Mike Moran’s Confessional Podcast

03/07/2024

Episode 168 - Familial Crime ft. Marcia Horn.

iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/Confessional-Podcast

On today's Confessional, we have author, Marcia Horn, whose new book, Her Family Tree is available now, and making huge waves in the recovery community!

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/648hHF9mdKLd5ZFnuFaxqo?si=MCpVBkPzQXGk_WqJwZU54A

We discuss all the dark family true crime events whispered about by our elders. With confessions from Texas, Florida, and more!

Find Her Family Tree here: https://a.co/d/4obxKW1

And all things Marcia Horn, here: http://www.author-marcia-horn.com

Confessional Podcast is also on Pandora, and anywhere else podcasts are found.

24/06/2024

Episode 167-Ghost Stories Part 4 ft. Hillary Gonzalez.

For the fourth time in Confessional history, we again have personal ghosty experiences to discuss!

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/confessional-podcast/id1390856222

This time with poet, Hillary Gonzalez whose book, Seasons is out now.

Find it here: http://www.hillarygonzalezpoetry.com

With a co-host (and former Confessional guest), she is quite familiar with, husband Marco Gonzalez!

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/648hHF9mdKLd5ZFnuFaxqo?si=MCpVBkPzQXGk_WqJwZU54A

The two of them recount one of the most, bizarre, spookiest, epic ghost experiences I've ever heard. For real!

Plus, Confessions from Virginia, Kentucky, and Salt Lake City, Utah.

Also on Pandora, and anywhere else podcasts are found!

*PUPPY WARNING!! Sue's sweet little pup, Stevie makes an unexpected guest appearance on this ep, expressing his disatisfaction with her absence. We didn't expect him to show up so loud in the mix! Stevie has apologized and is speaking with a therpaist about his separation anxiety (actually he is really now on Prozac). Great episode none the less, but man can that Stevie project!**

28/05/2024

Episode 166 - Tarot and White Magic ft. Jake Budenz and Christine Ferrera.

iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/Confessional-Podcast

On today's Confessional, we discuss spirit worlds, divination, card reading, ritual, spells, and more!

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/648hHF9mdKLd5ZFnuFaxqo?si=MCpVBkPzQXGk_WqJwZU54A

With comedian, Christine Ferrera, as well as, artist/musician, Jake Budenz.

Confessions from Atlanta, Toronto, and more!

Jake has published the short story collection, Tea Leaves, and fronts the Q***r Psychedelic Pop band, Moth Broth.

Find Jake at www.jakebeearts.com, or on Insta . And Christine: .ferrera

Confessional Podcast is also on Pandora, and anywhere else podcasts are found.

20/05/2024

Tell us a true ghost encounter you experienced.

25/04/2024

Episode 165 - Spooky places ft. Ashley Ann Rutledge, Marco Gonzalez.

iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/Confessional-Podcast

On today's Confessional, we talk all the scary places we have encountered: spooky houses, creepy camps, old prisons, and more!

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/648hHF9mdKLd5ZFnuFaxqo?si=MCpVBkPzQXGk_WqJwZU54A

With visual artist, Ashley Ann Rutledge, and musician, Marco Gonzalez.

Check out Marco’s latest single here: https://open.spotify.com/track/2oluqlKWOdKZ8zELvpCPvi?si=YbQxS6qaTJqk68KhwwRTHQ

Find Ashley’s art here: https://www.instagram.com/cat___momz?igsh=MTlnNTcxY2lnMmFwNg==

With confessions from New Jersey, Georgia, and Australia!

Confessional Podcast is also on Pandora, and anywhere else podcasts are found.

05/04/2024

Episode 164 - Body Horror ft. Nina G. of Twisted Mirror.

On today’s Confessional Podcast, we have creator of the Twisted Mirror Podcast, Nina G.! Plus, co-host Paul Haynes of I’ll be Gone in the Dark, is back.

iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/Confessional-Podcast

Twisted Mirror Podcast is:
Genre-bending, sonically immersive fiction & true horror stories that reflect the darkest, most twisted parts of the human psyche.

In the tradition of great horror and speculative fiction anthologies such as The Twilight Zone or Alfred Hitchcock presents, these unsettling & scary stories will leave you thinking long after the final words of each episode.

Listen:

https://www.twistedmirrorpodcast.com

On this week’s Confession we get into The Fly, Black Swan, Videodrome, that big scene from Nightmare on Elm St. 4, and many more!

