MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

One Foot Out The Door (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

01 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Just after 7 p.m. on June 16th, 2010, an employee at the Palmdale, California Sheriff’s Department tapped his fingers on his desk and sighed. The de...

Tight Squeeze

28 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast will feature two claustrophobia inducing stories about cave explorers. The audio from both of these stories has been pulled from our...

The View From Above (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

25 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On a crisp fall morning in 2007, a small airplane took flight over the forested town of Graham, Washington. The pilot was a detective with the Pierce ...

The Last Trip

21 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories of journeys that promised adventure, but led somewhere far more sinister. The audio from all three stories ha...

Storytime with MrBallen | Tom Segura

20 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today's episode is something completely new! But don't worry, it's in addition to the regular episodes!For the first time ever, I am interviewing a gu...

The Fugitive (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

18 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In September of 2021, a young woman named Anna Moriah Willson – who everybody just called “Mo” – stood in front of a cheering crowd at the end...

The Scheme

14 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Some people will lie, cheat, and steal to get ahead, but today’s podcast features two wild stories where those so-called “master plans” fall apa...

The Receipt (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

11 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On the afternoon of March 24, 2006, an employee at a moving truck rental company in Ohio opened his desk drawer and grabbed a wad of cash. It had been...

What's in the Basement?

07 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s story is one I told several years back on YouTube, but in 2024 during my live tour, I brought this one back out and gave it a complete overh...

The Late Shift (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

04 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In June of 1980, a car jolted to a stop in a parking lot on the outskirts of a small Utah suburb. The car door opened, a man stepped out into the dark...

Medical Mysteries - "No Reservations/The Bitter End"

31 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This story is a fan favorite from MrBallen's Medical Mysteries.No Reservations:A Spanish marathon runner develops a mysterious obsession with gourmet ...

The Watercooler (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

28 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On a morning in early-1986 in Arizona, someone sat hunched over a desk, furiously writing a letter. And almost every line of this letter included a di...

A Trail of Questions

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast will feature 3 hiking horror stories that are still shrouded in mystery. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our m...

Murder and Meditation (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

21 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

One September afternoon in 2003, a woman in Tucson, Arizona, heard a knock on her front door and answered it. She was surprised to see a Tucson police...

No Way Out Vol. VII

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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

Tinseltown (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In December 2007, a lab technician sat at a table covered in dozens of evidence bags. The technician wasn’t sure where to start, because the bags di...

Follow the Leader

10 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast will feature 2 horror stories about manipulative people who twisted others’ faith into fear. The audio from both of these stories ...

Bad Blood (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

07 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On a chilly night in March 2012, a wiry, 56-year old man with a patchy beard trudged through a backyard in rural Iowa with his coat pulled tight, drag...

Diagnosis Vol. III

03 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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

The Body in the Bathtub (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On the morning of January 13, 2010, two twin girls nicknamed Tas and Jas stood at the kitchen counter in their home in Conyers, Georgia, writing notes...

La Mussara

26 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s story is about a group of friends who travel to this supposedly haunted abandoned town up in the mountains in Spain, and when they get there...

MrBallen and the Art of Storytelling

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join my sister and me as we dive into the art of storytelling in this never-before-seen Live Podcast Recording Presented by Audible!WATCH the full eve...

Medical Mysteries - "She Haunts Me"

23 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This story is a fan favorite from MrBallen's Medical Mysteries.In the late 1800s, a young man in rural New England comes down with a deadly illness kn...

Forsaken Mission

19 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast will feature 3 military horror stories. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel and has been ...

Death of a Dentist (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

One day in the spring of 2006, a detective stood next to a refrigerator in her police station, holding a little container full of evidence. She knew t...

Stranger Than Fiction Vol. X

12 Jun 2025

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 stories has bee...

You Can't Risk It (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is a special bonus episode of "You Can't"Today, I’m going to tell two stories about how an idea that might seem brilliant in the moment… can ...

The Dog and the Golden Gun (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On a cold winter night in 1999, a man drove down a dark street towards his house in a small Iowa town. Suddenly, he saw something glowing in his headl...

The Discovery

05 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories about terrifying discoveries people made that would change their lives forever. The audio from all three stor...

The Red Sandals (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

02 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 1984, in a small city in northeastern China, a security guard stood outside of a warehouse, working an overnight shift. The guard heard a noise com...

Deadly Catch

29 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast will feature 2 horrifying stories that both take place on the open sea. The audio from both of these stories has been pulled from ou...

The Man Who Knocks At Windows (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

26 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A seven-year-old boy cowered in the closet of his family’s suburban home in Florida. He was buried beneath jackets and sports gear, listening to scr...

Closer to God

22 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Every now and again, I’ll find a story that’s just really upsetting to me. Now, obviously a lot of the stories I cover are all quite distressing. ...

