Episodes

December 19, 2022

Sneak Peek - Episode 90 -- "Where the Mangos Grow"
This is the newest Monday episode of the MrBallen Podcast. You can listen to all episodes of the MrBallen Podcast, available exclusively on Amazon Music with your Prime membership. If you're not a Prime member, you can still listen to the MrBallen Podcast by subscribing to Amazon Music Unlimited in...
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December 12, 2022

Sneak Peek - Episode 88 -- "A Walk in the Woods"
This is the newest Monday episode of the MrBallen Podcast. You can listen to all episodes of the MrBallen Podcast, available exclusively on Amazon Music with your Prime membership. If you're not a Prime member, you can still listen to the MrBallen Podcast by subscribing to Amazon Music Unlimited in...
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October 31, 2022

Episode 76 -- "The Imposter" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
In the early morning hours of Saturday October 30th 2004, a man walked out of his suburban Virginia home and started walking down his driveway to get the newspaper. As he walked, he enjoyed the cool crisp air against his skin. This was one of the man's favorite times of the day, when just for a few...
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October 27, 2022

Episode 75 -- "Unwanted Strangers"
Today’s podcast features 2 separate, unique stories that both involve the same thing, unwanted strangers. The audio from both of these 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 & li...
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October 24, 2022

Episode 74 -- "Firestarter" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
In 1984, a 19 year old hardware store employee named Jim, was walking from one end of the store to the other, when he noticed something odd in one of the aisels. He stared at it for a second, not really sure what to make of it, before turning around and walking back where he came from, to start tel...
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October 20, 2022

Episode 73 -- "Blood Is Thicker Than Water"
Today’s podcast features 3 separate, unique stories that all involve highly dysfunctional families. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel, which is just called "MrBallen," and they have all been remastered for today's podcast. Story names, previews & li...
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October 17, 2022

Episode 72 -- "Debbie's Last Dance" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
In 1982, a young woman walked up a flight of stairs to her friend’s apartment, and knocked on the door. As she did, she noticed the little window on the door was broken. Worried something was wrong with her friend, the woman knocked again, this time a little louder, while also peering through the b...
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October 13, 2022

Episode 71 -- "Blue Haired Woman"
This story is about a baffling disappearance that happened in 2020 in a forest in California. The most unique aspect of this case is not the disappearance itself, but rather the incredibly spooky development that happened in 2021. A development that the Madera County sheriff's office, who is in cha...
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October 10, 2022

Episode 70 -- "Trapped"
Today’s podcast is about "places you CAN'T GO, and people who went anyways..." This will be a "top 3" style episode, so you’ll hear three unique stories back to back to back, with each story being more intense than the last. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main YouTube cha...
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October 6, 2022

Episode 69 -- "The People in White"
In 2008, a teenager was hiking through a forest in California when he decided to stop and set up camp for the night. He walked several hundred feet off the trail into the woods where he found a small clearing in the trees, and set up camp there. A few hours later, the teenager woke up suddenly and ...
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October 3, 2022

Episode 68 -- "The Cindy Problem" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
In February of 1985, a couple (a man and a woman) were sitting inside of a car chatting about their relationship, when the woman finally just turned to the man and said, “OK, you have to tell me, it’s now or never.” The man looked at her, and could see she was serious, and so after a long pause, th...
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September 29, 2022

Episode 67 -- "The Least Obvious Killer"
Today’s podcast is about "places you CAN'T GO, and people who went anyways..." This will be a "top 3" style episode, so you’ll hear three unique stories back to back to back, with each story being more intense than the last. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main YouTube cha...
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September 26, 2022

Episode 66 -- "The Ultimate Betrayal" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Late one night in November of 1975 a man came home from work and parked his car at the end of his driveway, which looped around the back of his house. After sitting in his seat for a minute, he turned his car off, and then stepped outside into the cold night air. From there, he walked toward t...
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September 22, 2022

