Mr. Ballin

He began seeing the dead sailor, the ghost, everywhere he went, and it eventually drove him to kill himself.

And so when the police opened up that coffin, all they saw were all the rocks the sailor had left behind.

But following the doctor's suicide, that sailor apparently skipped town and was never seen again.

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, produced by Jeremy Bone and Cole Ocasio.

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

Research and fact-checking supervision by Stephen Eare.

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

Production support by Antonio Minata and Delaina Corley.

Artwork by Jessica Clogston-Kiner.

Theme song, Something Wicked, by Ross Bugden.

Thank you for listening to the Mr. Ballin Podcast.

And just a reminder, every new and exclusive episode we put out on the Mr. Ballin Podcast, you can also now watch on the Mr. Ballin YouTube channel that very same day.

And trust me, some of these stories you truly have to see to believe.

Again, my YouTube channel is just called Mr. Ballin.

If you want to listen to episodes one week early and ad-free, you can subscribe to SiriusXM Podcast Plus on Apple Podcasts or visit SiriusXM.com slash podcast plus to listen with Spotify or another app of your choice.

So that's going to do it.

I really appreciate your support.

Until next time, see ya.

Both of today's stories are about people who made big choices that they thought would improve their lives, but neither of them really took the time to actually learn exactly what they were signing up for.