The Knot (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On a September afternoon in 2000, an FBI forensics analyst stood in her lab in Quantico, Virginia, s...
The Beast of Gévaudan
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This story is about a 3-year period in France where people were going missing at an alarming rate an...
The Full House Heist (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the morning of July 11th, 2009, an elderly woman grabbed a coffee and sat down at her kitchen tab...
Unanswered Vol. II
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories about mysterious disappearances. The audio from all three s...
Death Of A Ladies' Man (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One afternoon in January of 1998, a prosecutor for the state of Georgia sat in the very back row of ...
Cost of Adventure
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s podcast will feature 4 stories about adventures… that go wrong. The audio from all ...
The Monaco Matriarch (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the morning of May 17th, 2014, a detective wrote furiously as she sat next to the hospital bed of...
The Truth Beneath
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories where things are not what they seem. The audio from all thr...
Three's a Crowd (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Late on a June evening in 2000, a detective with the Easton PA Police Department sat in his car on a...
Monsters Among Us Vol. IV
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories that will make you wonder how many monsters you may have en...
Detail in the Dark (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One evening in the summer of 1998, homicide detective Danny Payne sat in a dark room in a Tennessee ...
Prey
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s podcast will feature 3 chilling horror stories that serve as a stark reminder – we’re ...
Medical Mysteries - "17 Doctors"
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This story is a fan favorite from MrBallen's Medical Mysteries.During the COVID pandemic, a boy star...
Stranger Than Fiction Vol. XI
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. And today’s podcast features 3 stories that demonstr...
Holiday Fear (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One day in mid-December 2003, Detective Mark Kelly walked into a small kitchen at a home in Fort Wor...
The Condition
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s podcast will feature two medical mysteries that sound like they are straight out of a horr...
One Foot Out The Door (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Just after 7 p.m. on June 16th, 2010, an employee at the Palmdale, California Sheriff’s Department...
Tight Squeeze
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s podcast will feature two claustrophobia inducing stories about cave explorers. The audio f...
The View From Above (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On a crisp fall morning in 2007, a small airplane took flight over the forested town of Graham, Wash...
The Last Trip
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories of journeys that promised adventure, but led somewhere far ...
Storytime with MrBallen | Tom Segura
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is something completely new! But don't worry, it's in addition to the regular e...
The Fugitive (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In September of 2021, a young woman named Anna Moriah Willson – who everybody just called “Mo”...
The Scheme
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some people will lie, cheat, and steal to get ahead, but today’s podcast features two wild stories...
The Receipt (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the afternoon of March 24, 2006, an employee at a moving truck rental company in Ohio opened his ...
What's in the Basement?
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s story is one I told several years back on YouTube, but in 2024 during my live tour, I brou...
The Late Shift (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In June of 1980, a car jolted to a stop in a parking lot on the outskirts of a small Utah suburb. Th...
Medical Mysteries - "No Reservations/The Bitter End"
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This story is a fan favorite from MrBallen's Medical Mysteries.No Reservations:A Spanish marathon ru...
The Watercooler (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On a morning in early-1986 in Arizona, someone sat hunched over a desk, furiously writing a letter. ...
A Trail of Questions
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s podcast will feature 3 hiking horror stories that are still shrouded in mystery. The audio...
Murder and Meditation (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One September afternoon in 2003, a woman in Tucson, Arizona, heard a knock on her front door and ans...
No Way Out Vol. VII
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s podcast features 3 stories that involve people who were trapped – with “no way out.”...
Listen Now: Flesh and Code
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Travis never thought he’d meet someone like Lily Rose. She was kind, passionate, beautiful. The wo...
Tinseltown (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In December 2007, a lab technician sat at a table covered in dozens of evidence bags. The technician...
Follow the Leader
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s podcast will feature 2 horror stories about manipulative people who twisted others’ fait...
Bad Blood (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On a chilly night in March 2012, a wiry, 56-year old man with a patchy beard trudged through a backy...
Diagnosis Vol. III
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s podcast will feature 3 medical horror stories. The audio from all three stories has been p...
The Body in the Bathtub (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the morning of January 13, 2010, two twin girls nicknamed Tas and Jas stood at the kitchen counte...