Episode 65 -- "A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing"
To donate to the Blodgett family charity called, "The Love is Greater Than Hate Project," click this link: https://www.theloveisgreaterthanhateproject.com/donate/ Today’s remastered audio was pulled from “The MONSTER in her bedroom was real…” which is a very popular video on our main YouTube chann...
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September 19, 2022

Episode 64 -- "The Hunting Ground" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
In March of 1990, a detective in Florida, who was investigating a missing person case, decided to search for them in a forested area near a busy highway. The area had been searched before, but this detective just had a hunch that something could still be in there. And so he stepped into the thick r...
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September 15, 2022

Episode 63 -- "Female Hannibal Lecter"
Today’s podcast features 3 separate, unique stories that share a theme…. cannibals. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel, which is just called "MrBallen," and they have been remastered for today's podcast. Story names, previews & links to original YouT...
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September 12, 2022

Episode 62 -- "Murder Island" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
In late December of 2003, a 32 year old man named Russel drove along scenic back roads on an island off the coast of Washington State, until he arrived at his destination, a house tucked way back in the woods. After driving down the property’s long driveway, Russel pulled into a parking spot and ca...
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September 8, 2022

Episode 61 -- "9/11"
*Thank you Michael, Jenny, Braden, Bennett and Ty for allowing me to share your family's story.* Today’s podcast is Michael B. Wright's powerful first hand account from inside the Twin Towers during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in NYC. The audio from this story was pulled from our main...
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September 5, 2022

Episode 60 -- "Bathroom Man" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
In the fall of 1994, a 52 year old woman pulled into the driveway of her home in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and then turned her car off. As she sat there for a minute, chatting with her daughter on her car phone, she was suddenly startled by someone running up and knocking on her window. When she tur...
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September 1, 2022

Episode 59 -- "Terror in the Skies"
Today’s podcast features 3 separate, totally wild stories that all involve airplanes. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel, which is just called "MrBallen," and they have all been remastered for today's podcast. Story names, previews & links to origina...
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August 29, 2022

Episode 58 -- "Love Makes You Do Crazy Things" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
In 1996, an 18 year old college freshman named Diane, began acting strangely. She would suddenly break down and start crying hysterically, and then a second later, she'd get extremely mad, and then a second after that, she'd be fine again, as if nothing had happened. For a while, her classmates tho...
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August 25, 2022

Episode 57 -- "The Worst Death Story on the Internet"
Today’s podcast is about "places you CAN'T GO, and people who went anyways..." This will be a "top 3" style episode, so you’ll hear three unique stories back to back, with each story being more intense than the last. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel, wh...
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August 22, 2022

Episode 56 -- "A Truly WTF Story" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
In 2016 a woman had just pulled into her driveway in her quiet neighborhood in Missouri, when suddenly her passenger door flung open and in jumped a man she didn't recognize who was wielding a knife. The woman froze in terror hoping this was just a robbery, but when the man spoke, she knew this sit...
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August 18, 2022

Episode 55 -- "This Hole Has Killed 16 People"
Today’s podcast is a Top 3 style episode that will cover the most claustrophobic horror stories I've ever come across. The audio from these stories has been pulled from our YouTube channel, which is just called "MrBallen," and has been remastered for today's podcast. Story names, previews & li...
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August 15, 2022

Episode 54 -- "Best Served Cold" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
In 2015, police in New York were alerted to a very strange death; The victim, who was a pillar of their own community, had died suddenly and unexpectedly, and their autopsy showed something very unusual. So the police began digging into the case, and eventually, after a few major twists and turns, ...
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August 11, 2022

Episode 53 -- "Weirdest Murder Motive Ever"
Today’s podcast features two separate, unique stories that share a theme: crazy mysteries that were actually solved. The audio from these stories has been pulled from our YouTube channel, which is just called "MrBallen," and has been remastered for today's podcast. Story names, previews & link...
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August 8, 2022

Episode 52 -- "Dead Man Walking" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
In 2004, a woman living in Nashville, Tennessee, was sitting up in her bed one night trying to get some homework done for a Bible study class. As she sat there, she started to feel tired and so she decided to call it a night. She bookmarked the page she was on, and leaned over to put her Bible on t...
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August 4, 2022

