810: The Pagan Rituals an FBI Agent Saw
The Confessionals
Merkel Media
4.6 • 6.1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2025
⏱️ 107 minutes
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Summary
In this exclusive interview, a retired federal agent, Scott Payne, recounts the supernatural encounters he experienced while infiltrating extremist groups who blended ideology with occult ritual. What started as an investigation into domestic terror slowly revealed a deeper war, one not fought with weapons, but with spirits, influence, and ancient forces still active today.
Inside these pagan rituals, the Kingdom of Darkness wasn’t just present… it looked back.
If you’re interested in the supernatural world behind real investigations, spiritual warfare, cults, rituals, and the hidden battle influencing culture today, this is an episode you won’t forget.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everyone, before we get to this week's show, this is just your weekly reminder to please continue to pray for my wife, Lindsay. |
| 0:04.9 | She is battling breast cancer right now, and we're praying for complete healing in Jesus' name. |
| 0:10.1 | Thank you. |
| 0:11.8 | Merkel. |
| 0:13.9 | Media. |
| 0:18.0 | This was all circulating around the base that a giant had to killed, but no one was supposed to talk about it. |
| 0:23.6 | I saw three long, bony fingers, reach up underneath the door, curl up to grab it, and then disappear. |
| 0:34.6 | When he came over to me, dude, he slithered over to me. |
| 0:40.3 | And this giant comes out of the cave and they're all frozen. |
| 0:48.3 | And he starts running and firing up this giant. |
| 0:51.3 | Well the giant moves. |
| 0:53.3 | He's got a spear in one hand, and he's running really fast. |
| 0:57.3 | And spears, Dan, holds him up like this. |
| 1:01.2 | Somebody else, shoot him in the face, shoot him in the face. |
| 1:03.5 | They basically decapitated. |
| 1:07.2 | Got closer, got closer, got closer, got closer, |
| 1:09.7 | when he got about 15 yards away from me, I raised that 12 days and I blow this head on. |
| 1:15.7 | I feel something pulling at my leg, and I look over and there are two small gray entities pulling it. |
| 1:25.0 | And they're literally, I'm getting pulled off the bed. |
| 1:27.3 | I reached my hand into this bush, and I touch air. |
| 1:31.1 | Couldn't breathe, and I couldn't move. |
| 1:33.4 | Because I know I'm seeing a monster. |
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