The Confessionals

In Episode 531: The Joshua Tree Cult Leader we are joined by James. He reached out after hearing Episode 512: Desert Portal Death Cult because the story being revealed in that episode sounded extremely similar to what he had gone through. James was in charge of soldiers that were getting kicked out of the military and one soldier always stuck out to him more than the others. This soldier lived in a house with other people that would call him "father" and he called them "his children." On an extended weekend, this soldier asked James to take him out to a party in Joshua Tree that had RVs and tents all over which is what was described in episode 512. It turns out we are nearly 100% sure that this location was the exact location from episode 512 but 5 years earlier. Become a member for AD FREE listening and EXTRA shows: theconfessionalspodcast.com/join Come Meet Tony: 1. Smoky Mountain Bigfoot Conference Tickets: https://bit.ly/3l1wZHR 2. LIVE SHOW in Gatlinburg, TN! Tickets: https://bit.ly/3IC4Ikx Watch Expedition Dogman: https://bit.ly/3CE6Kg0 Tony's Studio Equipment: linktr.ee/mystudiogear SPONSORS GET EMP Shield: empshield.com Coupon Code: "tony" for $50 off every item you purchase! Listen to this episode for more information! Link: bit.ly/3YaMD1N GET ExpressVPN: expressvpn.com/confess GET SIMPLISAFE TODAY: simplisafe.com/confessionals GET Hello Fresh: hellofresh.com/confessionals16 Promo Code: "confessionals21" for 21 FREE MEALS!!! Get Emergency Food Supplies: www.preparewiththeconfessionals.com Get Beard Oil: bit.ly/2FbOhN5 CONNECT WITH US Website: www.theconfessionalspodcast.com Email: theconfessionals@theconfessionalspodcast.com Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://www.theconfessionalspodcast.com/the-newsletter SOCIAL MEDIA Subscribe to our YouTube: https://bit.ly/2TlREaI Discord: https://discord.gg/KDn4D2uw7h Show Instagram: theconfessionalspodcast Tony's Instagram: tonymerkelofficial Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheConfessionalsPodcas Twitter: @TConfessionals Tony's Twitter: @tony_merkel Are you a military veteran struggling with thoughts of suicide? Contact Watchman Readiness Corps for REAL help. A veteran-run organization that is designed to help through hands-on survival training. Website: wrc.vet Email: watchmanreadiness@gmail.com Phone: (214) 912-8714 Instagram: wrc_survival Facebook: colbywrcvet

In Episode 530: Surviving MK-ULTRA we are joined by Juliette M. Engel, M.D. As a little girl, Dr. Engel was sold into the CIA program known as MK-Ultra. At 17 years old she escaped and integrated into society with no memories of her childhood. She went on to get her medical degree and start her own practice. As a highly sought-after doctor, she built a reputation for professionalism, and was even one of the first doctors allowed into Russia after the USSR fell in order to help rebuild their medical programs. Her life seemed to be on the path of the successful American dream, until she started to have flashes of memories come back to her, memories of a childhood she didn't recognize. Through a series of events, she started to seek counseling and asked her parents questions about her childhood. In response, her parents essentially told her to kill herself or they were going to disappear forever. Dr. Engel joins The Confessionals to share her life story as she remembers it now and to sound the alarm on the realities of the MK-Ultra program.  