MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
The Promise Keeper (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
28 Apr 2025
On a night in 1984, a college freshman listened to the music blaring through a night club. She grabbed her date’s hand and rushed out onto the dance floor. Her first year of college had its ups and downs, but it was nights like these that she’d grown to love – nights when she could stay out as late as she wanted with whoever she wanted. She and her date danced for hours, and then finally headed outside to his car, exhausted and happy. But this young woman had been having so much fun at the club with the guy she was with that she didn't notice someone else had been standing in the shadows watching her dance the whole night… and now that person was following her.For 100s more stories like these, check out our main YouTube channel just called "MrBallen" -- https://www.youtube.com/c/MrBallenIf you want to reach out to me, contact me on Instagram, Twitter or any other major social media platform, my username on all of them is @mrballenSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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On a night in 1984, a college freshman listened to the music blaring through a nightclub. A moment later, she grabbed her date's hand and rushed out onto the dance floor. Her first year of college so far had had its ups and downs, but it was nights like these that she'd grown to love. Nights when she could stay out as late as she wanted with whoever she wanted.
She and her date danced for hours and then finally headed outside to his car, exhausted and happy. But this young woman had been having so much fun at the club with the guy she was with that she hadn't noticed somebody else who had been standing in the shadows the whole time watching her dance. And now that same person was following her.
But before we get into that story, 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.
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On Sunday, May 27th, 1984, 18-year-old Laura Salmon left her dorm at Middle Tennessee State University, got into her beige Oldsmobile, and headed down the main road that cut through the college town of Murfreesboro. About 10 minutes later, Laura parked her car at a movie theater, stepped outside, and then waved to a young man who was waiting for her over at the box office.
The young man, whose name was Dan Goodwin, was one of the new friends Laura had made since starting her freshman year of college about eight months earlier. And this was the first time they'd gone out together, just the two of them. Laura wasn't sure if this was a date or not, but Dan's invitation for dinner and a movie definitely made it seem like it could be.
She and Dan said hello, and Dan told her he had not gotten the tickets yet, because he didn't know what movie she wanted to see. Laura smiled. A lot of guys she knew would have just picked whatever movie they wanted and not worried about what she wanted at all. The two of them settled on The Natural, a new baseball movie, and they bought some tickets.
Dan was a gentleman the whole time, opening doors for Laura, paying for everything, and getting the snacks that she wanted. And when they walked out after the movie ended, Laura was having a good time and was looking forward to dinner. Laura and Dan ate at a restaurant in the same shopping center as the movie theater, and they spent most of the meal getting to know each other better.
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