of those types of people who have paranormal activity follow them wherever they go. He shares his experiences with us, including some unique orb activity. Once when he was going through a rough patch in life, Shane asked for a sign to help guide him. Just at that moment, a blue orb popped out of the water nearby, and instead of watching as it moved away, Shane followed it. help guide him. Just then a blue orb popped out of the water and instead of watching it go away, Shane followed it.

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411: Seeing the Spirit World (Members)
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411: Seeing the Spirit World (Members)

In Episode 411: Seeing the Spirit World, we are joined by Jared, who grew up in a family that was very sensitive to the spirit world. Both he and his family have communicated with angels and demons, and his mother, sister, brother, and Jared himself believe they have seen Jesus.

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408: The Cursed Land Of The Black Hawk War (Members)
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408: The Cursed Land Of The Black Hawk War (Members)

In Episode 408: The Cursed Land of the Black Hawk War, we are joined by Evan, who tells us about growing up on land that is seemingly cursed. Evan lived on property that was once a sacred hunting ground for the Potawatomi tribe and the Menomonee tribe. At some point, the Menomonee tribe betrayed the Potowatomi and sold them out in the Black Hawk War, which resulted in the Potawatomi’s land being sold to German settlers. In an unexpected turn for the Menomonee, the German settlers pushed them out too, and desecrated their holy land by building a church right on top of the grounds. In that church is where Evan grew up and lived seven days a week. Evan’s grandfather purchased the land after the war and it has been in his family ever since. Many of Evan’s family members have been plagued with their own paranormal experiences in this home, and Evan was no different. He was tormented night after night by a violent shadow figure that pushed him down the stairs so many times that he began scooting down them instead of walking upright. He would also see a wolf in the woods behind his house that would stand and watch him. Evan recalls there being satanic carvings in the crawl spaces of the church, and has had a black figure following him his whole life. These are just some of the many experiences he shares about living on the cursed land of the Black Hawk War.

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406: Military Base Monsters (Members)
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406: Military Base Monsters (Members)

In Episode 406: Military Base Monsters, Nick from Episode 405: Paranormal Military Encounters joins us again to share stories from his Instagram account, Tales From The Gridsquare, where he chronicles military personnel encounters with the paranormal. Nick tells us about reports coming out of our military bases, including creatures that emerge from the shadows of night to bumps and thuds that can be heard when you close your eyes to sleep.

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404: It's All Connected (Members)
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404: It's All Connected (Members)

In Episode 404: It's All Connected, we have a special show for you! Brandon shares his encounter with the devil, or perhaps a demon, when he was around seven years old. He then describes the paranormal experiences he began to have in his life from that point on, including a possible Mothman sighting one morning while he was driving home from work. But before we talk with Brandon, we’re joined by Tony’s brother Jack for an hour-long conversation about an “all-connecting” story that was brought to Tony’s attention this year, and how this story is going to influence our actions and plans for 2022.

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402: Fairy Lights (Members)
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402: Fairy Lights (Members)

In Episode 402: Fairy Lights, we are joined by Sam, who shares stories about seeing balls of light after he moved into a new house. After moving in, Sam would go outside at night to enjoy his surroundings, and would regularly witness lights that seemed to be unexplainable. He told his parents about these lights, but they didn’t pay him much mind, until one night when Sam’s dad saw them too. They say “seeing is believing,” and it’s safe to say Sam’s dad came to believe something strange was going on around them.

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400: The Passenger (Members)
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400: The Passenger (Members)

In Episode 400: The Passenger, Nick joins The Confessionals to share the story of something his mother called his “passenger.” Nick is an entrepreneur and bar owner from Massachusetts. Throughout his life, he has had several instances in which unexplained paranormal activity occurred, from his childhood into adulthood. In particular, he saw an apparition as a child that seemed to stick around, and popped up again later in life. Now as a bar owner, he is operating his business in a haunted building where he and his employees have seen some strange things.

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398: Bizarre Roadside Sightings (Members)
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398: Bizarre Roadside Sightings (Members)

In Episode 398: Bizarre Roadside Sightings, we talk with Matt about his mixed bag of experiences. Matt begins by sharing some of the things he experienced or heard about in the military academy. He also describes an event that took place at a church camp, when he started praying for a girl and immediately saw her life flash through his mind’s eye when he reached out to her. Finally, Matt reveals some very odd things he has seen on the road while driving, and they may leave you scratching your head!

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396: Casting Out Demons (Members)
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396: Casting Out Demons (Members)

In Episode 396: Casting Out Demons, we are joined by James, who was originally hesitant to share his experiences but finally made the decision to contact The Confessionals, and we are so glad he did. James has had several encounters with demonic forces that left no doubt in his mind that the spiritual realm is very real. He witnessed an exorcism in church when he was a child, encountered other demonic forces while in church, and even dealt with a demonically possessed woman on the rooftop of a hospital building. James has seen many things, and what he has gone through may hopefully help others understand that they aren’t alone in their experiences with the other realm.

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394: Allegiance To The Darkness (Members)
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394: Allegiance To The Darkness (Members)

In Episode 394: Allegiance to the Darkness, we are joined by Jayne, who was originally a guest on Hammer Lane Legends Episode 23: Vampires, Groupies, and Poop, where she shared her stories about driving for Minneapolis Metro Transit. On The Confessionals, she reveals some of her much darker experiences. When she was a child, Jayne had some kind of “werewolf” spirit in her home, and she wasn’t the only one who witnessed it. Later in college, Jayne made the decision to sell her soul to the devil, and this dark event led to a horrible accident that resulted in Jayne cutting her main artery and all the tendons in her left wrist! She goes on to describe her unsettling experiences with incubus entities that held her up above their heads and passed her around, as well as her bigfoot sightings, and what happened to her mother after Jayne scheduled her interview with us.

