MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

The Spy (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

06 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Late one night in February of 1986, a man returned to his home in Los Angeles, California after work. As he pulled into the driveway, he immediately n...

No Way Out

02 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features 3 stories that involve people who were trapped - with “no way out.” The audio from all three of these stories has been ...

Trick or Treat (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

27 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Late one night in 2004, a young woman was asleep in her downstairs bedroom when she suddenly was awoken by a bright light shining in through her bedro...

Campfire Stories

23 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today's podcast features 2 classic scary stories. The audio from both of these stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel and has been rema...

Who Would Do This? (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

20 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In 2015, Clyde, Ohio was one of the safest places to live in the entire United States. Basically, violent crime never happened there. So, on April 10t...

The Obsession

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features 3 unique stories about “obsessions.” The audio from all three of these stories has been pulled from our main YouTube ch...

Happily Ever After (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

13 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In 1979, at a hospital in Alabama, a neurologist hustled down the hallway and turned left into a particular room. Inside was a female patient, she was...

Medical Mishaps

09 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features 3 unique stories about "medical mishaps." The audio from all three of these stories has been pulled from our main YouTube c...

Pitch Pine Crescent (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

06 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In early spring of 2010, a 9-year-old boy living in Canada walked out of his school expecting to see someone from his family waiting outside in a car ...

Ghosts of Flight 401

02 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

My wife is a total skeptic. She does not believe in the paranormal whatsoever, and never has. But when I told her just a portion of today’s story, s...

House of Cards (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

30 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

One afternoon in the summer of 2001, a man pulled up to a pump at a gas station and began fueling his car. Once his car was full, the man put the nozz...

The Final Descent

26 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast will feature 3 “underwater diving” horror stories. The audio from all three of these stories has been pulled from our main YouTu...

I Hate The Yankees (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

23 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

One night in 2003, a man named Chris, who was living in Nashua, New Hampshire, drove from his house over to his girlfriend's house, which was only abo...

Workplace Horror Stories Vol. II

19 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features 3 workplace horror stories. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel, which is just c...

Number One Fan (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

16 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Late at night in the fall of 1990, a woman stopped her car in front of her mailbox to check her mail. After grabbing the stack of letters, immediately...

Deadly Contraptions

12 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features 3 unique stories that all involve deadly contraptions. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main YouTu...

Night Shift (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

09 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On a cold morning in the winter of 1984, the manager of a popular fast food joint in eastern Pennsylvania, slowly made his way up to the front door of...

Trespassers Be Warned

05 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features 3 unique stories that all involve trespassers. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main YouTube chann...

Psycho (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

02 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On a warm day in July 1989, 32 year old actress Sherry Davis stopped by her grandmother’s house in Los Angeles, California and she made a horrible d...

The Entertainer

29 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features 3 unique stories that all involve stunts gone wrong. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main YouTube...

The Secret Room

26 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 1953, a man had just moved into a new apartment in London, and as soon as he went inside he decided he wanted to renovate. So he started by pu...

Lurking In The Shadows

22 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features 3 separate, unique stories that all involve stalkers. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main YouTub...

Where the Mangos Grow (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

19 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

At 4 a.m. on August 28th, 2015, a phone rang inside the home of a man who lived in a little town in rural India. It was the police calling, and they n...

Something Is Out There

15 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features 3 separate, unique stories that share a theme -- "Something Is Out There." The audio from all three stories has been pulled...

A Walk in the Woods (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

12 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 1992, in a small town in Michigan, a woman decided to go for a walk in the woods with her five dogs. So she and her animals left the house she was ...

Internet Booby Traps

08 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features 3 separate, unique stories about the dangers of the internet. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our mai...

Shark Vomit (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

05 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 1935, guests at an aquarium in Sydney, Australia, were watching a huge tiger shark swim around a tank when suddenly the shark started acting strang...

Just Stay Inside

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features 2 separate, unique stories that will make you want to lock the doors and just stay inside. The audio from both of these sto...

Neighborhood Crime Watch (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

One night in the spring of 1984, a woman living in Florida, was suddenly startled awake by a blood curdling scream. She sat there wondering what to do...

Highway Hazards

24 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today's podcast features 3 stories that all involve highway hazards. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel, w...

The Omnivore Trials

21 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 2019, a family of four moved into a new house in a quiet suburb in Hawaii. They loved it, until they discovered the dark secret their house held. T...

Camping Horror Stories

17 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features 3 camping horror stories. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel, which is just cal...

Soap Opera (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

14 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Even though today’s story might initially seem like a fairly straightforward true crime story, I promise you it’s not. This story goes in a very u...

Harper's Law

10 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Late at night on August 15, 2019, two police officers in England were driving in an unmarked police car when all of the sudden right in front of them ...

Dungeons & Dragons (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

07 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

There is a game called Dungeons & Dragons that has been popular for decades all around the world. It is a highly immersive role playing game that ...