Skin Deep (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

19 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On a summer morning in 2007, a woman was working in the printing shop she owned in a suburban strip mall. Suddenly, she heard a loud banging noise com...

We Are Not Alone Vol. II

15 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories that reveal we may not be alone in this universe. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our m...

You Can't Read This Book (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is a special bonus episode of "You Can't"One night in 2020, a woman named Beth Van Oss paced back and forth in a small room in the house she shar...

Medical Mysteries - "The Carancas Curse"

12 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This story is a fan favorite from MrBallen's Medical Mysteries.In September 2007, a meteor strike leaves a massive crater in the high Peruvian desert,...

Unbelievable

08 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast will feature 3 unbelievable true stories. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel, which is j...

The Piranha (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

05 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 2011, a police officer spotted a woman on a busy street in Japan, and he couldn’t believe what he was seeing. He looked at a photo on his phone, ...

Camping Horror Stories Vol. V

01 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast will feature 2 camping horror stories. The audio from both of these stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel and has be...

The Promise Keeper (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Defies Explanation

24 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast will feature 2 stories about unexplainable phenomena. The audio from both of these stories has been pulled from our main YouTube cha...

Death of a Salesman (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

21 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On a June night in 1997, Kathy Peters was asleep at her home in Mirror Lake, a quiet neighborhood of Sarasota, Florida. Around 3:45 AM, she was awaken...

The Job Offer

17 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s story comes out of China, and it is a brutal story. There’s just no way to tell it without being sort of graphic, so with that in mind, th...

The Good Neighbors (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

14 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It was a frigid December day in a small logging town in Maine, roughly an hour’s drive from the US-Canadian border. And despite the falling snow, Ch...

Stranger Than Fiction Vol. IX

10 Apr 2025

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 stories has bee...

You Can't Cross That Line (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is a special bonus episode of "You Can't"I’m going to tell two stories that prove that no matter what we think science can tell us about the na...

Ice and Fire (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On a night in March of 2017, a bonfire lit up the yard at a house party in Youngstown, Ohio. A group of friends in their 20s and 30s sat around the fi...

Unsolved

03 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast will feature 2 borderline unbelievable stories that remain a mystery to this day. The audio from both of these stories has been pull...

The Crawlspace (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On a cold winter day in 2013, police officers rushed through the dense woods outside of a small town in Kentucky. They weaved their way through the tr...

Medical Mysteries - "Blood Feast"

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This story is a fan favorite from MrBallen's Medical Mysteries.One night in 1944, over 300 patients at a mental hospital in Oregon become violently si...

The Business of Death (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 2002, two days after Halloween, a police officer stepped out of a house in the small town of Navasota, Texas. He shielded his eyes from the early m...

Open Sea

20 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast will feature 2 sailing horror stories. The audio from both of these stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel, which is ...

Murder on Steroids (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

17 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On a summer night In 2013, newlyweds Joe and Olga Connell walked into their condominium in Wilmington, Delaware. Joe flipped on the light and sat down...

Vanished

13 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories about people who vanished without a trace. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main You...

You Can't Leave That Way (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is a special bonus episode of "You Can't"Today's story is about a woman who goes missing from a psychiatric hospital in 1900. Now at first, this ...

Helium Road (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On a night in 2013, a woman in her 30s named Erin heard loud banging on her front door. She opened the door and saw her best friend Robin standing the...

Under the Bricks

06 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s story, you very likely will at some point go, “Okay, I know where this is going." But you won’t. Because the ending to this story is ...

The Mutant (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

03 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On a day in 2001, a veteran homicide detective put on his gloves and stepped into a cluttered bedroom. He’d been working a murder case for months, b...

The Creature

27 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast will feature 3 horror stories about people’s run-ins with unidentified beings. The audio from all three stories has been pulled fr...

Goodbye Uncle Jack (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

24 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Late one afternoon in the summer of 2014, a pawnshop owner was updating his inventory logs when the bell above the front door jingled. A young couple ...

Something is in the Woods

20 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast will feature 3 horrifying stories that will make you wonder who or what may be lurking in the forest. The audio from all three stori...

Sick Day (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

17 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On a morning in 2002, a man in Indianapolis, Indiana woke up in a cold sweat. His hands shook as he tried to block out the images he’d seen in his s...

Stranger Than Fiction Vol. VIII

13 Feb 2025

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 stories has bee...

You Can't Run From This (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is a special bonus episode of "You Can't"I’m going to tell two stories about two very different haunted places. And even though these stories t...

Medical Mysteries - "A Rare Bird"

10 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This story is a fan favorite from MrBallen's Medical Mysteries.In 2020, a career-driven young woman in Ohio begins to hallucinate strange sounds and f...

