MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
Episodes
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, ...
Thumping Sounds (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 1995, a man was in his basement running on the treadmill when he heard thumping sounds coming from upstairs. He went upstairs to investigate, and a...
Wicked Game
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One morning in 1983, a truck driver was driving down a lonely Alaskan highway, when he saw a young girl come bounding out of the forest that butted up...
Terror in Tokyo (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On March 20, 1995, a crumpled up newspaper was spotted lying on the floor of a Tokyo, Japan train car. In Japan, the subways are always immaculately c...
Death Row
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Carol and Reggie Sumner were high school sweethearts in the late 1960s, but after graduation they broke up and went their separate ways. 40 years late...
These People Actually Exist (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On Christmas Eve in 1992, an 18 year old woman named Danita Gullette stepped outside of her place of work into the freezing Dayton, Ohio night air and...
Pure Evil
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 2012, a young man drove his truck into an Anchorage Alaska parking lot and came to a stop next to a small, bright teal colored shack. This shack wa...
Fire & Brimstone (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is the story of what is, quite possibly, the strangest outcome of a failed romantic relationship ever. In 2013, two young people who met on a dat...
Child Star
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 2004, a retired couple who had been living on a yacht, sailing the California coastline for the previous 2 years, learned they were going to be gra...
You're Dead (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 1992, a young mother received a package in the mail that had no return address on it. When she brought it inside her house and opened it up, she fo...
Scream
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 1990, two college students, who lived together in an apartment, suddenly stopped communicating with their friends and families. After a few days of...
The Hallway (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 2011, a young woman opened the door to her place of work, a sporting apparel store in Washington DC, and immediately realized something was wrong. ...
The Plot (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 2002, a very unlikely witness came forward to give the Everett Washington police some shocking information about a missing person. It was the break...
MrBallen Podcast Trailer
06 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hello fans of the Strange, Dark and Mysterious delivered in story format! Our first podcast episode will go live on the morning of February 14th, and ...