Caught in 4K

03 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 2021, police in Salt Lake City, Utah, discovered a strange video on someone’s phone. This video, which at first glance seems kind of playful, is ...

The Imposter (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

31 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the early morning hours of Saturday October 30th 2004, a man walked out of his suburban Virginia home and started walking down his driveway to get ...

Unwanted Strangers

27 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features 2 separate, unique stories that both involve the same thing, unwanted strangers. The audio from both of these stories has b...

Firestarter (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

24 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 1984, a 19 year old hardware store employee named Jim, was walking from one end of the store to the other, when he noticed something odd in one of ...

Blood Is Thicker Than Water

20 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features 3 separate, unique stories that all involve highly dysfunctional families. The audio from all three stories has been pulled...

Debbie's Last Dance (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

17 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 1982, a young woman walked up a flight of stairs to her friend’s apartment, and knocked on the door. As she did, she noticed the little window on...

Blue Haired Woman

13 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This story is about a baffling disappearance that happened in 2020 in a forest in California. The most unique aspect of this case is not the disappear...

Trapped

10 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast is about "places you CAN'T GO, and people who went anyways..." This will be a "top 3" style episode, so you’ll hear three unique s...

The People in White

06 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 2008, a teenager was hiking through a forest in California when he decided to stop and set up camp for the night. He walked several hundred feet of...

The Cindy Problem (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

03 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In February of 1985, a couple (a man and a woman) were sitting inside of a car chatting about their relationship, when the woman finally just turned t...

The Least Obvious Killer

29 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast is about "places you CAN'T GO, and people who went anyways..." This will be a "top 3" style episode, so you’ll hear three unique s...

The Ultimate Betrayal (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

26 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Late one night in November of 1975 a man came home from work and parked his car at the end of his driveway, which looped around the back of his h...

A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

22 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

To donate to the Blodgett family charity called, "The Love is Greater Than Hate Project," click this link: https://www.theloveisgreaterthanhateproject...

The Hunting Ground (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

19 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In March of 1990, a detective in Florida, who was investigating a missing person case, decided to search for them in a forested area near a busy highw...

Female Hannibal Lecter

15 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features 3 separate, unique stories that share a theme…. cannibals. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main...

Murder Island (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

12 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In late December of 2003, a 32 year old man named Russel drove along scenic back roads on an island off the coast of Washington State, until he arrive...

9/11

08 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

*Thank you Michael, Jenny, Braden, Bennett and Ty for allowing me to share your family's story.*Today’s podcast is Michael B. Wright's powerful firs...

Bathroom Man (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

05 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the fall of 1994, a 52 year old woman pulled into the driveway of her home in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and then turned her car off. As she sat ther...

Terror in the Skies

01 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features 3 separate, totally wild stories that all involve airplanes. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main...

Love Makes You Do Crazy Things (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

29 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 1996, an 18 year old college freshman named Diane, began acting strangely. She would suddenly break down and start crying hysterically, and then a ...

The Worst Death Story on the Internet

25 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast is about "places you CAN'T GO, and people who went anyways..." This will be a "top 3" style episode, so you’ll hear three unique s...

A Truly WTF Story (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

22 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 2016 a woman had just pulled into her driveway in her quiet neighborhood in Missouri, when suddenly her passenger door flung open and in jumped a m...

This Hole Has Killed 16 People

18 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast is a Top 3 style episode that will cover the most claustrophobic horror stories I've ever come across. The audio from these stories ...

Best Served Cold (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

15 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 2015, police in New York were alerted to a very strange death; The victim, who was a pillar of their own community, had died suddenly and unexpecte...

Weirdest Murder Motive Ever

11 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features two separate, unique stories that share a theme: crazy mysteries that were actually solved. The audio from these stories ha...

Dead Man Walking (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

08 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 2004, a woman living in Nashville, Tennessee, was sitting up in her bed one night trying to get some homework done for a Bible study class. As she ...

Vacations From Hell

04 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features two separate, unique stories that share a theme: vacation horror stories. The audio from these stories has been pulled from...

The Man in the Bowler Hat (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

01 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the late 1800s, a very strange hotel was constructed in Chicago, Illinois. From the outside, it looked perfectly normal, but the inside of the hote...

Workplace Horror Stories

28 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features two separate, unique stories that share a theme: workplace horror stories. The audio from these stories has been pulled fro...

Criss Cross (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

25 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 2010, a very successful Nashville, Tennessee music producer turned her car into her driveway, and pulled into her garage. After turning her car off...

The Hitchhikers

21 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features three separate, unique stories that share a theme: they are stories about hitchhiking. The audio from these stories has bee...

Ghost Story (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

18 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In mid-July 1977, a 38 year old woman was sitting in her living room talking to her husband, when suddenly, mid-sentence, she stood up, and said very ...

Austrian House of Horrors

14 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features two separate, unique stories that share a theme: stories that are so messed up they sound fake, but, they are actually true...

