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MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

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MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
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  • MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

    Unreal Vol. II

    2026-04-23 | 28 mins.
    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 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 -- "Scooped" -- After a tragedy at sea, a truly unbelievable discovery is made (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzMwI_KMjr8)

    #2 -- "One For The Road" -- A man's drunken walk home would end in a nightmare (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7Nf7E6y8UA)

    #1 -- "Her Face" -- A woman wakes up in the middle of the night from a nightmare, but her dreams soon begin to blend with reality (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZZY_nT7KYs)

     

    You can WATCH all new & exclusive MrBallen podcast episodes on 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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  • MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

    The Price of Preparation (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

    2026-04-22 | 24 mins.
    Today we have two stories about people who finally got to attend an event that they’d been working toward for years. But in both cases, actually going – would turn out to be the biggest mistake of their lives. 

     

    You can WATCH all new & exclusive MrBallen podcast episodes on 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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  • MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

    Concrete Evidence (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

    2026-04-20 | 37 mins.
    One evening in April 2006, a person sat at their kitchen table, frantically cutting up the page of a newspaper with some scissors. They were working on an important project, and it was almost done. They finished cutting the final letter from the page and pasted it onto a sheet of paper. Then they leaned back to read the message they’d assembled from the scraps. It was a warning. And they were sure it would have exactly the effect they were hoping for.

     

    You can WATCH all new & exclusive MrBallen podcast episodes on 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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  • MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

    Fan Favorite - "The Knot"

    2026-04-17 | 38 mins.
    Today's story is a fan favorite that was previously published as Episode 388.

    On a September afternoon in 2000, an FBI forensics analyst stood in her lab in Quantico, Virginia, staring into a microscope in confusion. She was looking at two strands of hair that were evidence in a murder investigation. And something wasn’t right. She checked the label on the evidence bag the sample came from, then looked back into the microscope. She definitely wasn’t imagining it. The label was wrong, which meant that the detective who had packaged the hairs and sent them over for analysis – had not understood what he was looking at. And this wasn’t a small mistake. Because if the analyst was right about what the hairs really were – then the whole investigation she was working on was about to change.

     

    You can WATCH all new & exclusive MrBallen podcast episodes on 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

    Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
  • MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

    Hidden Threat

    2026-04-16 | 27 mins.
    Today’s podcast will feature three stories that remind us the most dangerous threats are oftentimes the ones you can’t see. 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 -- "Underwater Building" -- Friends investigate odd structure in middle of ocean (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toswhS4ehRw)

    #2 -- "A Tribe’s Feast" -- A tribe in Australia believes they've been blessed by a bounty from god, but it ends up being a curse from hell (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd0cDk9ee_o)

    #1 -- "A Stiff Drink" -- You won't believe the ending of this story until you see the photo (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3e5nxOx0XA)

     

    You can WATCH all new & exclusive MrBallen podcast episodes on 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

    Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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About 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-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.
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