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392: Bigfoot Behind My Shed (Members)
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392: Bigfoot Behind My Shed (Members)

In Episode 392: Bigfoot Behind My Shed, we are joined by Kim, who has had a long narrative of experiences over the years, all the way from 1976 to 2019. These occurrences include angelic beings, two haunted homes, and four bigfoot experiences, with her last experience involving a visual bigfoot encounter in December 2019!

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389: Voices In The Attic (Members)
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389: Voices In The Attic (Members)

In Episode 389: Voices From the Attic, we are joined by Garrick King! Garrick will be our guest this week on three episodes, including the member’s episode, our public episode, and a member’s Overtime show. On Thursday's show, which will be this week’s public episode, Garrick will share how he believes he has cracked the matrix code and knows when the matrix will reset itself! On Episode 389, a member’s show, Garrick delves into his personal paranormal experiences throughout his life, ranging from voices coming from his attic to disembodied hands turning the lights on and off. He covers a bizarre UFO incident he experienced along with his grandmother and his father, in which one of the three of them saw something different than the other two. Garrick also describes how he was once shot at by some people, but when he reported it to the police he ended up interrogated and unraveled the dark occultic background of the town he was living in.

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388: Precognitive Dreams (Members)
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388: Precognitive Dreams (Members)

In Episode 388: Precognitive Dreams, we are joined by Aubrey. Aubrey initially contacted The Confessionals to share her shadow people experiences, a UFO sighting, and a little people encounter. But after she reached out, she had some life-changing experiences, and now finds herself almost constantly experiencing precognitive dreams, and these dreams often seem to be uncannily accurate.

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386: USS Eisenhower (Members)
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386: USS Eisenhower (Members)

In Episode 386: USS Eisenhower, we are joined by Delta, who discusses a history of hauntings on the USS Eisenhower, an U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that was commissioned in the late 1970s and is still in service today. Delta also shares some of her experiences during her time in the Navy, and other stories from outside of her military life.

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384: Fear Me (Members)
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384: Fear Me (Members)

In Episode 384: Fear Me, we are joined by Sarah, who is a stay-at-home mother, and when the family is away during the day, strange things happen. The strange happenings are not limited just to Sarah, but extend to her whole family. Her husband has seen things, and her son seems to be a target of the house’s activity. At one point, Sarah even shouted at the unknown entity to come after her and leave her son alone. To get to the bottom of the unwanted occurrences, Sarah downloaded an app to her phone to try picking up some EVPs, and she certainly caught something – a voice telling her to “Fear me.”

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382: Curse Of The Leprechaun (Members)
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382: Curse Of The Leprechaun (Members)

In Episode 382: Curse of the Leprechaun, we are joined by Matthew, who shares a bizarre experience he had one night when he saw what can only be described as a "leprechaun" running and keeping pace with his car. To Matthew, this leprechaun had some of the characteristics of the traditional, commercialized version of leprechauns, but it also had evil-looking traits, like a dark grinning smile with jagged teeth. After this experience, Matthew’s life spiraled out of control, with unfortunate circumstances seemingly beginning that night, as he describes the effects that going through a paranormal experience can have on a person in the so-called real world.

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380: Gateway Into A Paranormal Life (Members)
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380: Gateway Into A Paranormal Life (Members)

In Episode 380: Gateway Into a Paranormal Life (Members). Sean joins The Confessionals to share the many paranormal experiences he’s lived through since he was a small child. From the moment Sean’s father challenged Satan to a fight on his own authority, the battle that followed seems to have carried over into Sean’s entire life. He describes his early experiences as a child with a shadowy presence he called “The Night Mayor, a strange figure reminiscent of Spring-heeled Jack that “folded in” on itself and disappeared, and a dark hatted figure that he later realized his wife had also seen in her own childhood - just to name a few. Sean has experienced UFOs, remote viewing, astral dreams, occult indoctrinations, childhood traumas, demonic and spiritual attachments, deliverance, and much more, as he gives us a glimpse into the gateway of his paranormal life.

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378: The Bruja (Members)
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378: The Bruja (Members)

In Episode 378: The Bruja, we are joined again by Chris, from Episode 377: The Secrets of Area 2 and OT Episode 377, for our third conversation. Chris shares more personal paranormal encounters, including shadow people that attacked his brother, a possible run-in with a serial killer, various UFO sightings, an ouija board incident, and his childhood encounter with a bruja that left him and his family terrified!

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376: Podcasting the Paranormal | Lindsay Merkel (Members)
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376: Podcasting the Paranormal | Lindsay Merkel (Members)

In Episode 376: Podcasting the Paranormal, we are joined in-studio by Tony’s wife Lindsay. During our discussion, we talk about some of her paranormal experiences, what it is like running the podcast behind the scenes, and also answer questions that listeners had for Lindsay. We had a fun and engaging conversation that shares some insight into what our daily life is like as we keep the show running while raising our two kids.

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374: The Four Greys (Members)
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374: The Four Greys (Members)

On Episode 374: The Four Greys, Ryan joins The Confessionals to share his harrowing account of his years-long nighttime encounters with four grey creatures. At age 19, Ryan moved in with his older brother. One night while they had company over, Ryan suddenly felt overwhelmed and went to sleep in his room. When he awoke, he found himself held down with a large hand pressed against his back, and witnessed the shadows of four tall slender creatures on the wall. When Ryan heard the creatures begin to “talk,” he blacked out. His experience could almost have been a horrible dream except that when Ryan finally came running from his room, his brother’s immediate reaction revealed just how real the encounter was. For years afterward, Ryan continued to be visited by the grey shadowy beings, until one night when he did not only feel hands and see shadows but finally saw one of the creatures in the flesh.

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