Members Preview | 850: The Dark Las Vegas Underground
The Confessionals
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🗓️ 2 April 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
What if the fight against human trafficking isn’t just physical, but deeply spiritual, woven into culture, power, and unseen forces?
Tony sits down with Joseph Charafi, a Las Vegas filmmaker and founder of Stop the Traffic Foundation, to expose the harsh reality behind one of America’s largest trafficking hubs. What began as inspiration from Sound of Freedom quickly turned into a full-scale investigation into child exploitation, systemic corruption, and the hidden infrastructure enabling it in Vegas. Joey shares disturbing accounts of survivors of satanic ritual abuse, underground networks, and the psychological grip that pulls victims back into captivity even after rescue. The conversation also explores how culture, pornography, OnlyFans, and weakened family structures are feeding the problem at scale. Through it all, the discussion points to a deeper battle, one that requires discernment, courage, and a return to Christ if there’s any hope of pushing back the darkness.
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| 0:10.6 | Merkel. Media. |
| 0:16.9 | This was all circulating around the base that a giant had been killed but no one was supposed to talk about it. |
| 0:22.6 | I saw three long, bony fingers, reach up underneath the door, curl up to grab it, and then disappear. |
| 0:33.6 | When he came over to me, dude, he slithered over to me |
| 0:39.5 | and this giant comes out of the cave |
| 0:45.7 | and they're all frozen |
| 0:46.6 | and he starts running and firing at this giant |
| 0:50.1 | with a giant move |
| 0:51.8 | he's got a spear in one hand and he's running really fast. |
| 0:56.0 | It spears, Dan, holds him up like this. |
| 1:00.0 | Somebody else, shoot him in the face, shoot him in the face. |
| 1:02.0 | They basically decapitated. |
| 1:04.0 | Got closer, got closer, got closer, got closer, |
| 1:08.0 | when he got about 15 yards away from me, I raised that 12 |
| 1:12.5 | gigs and I blow this head off. |
| 1:14.7 | I feel something pulling at my leg, and I look over and there are two small gray |
| 1:21.4 | entities pulling it, and they're literally, I'm getting pulled off the bed. |
| 1:26.3 | I reached my hand into this bush, and I touch air. |
| 1:30.0 | Couldn't breathe, and I couldn't move, because I know I'm seeing a monster. |
| 2:00.9 | Yeah! Welcome to the show, everybody, you're listening to the Confessionals podcast. I am your producer, Jack Merkel, and I'm glad to be here. If you have a story or an encounter you'd like to share on the show, go ahead and shoot us an email. Our email address is contact at the confessionalspodcast.com. That's contact at the confessionalspodcast.com. Or go to the website, theconfessionalspodcast.com, hit the contact section and you can reach |
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