Episode 51 -- "Vacations From Hell"
Today’s podcast features two separate, unique stories that share a theme: vacation horror stories. The audio from these stories has been pulled from our YouTube channel, which is just called "MrBallen," and has been remastered for today's podcast. Story names, previews & links to original YouT...
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August 1, 2022

Episode 50 -- "The Man in the Bowler Hat" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
In the late 1800s, a very strange hotel was constructed in Chicago, Illinois. From the outside, it looked perfectly normal, but the inside of the hotel was anything but. Hallways were a maze of twists and turns, and there were trap doors, sliding walls and secret stairwells everywhere. But the shoc...
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July 28, 2022

Episode 49 -- "Workplace Horror Stories"
Today’s podcast features two separate, unique stories that share a theme: workplace horror stories. The audio from these stories has been pulled from our YouTube channel, which is just called "MrBallen," and has been remastered for today's podcast. Story names, previews & links to original You...
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July 25, 2022

Episode 48 -- "Criss Cross" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
In 2010, a very successful Nashville, Tennessee music producer turned her car into her driveway, and pulled into her garage. After turning her car off, she was about to click her garage door remote again, to shut the garage door, when she turned and looked out her car’s back window and she saw some...
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July 21, 2022

Episode 47 -- "The Hitchhikers"
Today’s podcast features three separate, unique stories that share a theme: they are stories about hitchhiking. The audio from these stories has been pulled from my YouTube channel, which is just called MrBallen, and has been remastered for today's podcast. Story names, previews & links to ori...
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July 18, 2022

Episode 46 -- "Ghost Story" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
In mid July 1977, a 38 year old woman was sitting in her living room talking to her husband, when suddenly, mid-sentence, she stood up, and said very robotically, that she was going to go lie down for a while. Then she turned and walked away into a nearby bedroom. Sensing something was off with his...
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July 14, 2022

Episode 45 -- "Austrian House of Horrors"
Today’s podcast features two separate, unique stories that share a theme: stories that are so messed up they sound fake, but, they are actually true. The audio from these stories has been pulled from my YouTube channel, which is just called MrBallen, and has been remastered for today's podcast. ...
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July 11, 2022

Episode 44 -- "The Tube Sock Killer"
Today’s podcast features two separate, unique stories that share a theme: mind boggling unsolved mysteries. The audio from these stories has been pulled from my YouTube channel, which is just called MrBallen, and has been remastered for today's podcast. Story names, previews & links to origina...
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July 7, 2022

Episode 43 -- "Open Water"
Today’s podcast features three separate, unique stories that share a theme: stories that took place out on the ocean. The audio from these stories has been pulled from my YouTube channel, which is just called MrBallen, and has been remastered for today's podcast. Story names, previews & links ...
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July 4, 2022

Episode 42 -- "The Slave Master" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
At 10:30pm on June 2, 2000, 15 year old Heather Robinson heard her family’s land line telephone ring, and so she picked it up. But before she could even say, “hello,” she heard her father already saying, "hello" to whoever had just called them; He had picked up the other land line telephone upstair...
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June 30, 2022

Episode 41 -- "Root of All Evil"
Today’s podcast features two separate, unique stories that share a theme: The terrifying things people will do for money. The audio from these stories has been pulled from my YouTube channel, which is just called MrBallen, and has been remastered for today's podcast. Story names, previews & li...
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June 27, 2022

Episode 40 -- "Found Footage" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Around 2am on April 6th 2018, a mysterious person walked down a snowy suburban street in Wadsworth, Ohio. At some point, this person came to a stop in front of a modest two story home and then looked around to make sure no one was watching them. Feeling satisfied no one was, this mystery person tur...
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June 23, 2022

Episode 39 -- "Don't Get in the Water"
Today’s podcast is about "places you CAN'T GO, and people who went anyways..." This will be a "top 3" style episode, so you’ll hear three unique stories back to back, with each story being more intense than the last. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from my YouTube channel, which is...
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June 20, 2022

