MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

By: Ballen Studios
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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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  • Unsolved

    Unsolved
    Apr 3 2025

    Today’s podcast will feature 2 borderline unbelievable stories that remain a mystery to this day. 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 & links to original YouTube videos:

    • #2 -- "The Quarterback" -- Famous college quarterback goes missing (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf9ahZB9yfY)
    • #1 -- "Waking Nightmare" -- A woman deals with a violent stalker (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD_Ot9aXy7s)


    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
  • The Crawlspace (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

    The Crawlspace (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
    Mar 31 2025

    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. The other officers quickly followed him into a clearing, and there, they saw a man with a long gray beard sitting in a large self-made camp. It looked like the man had been living out in the woods for months. The officers stared at him, and they almost couldn’t believe it, because they had finally tracked down the man who they thought could help solve a murder that had taken place a year earlier in a town 150 miles away.


    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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    36 mins
  • Medical Mysteries - "Blood Feast"

    Medical Mysteries - "Blood Feast"
    Mar 27 2025

    This story is a fan favorite from MrBallen's Medical Mysteries.

    One night in 1944, over 300 patients at a mental hospital in Oregon become violently sick after eating dinner. Many of them die. An investigation is quickly launched to determine the source of this deadly illness. Was there something wrong with the food itself? Or could it have been the work of a deranged killer?

    Listen Now: Wondery.fm/MBMM


    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

    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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    26 mins

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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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