The Confessionals

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In Episode 395: The Mysterious Randonautica, we are joined by Josh Lengfelder, the CEO of the Randonautica app! Ever since the Randonautica app was released, we’ve received emails from listeners asking for our thoughts and opinions about it. Some people love the app and enjoy the random adventures that it takes them on, while others feel there is something dark and sinister behind it. Some people...

In Episode 393: Pro Wrestler Sees Sasquatch, we are joined by Robby Vegas, who is a professional wrestler. One night while making an eight-hour drive home to Vermont, Robby and two other wrestlers saw what may only be described as a sasquatch. He details what they all saw, and what they thought, as the encounter occurred. Robby also shares some of his paranormal experiences involving Oujia boards,...

In Episode 391: Nightmare Properties, we are joined by Patrick Meechan, who is the author of the books " Nightmare in Holmes County: A Terrifying True Story " and " 220 Fifth Street: A Terrifying True Story ." Life seemed pretty set for Patrick as he and his wife built their dream home. But it wasn't too long after they moved in that they realized things were not right. Patrick shares a multilayer...

In Episode 390: The Great Matrix Reset, we are joined again by Garrick King! Garrick started noticing and receiving repetitive numbers on a daily basis in 2009. It became so apparent that this phenomenon wasn’t normal or just a coincidence that he started digging into what these numbers could possibly mean. The more Garrick uncovered, the more it seemed that his exploration of the subject was bein...

Today we are coming to you for a mid-week mini-episode! I wanted to warm everyone up for what is coming tomorrow on November 11th. Our guest Garrick King started receiving repetitive numbers on a daily basis in 2009. It became so apparent that he started digging into what they could possibly mean. The more Garrick started to dig the more it seemed that his digging was being guided by someone or so...

In Episode 387: Hunter Encounters Dogman, we are joined by Emmett. He tells us about his multiple UFO encounters, the shadow figures that plague him, and his grandfather visiting him in his dreams and morphing into something terrifying. Emmett also shares a unique encounter in Vermont while bear hunting, when he saw a white dogman climb a tree, and then exit the area by leaping from tree to tree....

In Episode 385: Metaphysical Dogman we are joined by Josh Turner from Paranormal Round Table . For the better part of a year, the listeners of The Confessionals and Paranormal Round Table have been messaging Josh and me about doing an episode together. About a month ago, Josh and I finally connected and decided to do a couple of shows for our prospective audiences. Josh had a dogman encounter when...

In Episode 383: A Trucker’s Bigfoot Property, we are joined by Dylin who has had creatures on his property since he was a child. The land he lived on was passed down through his family for generations, and what lived in the woods was not spoken about until there was a reason to speak of them. Dylin recalls three separate occasions in his childhood where a bigfoot made itself known, but despite thr...

In Episode 381: Knock Knock Knock, we are joined by Travis, who did not experience anything paranormal in his life until he was around 20 years old, when he had a terrifying hatman encounter. The hatman Travis witnessed was different than many of the descriptions we’ve heard before, because the hatman wasn't alone. When Travis saw him, he was accompanied by a little girl to whom he was feeding a d...

In Episode 379: Legion of Legends, Tony and his brother Jack sit down to talk about their journeys thus far with their new YouTube show Legion of Legends . They discuss the places they've already visited, like a haunted WW2 POW camp , to places they will be going in the future, including Austin Dam and the Blue Hole in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. After the first hour of their Legion of Legends co...

In Episode 377: The Secrets Of Area 2, we are joined by Chris to share his experiences at Area 2, also known as Nellis Air Force Base. He describes many of the bizarre things he has heard and seen for himself, both at the base and at other locations, such as shadow men, UFOs, hybrid creatures like catman, and so much more. We later take our conversation into an Overtime segment, where Chris shares...

In episode 375: Bigfoot In England we are joined by Deborah Hatswell from BBR Investigations. Deborah had a bigfoot encounter in the 80s in England and that set her life path on a new course of trying to understand the unknown and find people that have seen the strange and unusual like her. Today she talks about bigfoot sightings in the U.K. for the first hour. Then in the overtime segment, she sh...