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/648hHF9mdKLd5ZFnuFaxqo?si=MCpVBkPzQXGk_WqJwZU54A

Confessions from Salem, Massachusetts, Colorado, and more.

Confessional Podcast is also on Pandora, and anywhere else podcasts are found!

Twisted Mirror Insta:

https://www.instagram.com/twistedmirrorpodcast?igsh=NGVhN2U2NjQ0Yg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr

12/03/2024

Most Interesting Film/Book/Whatever kind of Media in the Genre of BODY HORROR, and why?

16/02/2024

Episode 163 - Unsolved Mysteries ft. Ros Paris, and Whitney of True Crime Camp Fire.

On today’s Confessional Podcast, we have host of Mondo Baltimore, Ros Paris, and True Crime Camp Fire Podcast’s Whitney!

iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/Confessional-Podcast

We discuss the Unsolved Mysteries segments that intrigued us the most: The crimes! The Disappearances! The Supernatural Stuff!

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/648hHF9mdKLd5ZFnuFaxqo?si=MCpVBkPzQXGk_WqJwZU54A

Confessions from Kentucky, Ohio, and more.

Find Mondo Baltimore here:

FB: https://www.facebook.com/mondobaltimore?mibextid=PlNXYD

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mondobaltimore?igsh=MWE2eTF2d3lhOXJyaQ==

And True Crime Camp Fire:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-campfire/id1479245439

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3ZwNYy1XIPfWjkHCbTSHp9?si=L2yjL9LLQDiRaGH0NM1GgA

Confessional Podcast is also on Pandora, and anywhere else podcasts are found!

19/01/2024

Favorite segment?

30/12/2023

Had a great time guesting on a Patron’s only movie review of Black Christmas, on True Crime Camp Fire!

Sue too!

Get more from True Crime Campfire on Patreon

15/11/2023

Episode 162- Best A24 Horror.

From the great, True Crime Camp Fire, we have our good friend, Katie returning.

And co-host, Sue Werner of the band, War on Women.

Listen here:

iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/Confessional-Podcast

Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/wmbjfyw

Or anywhere else podcasts are found.

We get into all of our favorite A24 Hours Movies, like The Witch, Hereditary, Talk to me and more!

Find Katie/TCCF on Instagram:


And listen to it here:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-campfire/id1479245439

https://open.spotify.com/show/77LWUXtspXnKgc1Kat9XgI?si=RYEF2QS_SzSCGgjK28VVXA

Confessions from Indiana, South Carolina, and more!

12/11/2023

https://collider.com/best-a24-horror-movies-ranked/

How do all the A24 horror films stack up against each other?

08/11/2023

Favorite A24 Horror Film?

04/11/2023

03/11/2023

Had the honor of helping research for the latest episode of True Crime Campfire! On one of my favorite rabbit-hole, mysteries, the Circleville Letter Writer.

And Mike Moran’s Confessional Podcast got a great shout-out at the end.

Thanks so much Whitney, and Katie!

Some of y’all may be too young to remember, but in the days before email, getting a handwritten letter in the mail was fun. Somebody had taken the time to write out a message just for you and sent it through time and space. It could be from an old friend, a lost love, or a secret admirer. You couldn’t wait to get inside and discover what was so important that it needed to be personally drafted for your eyes only. But when school bus driver Mary Gillispie opened an envelope addressed to her in 1976, she had no idea that it would mark the beginning of a bizarre campaign of terror that would dominate her life for decades. One that would include blackmail, obscenity, harassment, threats against her family, attempted murder, and letter after letter, drafted to disturb in the most intimate ways imaginable. And it wouldn’t stop with Mary. The hysteria spread through the sleepy town of Circleville, Ohio like a plague. Secrets were exposed. Threats were made. Sometimes there were toxic powders in the envelopes, too. When the TV show Unsolved Mysteries got involved, they got their very own threatening letter—don’t air the episode, or else. Join us for one of the most twisted tales we’ve ever covered.

Shout out to Mike from Mike Moran’s Confessional Podcast for his help on this one!

Listen on Spotify, or whoever you get your podcasts: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1OYlhrwQUiDqvtaznkntT3?si=RT0x4nMiQvGqe4dsp6rcTw

03/11/2023

Worst Horror Movie Sequel/Reboot of all time?

30/10/2023

Which of the Slasher Remakes was best?

11/10/2023

Episode 161- Horror Movie Sequels Part 2 (the sequel) ft. Paul Haynes and Whitney Leigh.

From the popular mini-series, I’ll be Gone in the Dark about capturing the Golden State Killer, we have returning guest, Paul Haynes.

