MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

Brute Force (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

29 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It was a freezing cold morning in mid-January 2004 when a repair crew for the local electric and gas company in Princeton, NJ decided to take a break ...

Historical Legends

25 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features 3 stories about historical legends. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel, which i...

Talking to the Dead (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

22 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On March 22nd, 1994, four people were sitting in a circle inside of a dark hotel room. In front of them was a homemade ouija board, which is something...

The Final Descent Vol. II

18 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today's podcast features 3 "underwater diving" horror stories. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel, wh...

Bosom Black as Death (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

15 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In January of 1994, two teenagers were sitting in a bedroom in Texas studying for their one of their classes. At some point, one of the teens picked u...

In the Grips of Death

11 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features 2 stories about people who survived seemingly certain death. The audio from both of these stories has been pulled from...

Trespassers Be Warned Vol. II

04 May 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...

Man on a Mission (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

01 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On the night of June 17th, 1977, Chuck Morgan, the father of four young girls, sped down a dark road outside of Tucson, Arizona, and as he drove, he c...

Folie à Deux

27 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features 3 stories about people with shared delusions. The audio from all three of these stories has been pulled from our main ...

The Barn (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

24 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the early 1990s, a teenager snuck into the barn right outside of his family's property and climbed up into the rafters. Once he was safely tucked a...

The Black Sheep

20 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features 2 stories about “dysfunctional families.” The audio from both of these stories has been pulled from our main YouTube ch...

The Forever Home (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

17 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On the night of January 16th, 1984, 9-year-old Annie Swartz woke up suddenly to the sound of voices coming from somewhere outside of her door. When sh...

The Meeting

13 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s story is about a typical middle-class American family that had everything going for them. Mom and dad were still totally in love 25 years af...

The Golden Years (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

10 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Colon, Nebraska is one of the smallest and safest towns in America. So, back in June of 2003, when a few Colon residents received a call asking them t...

Stranger Than Fiction

06 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. And today’s podcast features 3 stories that demonstrate that. The audio from all three of these storie...

Small Town Secrets (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

03 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the fall of 1995, firefighters in Pleasant Garden, North Carolina responded to a call about a fire in a suburban neighborhood. When they got there,...

Look Again (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

30 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

One evening in February of 1992, a newly married man who lived in a quiet, peaceful neighborhood in Minnesota returned home from work. When he walked ...

Camping Horror Stories Vol. II

27 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features 3 camping horror stories. The audio from all three of these stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel and has b...

Don't Leave the Trail

23 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features 3 stories that will make you think twice before leaving the trail. The audio from all three of these stories has been pulle...

My Daughters (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

20 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In early 1982, the biggest news by far in Minocqua, Wisconsin was a series of bank robberies that had all 3,300 residents looking over their shoulders...

The Pale Horse

16 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In 1988, a waitress who was living in central Florida had just begun her shift at a local diner when she’s standing in the middle of the restaurant,...

Momma's Boy (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

13 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

One night in the winter of 1958, a pregnant young woman was getting ready for bed, when she heard a sudden, loud knock at her front door. She walked o...

Fava Beans and Chianti

09 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast features 3 stories about "cannibals." The audio from all three of these stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel and ha...

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...