La Mussara
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s story is about a group of friends who travel to this supposedly haunted abandoned town up ...
MrBallen and the Art of Storytelling
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Start listening to Audible today when you sign up for a free 30-day trial at https://www.audible.com...
Medical Mysteries - "She Haunts Me"
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This story is a fan favorite from MrBallen's Medical Mysteries.In the late 1800s, a young man in rur...
Forsaken Mission
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s podcast will feature 3 military horror stories. The audio from all three stories has been ...
Death of a Dentist (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One day in the spring of 2006, a detective stood next to a refrigerator in her police station, holdi...
Stranger Than Fiction Vol. X
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. And today’s podcast features 3 stories that demonstr...
You Can't Risk It (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a special bonus episode of "You Can't"Today, I’m going to tell two stories about how ...
The Dog and the Golden Gun (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On a cold winter night in 1999, a man drove down a dark street towards his house in a small Iowa tow...
The Discovery
Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories about terrifying discoveries people made that would change ...
The Red Sandals (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Mon, 02 Jun
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In 1984, in a small city in northeastern China, a security guard stood outside of a warehouse, worki...
Deadly Catch
Thu, 29 May 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Today’s podcast will feature 2 horrifying stories that both take place on the open sea. The audio ...
The Man Who Knocks At Windows (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Mon, 26 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
A seven-year-old boy cowered in the closet of his family’s suburban home in Florida. He was buried...
Closer to God
Thu, 22 May 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Every now and again, I’ll find a story that’s just really upsetting to me. Now, obviously a lot ...
Ballen Studios Presents: A Twist of History
Wed, 21 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The course of history never follows a straight line. These are the epic stories that have shaped the...
Skin Deep (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Mon, 19 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
On a summer morning in 2007, a woman was working in the printing shop she owned in a suburban strip ...
We Are Not Alone Vol. II
Thu, 15 May 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories that reveal we may not be alone in this universe. The audio...
You Can't Read This Book (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Tue, 13 May 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
This is a special bonus episode of "You Can't"One night in 2020, a woman named Beth Van Oss pac...
Medical Mysteries - "The Carancas Curse"
Mon, 12 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
This story is a fan favorite from MrBallen's Medical Mysteries.In September 2007, a meteor strike le...
Unbelievable
Thu, 08 May 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Today’s podcast will feature 3 unbelievable true stories. The audio from all three stories ha...
The Piranha (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Mon, 05 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In 2011, a police officer spotted a woman on a busy street in Japan, and he couldn’t believe what ...
Camping Horror Stories Vol. V
Thu, 01 May 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Today’s podcast will feature 2 camping horror stories. The audio from both of these stories has be...
The Promise Keeper (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Mon, 28 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
On a night in 1984, a college freshman listened to the music blaring through a night club. She grabb...
Defies Explanation
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Today’s podcast will feature 2 stories about unexplainable phenomena. The audio from both of these...
Death of a Salesman (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Mon, 21 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
On a June night in 1997, Kathy Peters was asleep at her home in Mirror Lake, a quiet neighborhood of...
The Job Offer
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Today’s story comes out of China, and it is a brutal story. There’s just no way to tell it witho...
The Good Neighbors (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Mon, 14 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
It was a frigid December day in a small logging town in Maine, roughly an hour’s drive from the US...
Stranger Than Fiction Vol. IX
Thu, 10 Apr 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. And today’s podcast features 3 stories that demonstr...
Listen Now: Don't Cross Kat
Wed, 09 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Kat Torres has the insta-perfect life. She is rich, gorgeous and not ashamed to share it. Her posts ...
You Can't Cross That Line (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Tue, 08 Apr 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
This is a special bonus episode of "You Can't"I’m going to tell two stories that prove that n...
Ice and Fire (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Mon, 07 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
On a night in March of 2017, a bonfire lit up the yard at a house party in Youngstown, Ohio. A group...
Unsolved
Thu, 03 Apr 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Today’s podcast will feature 2 borderline unbelievable stories that remain a mystery to this day. ...
The Crawlspace (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Mon, 31 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
On a cold winter day in 2013, police officers rushed through the dense woods outside of a small town...