Dr. Engel's Books: Sparky – Surviving Sex Magick: https://bit.ly/3JQwfio Angels Over Moscow: Life, Death and Human Trafficking in Russia: https://bit.ly/3JsZPsJ Become a member for AD FREE listening and EXTRA shows: theconfessionalspodcast.com/join Come Meet Tony: 1. Smoky Mountain Bigfoot Conference Tickets: https://bit.ly/3l1wZHR 2. LIVE SHOW in Gatlinburg, TN! Tickets: https://bit.ly/3IC4Ikx Watch Expedition Dogman: https://bit.ly/3CE6Kg0 Tony's Studio Equipment: linktr.ee/mystudiogear SPONSORS GET EMP Shield: empshield.com Coupon Code: "tony" for $50 off every item you purchase! Listen to this episode for more information! Link: bit.ly/3YaMD1N GET SIMPLISAFE TODAY: simplisafe.com/confessionals GET Hello Fresh: hellofresh.com/confessionals60 Promo Code: "confessionals60" for 60% off plus free shipping!!! Get Emergency Food Supplies: www.preparewiththeconfessionals.com CONNECT WITH US Website: www.theconfessionalspodcast.com Email: theconfessionals@theconfessionalspodcast.com Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://www.theconfessionalspodcast.com/the-newsletter SOCIAL MEDIA Subscribe to our YouTube: https://bit.ly/2TlREaI Discord: https://discord.gg/KDn4D2uw7h Show Instagram: theconfessionalspodcast Tony's Instagram: tonymerkelofficial Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheConfessionalsPodcas Twitter: @TConfessionals Tony's Twitter: @tony_merkel Are you a military veteran struggling with thoughts of suicide? Contact Watchman Readiness Corps for REAL help. A veteran-run organization that is designed to help through hands-on survival training. Website: wrc.vet Email: watchmanreadiness@gmail.com Phone: (214) 912-8714 Instagram: wrc_survival Facebook: colbywrcvet OUTRO MUSIC Joel Thomas - "Rose In A Cage" YouTube | Apple Music | Spotify

On Episode 45, Dave Groves joins The Confessionals to share a detailed, up-close Bigfoot encounter he experienced while riding ATV trails in the Allegheny National Forest in Northwestern Pennsylvania. He also discusses haunting audio recordings and an image of a white Bigfoot he may have captured on tape while camping in the same area. Become a member for AD FREE listening and EXTRA shows: theconfessionalspodcast.com/join Watch Expedition Dogman: https://amzn.to/3OVyUs6 Tony's Studio Equipment: linktr.ee/mystudiogear SPONSORS GET SIMPLISAFE TODAY: simplisafe.com/confessionals GET Hello Fresh: hellofresh.com/confessionals16 Promo Code: "65TONY" for 65% OFF PLUS FREE SHIPPING!!! CONNECT WITH US Website: www.theconfessionalspodcast.com Email: theconfessionals@theconfessionalspodcast.com Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://www.theconfessionalspodcast.com/the-newsletter SOCIAL MEDIA Subscribe to our YouTube: https://bit.ly/2TlREaI TikTok: @theconfessionals Discord: https://discord.gg/KDn4D2uw7h Show Instagram: theconfessionalspodcast Tony's Instagram: tonymerkelofficial Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheConfessionalsPodcas Twitter: @TConfessionals Are you a military veteran struggling with thoughts of suicide? Contact Watchman Readiness Corps for REAL help. A veteran-run organization that is designed to help through hands-on survival training. Website: wrc.vet Email: watchmanreadiness@gmail.com Phone: (214) 912-8714 Instagram: wrc_survival Facebook: colbywrcvet

In Episode 529: The Pink Portal Door we are joined by returning guest Melissa. She first appeared in episode 175: It Dragged Me Down The Hall (also it was just rebroadcast as a Reloaded Monday) where she talked about being haunted by an entity her entire life. This entity got so violent that it literally drug her out of bed and down the hallway. She left us off in the first conversation talking about how she believes this thing has attached itself to her son Jack. Today she joins me again to give an update as there are new developments that she would like to share. It seems like the attachment has shifted completely towards Jack and Melissa believes it's because he is special. Jack talks about seeing a pink door that takes him to other places and after knowing what I know now, I believe Jack is describing something that is literally happening. As she is talking in this episode we both hear things moving