Do Not Enter

06 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories about places people were never meant to venture. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our ma...

Texas Shootout (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

03 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On an early morning in 2018, a woman in her 50s stood in the doorway of her bedroom in Austin, TX – firing off shots from her .357 revolver into the...

The Witching Hour

30 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast will feature 2 stories about people who have sinister intentions. The audio from both of these stories has been pulled from our main...

A Dead Body for Christmas (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

27 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On Christmas morning of 2010, snow fell on a quiet suburb in South West England. But just after 9:00 a.m., the quiet was shattered by the sound of pol...

Diagnosis Vol. II

23 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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

The Butcher (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

20 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

At 3:45 a.m. on a morning in 2003, police cars raced down a street in a small, sleepy English village. A Detective Inspector stepped out of his car an...

For the Love of Money

16 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast will feature 2 stories that prove that money is the root of all evil. The audio from both of these stories has been pulled from our ...

You Can't Hide Here (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

14 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is a special bonus episode of our new format called, "You Can't"On a dark fall night in 2010, two detectives stood in the street in an upscale su...

Trick-or Treat-or-Die (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

13 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On Halloween night in 1957, a group of children ran towards a brand new house in a suburban neighborhood outside of Los Angeles, California. This hous...

Pure Evil

09 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast will feature 3 acts of pure evil. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel, which is just call...

The Stranger (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the fall of 2003, two detectives were in the middle of a year-long homicide case, involving the brutal murder of a 19 year-old girl. And for the fi...

No Way Out Vol. VI

02 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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

A Shot in the Dark (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

30 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On a spring morning in 2017, a mother of three in Evansville, Indiana logged onto Facebook and noticed a story in her news feed that made her heart st...

Medical Mysteries - "A Change in Fortune"

26 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This story is a fan favorite from MrBallen's Medical Mysteries.On a hot September day in 1986, a family in Goiania, Brazil, suddenly begin feeling sic...

One of Their Own (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

23 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On a fall night in 1987, a young woman was walking down the middle of a dark street in a rural Kentucky town. She heard a car turn onto the street beh...

The Ingenues

19 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Several years ago, prank videos were huge on YouTube. Basically, a Prank YouTube channel would go out in public, and they would do something to some u...

Head for the Hills (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

16 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In January of 2012, a police truck parked on a trail in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California. A member of the K-9 Unit opened the door, and a poli...

The City of Death

12 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

One of my former teammates from back when I was a Navy Seal had one of the most insane stories you will ever hear. He gave me permission to tell his s...

Murder on the Answering Machine (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

09 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On a fall night in 1998, a woman walked into her kitchen after being out all day and tossed her keys onto the counter. She saw the light on her answer...

Stranger Than Fiction Vol. VII

05 Dec 2024

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 stories has bee...

Square Dance of Death (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

02 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On a cold December night in 2013, a 59-year-old widow stood on stage at a square dance club in Arkansas, watching some of her closest friends dance to...

An Unforgettable Fare

28 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s story is a good old fashioned spooky story. It’s about a missing person in Taiwan, and it takes a totally bizarre turn, and I will say mos...

The Lipstick on the Wall (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On a summer morning in 2001, a woman in Alabama woke up in a cold sweat – like she’d just had a nightmare. But the woman knew what she saw while s...

Ghost Town

21 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast will feature 2 stories about ghost towns. The audio from both of these stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel, which ...

In the Weeds (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On a Monday afternoon in 1986, medical staff at a clinic in San Antonio, Texas were starting to get worried, because their most respected nurse had no...

Clinical Lycanthropy

14 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The crime at the center of today’s story is considered one of the most disturbing and heinous of all time.Story name, preview & link to original You...

Big Bang (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

11 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On a fall evening in 1996, a young detective sped through the streets of Tucson, Arizona towards an upscale country club. All he knew was that someone...

From Beyond

07 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast will feature 2 spooky stories about messages from beyond. The audio from both of these stories has been pulled from our main YouTube...

Underworld (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On a Monday afternoon in December 2001, a pair of police officers walked in the side door of a big old farmhouse in the woods in Loudoun County, Virgi...

Diagnosis

31 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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

Swap Meet (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In April 2009, in a crowded shopping center in broad daylight, a young woman was walking to her car, when suddenly a strange-looking man came out of s...

Monsters Among Us Vol. III

24 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories that will make you wonder how many monsters you may have encountered in your life. The audio from all three s...

Medical Mysteries - "Common Ground"

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This story is a fan favorite from MrBallen's Medical Mysteries.A boy in Minnesota is rushed to the emergency room with one of the worst food poisoning...

Daydreamers

17 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In our lives, all of us have to make really difficult decisions from time to time. Sometimes we make the right call, and other times we don’t. Today...