MrBallen Podcast

MrBallen Podcast

@officialmrballenpodcast · 477K subscribers · 159 videos · English

Strange, dark and mysterious true stories.

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37:05

Death of a Salesman

292K views · 10mo ago · 37:05

You can now WATCH MrBallen Podcast videos the same day they drop on all podcast platforms on my main channel ⁨@MrBallen On a June night in 1997, Kathy Peters was asleep at her home in Mirror Lake, a quiet neighborhood of Sarasota, Florida. Around 3:45 AM, she was awakened by a strange noise. It was unlike anything Kathy had ever heard – a faint, eerie, rattling hiss. After a few seconds, the sound faded and Kathy tried to go back to sleep, but now she was too anxious.

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39:49

The Good Neighbors

312K views · 10mo ago · 39:49

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29:52

You Can't Cross That Line

218K views · 10mo ago · 29:52

You can now WATCH MrBallen Podcast videos the same day they drop on all podcast platforms on my main channel ⁨@MrBallen This is a special bonus episode of "You Can't" I’m going to tell two stories that prove that no matter what we think science can tell us about the natural world, the wilderness still holds secrets we cannot understand.

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34:08

Ice and Fire

235K views · 10mo ago · 34:08

You can now WATCH MrBallen Podcast videos the same day they drop on all podcast platforms on my main channel ⁨@MrBallen On a night in March of 2017, a bonfire lit up the yard at a house party in Youngstown, Ohio. A group of friends in their 20s and 30s sat around the fire, drinking beer, talking, and having a good time.

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35:42

The Crawlspace

188K views · 11mo ago · 35:42

You can now WATCH MrBallen Podcast videos the same day they drop on all podcast platforms on my main channel ⁨@MrBallen On a cold winter day in 2013, police officers rushed through the dense woods outside of a small town in Kentucky. They weaved their way through the trees, keeping their eyes peeled, and finally, one of them shouted out. He saw what they were looking for in the distance.

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34:03

The Business of Death

210K views · 11mo ago · 34:03

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34:39

Murder on Steroids

213K views · 11mo ago · 34:39

You can now WATCH MrBallen Podcast videos the same day they drop on all podcast platforms on my main channel ⁨@MrBallen On a summer night In 2013, newlyweds Joe and Olga Connell walked into their condominium in Wilmington, Delaware. Joe flipped on the light and sat down on the couch, while Olga headed to the bedroom to get changed. Suddenly, Joe heard a loud scream. He got up, and ran down the hall to the bedroom.

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29:54

You Can't Leave That Way

183K views · 11mo ago · 29:54

You can now WATCH MrBallen Podcast videos the same day they drop on all podcast platforms on my main channel ⁨@MrBallen This is a special bonus episode of "You Can't" Today's story is about a woman who goes missing from a psychiatric hospital in 1900. Now at first, this story will seem like a pretty ordinary missing person case. That is, until you reach the very end. Lets just say, this story has one heck of a plot twist.

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34:27

Helium Road

218K views · 12mo ago · 34:27

You can now WATCH MrBallen Podcast videos the same day they drop on all podcast platforms on my main channel ⁨@MrBallen On a night in 2013, a woman in her 30s named Erin heard loud banging on her front door. She opened the door and saw her best friend Robin standing there. And she could tell right away that Robin was scared. She was shaking, tears were running down her face, and she had scratches on her arms.

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33:26

The Mutant

229K views · 1y ago · 33:26

You can now WATCH MrBallen Podcast videos the same day they drop on all podcast platforms on my main channel ⁨@MrBallen On a day in 2001, a veteran homicide detective put on his gloves and stepped into a cluttered bedroom. He’d been working a murder case for months, but he still had no clear evidence pointing to any of his suspects. But a tip from an informant had led him to this bedroom, and he hoped he would find something useful.

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36:08

Goodbye Uncle Jack

192K views · 1y ago · 36:08

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38:31

Sick Day

250K views · 1y ago · 38:31

You can now WATCH MrBallen Podcast videos the same day they drop on all podcast platforms on my main channel ⁨@MrBallen On a morning in 2002, a man in Indianapolis, Indiana woke up in a cold sweat. His hands shook as he tried to block out the images he’d seen in his sleep, but he knew these images would not just go away – they would keep haunting him until he did something about it. He got out of bed and walked to his phone.

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27:03

You Can't Run From This

159K views · 1y ago · 27:03

You can now WATCH MrBallen Podcast videos the same day they drop on all podcast platforms on my main channel ⁨@MrBallen This is a special bonus episode of "You Can't" I’m going to tell two stories about two very different haunted places. And even though these stories take place decades apart – and involve wildly different people – the message of both is the same... crossing paths with ghosts can kill.

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37:05

Texas Shootout

228K views · 1y ago · 37:05

You can now WATCH MrBallen Podcast videos the same day they drop on all podcast platforms on my main channel ⁨@MrBallen On an early morning in 2018, a woman in her 50s stood in the doorway of her bedroom in Austin, TX – firing off shots from her .357 revolver into the dark kitchen a few yards away. Someone in the kitchen fired back, and bullets whizzed past her and crashed into the wall.

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33:49

A Dead Body for Christmas

217K views · 1y ago · 33:49

You can now WATCH MrBallen Podcast videos the same day they drop on all podcast platforms on my main channel ⁨@MrBallen On Christmas morning of 2010, snow fell on a quiet suburb in South West England. But just after 9:00 a.m., the quiet was shattered by the sound of police sirens racing through town. The police cars came to a screeching stop on a wet street, and a veteran Detective Inspector stepped out into the cold.