and speaking into her phone, her dogs act very unhinged and her phone hung up on me multiple times. Become a member for AD FREE listening and EXTRA shows: theconfessionalspodcast.com/join Come Meet Tony: 1. Smoky Mountain Bigfoot Conference Tickets: https://bit.ly/3l1wZHR 2. LIVE SHOW in Gatlinburg, TN! Tickets: https://bit.ly/3IC4Ikx Watch Expedition Dogman: https://bit.ly/3CE6Kg0 Tony's Studio Equipment: linktr.ee/mystudiogear SPONSORS GET EMP Shield: empshield.com Coupon Code: "tony" for $50 off every item you purchase! Listen to this episode for more information! Link: bit.ly/3YaMD1N GET ExpressVPN: expressvpn.com/confess GET SIMPLISAFE TODAY: simplisafe.com/confessionals GET Hello Fresh: hellofresh.com/confessionals16 Promo Code: "confessionals21" for 21 FREE MEALS!!! Get Emergency Food Supplies: www.preparewiththeconfessionals.com Get Beard Oil: bit.ly/2FbOhN5 CONNECT WITH US Website: www.theconfessionalspodcast.com Email: theconfessionals@theconfessionalspodcast.com Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://www.theconfessionalspodcast.com/the-newsletter SOCIAL MEDIA Subscribe to our YouTube: https://bit.ly/2TlREaI Discord: https://discord.gg/KDn4D2uw7h Show Instagram: theconfessionalspodcast Tony's Instagram: tonymerkelofficial Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheConfessionalsPodcas Twitter: @TConfessionals Tony's Twitter: @tony_merkel Are you a military veteran struggling with thoughts of suicide? Contact Watchman Readiness Corps for REAL help. A veteran-run organization that is designed to help through hands-on survival training. Website: wrc.vet Email: watchmanreadiness@gmail.com Phone: (214) 912-8714 Instagram: wrc_survival Facebook: colbywrcvet

In Episode 528: Virginia Mountain Dracula we are joined by Glen. He emailed the show to tell of a wild encounter he had as a child that involved the seemingly dead body of Dracula in the mountains of Virginia. On the surface with the limited information we had in the email, we thought the story was a little far-fetched. But, there were some things in the email that left us thinking there might be something to the story. As he and I started talking he filled in the gaps of information that he left out of the email which made this scenario all the more plausible in my mind. Mainly, his grandfather was a very powerful warlock practicing a very dark and sinister form of black magick. Become a member for AD FREE listening and EXTRA shows: theconfessionalspodcast.com/join Come Meet Tony: 1. Smoky Mountain Bigfoot Conference Tickets: https://bit.ly/3l1wZHR 2. LIVE SHOW in Gatlinburg, TN! Tickets: https://bit.ly/3IC4Ikx Watch Expedition Dogman: https://bit.ly/3CE6Kg0 Tony's Studio Equipment: linktr.ee/mystudiogear SPONSORS GET EMP Shield: empshield.com Coupon Code: "tony" for $50 off every item you purchase! Listen to this episode for more information! Link: bit.ly/3YaMD1N GET SIMPLISAFE TODAY: simplisafe.com/confessionals GET Hello Fresh: hellofresh.com/confessionals60 Promo Code: "confessionals60" for 60% off plus free shipping!!! Get Emergency Food Supplies: www.preparewiththeconfessionals.com CONNECT WITH US Website: www.theconfessionalspodcast.com Email: theconfessionals@theconfessionalspodcast.com Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://www.theconfessionalspodcast.com/the-newsletter SOCIAL MEDIA Subscribe to our YouTube: https://bit.ly/2TlREaI Discord: https://discord.gg/KDn4D2uw7h Show Instagram: theconfessionalspodcast Tony's Instagram: tonymerkelofficial Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheConfessionalsPodcas Twitter: @TConfessionals Tony's Twitter: @tony_merkel Are you a military veteran struggling with thoughts of suicide? Contact Watchman Readiness Corps for REAL help. A veteran-run organization that is designed to help through hands-on survival training. Website: wrc.vet Email: watchmanreadiness@gmail.com Phone: (214) 912-8714 Instagram: wrc_survival Facebook: colbywrcvet OUTRO MUSIC VanTesla - Agartha (feat. Nergui) YouTube | Apple Music | Spotify

