MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

Both of today's stories are about people who actually achieved their big career ambitions.... more

On June 20th, 2004 a restaurant manager stood at the host stand of a seafood spot in Orang... more

Today's story is a fan favorite that was previously published as Episode 281. On a fall ev... more

Today’s story has a very surprising ending, and I do sort of tip off what actually happens... more

Today's stories are about how sometimes doing what you think is the right thing... can act... more

On an evening in March 1974, an investigator in Salt Lake City, Utah sat across an interro... more

Today's story is a fan favorite that was previously published as Episode 269. On a spring ... more

Today’s podcast features 3 stories that involve people who were trapped – with “no way out... more

Today’s stories are about people who try to control fate… and end up causing historic leve... more

On the morning of December 10, 1995, a detective walked into a house on a quiet street in ... more

Today's story is a fan favorite that was previously published as Episode 251. On the after... more

Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories about people who headed into the extreme cold, and ... more

Today, I’m going to tell you two stories about people who wanted to do something impressiv... more

Just after midnight on May 12, 2006, a man woke up in his quiet London suburb to the sound... more

Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories that will make you wonder how many monsters you may... more

Today's story is about a fiction writer who used her own life as inspiration – until her l... more

In the early morning hours of March 27, 2003, a four-year-old boy was lying in bed in rura... more

In today’s episode, we are doing something a little different. For the first time ever, I’... more

Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories about acts so strange and unsettling, they blur the... more

Today, I’m going to tell you two stories about people who unknowingly risked everything to... more

In December 2005, a young woman walked down a sidewalk in New York City. There were Christ... more

Today's story is a fan favorite that was previously published as Episode 318. This story i... more

Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories of missing people that we just can’t explain. The a... more

Today, I’m going to tell you two stories about people who communicated with the right inte... more

One morning in May 1993, a man living outside Chicago, Illinois, stepped out onto his fron... more