Mr. Ballin

Staff, police, and her own brother had been just feet away.

But she never once called out or made any noise.

So maybe Carrie had just decided to sit there quietly, looking out the window and across the city where she'd once been free.

And when night fell and she felt that bitter cold coming on, she chose to stay in that room.

The only place she knew where she could be on her own and where nobody would tell her what she could and couldn't do.

On April 30th, 1920, four days after the discovery of her remains, Carrie Selvidge was buried next to her mother and finally laid to rest.

As for the two witnesses who said they had seen Carrie basically right after she had gone missing, running down the street, had simply been mistaken.

And the dead woman who had been on the operating table at the Westside Medical Clinic was never identified.

A quick note about our stories, they are all based on true events, but we sometimes use pseudonyms to protect the people involved, and some details are fictionalized for dramatic purposes.

The Mr. Ballin Podcast, Strange, Dark, and Mysterious Stories, is hosted and executive produced by me, Mr. Ballin.

Our head of writing is Evan Allen.

Our head of production is Zach Levitt.

Produced by Jeremy Bone.

Research and fact-checking by Shelley Hsu, Samantha Van Hoose, Evan Beamer, Abigail Shumway, and Camille Callahan.

Research and fact-checking supervision by Stephen Ear.

Audio editing and post-produced by Whit Lacascio, Jordan Stidham, and Cole Lacascio.

Mixed and mastered by Brendan Cain.

Production coordination by Samantha Collins.

Production support by Antonio Minata and Delaina Corley.

Artwork by Jessica Clogsden-Kiner.