On Episode 175: It Dragged Me Down the Hall, we bring you a Halloween special! On this scary episode, we talk with Melissa who has lived through some of the most frightening experiences I have ever heard. It seems she has some kind of evil entity attached to her - for nearly  her entire life - and the thing has tortured her continuously. From covering her mouth so she can't scream, to lifting the bed off the ground and dragging her down the hallway repeatedly, this is a type of evil that will make your skin crawl! And perhaps the worst part about it is her son is now starting to say things that lead Melissa to believe he is the evil thing’s next target. Become a member for AD FREE listening and EXTRA shows: theconfessionalspodcast.com/join Watch Expedition Dogman: https://amzn.to/3OVyUs6 Tony's Studio Equipment: linktr.ee/mystudiogear SPONSORS GET SIMPLISAFE TODAY: simplisafe.com/confessionals GET Hello Fresh: hellofresh.com/confessionals16 Promo Code: "65TONY" for 65% OFF PLUS FREE SHIPPING!!! CONNECT WITH US Website: www.theconfessionalspodcast.com Email: theconfessionals@theconfessionalspodcast.com Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://www.theconfessionalspodcast.com/the-newsletter SOCIAL MEDIA Subscribe to our YouTube: https://bit.ly/2TlREaI TikTok: @theconfessionals Discord: https://discord.gg/KDn4D2uw7h Show Instagram: theconfessionalspodcast Tony's Instagram: tonymerkelofficial Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheConfessionalsPodcas Twitter: @TConfessionals Are you a military veteran struggling with thoughts of suicide? Contact Watchman Readiness Corps for REAL help. A veteran-run organization that is designed to help through hands-on survival training. Website: wrc.vet Email: watchmanreadiness@gmail.com Phone: (214) 912-8714 Instagram: wrc_survival Facebook: colbywrcvet

In Episode 527: Haunted Sleepover with The Confessionals we are joined by Laura. For the last couple of years, The Confessionals has taken a select group of listeners on a bus trip to haunted locations where we would spend the nights. The first trip was to the Burn Brae Mansion and the second trip was to the Shanley Hotel. Laura was on both of these trips and we finally get the opportunity to sit down and rehash what we experienced these haunted nights as we slept over in these infamous locations. Become a member for AD FREE listening and EXTRA shows: theconfessionalspodcast.com/join Come Meet Tony: 1. Smoky Mountain Bigfoot Conference Tickets: https://bit.ly/3l1wZHR 2. LIVE SHOW in Gatlinburg, TN! Tickets: https://bit.ly/3IC4Ikx Watch Expedition Dogman: https://bit.ly/3CE6Kg0 Tony's Studio Equipment: linktr.ee/mystudiogear SPONSORS GET EMP Shield: empshield.com Coupon Code: "tony" for $50 off every item you purchase! Listen to this episode for more information! Link: bit.ly/3YaMD1N GET ExpressVPN: expressvpn.com/confess GET SIMPLISAFE TODAY: simplisafe.com/confessionals GET Hello Fresh: hellofresh.com/confessionals16 Promo Code: "confessionals21" for 21 FREE MEALS!!! Get Emergency Food Supplies: www.preparewiththeconfessionals.com Get Beard Oil: bit.ly/2FbOhN5 CONNECT WITH US Website: www.theconfessionalspodcast.com Email: theconfessionals@theconfessionalspodcast.com Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://www.theconfessionalspodcast.com/the-newsletter SOCIAL MEDIA Subscribe to our YouTube: https://bit.ly/2TlREaI Discord: https://discord.gg/KDn4D2uw7h Show Instagram: theconfessionalspodcast Tony's Instagram: tonymerkelofficial Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheConfessionalsPodcas Twitter: @TConfessionals Tony's Twitter: @tony_merkel Are you a military veteran struggling with thoughts of suicide? Contact Watchman Readiness Corps for REAL help. A veteran-run organization that is designed to help through hands-on survival training. Website: wrc.vet Email: watchmanreadiness@gmail.com Phone: (214) 912-8714 Instagram: wrc_survival Facebook: colbywrcvet OUTRO MUSIC VanTesla - ShutUp N Drive YouTube: https://bit.ly/3yH4kvG Apple Music: https://apple.co/3nDfsU1 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3nErEUI

