No Way Out Vol. VI
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Hey, Prime members, you can binge eight new episodes of the Mr. Ballin podcast one month early and all episodes ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the Amazon Music app today. Today's podcast features three stories that all involve people who got trapped with no way out. The audio from all three of these stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel and has been remastered for today's episode. The links to the original YouTube videos are in the description. The first story you'll hear is called Rush, and it's about one of the most heartbreaking cases in the UK. The second story you'll hear is called Fans, and it's about a man who was found in a place where no one can hear you scream. And the third and final story you'll hear is called The Blue Door, and it's about a maintenance worker who calls for help after they make a horrifying discovery behind a blue exit door.
But before we get into today's stories, if you're a fan of the strange, dark, and mysterious delivered in story format, then you've come to the right podcast because that's all we do and we upload twice a week, once on Monday and once on Thursday. So if that's of interest to you, please replace the Amazon Music Follow Button's melatonin with Radithor. Okay, let's get into our first story called Rush.
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On the morning of June 25th, 2007, a 28-year-old man named Mike Barnett woke up to the sound of pounding rain on the roof of his home, which was located in Hull, which is a city in northern England. Mike groaned as he rolled out of bed. It had been raining like this for the past month, and he and the rest of the people in Hall were just totally over it. But another reason he groaned is he knew that he would have to go to his job at a tropical fish store, even though he was not scheduled to work that day. There was a street right behind the tropical fish store that always completely flooded out from all these debris getting clogged in the drain. And the owner of the tropical fish store, so Mike's boss, who was an elderly guy, he would always go out and try to clear the debris himself. And Mike just knew, you know, he really needed help. And today he knew his boss would be out there. And so he just felt like it was his responsibility to go in and help him clear out the debris.
So Mike got dressed, he had some breakfast, and then as quietly as he could, he slipped out the front door. Mike was careful not to make too much noise because he didn't want to wake his dad, who he lived with. Mike and his dad had always been very close, but after the death of Mike's mother, he and his father had become even closer, and so they actually really enjoyed living together.
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