Best Paranormal Podcast Episodes

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336: Strange Kentucky (Members)

In Episode 336: Strange Kentucky, we are joined again by fan-favorite Kyle from Episode 335: Dog vs Dogman. Kyle spent three hours with me detailing his dogman encounters and his family’s run-ins with these beasts. In Episode 336, he recounts the strange Kentucky legends that he was raised hearing. He delves into many topics including mysterious cave systems, witches, satanic cults, cursed artifacts, reptilians, haunted forests, and much more. Kyle is also planning on joining me for a live member-exclusive show, where he will appear on video for the first time and answer questions from members about his experiences!

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335: Dog vs Dogman

In Episode 335: Dog vs Dogman, we are joined by Kyle who shares the most dramatic dogman experience ever sent to The Confessionals! Kyle was born and raised in Kentucky, and became a coon hunter at a very young age. When he was 15 years old, he and his grandfather set out for a night of hunting raccoons with their dogs Bow and Jake. Little did Kyle know that on this night, his life was going to change forever. The dogs treed a coon when a pack of coyotes moved in to challenge the hunting dogs. There was a strong battle of dominance, and when Kyle finally arrived at the scene he saw Jake standing strong with coyotes on the run. He then heard what he thought was his dog Bow on the other side of a large tree, chomping on a coyote. But, when he circled around to find Bow, he came face to face with a monstrous beast that towered over him. This is where Kyle's life changed forever, as a bloodthirsty dogman took chase after him, and a battle of dog versus dogman took place! Kyle's story of survival truly defied the odds with those two kinds of dogs in the woods that night - one was man's best friend, the other was man's worst nightmare.

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334: They Stand Next To My Bed (Members)

In Episode 334: They Stand Next To My Bed, we are joined by Parker, who has been through several paranormal situations since he was young. Parker has experienced ghostly shadow entities, sleep paralysis, and more, including phantom handprints that showed up on his bed, leaving him with no doubt that something otherworldly was standing next to him!

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333: Ghost Of The USS Forrestal

In Episode 333: Ghost Of The USS Forrestal, we are joined in the studio by Tony’s Uncle Mark as he discusses being stationed aboard the haunted USS Forrestal while serving in the Navy. The USS Forrestal experienced a tragedy in the 1960s when a missile was mistakenly launched onboard, resulting in many fires that claimed the lives of over 160 men. One of the men who escaped death that day, only to be captured as a POW a few weeks later, was none other than former senator John McCain. Needless to say, this aircraft carrier has sailed with tragic baggage throughout its history. As time passed, rumors circulated of apparitions of past sailors appearing on the ship; one was even seen so often that the crew named him George. Mark shares some ghost stories with us and describes what life out at sea was like for all those years. We discuss why he believes he never witnessed a UFO despite his many years at sea, and he also tells us about living with his family in a haunted house in Massachusetts, where a former owner died and odd things occurred.

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332: Leprechaun In My Backyard (Members)

In Episode 332: Leprechaun In My Backyard, we talk with Joshua, who brings a mixed bag of experiences to the show! He begins by telling us of his earliest recollection of the unknown, when as a kid he saw what he can only describe as a leprechaun in his backyard. Our conversation then turns to his experiences with orbs, voodoo, ghost cats, bigfoot, sleep paralysis, and more topics about the odd side of Joshua’s life!

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331: The Devil's In The Music

In Episode 331: The Devil's In The Music, we are joined by Joel, one half of the new music group called VanTesla, who shares the paranormal experiences he has been through in his life. He begins by sharing how his father almost got sucked into a Satanic cult while he was in college, and how those experiences changed his life's trajectory to become a pastor. Though he grew up with his dad warning him of the dangers that lay in the darkness, Joel decided to take his own path. He dated a woman who practiced the dark arts, and the baggage she carried spilled into their relationship to the point that she became demonically possessed, as a demon took control of her body to speak to Joel. Joel became more deeply involved in music, which lead him to become a Free Mason in an attempt to gain power and fortune. He shares his experiences as a Free Mason in the "Overtime" segment of Episode 331, available for members on the member site, as well as his bizarre UFO encounter that caused me to wonder if he had seen several ships returning to a mother ship with abductees.