And returning co-host, from the True Crime Camp Podcast (which just reached 7 million downloads!) Whitney Leigh.

Listen here:

iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/Confessional-Podcast

Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/wmbjfyw

Or anywhere else podcasts are found.

We get into all of our favorites Horror Sequels, like Exorcist 3, Dr. Sleep, Evil Dead 2, and more!

Find Paul here:


And Whitney/TCCF here:


Confessions from the UK, Michigan, and more!

06/10/2023

What is the least-scary, scary movie you’ve ever seen??

30/09/2023

Recording a new episode of Confessional Podcast tomorrow, with Paul Haynes of I’ll be Gone in the Dark!

Whitney Leigh of True Crime Campfire co-hosts.

Topic is Horror Sequels.

22/09/2023

Favorite Horror Movie Sequel and Why?

01/08/2023

Episode 160 - How they Should have Made it: Tim Burton’s Batman 3

With another entry in our "How they Should have Made it" side-series, we discuss what movie should have been in place of Batman Forever! With our friends, Pat Storck (Amityville Podcast), and visual artist, Shelly Burke.

Listen at:

iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/Confessional-Podcast

Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/wmbjfyw

Also Pandora, and anywhere else podcasts are found.

What villains would we include? Who would play who? What kind of plot would we pitch?

Check out Pat’s Substack here: https://open.substack.com/pub/patrickstorck?r=2ddt6s&utm_medium=ios

And his podcast (where they review every single Amityville film ever made, and there are tons) here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-amityville-podcast/id1586564212

And Shelly’s art can be found at: on Insta.

We spitball a Riddler played by Robin Williams, a Michael Keaton Batman who is gaslit into believing his crime-fighting adventures were just a delusion, the Court of Owls making an appearance, and of course, The Scarecrow!
Everyone loves The Scarecrow.

Confessions from Colorado, and more!

03/07/2023

Favorite Bat Man villain, and why?

24/06/2023

Episode 159 - Cults in Media ft/ Howard David Ingham

This week we have the author of We Don’t Go Back: A Watcher’s Guide to Folk Horror, also Cult Cinema and who can be seen in the new documentary, Woodland Dark and Days Bewitched, available on Amazon Prime, Howard David Ingham!

His next book: The Question in Bodies: about the horror of human identity is coming soon.

Podcast:

iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/Confessional-Podcast

Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/wmbjfyw

Confessions from LA, Colorado, and one so juicy they chose to remain anonymous! .

We discuss our favorite shows/movies involving Cults including Mandy, Yellowjackets, The Wicker Man, and more.

Sue Werner of the band, War on Women co-hosts.

Confessionial is also available on Pandora, and anywhere else podcasts are found!

20/06/2023

Coming this week on the Confessional Podcast, Sue and I interviewed the amazing writer, Howard David Ingham on the topics of Cults in Movies/TV.

We get into Yellowjackets, Mandy, The Wicker Man, and tons more!

Howard has written the books, Cult Cinema, We Don’t Go Back (about Folk Horror) and can currently be seen on the documentary, Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror, on Prime.

Great dude, great interview!

07/06/2023

What deceased musician do you most wish was still here?

27/04/2023

What true crime mystery has you stumped?

04/04/2023

The year is 1999. It’s this time of year. Who are you and what is your life like?

30/03/2023

Episode 158 - Rock and Roll Biographies ft. Gina Schock

From the legendary, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, The Go-Go’s we have the incredible Gina Schock! Gina is a Baltimore native, and has not only written hits for her band, but for the likes of Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, and more. Her new autobiography is called, Made in Hollywood: All Access with the Go-Go’s.

Podcast:

iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/Confessional-Podcast

Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/wmbjfyw

Shawna Potter from Baltimore band, War on Women co-hosts!

We discuss our favorite music biographies/autobiographies, including those of Laura Jane Grace, Dave Grohl, various Ramones, and more! Plus, lots of stories from the world of the Go-Go’s.

Gina’s autobiography can be purchased at https://www.amazon.com/Made-Hollywood-All-Access-Go-Gos/dp/0762474971

Find Shawna’s book Making Spaces Safer), and band info at https://shawnapotter.com/. War on Women is also playing Lost in St. Pete this year, find info at https://www.lostinstpete.org/

Confessionial is also available on Pandora, and anywhere else podcasts are found!

29/03/2023

Dropping tomorrow!

The Gina Schock episode of the Confessional Podcast. Gina is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame drummer of the Go Go’s, and a Baltimore native!

With War On Women’s Shawna Potter co-hosting!