Episode 38 -- "Temple of Death" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
On the morning of August 10th, 1991, in a little rural town in Arizona, two women walked across a parking lot toward a Buddhist temple. They were there to prepare a meal for the monks who lived inside. As they walked, the women noticed that none of the monks were outside meditating or gardening, wh...
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June 16, 2022

Episode 37 -- "Do you know how to get to Bells Canyon?"
Today’s podcast features two separate, unique, stories that are both themed around the same thing, strange events that took place in the wild. The first story you will hear is called, “The Russian Death March,” and it’s about an event that was so terrifying, the one person who survived it could not...
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June 13, 2022

Episode 36 -- "Shenandoah on Fire" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
On September 6th, 1988, a middle aged woman named Cindy Borton, was washing dishes in her little house in Shenandoah, Iowa. As she did this, she heard a knock on her back door. She glanced at her watch and saw that she only had a few minutes before she had to get ready for work, and so she just hop...
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June 9, 2022

Episode 35 -- "The Worst Kidnappers in Australia"
In 2008, a young man saw a strange looking dead animal lying on the side of the road. Curious, he stopped his car, got out and began walking over to see what it was. When he got close, he still couldn't tell what it was, so he bent down to get a closer look. As he did this, he heard the sound of so...
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June 6, 2022

Episode 34 -- "Cold Fusion" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Very late one night in 2004, a woman in Connecticut pulled into the driveway of a house that had just been put on the market for rent. She didn't know if the owner was home or not, but she figured even if they were, they probably wouldn't mind if she just quickly walked around the outside of their ...
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June 2, 2022

Episode 33 -- "Family Secrets"
Today’s podcast features two separate, unique, stories that are both themed around the same thing, family secrets. The first story you will hear is called, “The Most Terrifying Family You’ve Never Heard Of," and it’s about an obscure cult who admitted to performing a heinous ritual in the 1970's. T...
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May 30, 2022

Episode 32 -- "The Sniper, The Blonde and The Beefcake" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
One September night in 2006, a man left his office in upstate New York and walked across the nearly vacant parking lot to his truck. When he climbed inside the driver’s seat, he instantly noticed that the back left of his vehicle seemed to be sagging slightly. But before he could figure out why tha...
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May 26, 2022

Episode 31 -- "The Man in Cobb Park"
Today’s podcast features two separate, unique, stories that are both themed around the same thing, deaths that were completely avoidable. The first story you will hear is called, “The Gap," and it is about a terrible, horrible thing that is, amazingly, NOT illegal. The second story you will hear ...
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May 23, 2022

Episode 30 -- "YouTube Murder" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
In May of 2009, someone in Guatemala uploaded an 18 minute long video to YouTube titled, “YouTube Murder." Within hours of it being published, the video had gone massively viral to the point where YouTube’s servers began to crash, and in Guatemala, angry crowds of people began forming up in the str...
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May 19, 2022

Episode 29 -- "Extreme Plot Twist"
Today’s podcast features two separate, unique, stories that are both themed around the same thing, true crime stories that have big plot twists at the end. The first story you will hear is called, “Basketball With Friends," which is about a secret, forbidden relationship. The second story you will ...
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May 16, 2022

Episode 28 -- "The Massacre" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
On December 11th, 2006, in a beautiful little town in Italy, two men were out for a walk when they noticed a fire in a nearby second story apartment window. They quickly ran up the outside stairs to get to that apartment, but when they reached it and looked through the open front door, they froze, ...
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May 12, 2022

Episode 27 -- "The Demon Within"
Today’s podcast features two separate, unique, stories that are both themed around the same thing, people who suddenly just snapped. The first story you will hear is called, “The Horrifying True Story of Katy Perry’s Ex-Boyfriend." Her ex was a famous actor, and what he did will forever change the ...
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May 9, 2022

Episode 26 -- "The Trust Game" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
On march 22nd, 2003, a highly intelligent, very successful couple decided to play a strange new game. The game was very involved, and required handcuffs and blindfolds and heavy chairs, but once they were in position, they got the hang of it quickly and thought it was actually pretty fun. But after...
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May 5, 2022