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330: Life Shaped By Experiences (Members)

In Episode 330: Life Shaped By Experiences we are joined by Andy. His life seemed to have a precursor on it from before he was born. His parents played with an ouija board while pregnant with Andy that told them about their son. His father seems to know more than what he is willing to tell Andy about that night. He has dealt with battling sleep paralysis throughout his youth. He would also have entities coming to him at night since the age of five. Andy shares how he had a dream that felt like it was more than a dream where he was at Jesus Christ’s crucifixion. As he pursues answers in life Andy decided to pick up witchcraft to maybe help find answers and we talk to him about it all today!

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329: Wendigo Sighting

In Episode 329: Wendigo Sighting, we have a mixed bag show featuring guests Austin and Nick sharing their different experiences. First, Austin tells us about what seems to be a wendigo sighting that happened as he was driving. He describes seeing a deer on the side of the road, but when he began to slow down, it stood up on its hind legs and sprinted after his car! Following Austin's encounter, we are joined by Nick, who started investigating the Washoe Club in Virginia City to essentially disprove findings made by the Ghost Adventures crew. He went there three separate times, but the last one ended up showing him that Zak and the team from Ghost Adventures were not exaggerating their claims!

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328: The Silver Cord (Members)

In Episode 328: The Silver Cord, we talk with Audrey as she describes her fascinating sleep paralysis experiences. She tells us about how she left her body, only to be shot back into it by what she believes is the “silver cord” people often refer to during these experiences - a so-called life thread that connects from the middle of your forehead to your soul. During one of her sleep paralysis episodes, Audrey did not realize what exactly was happening, and experienced herself walking into her parents’ room. They both saw her and communicated with her, but the way in which they interacted made her think they were in fact entities who were mimicking her parents.

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327: Legion

In Episode 327: Legion, we are joined by Caden, who shares stories from his childhood in his family home. Caden reveals some rather scary experiences that he believes were demonic in nature. When he went off to college, he became involved in a campus ministry, where he experienced things that changed his life and left him with no doubts that the spiritual realm is very real. He recounts the story of a demonically possessed girl who, during an exorcism, exhibited supernatural strength and revealed the names of the demons that were possessing her.

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326: Deprogramming SRA Victims (Members)

In Episode 326: Deprogramming SRA Victims, we are back with Brian from Episode 325 for our third and final segment. We originally contacted Brian about his experiences helping SRA victims, but our discussions in our first two recordings diverged into the reptilian stories he had to share. Now we are finally diving into Brian’s experiences helping a young woman recall her memories of her satanic ritual abuse and those who abused her. From family members and pastors to university presidents and even governmental figures, Brian and his partner aided this woman in facing her abusers and working through the process of understanding what happened to her.

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325: The Underground Reptilians

Episode 325: The Underground Reptilians is a two-part show, with Part Two available as an Overtime segment on the website for members! On this episode, we speak with Brian, who describes growing up near a place in Michigan where reptilians lived underground with other creatures! Brian and I first connected when he left a comment on theconfessionalspodcast.com about his experiences helping to de-program SRA (Satanic Ritually Abused) people. I was interested in bringing him on the show to pick his brain about the process of de-programming in SRA cases, but as we communicated he asked me if I would like to hear about his reptilian stories - of course, I said, "Yes!" As children, Brian and his brother would play with other kids around an area called Witch's Hollow. One day, Brian's brother stumbled upon an opening in the ground that had a dismembered head in the entrance! After contemplating what he saw, his brother decided to return to the location to get another look, and when he did he was met by a reptilian who was manning the entrance. That was the first of many ongoing interactions he had with these creatures, and Brian shares the encounters with us!

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324: The Exorcist Cult (Members)

In Episode 324: The Exorcist Cult, we speak with Kier from Australia. Kier shares with us how, when he was growing up, he and his family found themselves in what he describes as an “exorcist cult.” He details what he witnessed and what his family went through, including his own possession experience that he remembers very clearly. Kier also makes the comparison to similarities between his family’s experiences in this cult to the experiences of those who have undergone MK ULTRA programming.

