MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

By: Ballen Studios
  • Summary

  • 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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Episodes
  • Something is in the Woods
    Feb 20 2025

    Today’s podcast will feature 3 horrifying stories that will make you wonder who or what may be lurking in the forest. 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 -- "Pound Cake" -- Girl takes a "shortcut" on the Appalachian Trail (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf9ahZB9yfY)
    • #2 -- "The Dream" -- 3 hikers attempt a rugged hike in bad weather (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNpctf6WJx8)
    • #1 -- "Big Footprint" -- A mysterious set of footprints are found in a marsh (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZCCCxnSMxs)


    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


    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    33 mins
  • Sick Day (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
    Feb 17 2025

    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. He dialed 9-1-1 and said he needed to talk to a detective, because he was having dreams that showed him everything that had happened during a horrific murder all the way back in 1989. The dreams this man claimed to have would help reopen an unsolved murder case that had shocked Indianapolis thirteen years earlier. But these dreams would not answer the questions police had been wrestling with for years, and it would take them another decade to finally track down the killer.


    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

    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    38 mins
  • Stranger Than Fiction Vol. VIII
    Feb 13 2025

    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 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 -- "Doctor WHO?" -- A family's dark secret is revealed in a fire (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zaa53S-8lDM)
    • #2 -- "Drunk" -- Police ask a woman on the side of the road if she has been drinking. What happened next was so rare, it was documented in scientific journals. (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJJmwCKgHAQ)
    • #1 -- "Identical Strangers" -- A chance encounter connects two long lost relatives, but that's only the beginning of this insane story (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIvIBKiQhVM)


    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

    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    34 mins

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ballenite#1

all those people and just for fun
they got what was coming to them in the end though

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I am a fan of the strange dark and mysterious delivered in story format

MrBallen is the most captivating story teller I’ve ever listened to. He is so descriptive you can picture in your head what’s unfolding. He’s truly mesmerising

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brilliant 👏

Always interesting stories,.
Grate story teller you can always picture the descriptions of places and people and what's going on.
grate to listen to on podcast and YouTube.

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GOAT

Nobody else tells a story like Mr Ballen.
If you haven't heard his stories, do it.
His podcast is highly addictive.

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warning Mr ballen is addictive!

MrBallen is an excellent storyteller. I have exhausted his videos on YouTube so came here for more.

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crazy stuff

only one episode in and already it deserves a five star review... humans cease to amaze me at how fuuuuuuucked up we are...
(fire & brimstone)

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MrBallen at his best

I am now a fan of the strange, dark and mysterious delivered in podcast format! Keep doing what you are doing John, you are awesome!

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Great True Crime Podcast

Always loved a true crime show/case and the way the stories are told really grips you. my only con is I am impatient waiting for new episodes :D

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Best Storyteller I have known

Amazing, I was so excited to find out that you are doing Podcast, have watched all YouTube episode's.

Thank you for doing what you do.

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MrBallen for the car

MrBallen is, by far, the best storyteller out there. He always find great content and narrates in a way that keeps you glued. Give him a listen, destroy the like button, and subscribe where you can!

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