The Confessionals

Giant skeleton reports. Dogman sightings. Strange creatures seen along remote mountain roads. Appalachia has generations of stories that leave one question: what’s happening in these mountains? Today on Slingshot Nation Live, we explore the legends and unexplained encounters of East Tennessee and the greater Appalachian region. From accounts of unearthed giants to modern creature sightings, we’ll...

How do you escape a nightmare that keeps bringing you back to the same world? In this episode, Tony welcomes Amelie, whose recurring childhood dreams led her through a locked gate into a sprawling realm she eventually mapped from memory. Two seemingly friendly snake guides promised to teach her its secrets, but curiosity soon gave way to terrifying assignments. Night after night, she returned to f...

What if the most terrifying forces in this world operate through a kingdom we've barely begun to understand? Tony Merkel sits down with Alexander Pagani and Pastor Fred Price Jr. to uncover what they believe is a hidden hierarchy within the kingdom of darkness. Their startling interpretation of Jesus' confrontation with Legion raises unsettling questions about what was really happening that day. A...

In Episode: 472: Peru's Megalithic Cave of Mystery, we bring on Derek Olson, the owner of Megalithic Marvels . Derek joins The Confessionals to talk about two of his biggest passions in life - searching for evidence for lost ancient technology and evidence of ancient giants/hybrid beings. He also shares some of his research on DNA and genetic anomalies of the Paracas skulls. But first, he starts u...

Is America preparing for the next Manhattan Project, and why is Montana at the center of it? Today on Slingshot Nation LIVE, we're diving into the Department of War's Project Meridian, exploring its potential connections to advanced weapons technology, the U.S. Space Force, and the future of American military power. Could this mysterious initiative represent a technological leap comparable to the...

What if an entire island nation is hiding a supernatural reality the rest of the world knows nothing about? Missionary Joanna Lee joins Tony to reveal disturbing accounts emerging from the Solomon Islands, where locals claim giants still inhabit the mountains and mysterious crafts travel beneath the ocean. As Joanna and her family minister to the people, they encounter violent demonic manifestatio...

What if the four alien species repeatedly mentioned by UFO insiders have a connection to something written in the Bible thousands of years ago? Tony Merkel sits down with Pastor Larry Ragland to explore a startling theory linking the Nordics, Greys, Mantids, and Reptilians to the four levels of spiritual authority described in Ephesians 6. With prominent voices in the UFO disclosure community repo...

In episode 744: Inside the UAP Intel Loop, former military intelligence analyst Michaela Fachar shares the story of how her deep dive into consciousness, social constructs, and national security turned into a harrowing descent into something far stranger. What began with logical research and classified videos of UAPs in the Middle East spiraled into weeks of bizarre visions, flickering lights, and...

Are satanic rituals, occult symbolism, and spiritual influences hiding in plain sight within the entertainment industry? In this episode of Slingshot Nation Live, we investigate the darker side of the music industry, exploring controversial performances, disturbing symbolism, mysterious lyrics, and questions surrounding some of the biggest names in entertainment. From Taylor Swift's comments about...

How do you know the spirit speaking to you is telling the truth? In this episode, Tony sits down with Larry Ragland to examine spiritual discernment and the danger of entities that mix truth with deception. They discuss false voices, NHI, testing supernatural claims through Scripture, and why discernment requires more than simply trusting an experience because it feels good or sounds convincing. T...

What does it look like when God calls you to something before you fully understand what you’re being called into? Tony looks back at the path that led him to start The Confessionals . At first, he thought he was simply following a call to podcast. Over time, the stories he heard began to collide with experiences of his own. The deeper he went, the harder it became to dismiss what was happening. St...

What if the Queen of Heaven, Lilith, and Jezebel weren’t just myths, but ancient powers preparing for their final battle? In this gripping interview, Becca Greenwood exposes shocking revelations about demonic principalities, spiritual warfare, and the dark forces hidden throughout history. From Lilith’s night terrors and Jezebel’s bloodline to the resurgence of goddess worship and supernatural enc...