Medical Mysteries - "Blood Feast"
Thu, 27 Mar 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
This story is a fan favorite from MrBallen's Medical Mysteries.One night in 1944, over 300 patients ...
The Business of Death (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Mon, 24 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In 2002, two days after Halloween, a police officer stepped out of a house in the small town of Nava...
Open Sea
Thu, 20 Mar 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Today’s podcast will feature 2 sailing horror stories. The audio from both of these stories has be...
Listen Now: Scam Factory
Tue, 18 Mar 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
You know those messages that you get all the time, the ones that pop up out of nowhere? They could b...
Murder on Steroids (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Mon, 17 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
On a summer night In 2013, newlyweds Joe and Olga Connell walked into their condominium in Wilmingto...
Vanished
Thu, 13 Mar 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories about people who vanished without a trace. The audio f...
You Can't Leave That Way (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Tue, 11 Mar 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
This is a special bonus episode of "You Can't"Today's story is about a woman who goes missing f...
Helium Road (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Mon, 10 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
On a night in 2013, a woman in her 30s named Erin heard loud banging on her front door. She ope...
Under the Bricks
Thu, 06 Mar 2025 08:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In today’s story, you very likely will at some point go, “Okay, I know where this is going." But...
Ballen Studios Presents: Late Nights with Nexpo
Wed, 05 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
From Ballen Studios, welcome to Late Nights with Nexpo, the official podcast of YouTube creator, Nex...
The Mutant (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Mon, 03 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
On a day in 2001, a veteran homicide detective put on his gloves and stepped into a cluttered bedroo...
The Creature
Thu, 27 Feb 2025 08:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Today’s podcast will feature 3 horror stories about people’s run-ins with unidentified beings. T...
Goodbye Uncle Jack (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Mon, 24 Feb
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Late one afternoon in the summer of 2014, a pawnshop owner was updating his inventory logs when the ...
Something is in the Woods
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Today’s podcast will feature 3 horrifying stories that will make you wonder who or what may be lur...
Sick Day (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On a morning in 2002, a man in Indianapolis, Indiana woke up in a cold sweat. His hands shook a...
Stranger Than Fiction Vol. VIII
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 08:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. And today’s podcast features 3 stories that demonstr...
You Can't Run From This (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 08:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
This is a special bonus episode of "You Can't"I’m going to tell two stories about two very di...
Medical Mysteries - "A Rare Bird"
Mon, 10 Feb
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
This story is a fan favorite from MrBallen's Medical Mysteries.In 2020, a career-driven young woman ...
Do Not Enter
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 08:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories about places people were never meant to venture. The a...
Texas Shootout (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Mon, 03 Feb
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
On an early morning in 2018, a woman in her 50s stood in the doorway of her bedroom in Austin, TX –...
The Witching Hour
Thu, 30 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Today’s podcast will feature 2 stories about people who have sinister intentions. The audio from b...
A Dead Body for Christmas (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Mon, 27 Jan
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
On Christmas morning of 2010, snow fell on a quiet suburb in South West England. But just after 9:00...
Diagnosis Vol. II
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Today’s podcast will feature 3 medical horror stories. The audio from all three stories has been p...
The Butcher (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Mon, 20 Jan
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
At 3:45 a.m. on a morning in 2003, police cars raced down a street in a small, sleepy English villag...
For the Love of Money
Thu, 16 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Today’s podcast will feature 2 stories that prove that money is the root of all evil. The audio fr...
You Can't Hide Here (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
This is a special bonus episode of our new format called, "You Can't"On a dark fall night in 2010, t...
Trick-or Treat-or-Die (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Mon, 13 Jan
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
On Halloween night in 1957, a group of children ran towards a brand new house in a suburban neighbor...
Pure Evil
Thu, 09 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Today’s podcast will feature 3 acts of pure evil. The audio from all three stories has been pulled...
The Stranger (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Mon, 06 Jan
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In the fall of 2003, two detectives were in the middle of a year-long homicide case, involving the b...
No Way Out Vol. VI
Thu, 02 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Today’s podcast features 3 stories that involve people who were trapped – with “no way out.”...
A Shot in the Dark (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Mon, 30 Dec
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
On a spring morning in 2017, a mother of three in Evansville, Indiana logged onto Facebook and notic...