Mr. Ballin

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35,725 appearances 163 recordings 11 series first heard Nov 2024 last heard 3d ago

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

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MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories · The Clearing · 3 Sep 2026 podcast

And so even though he felt like this was a terrible idea, he shifted his focus from trying to stop them to just trying to give them as much information as he could about the area they were going to go into. voice-verified

And so he called all the volunteers who'd be leaving early over to him. voice-verified

And then Chief Yure drew a map in the dirt on the ground. voice-verified

And he told Alfred and Israel and the other four volunteers that you have to follow the river out of here. voice-verified

It'll bring you to this mountain range called the San Juan Mountain Range. voice-verified

And you cannot attempt to go over those mountains. voice-verified

You will not make it. voice-verified

You gotta follow that river and go around the mountain range. voice-verified

And then once you do, on the other side, there voice-verified

there will be an outpost where you can stop, get supplies, rest, and then continue the rest of the way towards Breckenridge. voice-verified

And then after Chief Yure had explained all this, he made sure to mark an X on his dirt map exactly where the outpost would be, and then Chief Yure just turned around and walked over to his horse and rode away. voice-verified

And then shortly after that, Alfred, Israel, and the rest of the gold prospectors also turned in for the night. voice-verified

The next morning, Israel, Alfred, and the other four volunteers who were gonna be going on this journey, they got up early and began packing up their stuff. voice-verified

And as they did, one of the other gold prospectors who had not volunteered to go with them, who would be staying in the valley until the springtime, he actually came forward and said he would help them carry their supplies as far as he could go, you know, using his horse. voice-verified

But at some point he would need to stop, drop off their stuff, and then they would be on their own. voice-verified

And so the men were very thankful about this. voice-verified

And so shortly after eating breakfast, they were all ready to go and they hit the trail. voice-verified

As Israel and the rest of the prospectors began to hike their way up and out of the valley, they began to see off in the distance the huge jagged mountains of the San Juan mountain range, but they were careful to kind of veer closer to the north to stay along that river path because they knew they were not supposed to go up and over the mountains. voice-verified

And as Israel trudged through the snow in a line of men, he held on to a coffee pot, a metal coffee pot that he kept hot coals inside of. voice-verified

not only kept his hands warm, but also if he ran out of matches, he could easily start a fire using the coals. voice-verified

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