MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

By: Ballen Studios
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  • The Strange, Dark & Mysterious delivered in podcast format.

    Follow the MrBallen Podcast on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes publish twice a week—every Monday and Thursday. Prime members can listen to new episodes 1-month early and all episodes ad-free on Amazon Music. Wondery+ subscribers can listen ad-free in the Wondery App or on Apple Podcasts.
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Episodes
  • The Crawlspace (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

    The Crawlspace (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
    Mar 31 2025

    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 trees, keeping their eyes peeled, and finally, one of them shouted out. He saw what they were looking for in the distance. The other officers quickly followed him into a clearing, and there, they saw a man with a long gray beard sitting in a large self-made camp. It looked like the man had been living out in the woods for months. The officers stared at him, and they almost couldn’t believe it, because they had finally tracked down the man who they thought could help solve a murder that had taken place a year earlier in a town 150 miles away.


    For 100s more stories like these, check out our main YouTube channel just called "MrBallen" -- https://www.youtube.com/c/MrBallen

    If you want to reach out to me, contact me on Instagram, Twitter or any other major social media platform, my username on all of them is @mrballen

    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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    36 mins
  • Medical Mysteries - "Blood Feast"

    Medical Mysteries - "Blood Feast"
    Mar 27 2025

    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 sick after eating dinner. Many of them die. An investigation is quickly launched to determine the source of this deadly illness. Was there something wrong with the food itself? Or could it have been the work of a deranged killer?

    Listen Now: Wondery.fm/MBMM


    For 100s more stories like this one, check out my YouTube channel just called "MrBallen" -- https://www.youtube.com/c/MrBallen

    If you want to reach out to me, contact me on Instagram, Twitter or any other major social media platform, my username on all of them is @MrBallen

    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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    26 mins
  • The Business of Death (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

    The Business of Death (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
    Mar 24 2025

    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 morning sunlight, then ducked under the band of yellow tape that surrounded the house. The officer had been working all night and really needed a break. So he went down to the sidewalk and lit a cigarette. And as he smoked, his eyes fell on a muddy ditch that ran alongside the street. He saw something in the ditch that looked out of place. He walked closer and crouched down to examine the object. And when he saw what it was, his heart started racing. Because lying in the ditch was a mask. Under different circumstances, finding a mask two days after Halloween wouldn’t be that strange. But this wasn’t the kind of mask you’d buy at a costume shop... and the officer had found it 25 yards from the site of a murder.


    For 100s more stories like these, check out our main YouTube channel just called "MrBallen" -- https://www.youtube.com/c/MrBallen

    If you want to reach out to me, contact me on Instagram, Twitter or any other major social media platform, my username on all of them is @mrballen

    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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    34 mins

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This guy has an amazing talent for story telling!!

As soon as I stumbled upon Mr. Ballen's YouTube channel, I immediately binged everything I could find and wanted more. The crazy thing is I'm not a horror fan... I do not even watch scary movies... I don't really believe in ghosts or the supernatural, but something about the way he tells these stories just captivates you from start to finish! He keeps me entertained and totally intrigued. Mr. Ballen, thank you for being you and being so awesome! If I could have given this podcast 10 stars, I would have.

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wild story!

i really enjoy your strange, dark and mysterious delivered in story format podcast and you tube channel! I miss the days of the strange, dark and mysterious delivered in story format 3 or 4 times a week but I do much appreciate 1 or 2 a week still. you are by far my favorite and u are great at what u do! could u please tell a couple stories about being a navy seal????

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MrBallen is just amazing 👏

always interesting and entertaining. best story teller in the world. I have seen and listened to everything he's done. thanks for being so awesome. you're appreciated. 💜

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one of the best!

MrBallen is one of the best storytellers I've heard. I follow him on YouTube and when I learned he had a podcast I was over the moon!

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I came from youtube because I was content starved, lol! longtime Mr.Ballen fan here for sure!

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Good Job Ballen

I truly enjoy the stories and the way you tell them. it's astounding how many crazy unknown situations there are out there.

I'm especially interested in the deep woods missing 411 stories. Also, I can't remember what episode, but the one where they record the voices of those animals in the woods, at that hunting camp In the 70's.

That was intelligent communication. whatever that was in the woods is not known to is at this point. That to me is very interesting.

Keep up the good work Ballen!!!

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Very professionally done!

I Love these podcasts, they are very well done and keep me on the edge of my seat till the end of the podcast, I only wish he had more than 2022 to listen to!

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A perfect telling of a classic true horror story

What a great rendition of the horrific case...No easy feat considering all the crazy details. Once again good job!

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Love MrBallen!

He is a great story teller & shows the upmost respect for any victims he talks about.

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Always Chilling

As always Mr Ballen delivers a chilling plot twisting story. Worth your time every time.

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