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Ballen Studios

MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark and Mysterious Stories is a true crime and mystery podcast that presents strange, dark and mysterious content delivered in story format. The program is hosted by John Allen a.k.a. MrBallen.

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MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

Tonight, I have two stories to tell you. And what makes these exceptional is that they're both just excellent stories to be told around a campfire.

Be sure to WATCH this episode on my YouTube channel next Friday, May 1 at 2:00 p.m. ET.

 
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The Cemetery/Kandahar Giant | Campfire Stories with MrBallen

Today’s podcast features 3 stories that involve people who were trapped - with “no way out.” The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel, which is just called "MrBallen," and has been remastered for today's podcast.

Story names, previews & links to original YouTube videos:

 • #3 -- "A Crush on a Cruise" -- A cruise ship's unexpected catastrophe... (Original YouTube link -- 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaSQ4ou05dc • )

 • #2 -- "The Gauge" -- A critical error leads to a horrifying fate for these saturation divers (Original YouTube link -- 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3e5nxOx0XA • )

 • #1 -- "Teapot" -- A freak accident turns a vacation into a nightmare (Original YouTube link -- 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTrEzqm6dCE • )

 

You can WATCH all new & exclusive MrBallen podcast episodes on my YouTube channel, just called "MrBallen" - https://www.youtube.com/c/MrBallen

If you want to reach out to me, contact me on Instagram, Twitter or any other major social media platform, my username on all of them is @mrballen

 
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No Way Out Vol. X

On the evening of August 10, 2005, a man in New York City answered the phone at the office where he worked. A woman’s voice came over the line, and she asked to speak with one of the man’s employees. He replied that that employee actually hadn’t shown up for their shift that afternoon. That’s when he heard a shift in the woman’s tone, and she told him in a trembling voice that she needed to hang up right now and call 911.

 

You can WATCH all new & exclusive MrBallen podcast episodes on my YouTube channel, just called "MrBallen" - https://www.youtube.com/c/MrBallen

If you want to reach out to me, contact me on Instagram, Twitter or any other major social media platform, my username on all of them is @mrballen

 
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Thou Shalt Not Covet (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories that sound impossible – moments so unlikely, they shouldn’t exist… yet somehow, they do. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel, which is just called "MrBallen," and has been remastered for today's podcast.

Story names, previews & links to original YouTube videos:

 • #3 -- "Scooped" -- After a tragedy at sea, a truly unbelievable discovery is made (Original YouTube link -- 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzMwI_KMjr8 • )

 • #2 -- "One For The Road" -- A man's drunken walk home would end in a nightmare (Original YouTube link -- 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7Nf7E6y8UA • )

 • #1 -- "Her Face" -- A woman wakes up in the middle of the night from a nightmare, but her dreams soon begin to blend with reality (Original YouTube link -- 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZZY_nT7KYs • )

 

You can WATCH all new & exclusive MrBallen podcast episodes on my YouTube channel, just called "MrBallen" - https://www.youtube.com/c/MrBallen

If you want to reach out to me, contact me on Instagram, Twitter or any other major social media platform, my username on all of them is @mrballen

 
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Unreal Vol. II

Today we have two stories about people who finally got to attend an event that they’d been working toward for years. But in both cases, actually going – would turn out to be the biggest mistake of their lives. 

 

You can WATCH all new & exclusive MrBallen podcast episodes on my YouTube channel, just called "MrBallen" - https://www.youtube.com/c/MrBallen

If you want to reach out to me, contact me on Instagram, Twitter or any other major social media platform, my username on all of them is @mrballen

 
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The Price of Preparation (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

One evening in April 2006, a person sat at their kitchen table, frantically cutting up the page of a newspaper with some scissors. They were working on an important project, and it was almost done. They finished cutting the final letter from the page and pasted it onto a sheet of paper. Then they leaned back to read the message they’d assembled from the scraps. It was a warning. And they were sure it would have exactly the effect they were hoping for.