Episode 25 -- "Horror in Mexico"
Today’s podcast features two separate, unique stories, that are both themed around the same thing, true Mexican horror. The first story you'll hear is called “The Ritual” and it is about a young man who was in the wrong place at the wrong time during spring break in Matamoros, Mexico. The second st...
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May 2, 2022

Episode 24 -- "Milk & Cookies" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
On the morning of March 8, 1961, a 13 year old boy living near Seattle, Washington, walked up the front steps of his house, opened the front door and went inside. He called out to see if anyone was home, but it was silent. He shrugged, then dropped his books and walked straight across the dining ro...
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April 28, 2022

Episode 23 -- "The Headless Valley"
Located in the northwestern section of Canada lies an 11,000 square mile stretch of untouched wilderness called the "Nahanni Valley" (aka "The Headless Valley"). This area is virtually inaccessible, as there are no roads, trails or other obvious access points. It is full of large dangerous animals,...
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April 25, 2022

Episode 22 -- "A Living Hell" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
In 1995, an 18 year old named Reggie was serving a life sentence inside one of the most violent prisons in the USA. Reggie tried to keep his head down to avoid trouble, but at some point he offended an inmate they called “The Devil”… and when you upset The Devil, you’re doomed. But Reggie wasn’t go...
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April 21, 2022

Episode 21 -- "The Death Trap"
In 2006 a couple found themselves lost in the rugged San Jacinto mountain range in California. Starving, dehydrated, and desperate, they stumbled upon a campsite tucked away in an isolated ravine. They rushed over to it to see if the owner was nearby, but before they could locate them, the couple s...
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April 18, 2022

Episode 20 -- "The Devil Waits in the Bedroom" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
In 2010, a young tutor stepped inside of her student's apartment. At first it was quiet, then a terrified voice called to her from the back bedroom... Had she known what was waiting for her inside of that bedroom, she would have turned and ran. For 100s more stories like this one, check out my Yo...
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April 14, 2022

Episode 19 -- "Real Life Kill Room"
In 2008 in Canada, a highly controversial movie script found its way into the police’s hands. When they read it, they immediately told the filmmaker that they would not be allowed to produce the script into a movie, and then the police wiped the script from the face of the earth... Except rece...
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April 11, 2022

Episode 18 -- "A Single Piercing Scream" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
In 2006, an adult son arrived at his parent’s farm to work for the day. When he got there, he expected to see his father out and about doing chores, but when he looked around the property, he didn't see him. The son decided to go inside the farm house (where his parents lived) to see what they were...
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April 7, 2022

Episode 17 -- "This Island Has a Dark Secret"
During World War 2, there was a horrific incident that occurred on a small island in the Pacific Ocean. At the time, the details of exactly what happened on this island were made top secret. But in 2004, the US government decided it was time for the public to know the truth. Not only is the story o...
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April 4, 2022

Episode 16 -- "The Death Mask" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
In 2017, an aspiring teenage artist was invited to come out to an art college in Florida for a personalized tour of their campus. They told him to bring along some of his best artwork to show the staff, and so the teen decided he would make a special papier-mâché mask just for the occasion. After i...
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March 31, 2022

Episode 15 -- "The Monster"
In 1999 there was a rash of disappearances inside of the famous Yosemite National Park in California. When the police couldn't figure out where these people had gone, or who (or what ) was behind their disappearances, a rumor started amongst locals that a "monster" must be running loose in the par...
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March 28, 2022

Episode 14 -- "Online Dating" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
In 2012, a man living in Omaha, Nebraska met a woman on a dating website and after dinner, he invited her into his apartment. As they started getting intimate, they heard a knock on the door. Annoyed, the man got up and went to look through the peep hole, and he couldn’t believe who he saw standing...
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March 24, 2022

Episode 13 -- "One, Two, THREE!"
In 2012, a West Virginia father knocked on his 16 year old daughter's bedroom door, expecting her to open it up and say, "hello." But after knocking, there was only silence in her room. He knocked a few more times, but his daughter still did not emerge, so the father decided he would go inside and ...
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March 21, 2022

