On this episode I take you on a journey through my own experiences of the paranormal and the unexplained. In my early 20's I had a shared encounter with a shadow figure that chased me and my girlfriend through the woods, leaving a lasting impact on both of us. Over the years I've had numerous encounters with demonic beings of malicious intent. We dive deep into the fear that these experiences can cause and how that fear can feed these beings. From visions to moving objects to spiritual dreams and encounters with oppressed individuals, we discuss how to starve the entities of our fear, robbing them of their power over us. 

For as long as she can remember, local artist Margaret has had an innate fear of demons. Growing up with a biblical background, she was exposed to these concepts at an early age. Throughout her life Margaret has experienced highly vivid dreams with potential spiritual meanings. In her teens she awoke to pressure on her chest, the covers moved, disembodied tapping and her hands in a mysterious mudra-esque position. Over the years she has had continuous dreams of reptilian creatures, angelic beings and dark figures embracing her. As a way of translating these experiences, Margaret has used art to express her ideas, dreams and her mind's inner turmoil. We also dive deep into her "tinfoil hat theory" about AI in the future, and the existential crisis creating an intelligent, soulless being could cause.  You can find Margaet's art on instagram @martheartist also she is a member of Rockford Rage a local women's roller derby. 

This week the crew and special guests Mike Doyle and Timmo discuss aliens, including the recent allegations from the former Israeli defense minister that aliens are real and we have made contact and treaties with them. On December 5th of 2020, Haim Eshed, who was in charge of Israel's space program, told an Israeli newspaper about secret bases on Mars and a galactic federation. He also claims humans have made agreements with extraterrestrials that allow them to conduct experiments here on Earth. We explore the concepts of Eshed's claims and how the media and the public are talking more and more about the topic of aliens as truth. We also share a few of our own potential alien experiences, as well as aliens in the Bible. 

*TRIGGER WARNING* Some of the topics discussed may be triggering: suicide, self harm and mental illness.  My wife, Lillian Gonzalez, dives deep into her struggle with mental illness and where the lines of mental illness and the paranormal intersect.  As a first year college student Lillian developed bipolar disorder, and began to experience symptoms that were characteristic of both mental illness and the supernatural. As her mental health deteriorated, things such as hearing voices, seeing demonic visions, and even an encounter with the devil became the new normal. After looking at her situation from a purely medical perspective, she started to examine the spiritual side of things as well. Through community, prayer, and spiritual revelation Lillian felt herself freed from the darkness that had taken over her mind. While she still lives with bipolar disorder today, she believes her spiritual healing has infinitely changed her life for the better. 

We start season 2 with Matt Honson’s near death experience of falling off a 30 meter cliff in China and his miraculous journey to recovery. His story is about faith, determination, doubt, and the divine intervention that brought him from death to a full life.

Danielle Rogers takes us on a journey through her family's haunted hotel in West Point, Kentucky. For Danielle, her grandmother and the staff of the Hardy hotel, paranormal occurrences were common. The haunting didn't stop there but would follow her grandmother home, eventually leading her to a home exorcism and later to selling both the hotel and her home. For Danielle the paranormal activity was a comfort to her, a kind of protection from the difficulties of her real life. She believes that with her perspective and personal experiences, she can be of help to people who are struggling. Also, she has some hilarious Kentucky stories at the end. 

For most of her life Sage Plapp has been an experiencer of the supernatural. As a kid her and her brother would experience the crippling fear of dark shadow figures and objects moving. She would later explain these figures as a demonic presence. In high school her and her friends encountered mysterious color changing lights in the sky. As a young adult she would seek out the paranormal and with no effort to find it in graveyards and active locations. Her journey has been one of self discovery, confidence and over coming the fear that gripped her. Her final words to us is to talk about the things you're experiencing with good friends and to be open about it, otherwise it can lead you to a place of darkness and isolation. 

"It was only a dream." For Tristin Barker, that idea isn't always true. This week Tristin shares a few of his extremely vivid dreams as well as his paranormal encounters that correlate to the dreams. We take a deep dive into the world of dreams and how sometimes the paranormal plays a part in their meaning, causing them to spill over into reality. As an analytical guy, Tristin's advice to us is to research and explore the concepts in our dreams and do the work to find out what they are saying to us. Sometimes the things you hear in dreams are keys to the waking world. 

Jeremy Fox, a construction worker, father, and brother to a previous guest (Call Your Mom) shares his childhood memories of growing up in a home full of the supernatural. From early childhood Jeremy's experiences ranged from seeing red eyes in the soffit, astral projecting, shadows of a man hanging from a tree and much more. Over the course of his life Jeremy would rely on his faith and his mother's guidance as a spiritual counselor to help him deal with and overcome the dark spiritual forces that seemed to attach themselves to his family. Jeremy's advice to us is to be careful of the choices you make and the doors you open, because the things that come through can follow you...also call your mom, it does work.

Phd Thorsten Moritz is German-born scholar who has been a professor/dean/PhD advisor in many universities and graduate schools abroad and in the Us.  Thorsten joins us for a unique episode. This week we discuss the Book of Enoch, an interesting book left out of the Bible that details accounts of Angels, Demons, giants and their impact on humanity. Thorsten gives us the interpreters perspective on this controversial literary work that some feel is the key to understanding the spirit realm and the Nephilim, the half breed angel/human giants. He also shares his own supernal experience of an unexplained medical condition, miraculously healed.  You can find more of Thorsten Moritz at www.warehousetheology.com