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38:02

The Butcher

227K views · 1y ago · 38:02

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30:58

You Can't Hide Here

252K views · 1y ago · 30:58

You can now WATCH MrBallen Podcast videos the same day they drop on all podcast platforms on my main channel ⁨@MrBallen This is a special episode of our new format called, "You Can't" On a dark fall night in 2010, two detectives stood in the street in an upscale suburban neighborhood outside of Boston, Massachusetts. In the middle of the road – lit by their flashlights – lay the body of a teenage boy.

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36:39

Trick-or Treat-or-Die

241K views · 1y ago · 36:39

You can now WATCH MrBallen Podcast videos the same day they drop on all podcast platforms on my main channel @MrBallen On Halloween night in 1957, a group of children ran towards a brand new house in a suburban neighborhood outside of Los Angeles, California. This house had some of the best decorations on the street, and the kids all hoped the house would have the best candy, too.

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36:33

The Stranger

270K views · 1y ago · 36:33

You can now WATCH MrBallen Podcast videos the same day they drop on all podcast platforms on my main channel ⁨@MrBallen In the fall of 2003, two detectives were in the middle of a year-long homicide case, involving the brutal murder of a 19 year-old girl. And for the first time, they finally felt like they had a viable suspect.

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35:15

A Shot in the Dark

197K views · 1y ago · 35:15

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37:03

One of Their Own

261K views · 1y ago · 37:03

You can now WATCH MrBallen Podcast videos the same day they drop on all podcast platforms on my main channel ⁨@MrBallen On a fall night in 1987, a young woman was walking down the middle of a dark street in a rural Kentucky town. She heard a car turn onto the street behind her, and it sounded like it was driving fast, so she quickly got onto the sidewalk. Suddenly, the car screeched to a stop just a few feet away from her.

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37:54

Head for the Hills

214K views · 1y ago · 37:54

You can now WATCH MrBallen Podcast videos the same day they drop on all podcast platforms on my main channel ⁨@MrBallen In January of 2012, a police truck parked on a trail in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California. A member of the K-9 Unit opened the door, and a police dog named Indiana Bones jumped out. Indy quickly caught a scent and led his handler to a mound of dirt just off the path. Indy pawed at the dirt and revealed the top of a plastic bag.

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35:43

Square Dance of Death

182K views · 1y ago · 35:43

You can now WATCH MrBallen Podcast videos the same day they drop on all podcast platforms on my main channel ⁨@MrBallen On a cold December night in 2013, a 59-year-old widow stood on stage at a square dance club in Arkansas, watching some of her closest friends dance together. The woman had owned and run the square dance club for years, and the people out on the floor were just like family to her.

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34:24

The Lipstick on the Wall

203K views · 1y ago · 34:24

You can now WATCH MrBallen Podcast videos the same day they drop on all podcast platforms on my main channel ⁨@MrBallen On a summer morning in 2001, a woman in Alabama woke up in a cold sweat – like she’d just had a nightmare. But the woman knew what she saw while she was sleeping was not a bad dream – it was real. So she grabbed her phone and made a frantic call. Later that morning, police arrived at an old wooden house on the outskirts of a small rural town.

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34:10

In The Weeds

190K views · 1y ago · 34:10

You can now WATCH MrBallen Podcast videos the same day they drop on all podcast platforms on my main channel ⁨@MrBallen On a Monday afternoon in 1986, medical staff at a clinic in San Antonio, Texas were starting to get worried, because their most respected nurse had not shown up for work and nobody could get a hold of her. So later that morning, two of the nurse’s colleagues drove down to her apartment. But when they got there, they found two notes taped to the door.

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34:19

Big Bang

219K views · 1y ago · 34:19

You can now WATCH MrBallen Podcast videos the same day they drop on all podcast platforms on my main channel ⁨@MrBallen On a fall evening in 1996, a young detective sped through the streets of Tucson, Arizona towards an upscale country club. All he knew was that someone had reported an explosion in the area, but he didn’t know what had caused it.

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33:32

Underworld

199K views · 1y ago · 33:32

You can now WATCH MrBallen Podcast videos the same day they drop on all podcast platforms on my main channel ⁨@MrBallen On a Monday afternoon in December 2001, a pair of police officers walked in the side door of a big old farmhouse in the woods in Loudoun County, Virginia. They had just received a frantic 9-1-1 call from a man who said he had found his neighbor horrifically injured on the kitchen floor.

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34:21

Swap Meet

256K views · 1y ago · 34:21

You can now WATCH MrBallen Podcast videos the same day they drop on all podcast platforms on my main channel ⁨@MrBallen In April 2009, in a crowded shopping center in broad daylight, a young woman was walking to her car, when suddenly a strange-looking man came out of some bushes and rushed toward her. The woman tried to get to her car and escape, but the man was too fast – he blocked her way and pulled out a gun.

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32:26

The Phantom of the Met

150K views · 1y ago · 32:26

You can now WATCH MrBallen Podcast videos the same day they drop on all podcast platforms on my main channel ⁨@MrBallen On a summer night in 1980, the audience in New York’s world famous Metropolitan Opera House rose to their feet and applauded at the end of an international ballet performance. The dancers and musicians rushed backstage and congratulated each other on a great show, but one of the musicians was missing.

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