The Tube Sock Killer

11 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features two separate, unique stories that share a theme: mind boggling unsolved mysteries. The audio from these stories has been pu...

Open Water

07 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features three separate, unique stories that share a theme: stories that took place out on the ocean. The audio from these stories h...

The Slave Master (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

04 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

At 10:30pm on June 2, 2000, 15 year old Heather Robinson heard her family’s land line telephone ring, and so she picked it up. But before she could ...

Root of All Evil

30 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features two separate, unique stories that share a theme: The terrifying things people will do for money. The audio from these stori...

Found Footage (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

27 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Around 2am on April 6th 2018, a mysterious person walked down a snowy suburban street in Wadsworth, Ohio. At some point, this person came to a stop in...

Don't Get in the Water

23 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast is about "places you CAN'T GO, and people who went anyways..." This will be a "top 3" style episode, so you’ll hear three unique s...

Temple of Death (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

20 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On the morning of August 10th, 1991, in a little rural town in Arizona, two women walked across a parking lot toward a Buddhist temple. They were ther...

Do you know how to get to Bells Canyon?

16 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features two separate, unique, stories that are both themed around the same thing, strange events that took place in the wild. The f...

Shenandoah on Fire (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

13 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On September 6th, 1988, a middle aged woman named Cindy Borton, was washing dishes in her little house in Shenandoah, Iowa. As she did this, she heard...

The Worst Kidnappers in Australia

09 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 2008, a young man saw a strange looking dead animal lying on the side of the road. Curious, he stopped his car, got out and began walking over to s...

Cold Fusion (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

06 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Very late one night in 2004, a woman in Connecticut pulled into the driveway of a house that had just been put on the market for rent. She didn't know...

Family Secrets

02 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features two separate, unique, stories that are both themed around the same thing, family secrets. The first story you will hear is ...

The Sniper, The Blonde and The Beefcake (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

30 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

One September night in 2006, a man left his office in upstate New York and walked across the nearly vacant parking lot to his truck. When he climbed i...

The Man in Cobb Park

26 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features two separate, unique, stories that are both themed around the same thing, deaths that were completely avoidable. The first ...

YouTube Murder (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

23 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In May of 2009, someone in Guatemala uploaded an 18 minute long video to YouTube titled, “YouTube Murder." Within hours of it being published, the v...

Extreme Plot Twist

19 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features two separate, unique, stories that are both themed around the same thing, true crime stories that have big plot twists at t...

The Massacre (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

16 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On December 11th, 2006, in a beautiful little town in Italy, two men were out for a walk when they noticed a fire in a nearby second story apartment w...

The Demon Within

12 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features two separate, unique, stories that are both themed around the same thing, people who suddenly just snapped. The first story...

The Trust Game (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

09 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On March 22nd, 2003, a highly intelligent, very successful couple decided to play a strange new game. The game was very involved, and required handcuf...

Horror in Mexico

05 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features two separate, unique stories, that are both themed around the same thing, true Mexican horror. The first story you'll hear ...

Milk & Cookies (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

02 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On the morning of March 8, 1961, a 13 year old boy living near Seattle, Washington, walked up the front steps of his house, opened the front door and ...

The Headless Valley

28 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Located in the northwestern section of Canada lies an 11,000 square mile stretch of untouched wilderness called the "Nahanni Valley" (aka "The Headles...

A Living Hell (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

25 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 1995, an 18 year old named Reggie was serving a life sentence inside one of the most violent prisons in the USA. Reggie tried to keep his head down...

The Death Trap

21 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 2006 a couple found themselves lost in the rugged San Jacinto mountain range in California. Starving, dehydrated, and desperate, they stumbled upon...

The Devil Waits in the Bedroom (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

18 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 2010, a young tutor stepped inside of her student's apartment. At first it was quiet, then a terrified voice called to her from the back bedroom......

Real Life Kill Room

14 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 2008 in Canada, a highly controversial movie script found its way into the police’s hands. When they read it, they immediately told the film...

A Single Piercing Scream (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

11 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 2006, an adult son arrived at his parent’s farm to work for the day. When he got there, he expected to see his father out and about doing chores,...

This Island Has a Dark Secret

07 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

During World War 2, there was a horrific incident that occurred on a small island in the Pacific Ocean. At the time, the details of exactly what happe...

The Death Mask (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

04 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 2017, an aspiring teenage artist was invited to come out to an art college in Florida for a personalized tour of their campus. They told him to bri...

The Monster

31 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 1999 there was a rash of disappearances inside of the famous Yosemite National Park in California. When the police couldn't figure out where these ...

Online Dating (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

28 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 2012, a man living in Omaha, Nebraska met a woman on a dating website and after dinner, he invited her into his apartment. As they started getting ...

One, Two, THREE!

24 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 2012, a West Virginia father knocked on his 16 year old daughter's bedroom door, expecting her to open it up and say, "hello." But after knocking, ...