MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
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MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
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. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes 7-days early and ad...
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Fan Favorite - "The Artist"
Today's story is a fan favorite that was previously published as Episode 251.
On the afternoon of September 10, 2009, an art student walked insi...
Frozen Hell
Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories about people who headed into the extreme cold, and never returned. The audio from all three stories has been pu...
The Devil is in the Details (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Today, I’m going to tell you two stories about people who wanted to do something impressive – and came up with a really ambitious plan. But they overl...
Cops and Robbers (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Just after midnight on May 12, 2006, a man woke up in his quiet London suburb to the sound of pounding on his front door. He answered it and found his...
Monsters Among Us Vol. V
Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories that will make you wonder how many monsters you may have encountered in your life. The audio from all three sto...
Inspired By (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Today's story is about a fiction writer who used her own life as inspiration – until her life took a tragic twist that no one would believe if she wro...
The Green Monster (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
In the early morning hours of March 27, 2003, a four-year-old boy was lying in bed in rural Ohio, when he suddenly heard his door open. He assumed it...
The Death Song | Campfire with MrBallen
In today’s episode, we are doing something a little different. For the first time ever, I’m taking the "Strange, Dark, and Mysterious" stories outside...
Devotion
Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories about acts so strange and unsettling, they blur the line between devotion and madness. The audio from all three...
Desperate Measures (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Today, I’m going to tell you two stories about people who unknowingly risked everything to travel to their dream locations – and didn’t realize they w...
Dancer in the Dark (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
In December 2005, a young woman walked down a sidewalk in New York City. There were Christmas decorations on all the buildings she passed – but as she...
Fan Favorite - "You Can't Leave That Way"
Today's story is a fan favorite that was previously published as Episode 318.
This story is about a woman who goes missing from a psychiatric ho...
The Unexplained Vol. II
Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories of missing people that we just can’t explain. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main Yo...
Panic Attacks (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Today, I’m going to tell you two stories about people who communicated with the right intentions, but didn’t fully think through the risks of what cou...
The Preacher's Fiancée (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
One morning in May 1993, a man living outside Chicago, Illinois, stepped out onto his front porch – and froze. There was a shoebox sitting there, with...
Storytime with MrBallen | Rosie Grant
Joining me is the amazing Rosie Grant! Rosie is the creator behind Ghostly Archive on Instagram & TikTok, where she researches and re-creates recipes...
For a Price
Whether it's fame, fortune, or the thrill of adventure — none of it comes without a price, and today's 3 stories demonstrate that.
Story names,...
The Happy Couple (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
On July 4th, 2018, a paramedic was hurrying through a hospital in England when his supervisor flagged him down, looking worried. She asked if he had b...
Fan Favorite - "The Red Sandals"
This story is a fan favorite that was previously published as Episode 344.
In 1984, in a small city in northeastern China, a security guard stoo...
Origins
Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories about how a single decision changed the lives of the people in these stories, as well as millions of others liv...
When Your Eyes Deceive You (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Today, I’m going to tell two stories that highlight how the world around us – and even people’s own eyes – can play tricks on them. Sometimes, what pe...
The Devil's Diary (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
One night in December of 2009, a man dug through a pile of papers and photo albums inside an RV parked in Texas. This man had recently bought the trai...
Fan Favorite - "The Piranha"
This story is a fan favorite that was previously published as Episode 335.
In 2011, a police officer spotted a woman on a busy street in Japan,...
Unreal
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 thr...
Shipwrecked (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
In the early morning hours on a Saturday in 2013, a man dressed all in black hid in the shadows on a side street in downtown Antwerp, Belgium. The man...
Touch Me and Die (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
On the afternoon of September 30th, 1991, an investigator in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania walked carefully through a college chemistry lab – that was al...
Vital Signs
Today’s podcast will feature 2 medical horror stories. The audio from both of these stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel, which is ju...
Life is a Circus (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
On a chilly evening in early February 2010, a group of friends gathered around the table at a restaurant in a French ski resort. They had been out on...
Family Values
In today's story, a family uncovers a secret on a laptop. And after that, everything spirals completely out of control.
Story names, previews &...
Looking for Love (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
A young man was watching the local news while he ate breakfast one day in 2004, when a story about a savage murder came on. At first, the young man wa...
Stranger Than Fiction Vol. XII
Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. And today’s podcast features 3 stories that demonstrate that. The audio from all three stories has been...
Legends of the Pet Cemetery (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
In the early morning hours of September 21st, 2009, a man woke up in his bed in New Orleans with a start, to the sound of metal clinking in the dark c...
Operation Mincemeat
Today’s podcast will feature 2 totally unbelievable stories from the battlefield. The audio from both of these stories has been pulled from our main Y...
The Confession (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
On April 29, 2002, in the small town of Pataskala, Ohio, a social worker sat on the floor with a two-year-old girl. The little girl's mother had been...
No Way Out Vol. VIII
Today’s podcast features 4 stories that involve people who were trapped – with “no way out.” The audio from all four stories has been pulled from our...
The Bedroom Window (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Around 3:00 AM on September 5th, 1981, a woman drove through a housing development in Lakeland, Florida. She was with two of her friends, who had agre...
Nightmare Fuel
Today’s podcast will feature 3 horror stories that are just pure nightmare fuel. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main YouTub...
Watch It Again (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
On December 30, 2016, a woman sat down at her computer in her New Mexico home and pulled up the video feed from her surveillance system. Everyone in h...
Storytime with MrBallen | Oz Pearlman
Joining me is a man you've probably seen all over the internet, the great Oz "The Mentalist" Pearlman.
WATCH the full video here: https://youtu...
We Are Not Alone Vol. III
Today’s podcast will feature 2 stories that reveal we may not be alone in this universe. The audio from both of these stories has been pulled from our...