MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories Wondery
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The Strange, Dark & Mysterious delivered in podcast format.
Follow the MrBallen Podcast on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes publish twice a week—every Monday and Thursday. Prime members can listen to new episodes 1-month early and all episodes ad-free on Amazon Music. Wondery+ subscribers can listen ad-free in the Wondery App or on Apple Podcasts.
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No Way Out Vol. IV
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 -- "Inconspicuous" -- A chilling discovery in an unassuming place (Original YouTube link -- https://youtu.be/NMQ6qTht1bo?feature=shared)#2 -- "Digging Sounds" -- 2 police officers investigate a house in England that was making strange sounds (Original YouTube link -- https://youtu.be/oon2bSZoGVs?feature=shared)#1 -- "The Mayor" -- A town’s mayor goes missing, where they are found is just… well, you’ll see (Original YouTube link -- https://youtu.be/oon2bSZoGVs?feature=shared)
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
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The Last Night Out (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
One night in October of 2001, a young woman named Amy, and her friend whose name was Eric, were at a dance club in Portland, Maine. Amy was having fun, but Eric wasn't. He seemed bored and maybe a little annoyed. Amy tried to convince him to come out onto the dance floor to dance with her, but Eric wasn't interested. So, Amy wandered off to the dance floor alone. Eric watched her for a moment, then left for the bathroom. However, when he came back, Amy was gone. And 72 hours later, just about everyone in the state of Maine was asking the same question... where did Amy go?
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
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Into the Woods
In late July of 1988, two hunters were walking up this steep mountain trail in Colorado looking for a place to set up for the day. As they were walking, they eventually left the trail and began meandering through the trees looking for a clearing. At some point, they spotted one up ahead, but in this clearing was this really bright white thing at the base of one of the trees. So the two hunters walked up to see what this white thing was, and when they saw it, they both knew immediately that this was something no one was supposed to see…
Story name, preview & link to original YouTube video:#1 -- "Into the Woods" -- Two hunters in Colorado stumble upon something no one was ever supposed to see (Original YouTube link -- https://youtu.be/JsDQD4AmwQY?feature=shared)
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
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The Psychic and The Talking Bird (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
On May 13, 2015, a police officer in Michigan named Gary Wilson rushed to the scene of a double suicide. When he got there, he went inside the dark house and made his way to the bedroom where the two bodies were located. Wilson took a look at one of the bodies and then turned to check on the other, and when he did, he immediately noticed something. Something that was so surprising the officer nearly fainted from shock. However, this crazy discovery was only one small aspect of one of the most bizarre cases this officer would ever investigate.
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
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Fan Favorite - "Dead Man Walking"
This story is a fan favorite that was previously published as Episode 48.
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 the bed side table, when she suddenly froze. The house was supposed to be empty, her family was out for the night... but now, standing at the foot of her bed was a person, just staring up at her... and this person was dead.
For 100s more stories like this one, check out 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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Listen Now: Bedtime Stories
From Ballen Studios, welcome to Bedtime Stories. From the paranormal to the supernatural, unsolved mysteries, strange deaths, cryptids, and the most disturbing of true crime, we’ll bring you stories from around the world, all told in a unique and bone-chilling way. New episodes every Wednesday.
https://lnkfi.re/ballenbedtimestories
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Customer Reviews
Your brain will absorb these stories with ease
Mr. Ballen is a gifted storyteller and I appreciate him sharing his gift with us. I admire how he describes stories in detail for us to visualise and for those who are visually impaired to understand better. He also explains terms most people may not be familiar with. Y’all should pay his YouTube channel a visit if you haven’t already cause he has great content there also. If you are familiar with his YouTube channel you know he gushes about the victims before describing their grizzly end and uses hand gestures flying everywhere. It’s great these people’s stories are being shared for us to learn and get to know who they were. He tells the stories as if he was present when they took place and knows how to capture a listener’s attention. I also like the like button/ five star review button gag. His sentences are well constructed and the sound effects add a layer to the stories. I appreciate his mother being the podcast writer. She is a talented, humble and respectable individual. The first videos of his I watched was the “Stranger than Fiction” series. After viewing all those episodes I viewed his other content and was impressed. The podcast is extravagant and also nightmare inducing. It’s terrifying knowing the real monsters are humans. I also like that he puts the fake testimonies of the perpetrators in the stories. It shows just how far people are willing to go to avoid jail, frame others and prevent the truth from coming to light. The plot twists are wild, I know they are coming, but don’t know what they are. Two episodes which stood out to me are “The Plot” and “the Death Mask.” All the stories have horrible occurrences, however there was just something about these two.
Best
I just love how you explain every little detail so perfectly one can just listen and visualize the scenes 💯💯 ❤️. Love your videos
Great podcast
Mr Ballen has a gift to tell stories, I always enjoy his podcasts and YouTube channel.