Mr. Ballin

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34,749 appearances 160 recordings 11 series first heard Nov 2024 last heard today

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

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MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories · Demise by Design (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE) · 2 Sep 2026 podcast

Because the Virgin Mary's hand, which had been resting on Jesus, was now reached out and was wrapped around the dangling man's arm, like the statue had literally grabbed him. voice-verified

Now the priest is thinking, like, how is this even possible? voice-verified

None of this makes any sense. voice-verified

But when he tried to to pull the man away and to help free him. voice-verified

The hand wouldn't let go. voice-verified

The man was truly stuck. voice-verified

And so in the end, they actually cut Jan's arm off at the elbow. voice-verified

That's how they got him down. voice-verified

And the instant his arm was severed, voice-verified

Witnesses say the Virgin Mary's grip relaxed and his arm was released. voice-verified

Yam was arrested for trying to steal from the church, and he actually was thrown in prison. voice-verified

However, the experience changed him so dramatically that after he was released from prison, he entered a monastery and became a monk. voice-verified

Now, this story happened 400 years ago, and so we don't really know what happened. voice-verified

I mean, maybe the statue of the Virgin Mary came to life and grabbed Jan's arm and pinned him there, like the priest claimed and like Jan claimed. voice-verified

Or maybe Jan, after you know climbing up the statue, fell and got sort of trapped, like hooked, on the statue's arm. voice-verified

Maybe that happened. voice-verified

And maybe they overreacted and lopped his arm off. voice-verified

I mean, we don't know. voice-verified

But what we do know is that his arm really did get cut off because they kept the arm. voice-verified

And today, his severed arm, his his withered and dry severed arm, is hanging from a meat hook by the entrance to that church in Prague to discourage anyone else from trying to steal from the Virgin Mary. voice-verified

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