What’s happening at the suspected Noah’s Ark site in Turkey? Tony sits down with the lead investigator of the Durupinar site for an exclusive interview about the latest developments and the ongoing search for Noah’s Ark. Slingshot Nation, we’re switching things up today. Tony had an opportunity to go straight to the source and talk about the news coming out of Turkey, so we’re bringing that conver...

Could something ancient still be hiding in the mountains of East Tennessee? Tony Merkel talks with Tabitha Prock about her family’s encounters with the mysterious White Thing and her father’s story of witnessing the excavation of an enormous skeleton. As they dig deeper, the conversation begins to connect these strange accounts to the history of the land and the unsettling stories that have been p...

What happens when spiritual warfare becomes something you can actually see and fight on the other side? Tony Merkel sits down with Jade to explore his extraordinary experiences in the Second Heaven, where he describes dark strongholds and terrifying encounters with Dogman entities during battles that feel every bit as physical as our own reality. Jade reveals what he believes is happening beyond t...

In Episode 597: Fort Polk Dogman, Gabriel shares his encounter with a mysterious creature while he was in the military in 2010. The encounter took place during a training mission in a remote area known as "The Box" inside Fort Polk, Louisiana. Gabriel and his sergeant were tasked with harassing a fake military base during the night, but Gabriel was left alone after his sergeant went back to retrie...

The latest UFO disclosure drop may be connecting dots that have been sitting in plain sight for decades. We dive into newly released UAP material involving strange craft encounters, unexplained injuries, warp-drive concepts, wormholes, government contractors, and the $22 million program connected to Skinwalker Ranch—where researchers investigated everything from UFOs and orbs to poltergeist activi...

Can Christians have demons, or does salvation mean demonic influence is no longer possible? In this powerful conversation, Tony Merkel sits down with evangelist Ben Hughes to explore Christian deliverance, spiritual oppression, the Holy Spirit, and the supernatural power of God. Ben shares his dramatic conversion story, his first encounters with deliverance, and what he says he has witnessed after...

What could make a man abandon everything he believed and risk his life to follow Jesus? Tony Merkel sits down with Steve Kang to hear his incredible journey from a radical Buddhist upbringing to becoming a passionate follower of Christ. After a devastating spiral led to a life-threatening crisis, Steve says he experienced the terrifying reality of Hell before his life took a dramatic turn toward J...

In episode 678: The Dark Recruitment, Ross sits down in studio for a gripping conversation that will take you deep into the unsettling and mysterious realms beyond our everyday reality. Ross joined us in studio a month prior to this recording to share a battle he's had since he was merely 2 years old. His story was dark and full of very dramatic twists and turns, but things took a turn while discu...

Something strange is happening at the top of the AI industry. OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, and xAI’s Elon Musk are suddenly sounding similar warnings about the pace of advanced AI development. At the same time, former OpenAI and Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon is raising alarms about the race toward artificial superintelligence. In this episode of Slingshot Nation, Tony, Jack, a...

Can something follow a family for generations without anyone fully understanding what it is? Tony Merkel sits down with Kathryn to unpack a disturbing encounter at her parents’ home that turned an ordinary night into a terrifying confrontation with something she couldn’t explain. What happened next forced her to confront the reality of spiritual warfare and ultimately discover the power and protec...

How deep can someone go into witchcraft before there seems to be no way back? Jenny Joy joins Tony Merkel to share a disturbing journey through childhood trauma, occult practices, demonic encounters, and an underground witchcraft temple that pulled her deeper into darkness. Even after coming to Jesus, Jenny says the spiritual battle was far from over, leading to a series of intense deliverance exp...

Nathaniel Gillis returns to the studio for a mind-bending conversation that tears apart the modern UFO narrative and reframes the phenomenon from the ground up. Drawing from occult history, demonology, biblical scholarship, and firsthand research, Nathaniel argues that what we are seeing may not be extraterrestrial at all, but something far older, capable of manipulating perception, projecting for...

Is demonic possession becoming more visible in public? In this episode of Slingshot Nation, Tony, Jack, and Derek examine several disturbing recent stories, including Jonathan Cahn’s attack on an airplane, the Lindsay Clancy case, and the shocking Times Square stabbing in New York involving a woman armed with large knives who continued advancing after police deployed Tasers. The guys ask whether t...