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A vivid, frightening novel collection of nine strange, dark, and mysterious stories, based on true events, from the mind behind the YouTube channel and hit MrBallen Podcast
John Allen, known popularly as “MrBallen,” has been enthralling audiences with his unique brand of storytelling ever since he burst onto the scene, covering strange and mysterious phenomena ranging from the unexplained screaming heard in parts of Nahanni Valley, the Kandahar Giant found in Afghanistan, UFOs appearing at a cattle ranch in Utah, and Allen’s own brush with the paranormal. Deeply researched and seriously compelling, the show rapidly gained a devoted fanbase for the raconteur himself and for the rarely-before-covered unsettling occurrences and true crimes that have taken place throughout the world.
In MrBallen Presents: Strange, Dark & Mysterious, Allen reveals the creepy underbelly of the human experience, charting bizarre and downright terrifying instances of the paranormal, the horrors of the natural world, and the danger of our own minds. With new, exclusive stories, this is a haunting collection filled with twists and surprises that will leave you thoroughly spooked.
* This audiobook includes a bonus story, “A Forest So Evil,” which is available for the first time in audio.
* This audiobook edition also includes a downloadable PDF that contains the map and Further Reading list from the book.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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Have you ever wondered what really goes on in the woods at night? These campers found out the hard way. In this collection of short scary stories, you'll hear real-life accounts of campers, who encountered strange entities in the woods. From the wendigo to the sasquatch, these reports will chill you to the bone. If you're looking for a good scare, this book is for you. But be warned: Once you start listening, you may never want to go camping again.
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Wow
- By LJ on 01-03-25
By: Tom Lyons, and others
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From Sh*t to Sunshine
- By: Raylynn Van Oort
- Narrated by: Raylynn Van Oort
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
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Raylynn Van Oort was horror-struck the day she was arrested. Most people would consider it the worst day of their lives. For her, it marked the beginning of her freedom. She was finally safe from an evil narcissist who inflicted years of physical, psychological, sexual, and spiritual abuse.
By: Raylynn Van Oort
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Twelve from Hell
- The Ultimate True Crime Case Collection
- By: Ryan Green
- Narrated by: Ernie Sprance, Steve White
- Length: 37 hrs and 34 mins
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This Ultimate True Crime Case Collection contains disturbing accounts of some of the most brutal and bizarre true crime stories in history. Often told from the killer’s perspective, Green’s riveting narratives draw the listener into the real-life horror experienced by the victims with all the elements of a classic thriller. This collection includes the stories of Harold Shipman, Fred and Rose West, the Kurim case, the Mockingbird Hill massacre, the Truro Murders, Herb Baumeister, Katherine Knight, Henry Lee Lucas, and Nannie Doss.
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HeLLa GooD Listening!
- By SisterSeven on 10-22-22
By: Ryan Green
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Cops' True Stories of the Paranormal
- Ghosts, UFOs, and Other Shivers
- By: Loren W. Christensen
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Bestselling author of nearly sixty books, retired cop Loren W. Christensen asked men and women in uniform—police officers, sheriff deputies, SWAT, command, correction officers, and MPs—to convey their experiences with the paranormal. These are veteran officers that have been there and done that, but on one occasion they were confronted with the unexplained.
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Great collection of various types of paranormal encounters!
- By Chelsea Butch on 06-24-24
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The Big Book of Monsters: Volume 1
- By: Josh Nanocchio
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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What is it about monsters that so terrifies us? Perhaps it's their supernatural nature? Their ability to disappear into the shadows and reappear without warning? Whatever the reason, tales of monsters have been with us since the dawn of time and show no sign of abating. In The Big Book of Monsters Vol I, Josh Nanocchio, acclaimed host of the popular YouTube channel What Lurks Beneath, has collected some of the most chilling, hair-raising, and downright unbelievable accounts of monster sightings from around the world.
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Informative
- By Angela on 07-17-24
By: Josh Nanocchio
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Wink Wink Nudge Nudge
- Sexual Exploits and Secrets from Inside a Sugar Daddy Website
- By: Brook Urick
- Narrated by: Brook Urick
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
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Fall into the sugaring underworld with Brook, who worked behind the scenes at notorious sugar daddy website SeekingArrangement while trying her own luck as a sugar baby. Part coming of age memoir and part exposé with a twist of grim dating advice, Brook’s story parallels her unusual relationship history with her ascension working for a pseudo-dating website designed to protect predatory men.
