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
  • Death of a Salesman (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

    Death of a Salesman (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
    Apr 21 2025

    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 awakened by a strange noise. It was unlike anything Kathy had ever heard – a faint, eerie, rattling hiss. After a few seconds, the sound faded and Kathy tried to go back to sleep, but now she was too anxious. So she got up and crossed to the window. She opened the blinds and looked across the lake's glassy surface. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary. But then she nearly jumped out of her skin when a loud, metallic banging noise sounded right below her window. Someone was pounding on the screen door. Kathy hurried downstairs, wondering who could be bothering her at this time of night. She considered not answering, but Mirror Lake was a safe community. There had to be a reasonable explanation… so she opened the door. Through the screen, she could see someone standing in the darkness. Kathy asked who it was and what they wanted - but the figure didn’t respond. By now, Kathy was absolutely terrified, so she switched on the porch light. And when she saw what was in front of her, she reeled back in horror.


    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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    37 mins
  • The Job Offer

    The Job Offer
    Apr 17 2025

    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, this is definitely a mature audiences only type of story. That said, it is a fascinating story, and the ending is something that very few of you are going to see coming. It's going to feel kind of predictable throughout most of the story, and then the end completely changes your impression of the story.

    Story name, preview & link to original YouTube video:

    • #1 -- "The Job Offer" -- A crazy mystery unravels after people begin going missing in a small city in China (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zykdjsg1V1c)


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

    You Can't Cross That Line (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
    Apr 15 2025

    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 natural world, the wilderness still holds secrets we cannot understand.


    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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    30 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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