 

You can WATCH all new & exclusive MrBallen podcast episodes on my YouTube channel, just called "MrBallen" - https://www.youtube.com/c/MrBallen

If you want to reach out to me, contact me on Instagram, Twitter or any other major social media platform, my username on all of them is @mrballen

 
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Concrete Evidence (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

Today's story is a fan favorite that was previously published as Episode 388.

On a September afternoon in 2000, an FBI forensics analyst stood in her lab in Quantico, Virginia, staring into a microscope in confusion. She was looking at two strands of hair that were evidence in a murder investigation. And something wasn’t right. She checked the label on the evidence bag the sample came from, then looked back into the microscope. She definitely wasn’t imagining it. The label was wrong, which meant that the detective who had packaged the hairs and sent them over for analysis – had not understood what he was looking at. And this wasn’t a small mistake. Because if the analyst was right about what the hairs really were – then the whole investigation she was working on was about to change.

 

You can WATCH all new & exclusive MrBallen podcast episodes on my YouTube channel, just called "MrBallen" - https://www.youtube.com/c/MrBallen

If you want to reach out to me, contact me on Instagram, Twitter or any other major social media platform, my username on all of them is @mrballen

 
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Fan Favorite - "The Knot"

Today’s podcast will feature three stories that remind us the most dangerous threats are oftentimes the ones you can’t see. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel, which is just called "MrBallen," and has been remastered for today's podcast.

Story names, previews & links to original YouTube videos:

 • #3 -- "Underwater Building" -- Friends investigate odd structure in middle of ocean (Original YouTube link -- 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toswhS4ehRw • )

 • #2 -- "A Tribe’s Feast" -- A tribe in Australia believes they've been blessed by a bounty from god, but it ends up being a curse from hell (Original YouTube link -- 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd0cDk9ee_o • )

 • #1 -- "A Stiff Drink" -- You won't believe the ending of this story until you see the photo (Original YouTube link -- 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3e5nxOx0XA • )

 

You can WATCH all new & exclusive MrBallen podcast episodes on my YouTube channel, just called "MrBallen" - https://www.youtube.com/c/MrBallen

If you want to reach out to me, contact me on Instagram, Twitter or any other major social media platform, my username on all of them is @mrballen

 
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Hidden Threat

Today we have two stories about people who craved attention or status – but instead of glory, they got absolute carnage.

 

You can WATCH all new & exclusive MrBallen podcast episodes on my YouTube channel, just called "MrBallen" - https://www.youtube.com/c/MrBallen

If you want to reach out to me, contact me on Instagram, Twitter or any other major social media platform, my username on all of them is @mrballen

 
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Fatal Hubris (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

Before dawn in March 1997, a police captain was patrolling the outskirts of a small town in North Carolina. He saw a Jeep parked on the shoulder of the highway with its headlights on. He pulled over, and as he walked closer to the Jeep, he heard the engine running. The driver's side window was rolled down, and there was no one inside. But just then... a cell phone on the passenger seat started ringing.

 

You can WATCH all new & exclusive MrBallen podcast episodes on my YouTube channel, just called "MrBallen" - https://www.youtube.com/c/MrBallen

If you want to reach out to me, contact me on Instagram, Twitter or any other major social media platform, my username on all of them is @mrballen

 
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The Traffic Stop (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories about people who vanished without a trace. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel, which is just called "MrBallen," and has been remastered for today's podcast.

Story names, previews & links to original YouTube videos:

 • #3 -- "Not Human" -- Child goes missing on an old logging road (Original YouTube link -- 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZCCCxnSMxs) • #2 -- "M Cave" -- A vlogger goes looking for a mysterious cave near Area 51 (Original YouTube link -- 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lOsTCBg4fQ • )
 • #1 -- "Mine is Mine" -- A rugged old man heads into the wilderness to do something that many people have died trying (Original YouTube link -- 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FvnihQ8dJo • )

For 100s more stories like these, check out our main YouTube channel just called "MrBallen" -- https://www.youtube.com/c/MrBallen

If you want to reach out to me, contact me on Instagram, Twitter or any other major social media platform, my username on all of them is @mrballen

 
Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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