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Sugar Babies From the 1st person POV
- By Pete A Turner on 12-19-24
By: Brook Urick
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Camping Horror Stories
- Strange Encounters with the Unknown
- By: Tom Lyons, Steven Armstrong
- Narrated by: Conner Esquivel
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
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Have you ever wondered what really goes on in the woods at night? These campers found out the hard way. In this collection of short scary stories, you'll hear real-life accounts of campers, who encountered strange entities in the woods. From the wendigo to the sasquatch, these reports will chill you to the bone. If you're looking for a good scare, this book is for you. But be warned: Once you start listening, you may never want to go camping again.
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Wow
- By LJ on 01-03-25
By: Tom Lyons, and others
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From Sh*t to Sunshine
- By: Raylynn Van Oort
- Narrated by: Raylynn Van Oort
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Raylynn Van Oort was horror-struck the day she was arrested. Most people would consider it the worst day of their lives. For her, it marked the beginning of her freedom. She was finally safe from an evil narcissist who inflicted years of physical, psychological, sexual, and spiritual abuse.
By: Raylynn Van Oort
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Twelve from Hell
- The Ultimate True Crime Case Collection
- By: Ryan Green
- Narrated by: Ernie Sprance, Steve White
- Length: 37 hrs and 34 mins
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This Ultimate True Crime Case Collection contains disturbing accounts of some of the most brutal and bizarre true crime stories in history. Often told from the killer’s perspective, Green’s riveting narratives draw the listener into the real-life horror experienced by the victims with all the elements of a classic thriller. This collection includes the stories of Harold Shipman, Fred and Rose West, the Kurim case, the Mockingbird Hill massacre, the Truro Murders, Herb Baumeister, Katherine Knight, Henry Lee Lucas, and Nannie Doss.
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HeLLa GooD Listening!
- By SisterSeven on 10-22-22
By: Ryan Green
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Cops' True Stories of the Paranormal
- Ghosts, UFOs, and Other Shivers
- By: Loren W. Christensen
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Bestselling author of nearly sixty books, retired cop Loren W. Christensen asked men and women in uniform—police officers, sheriff deputies, SWAT, command, correction officers, and MPs—to convey their experiences with the paranormal. These are veteran officers that have been there and done that, but on one occasion they were confronted with the unexplained.
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Great collection of various types of paranormal encounters!
- By Chelsea Butch on 06-24-24
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The Big Book of Monsters: Volume 1
- By: Josh Nanocchio
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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What is it about monsters that so terrifies us? Perhaps it's their supernatural nature? Their ability to disappear into the shadows and reappear without warning? Whatever the reason, tales of monsters have been with us since the dawn of time and show no sign of abating. In The Big Book of Monsters Vol I, Josh Nanocchio, acclaimed host of the popular YouTube channel What Lurks Beneath, has collected some of the most chilling, hair-raising, and downright unbelievable accounts of monster sightings from around the world.
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Informative
- By Angela on 07-17-24
By: Josh Nanocchio
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Wink Wink Nudge Nudge
- Sexual Exploits and Secrets from Inside a Sugar Daddy Website
- By: Brook Urick
- Narrated by: Brook Urick
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Fall into the sugaring underworld with Brook, who worked behind the scenes at notorious sugar daddy website SeekingArrangement while trying her own luck as a sugar baby. Part coming of age memoir and part exposé with a twist of grim dating advice, Brook’s story parallels her unusual relationship history with her ascension working for a pseudo-dating website designed to protect predatory men.
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Sugar Babies From the 1st person POV
- By Pete A Turner on 12-19-24
By: Brook Urick
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Stay Out of the Woods
- Strange Encounters
- By: Tom Lyons
- Narrated by: Bryen Luethy
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
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The woods have fascinated outdoor enthusiasts for millennia. Thousands seek solace in the beauty of nature while exploring the lush forests of our planet. But sometimes, folks find something that doesn’t want to be found - dangers that should only lurk in the corner of your eye. If you buy this book, prepare to be shocked, scared, and even terrified.
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Creepy
- By Sharon Barrett on 05-13-22
By: Tom Lyons
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Dogman Frightening Encounters
- Dogman Frightening Encounters, Book 1
- By: Tom Lyons
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Nadolny
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
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Following the release of his best-selling series Bigfoot Frightening Encounters, author Tom Lyons was contacted by several individuals who were eager to discuss their encounters with the mysterious dogman species. This audiobook contains eight reports from people who were lucky to survive their terrifying experiences.