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323: Something's Coming In The Future

On Episode 323: Something's Coming In the Future, we talk with Lindsey about her vast experiences with another realm. Lindsey begins by sharing how she has had very similar experiences to Melissa from Episode 175: It Dragged Me Down The Hall. Both Lindsey and Melissa experienced hearing a sound like a windmill spinning before the activity around them kicked up a notch. Lindsey also tells us about her communication, on multiple occasions, with what seem to be alien greys, who said things to her like "we are here, we exist and we just wanted you to know that.” They also revealed to her that something would be coming in the future that would require her to know how to grow plants underground. Lindsey feels like there could be a simulation component to all these experiences, in which she may be encountering these beings when she leaves some kind of matrix.

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322: Alien Contact In Kansas (Members)

In Episode 322: Alien Contact In Kansas, we are joined by Ian to talk about his intriguing experience. When he was fourteen, he and a close friend stood by a pond south of their town while a large bright red ball approached them from the horizon. In a matter of seconds, the red ball was upon them and then transformed into a black triangle craft with different colors on each corner. Without a sound, the craft blasted them with a beam of light and that’s where Ian’s story begins. Come on this journey as Ian relays what happened to him and his friend that day.

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321: The Elemental Cat

In Episode 321: The Elemental Cat, we talk with "Evan Kail the Pawn Man" about what it's like growing up in an extremely active home. Evan is a TikTok influencer with over 200,000 followers, and when he decided to share his haunting experiences from his childhood, he went viral. As people listened to his stories, several of our listeners told him to contact The Confessionals and share with us! Evan has experienced things disappearing in the home, entities showing themselves, objects moving and breaking, and ouija board experiences that amped up the activity to a whole new level! He also shares an EVP with us that is one of the most clearly recorded vocals you'll ever hear, and the situation surrounding the capture of the EVP will leave you trying to figure out what language is being vocalized.

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320: The Mother In Law (Members)

In Episode 320: The Mother-in-Law, Christina joins us to share a variety of strange experiences. During the first half of the episode, she tells us stories of her ex-family, specifically her mother-in-law who claimed she was a devout Christian, but her actions may have suggested otherwise. Christina reveals how her mother-in-law threatened to send entities her way, and other bizarre happenings such as exploding glass collectibles, orbs, and an entity sitting down on her bed with her. Later she recounts her UFO encounter, and we discuss the possibilities surrounding this broad topic of the ‘paranormal.’

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319: The Monster Outside My Window

In Episode 319: The Monster Outside My Window, we are joined by Derrick and Tayler. Derrick begins the show by describing his experience with a creature that approached his window one night while he was sleeping. After researching what he witnessed outside, Derrick concluded that he had seen a Rake. When he told his stepbrother about the encounter, his stepbrother revealed he had seen the same creature, but called it “the monkey man." After Derrick’s story, we talk with Tayler, who reached out to The Confessionals as a new listener. Through tuning in to the program, she started connecting dots between topics she never usually paid much mind. But then she started seeing things in her home, and she wasn't the only one - her husband saw them too. She describes the activity they both experienced, and how they made it stop.

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318: Family Abductions (Members)

In Episode 318: Family Abductions, we begin our interview talking with guest DJ about a house he lived in as a kid that was known by the neighbors as a cursed house. They would say that anyone who moved into that house would end up divorced - and sure enough, DJ’s parents wound up getting divorced after some apparent activity in the home. DJ also tells us about abduction dreams that his mother had, and which he too would eventually dream, leaving us wondering if they both weren’t really dreaming at all. Finally we also hear about a “wolfman” sighting that the boyfriend of DJ’s mother experienced while driving one night!t

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317: Satanic Panic and MK Ultra

In Episode 317: Satanic Panic and MK Ultra, we have the pleasure of speaking with Matt, a member of the Quinney family. The Quinney family went through hell when their father, Melvin Quinney, was wrongfully accused and convicted of being a satanic cult leader who abused children. Matt shares with us how the events unfolded, how he and his siblings found out the truth about their father, and what they are doing now to exonerate Melvin. During our conversation, Matt also discusses his mother's mental illness, which played a part in his father being locked away for many years. As he reveals more details about his mother, the topic of MK Ultra surfaces and will leave you wondering if the Quinneys' unfortunate situation stems from an even darker origin. Matt's conversation extends over a two parts, first as a public episode (Episode 317), and also as an Overtime episode.

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