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 wit...

In Episode 373: The Pentagram Under the Stairs, we are joined by Brooke to discuss some of her wild experiences. Her earliest memory involving the paranormal happened when she was 5 years old and she had an imaginary friend, who in turn had a friend of its own! Brooke has also seen an angel and demons, and once moved into a house where she discovered a pentagram under the stairs. Later in the epis...

As mentioned on Tuesday's show, I am hoping to have the next episode of Legion Of Legends available sometime next week on The Confessionals YouTube channel ! Here is a little clip from the interesting and slightly bizarre night my brother Jack and I had in a haunted WW2 POW camp a few weeks ago!  Become a member for AD FREE listening: theconfessionalspodcast.com/join MAILING ADDRESS: STE 361 88 Gl...

In Episode 371: Demon Sex, we are joined by Jimmy, who shares his experiences with a succubus in his youth. He goes into great detail about when and how his encounters with this demon would happen, and what kinds of baggage it brought into his life as he grew older. One of the issues that stemmed from his interaction with the demon were episodes of sleep paralysis, in which Jimmy would find himsel...

In Episode 369: A Witch's Life, we are joined by Joel, who brings us a full episode of stories plus an Overtime episode! In this first hour, Joel talks about his various experiences from childhood into adulthood. He begins with an abduction scenario when one night he and his found themselves missing time and their mother frantically looking for them. In his Overtime segment, Joel shares more in-de...

In Episode 367: Lurking in the Night, we are joined by Colleen. Sometimes guests join the show who have heard a previous guest share an experience that they related to so much they contact us to share their story as well. Colleen discusses how in a previous member show - Episode 241: Discovering MK-Ultra - guest Cat described a spirit that had a "sasquatch" type of appearance, and how Colleen has...

In Episode 365: The Haunted Hallway, we are joined by multiple guests! Joining us first is Tony’s dad Brian, who discusses with Tony what happened this past weekend when Tony and his brother Jack visited an old World War II POW camp, where Nazis and Japanese soldiers were once interrogated. Things went a little awry for the brothers, and the video of the trip will be released as part of Tony’s ‘ L...

Episode 363: The Shadows Of Suicide might be one of the most important episodes I will ever put out as a podcaster. Veteran suicide is something that plagues our soldiers, and Episode 363’s guest Jake is a testament to that. Jake was a soldier who was injured in the line of duty. Once he returned home, he couldn’t find any work because no one wanted to hire him with his disability. Jake entered a...

In Episode 361: Creatures Between the Veil, Daniel has many experiences to share with us, including the paranormal, doppelgangers, UFOs, bigfoot, orbs, and more! I initially interviewed Daniel for one episode, but following our first talk, he contacted me again because more activity had started kicking up in his life. Daniel then came back on the show to record an Overtime episode, giving us updat...

I thought it would be fun to put out a mid-week show where Joel from VanTesla and I talk about the recently released single, "Bigfoot" and how that song came together. While I had Joel on with me we dove into some discussion on the infamous member's episode, " Discovering MK-ULTRA " where I found myself in the awkward position of having to inform "Cat" that she may have been part of the MK-ULTRA p...

In Episode 359: Extraordinary Contact, we are joined by Debra Kauble, who is better known by her pseudonym Kathy Davis, the name given to her by the author of the book “Intruders,” Budd Hopkins. Debra has a well-known UFO encounter that occurred in the 1980s. After a devastating personal experience, Debra was staying with family and spent an evening visiting with a friend. During her visit, her mo...

In Episode 358: The E.T. Portal House | Part 2 we bring back Teagan to continue her story! Teagan contacted me months after our first recording to share new revelations she came upon that lead her to believe she could have been part of the "20 and back" space program. She thinks that if her suspicion is true, then her father may have been involved as well, but she doesn't know to what extent. She...