In Episode 526: Treasure Hunting with The Knights of Cast Castle we are joined by Shane Cashman and Wesley Roth. They both work for Tim Pool, Shane as a writer and host of Tales From The Inverted World, and Wesley as the writer and director of the Cast Castle sitcom. In this first part of an Overtime episode, we talk about Shane's journey tracking down lost confederate gold from the Civil War and trying to raise children through a global illness, and keeping careers afloat. In the Overtime, we talk about a lot of topics such as our spiritual developments, witches opening portals with dogmen coming through, Tony's warlock invitation, Shane's time spent interviewing Ye (Kanye West), Eliza Bleu, and much more. Connect with Shane and Wesley Shane Twitter: @ShaneCashman Shane Instagram: ShaneCashman Wesley Twitter: @wesleyroth Wesley Instagram: waroth00 Become a member for AD FREE listening and EXTRA shows: theconfessionalspodcast.com/join See Tony LIVE in Gatlinburg, TN! Tickets: https://bit.ly/3IC4Ikx Watch Expedition Dogman: https://bit.ly/3CE6Kg0 Tony's Studio Equipment: linktr.ee/mystudiogear SPONSORS GET EMP Shield: empshield.com Coupon Code: "tony" for $50 off every item you purchase! Listen to this episode for more information! Link: bit.ly/3YaMD1N GET SIMPLISAFE TODAY: simplisafe.com/confessionals GET Hello Fresh: hellofresh.com/confessionals60 Promo Code: "confessionals60" for 60% off plus free shipping!!! Get Emergency Food Supplies: www.preparewiththeconfessionals.com CONNECT WITH US Website: www.theconfessionalspodcast.com Email: theconfessionals@theconfessionalspodcast.com Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://www.theconfessionalspodcast.com/the-newsletter SOCIAL MEDIA Subscribe to our YouTube: https://bit.ly/2TlREaI Discord: https://discord.gg/KDn4D2uw7h Show Instagram: theconfessionalspodcast Tony's Instagram: tonymerkelofficial Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheConfessionalsPodcas Twitter: @TConfessionals Tony's Twitter: @tony_merkel Are you a military veteran struggling with thoughts of suicide? Contact Watchman Readiness Corps for REAL help. A veteran-run organization that is designed to help through hands-on survival training. Website: wrc.vet Email: watchmanreadiness@gmail.com Phone: (214) 912-8714 Instagram: wrc_survival Facebook: colbywrcvet OUTRO MUSIC VanTesla - ShutUp N Drive YouTube: https://bit.ly/3yH4kvG Apple Music: https://apple.co/3nDfsU1 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3nErEUI

In Episode 311: The Mysterious Egress Industries, we are joined by Kyle and Steve from The Holosky Podcast. A couple of months ago I was contacted by a mutual listener, informing me about some of the crazy things that were happening on their show. Boy, they were not kidding! It all started when Steve was doing some research on Reddit for one of their upcoming shows, and stumbled across "dream flyers" that asked peculiar questions and advertised a phone number for "Egress Industries." Steve thought it could be an interesting idea for the show, and bought a burner phone to conduct their experiment. Steve and Kyle used it to contact the number on the flyer, and that’s when things began to progress out of hand! They were connected to a guy named Bob who was also experiencing bizarre happenings involving the Egress Industries’ phone number. When the