Episode 12 -- "Thumping Sounds" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
In 1995, a man was in his basement running on the treadmill when he heard thumping sounds coming from upstairs. He went upstairs to investigate, and at first he didn’t see or hear anything unusual. But when he reached the end of the first floor hallway and looked in the dining room, he saw the sour...
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March 17, 2022

Episode 11 -- "Wicked Game"
One morning in 1983, a truck driver was driving down a lonely Alaskan highway, when he saw a young girl come bounding out of the forest that butted up against the road. The girl ran out onto the highway, turned toward him, and began sprinting in his direction while screaming and waving her arms in ...
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March 14, 2022

Episode 10 -- "Terror in Tokyo" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
On March 20, 1995, a crumpled up newspaper was spotted lying on the floor of a Tokyo, Japan train car. In Japan, the subways are always immaculately clean, so this newspaper stood out like a sore thumb. As commuters stared at the trash, wondering who would be so inconsiderate to litter, a wet spot ...
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March 10, 2022

Episode 9 -- "Death Row"
Carol and Reggie Sumner were high school sweethearts in the late 1960s, but after graduation they broke up and went their separate ways. 40 years later, after both of their respective marriages ended in divorce, the pair reconnected through a random unintentional phone call. Within days of this cha...
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March 7, 2022

Episode 8 -- "These People Actually Exist" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
On Christmas Eve in 1992, an 18 year old woman named Danita Gullette stepped outside of her place of work into the freezing Dayton, Ohio night air and began walking toward her mother's house. After a few minutes, Danita decided to call her mother to ask her something that couldn't wait until she ar...
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March 3, 2022

Episode 7 -- "Pure Evil"
In 2012, a young man drove his truck into an Anchorage Alaska parking lot and came to a stop next to a small, bright teal colored shack. This shack was a coffee shop, and this young man worked there as a barista. That morning he had a shift, so he hopped out of his truck, went around to the side of...
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February 28, 2022

Episode 6 -- "Fire & Brimstone" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
This is the story of what is, quite possibly, the strangest outcome of a failed romantic relationship ever. In 2013, two young people who met on a dating site, met for the first time in person over a cup of coffee. Immediately the pair hit it off, and within a year they were engaged to be married...
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February 24, 2022

Episode 5 -- "Child Star"
In 2004, a retired couple who had been living on a yacht, sailing the California coastline for the previous 2 years, learned they were going to be grandparents. They were so excited about it, they decided to sell their yacht and move back onto the land to live closer to their grandchild. The retire...
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February 21, 2022

Episode 4 -- "You're Dead" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
In 1992, a young mother received a package in the mail that had no return address on it. When she brought it inside her house and opened it up, she found it contained a non-fiction murder mystery novel. She didn't know why it had been sent to her, but when she opened the novel up, she noticed someo...
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February 17, 2022

Episode 3 -- "Scream"
In 1990, two college students, who lived together in an apartment, suddenly stopped communicating with their friends and families. After a few days of silence, the police were called to do a welfare check on them. When the police knocked on the girl's door, no one opened it, so they got a key from ...
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February 14, 2022

Episode 2 -- "The Hallway" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
In 2011, a young woman opened the door to her place of work, a sporting apparel store in Washington DC, and immediately realized something was wrong. Too afraid to investigate what she saw and heard, she ran from the store and called 911. When police arrived and entered the store, they heard a soun...
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February 14, 2022

Episode 1 -- "The Plot" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
In 2002, a very unlikely witness came forward to give the Everett Washington police some shocking information about a missing person. It was the break investigators had been waiting for — and dreading. The information the witness provided would ultimately lead the police to uncover one of the most ...
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February 6, 2022

MrBallen Podcast Trailer
Hello fans of the Strange, Dark and Mysterious delivered in story format! Our first podcast episode will go live on the morning of February 14th, and from there on out we will be releasing 2 weekly podcasts! Mondays = NEW story only available in podcast form Thursdays = BONUS episode, Best of M...
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February 1, 2022

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