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good but....
- By Public name on 05-12-21
By: Tom Lyons
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The Unidentified
- Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained
- By: Colin Dickey
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
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In a world where rational, scientific explanations are more available than ever, belief in the unprovable and irrational - in fringe - is on the rise: from Atlantis to aliens, from Flat Earth to the Loch Ness monster, the list goes on. It seems the more our maps of the known world get filled in, the more we crave mysterious locations full of strange creatures. Enter Colin Dickey, cultural historian and tour guide of the weird.
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Skeptic's Analysis of Weird America
- By Adrian on 11-23-20
By: Colin Dickey
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The Fort Bragg Cartel
- Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces
- By: Seth Harp
- Length: 10 hrs
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As soon as Seth Harp, an Iraq war veteran and investigative reporter, begins looking into a double murder, he learns that there have been many more unexplained deaths at Fort Bragg recently, all with some apparent connection to drug-trafficking, as well as dozens of fatal overdoses. Drawing on trial transcripts, police records, and hundreds of interviews, Harp tells a scathing story of narco-trafficking in the Special Forces, drug conspiracies abetted by corrupt police, blatant military cover-ups, and American complicity in the Afghan heroin trade.
By: Seth Harp
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American Predator
- The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century
- By: Maureen Callahan
- Narrated by: Amy Landon
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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The names of notorious serial killers are usually well-known; they echo in the news and in public consciousness. But most people have never heard of Israel Keyes, one of the most ambitious and terrifying serial killers in modern history American Predator is the ambitious culmination of years of interviews with key figures in law enforcement and in Keyes's life, and research uncovered from classified FBI files. Callahan takes us on a journey into the chilling, nightmarish mind of a relentless killer, and to the limitations of traditional law enforcement.
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Why you shouldn’t listen to Reviews
- By jofi00 on 10-23-19
By: Maureen Callahan
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THE 'BABY DOLL' SERIAL KILLER
- The John Eric Armstrong Homicides
- By: B.R. Bates, Gerald Cliff
- Narrated by: Lee Ann Howlett
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
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Considered one of the most prolific serial killers in Michigan's history, John Eric Armstrong is believed to have attacked at least 10 people in Detroit between summer 1999 and spring 2000, killing five and forever changing the lives of five others. But his numbers beyond Detroit may be even more deadly: With his April 2000 arrest on Michigan Avenue, one of Detroit's thriving areas of prostitution, Armstrong confessed to numerous other killings around the country and world from serving in the Navy aboard the USS Nimitz in the 1990s.
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Probing the mind of a serial killer
- By Steven Gerweck on 10-28-24
By: B.R. Bates, and others
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Curated True Crime: Giant 10-Volume Set
- By: Jamie Malton, Aiden Galway
- Narrated by: Greg Sisco
- Length: 33 hrs and 5 mins
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This huge set of 10 Volumes of Curated True Crime - with over 160 stories in total - has some of the most gut wrenching, twisted, and disturbing murders ever.
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True Crime Treasure Trove
- By Wendy Wagner on 11-25-24
By: Jamie Malton, and others
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Gone Cold
- Death and Disappearances in the Northwoods
- By: Tim Marczenko
- Narrated by: Tim Marczenko
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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Hundreds have disappeared. So many that we've lost count. Once Search and Rescue teams pull out and the news cameras switch off, the spotlight on these individuals dim and the cases turn cold. What's more, hundreds of human remains are discovered every year and lie waiting to be identified in drawers, boxes, and unmarked graves scattered across Canada.
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The amazing number of missing individuals...and their stories.
- By Holly Money-Collins on 08-22-24
By: Tim Marczenko
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The Most Bizarre True Crime Stories Ever Told
- 20 Unforgettable and Twisted True Crime Cases that Will Haunt You
- By: Jack Rosewood
- Narrated by: Moose Warywoda
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
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The Most Bizarre True Crime Stories Ever Told delivers the horrifying, interesting, weird, and disturbing tales that really get true crime connoisseurs excited. Lock your doors, close your blinds, and get ready to hear about some of the strangest, and most bone-chilling true crime cases the world has ever seen.
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Don’t waste your money.