three started talking, Egress immediately knew about it, and began texting their phones and the phones of some of their acquaintances - numbers they never should have had access to! Egress even started to text Kyle's co-worker, and may have possibly made an in-person visit to Kyle's wife. As the story unfolds, it became clear that just by the simple fact that Kyle and Steve were speaking with me about them, I may now be on the radar of the mysterious Egress Industries! Become a member for AD FREE listening and EXTRA shows: theconfessionalspodcast.com/join Watch Expedition Dogman: https://amzn.to/3OVyUs6 Tony's Studio Equipment: linktr.ee/mystudiogear SPONSORS GET SIMPLISAFE TODAY: simplisafe.com/confessionals GET Hello Fresh: hellofresh.com/confessionals16 Promo Code: "65TONY" for 65% OFF PLUS FREE SHIPPING!!! CONNECT WITH US Website: www.theconfessionalspodcast.com Email: theconfessionals@theconfessionalspodcast.com Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://www.theconfessionalspodcast.com/the-newsletter SOCIAL MEDIA Subscribe to our YouTube: https://bit.ly/2TlREaI TikTok: @theconfessionals Discord: https://discord.gg/KDn4D2uw7h Show Instagram: theconfessionalspodcast Tony's Instagram: tonymerkelofficial Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheConfessionalsPodcas Twitter: @TConfessionals Are you a military veteran struggling with thoughts of suicide? Contact Watchman Readiness Corps for REAL help. A veteran-run organization that is designed to help through hands-on survival training. Website: wrc.vet Email: watchmanreadiness@gmail.com Phone: (214) 912-8714 Instagram: wrc_survival Facebook: colbywrcvet

In episode 525: Sasquatch Harasses Smoky Mountain Property we are joined by Carey to talk about how she had so much bigfoot activity on her East Tennessee property that she and her husband had to sell it and move 10 hours away. Seven years ago they moved from Virginia to Tennessee with the idea that they were going to settle in there for the rest of their lives. But as soon as they arrived they knew something was wrong as the harassment started and continued to happen until they left. Become a member for AD FREE listening and EXTRA shows: theconfessionalspodcast.com/join See Tony LIVE in Gatlinburg, TN! Tickets: https://bit.ly/3IC4Ikx Watch Expedition Dogman: https://bit.ly/3CE6Kg0 Tony's Studio Equipment: linktr.ee/mystudiogear SPONSORS GET EMP Shield: empshield.com Coupon Code: "tony" for $50 off every item you purchase! Listen to this episode for more information! Link: bit.ly/3YaMD1N GET ExpressVPN: expressvpn.com/confess GET SIMPLISAFE TODAY: simplisafe.com/confessionals GET Hello Fresh: hellofresh.com/confessionals16 Promo Code: "confessionals21" for 21 FREE MEALS!!! Get Emergency Food Supplies: www.preparewiththeconfessionals.com Get Beard Oil: bit.ly/2FbOhN5 CONNECT WITH US Website: www.theconfessionalspodcast.com Email: theconfessionals@theconfessionalspodcast.com Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://www.theconfessionalspodcast.com/the-newsletter SOCIAL MEDIA Subscribe to our YouTube: https://bit.ly/2TlREaI Discord: https://discord.gg/KDn4D2uw7h Show Instagram: theconfessionalspodcast Tony's Instagram: tonymerkelofficial Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheConfessionalsPodcas Twitter: @TConfessionals Tony's Twitter: @tony_merkel Are you a military veteran struggling with thoughts of suicide? Contact Watchman Readiness Corps for REAL help. A veteran-run organization that is designed to help through hands-on survival training. Website: wrc.vet Email: watchmanreadiness@gmail.com Phone: (214) 912-8714 Instagram: wrc_survival Facebook: colbywrcvet OUTRO MUSIC VanTesla - ShutUp N Drive YouTube: https://bit.ly/3yH4kvG Apple Music: https://apple.co/3nDfsU1 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3nErEUI