Mr. Ballin

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33,221 appearances 155 recordings 11 series first heard Nov 2024 last heard 10 Sep

Mr. Ballin’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories · Fatal Depths · 20 Aug 2026 podcast

The spring was called Radium Springs, because literally there was radium in the water. voice-verified

Radium is a naturally occurring, highly radioactive metallic element, but there were such low levels of it in the water that it wasn't really a hazard. voice-verified

However, the radium did have an effect on the water. voice-verified

It made it practically neon blue. voice-verified

And so it was totally mesmerizing. voice-verified

I mean, you look at this thing and you know there's something different about this spring. voice-verified

Also, this spring was incredibly deep. voice-verified

So Donald and Murray were both members of the US Navy. voice-verified

And so naturally they spent a lot of time, you know, in and around water, because that's what the Navy does. voice-verified

They work in and around water. voice-verified

But ironically, it was actually when Donald and Murray were not working that they spent the most amount of time in the water. voice-verified

Because in their off time, they were recreational scuba divers. voice-verified

Except, back in 1955, recreational scuba diving was totally not safe. voice-verified

And that was because, you know, underwater diving certainly existed at the time. voice-verified

I mean, institutions like the Navy were prolific divers, but civilians did. voice-verified

Not really dive on their own. voice-verified

And so as a result, if you wanted to recreationally scuba dive, well, you didn't really have access to good equipment or even proper equipment. voice-verified

I mean, there just wasn't anything available to you. voice-verified

And so for people like Donald and Murray, who did want to go explore the underwater abyss on their own, they had to literally make their own diving equipment, like their own oxygen tanks and their own flashlights and goggles. voice-verified

I mean all of it. voice-verified

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