- By foster on 10-23-24
By: Jack Rosewood
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Without a Trace
- Unsolved Disappearances and Mysterious Vanishings
- By: Troy Taylor
- Narrated by: Charles Huddleston
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
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We all love a mystery - but what about a mystery that has no solution? Delve into the shadowy world of unsolved disappearances and people who have vanished without a trace, never to be seen again. Such strange and chilling tales run the gamut of the terrifying and the bizarre and include crime victims, lost explorers, ships vanished at sea, outdoor disappearances, and supernatural mysteries that defy all explanation.
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Not what I was expecting ...
- By leelee8888 on 03-18-21
By: Troy Taylor
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O.J.'s Moon
- Untold True Stories from the Other Side
- By: B.T. Wedemeyer
- Narrated by: B.T. Wedemeyer
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
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A few years ago, Brian Wedemeyer, an elementary school principal in rural Arizona, is watching a documentary about the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman when a question suddenly pops into his head. He expects to get a quick answer on his cell phone, but it is nowhere to be found. A former journalist, Wedemeyer does not give up. However, as he painstakingly searches through court transcripts from both criminal and civil trials, he uncovers some unbelievable stories on the other side of O.J.'s MOON.
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Intriguing and Thought Provoking
- By AudioBookReviewer on 11-18-24
By: B.T. Wedemeyer
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Love Me to Death
- The Chilling True Story of WIlliam “Wild Bill Cody” Neal—The Vicious Denver Lady-Killer
- By: Steve Jackson
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
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William Neal, who called himself "Wild Bill Cody," was seductive and skillful at separating love-struck women from their money, and ultimately, their lives. Apprehended by police, Neal, who proclaimed himself “better than Ted Bundy,” pleaded guilty to three murders then insisted on representing himself at his death penalty trial. But the psychopathic killer found himself up against the incredible courage of his one surviving victim.
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Disappointed
- By donald on 02-09-23
By: Steve Jackson
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- 10-08-24
Strange, Dark, and Mysterious
Loved it. From one of the best story tellers of our generation, Mr. Ballen outdoes himself again. I seriously hope he starts making these graphic novels every year. This was definitely intriguing and kept me interested all the way through.
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- Shamika
- 10-26-24
That he has a voice for narrating
It's Mrballen what not to love about the guy, been following this since discovering his video snipbit# on Facebook to YouTube
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- Ramone Benefield
- 12-02-24
Horrifyingly Amazing.
Love the Mr. Ballen YT channel and Podcast so the audio book was absolute must have. And listening to it was incredible, I was completely engulfed in the stories. 10 out of 10!
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- Amy Wofford
- 10-14-24
Fan since the very first TikTok then YouTube and Discord.
I love Mr. Ballen. I am a little disappointed in this book, though, the storytelling is amazing as always. But the entire book, even the extra story have all been told on his YouTube channel.
The extra unheard story was actually just uploaded yesterday on Sunday, October 13. I just think when you put out a book that you’re charging people for you would add more new stories than ones that have been told multiple times over since 2020. I am subscribed through TikTok,YouTube, FB, IG, and Discord.
I have purchased his merchandise in 2020/2021 (the very first ones that went out)before this last releases with Lungy. I love Frogs!!
I still rated it five stars across-the-board because Mr. Ballen is a fantastic storyteller ! I just hope with his next book he is able to keep some of those stories for the book only!
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- Patrick Lechner
- 10-28-24
Mr. Ballen is amazing
Though I had heard most of these before I'm always amazing at how engaging and immersive Mr. Ballen is with his craft. Highly recommended!
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- Tina Showers
- 11-04-24
Mcballen
I Luved it. It was great. Best storyteller of all times!!!!! Luv your youtube page.
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- Dani Bailey
- 10-07-24
Such a great storyteller
John’s storytelling has always been so invigorating and immersive, so I was very stoked when he announced his book and audiobook. Such a great list of stories that are sure to make you feel strange, dark, and mysterious 😋
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- Scott Kelly
- 10-07-24
Great stories well told
Mr Ballen is a great storyteller. I hope to see more books like this soon. Thanks
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- Jackie A
- 10-16-24
Very spooky!
Right after the chapter "What I Saw in my Room Still Haunts Me" was over I got full body chills from the story. Then, all of a sudden it sounded like something on the 2nd floor in my daughter's room fell. I jumped. All of this happened in the span of 2-3 seconds. I'm working from home today and am all alone.
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- Pauline
- 10-01-24
Proud fan
I just love how well Mr. Ballen keeps my attention with how he delivers a story… Always pulling me in untill the end …
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