MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
by Ballen Studios
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Audience Interest
- true crime stories
- mystery narratives
Podcast Focus
- true crime and mystery
- story format delivery
Publishing Consistency
- 464 episodes released
- active for 4 years
Platform Reach
- available on SiriusXM Podcasts+
- Apple Podcasts access
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Most discussed topics
Brands & references
Total monthly reach
Estimated from 34 chart positions in 34 markets.
By chart position
- 🇺🇸US · True Crime#8300K to 1M
- 🇨🇦CA · True Crime#8300K to 1M
- 🇦🇺AU · True Crime#18300K to 1M
- 🇩🇪DE · True Crime#9530K to 100K
- 🇮🇳IN · True Crime#4300K to 800K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
583K to 1.8M🎙 Daily cadence·464 episodes·Last published today - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
1.9M to 6.2M🇺🇸16%🇨🇦16%🇦🇺16%+31 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
583K to 1.8M
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Platform Distribution
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From 36 epsHosts
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Recent episodes
The Invention
Jul 30, 2026
Unknown duration
Expertly Done (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Jul 29, 2026
Unknown duration
We're Going In (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Jul 27, 2026
Unknown duration
Don't Look Back | Campfire Stories with MrBallen
Jul 24, 2026
Unknown duration
No Way Out Vol. XI
Jul 23, 2026
Unknown duration
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/30/26 | The Invention | Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories about inventions you’ve definitely heard of, but I guarantee you’ve never heard the strange reasons they were actually used or why they were created. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel, which is just called "MrBallen," and has been remastered for today's podcast. | — | ||||||
| 7/29/26 | Expertly Done (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE) | Today, we have three stories about people who have a lot of experience in a particular area. But their confidence is exactly the thing that causes them to make a disastrous mistake. | — | ||||||
| 7/27/26 | We're Going In (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE) | On a morning in 2012, a young man was looking out at his backyard in West Virginia. A few days of heavy rain had opened up a sinkhole in the garden, and he was trying to fill it in... when suddenly, he noticed something plastic. He knelt down and pulled a plastic grocery bag out of the mud. He opened it, and as soon as he looked inside, he dropped it and backed away. | — | ||||||
| 7/24/26 | Don't Look Back | Campfire Stories with MrBallen | Welcome back to the campfire. This story took place in Malaysia in the 1970s. And even though when you first hear it, it's almost going to sound like urban legend. But it's not. | — | ||||||
| 7/23/26 | No Way Out Vol. XI | Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories that involve people who were trapped – with “no way out.” The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel, which is just called "MrBallen," and has been remastered for today's podcast. | — | ||||||
| 7/22/26 | Shiny Veneers (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE) | Today, we have three stories about people who went to great lengths to make themselves look good. But in each case, this completely backfired. | — | ||||||
| 7/20/26 | mysterycrime+3 | — | — | coastal France | bouncerbonfire+3 | — | 31m 50s | ||
| 7/17/26 | strange storiesunexplained phenomena+3 | — | — | — | strange storiesunexplained phenomena+3 | — | 32m 56s | ||
| 7/16/26 | mysteryaudio recording+3 | — | — | — | mysteryaudio recording+3 | — | 26m 19s | ||
| 7/13/26 | true crimemystery+3 | — | — | Tours | true crimemystery+6 | — | 34m 32s | ||
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| 7/10/26 | murder investigationdetective work+3 | — | — | — | murder casedetective+3 | — | 34m 10s | ||
| 7/9/26 | alien encountersunexplained phenomena+1 | — | Ballen StudiosMrBallen | — | alienuniverse+3 | — | 29m 43s | ||
| 7/8/26 | happinesspurpose+3 | — | — | — | happinesspurpose+3 | — | 26m 43s | ||
| 7/6/26 | familymystery+3 | — | — | — | fatherdaughter+3 | — | 38m 00s | ||
| 7/3/26 | dreamsmurder+3 | — | — | Indianapolis, Indiana | dreamsmurder+5 | — | 39m 15s | ||
| 7/2/26 | divine interventiontrue crime+3 | — | Ballen StudiosMrBallen | — | divine interventiontrue crime+3 | — | 31m 38s | ||
| 7/1/26 | Boys' Night Out (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE) | Today, we have two stories about some friends that just want to have a fun night out. But at some point during the evening, things take a disastrous turn. | — | ||||||
| 6/29/26 | Holding It Together (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE) | In October 1999, a 911 dispatcher in Austin, Texas was nearing the end of a long night shift when a strange call came in. The man said his guts had blown out of his stomach. The dispatcher asked him to explain what happened, but all the caller would say was that he just woke up and his guts were coming out. He was holding them in with his hand. And he needed an ambulance... NOW. | — | ||||||
| 6/26/26 | Full Stomach | Campfire Stories with MrBallen | Tonight's story is a classic scary story. It's so unbelievable that I think a lot of people are going to have a hard time believing it, but when this happened in Hong Kong, this story got picked up by many major outlets and was covered extensive – so that suggests there's some real credibility to this story. But ultimately, it's up to you to decide what you actually believe. Be sure to WATCH this episode on my YouTube channel! | — | ||||||
| 6/24/26 | Point of No Return (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE) | Today, I’m going to tell you two stories about people who found themselves in hopeless situations. But they made an unexpected choice that changed their lives – for better or worse. | — | ||||||
| 6/22/26 | Safe House (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE) | On a chilly February night in 2005, a young woman in Chicago was sitting down for dinner when her phone rang. It was her mom, who lived a few blocks away, and she told her daughter to come home... now. The young woman asked what was wrong, but her mom wouldn’t explain. She just said, RUN. And that’s when the young woman realized – the thing her family had been afraid of for so long… might have finally happened. | — | ||||||
| 6/19/26 | Fan Favorite - "Head for the Hills" | Today's story is a fan favorite that was previously published as Episode 291. 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 police dog named Indiana Bones jumped out. Indy quickly caught a scent and led his handler to a mound of dirt just off the path. Indy pawed at the dirt and revealed the top of a plastic bag. The dog’s handler reached into the dirt with her gloved hands, pulled out the bag, looked inside, and saw two dismembered human feet and a hand. Indy’s discovery would launch an investigation that would lead two L.A. detectives into the most insane case they’d ever worked – a case that would involve everything from Mexican drug cartels to a Canadian cannibal. | — | ||||||
| 6/18/26 | Defies Explanation Vol. II | Today’s podcast will feature 2 stories about unexplainable phenomena. The audio from both of these stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel, which is just called "MrBallen," and has been remastered for today's podcast. | — | ||||||
| 6/17/26 | Lived Once, Buried Twice (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE) | Today, I have 3 really good stories that all, in their own way, demonstrate that sometimes the truth really is stranger than fiction. | — | ||||||
| 6/15/26 | Killer Profile (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE) | One night in December 2011, a man sat in an internet cafe, anxiously staring at the words he’d just typed into a chat window. He was about to share his darkest secret with someone he’d only ever talked to online. It was the kind of secret that could destroy him, and he knew sending it was a mistake – but the loneliness was unbearable, and he had to tell someone. So after a long pause... he hit send. | — | ||||||
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What the show covers
- true crime and mystery
- story format delivery
- strange and dark content
- hosted by MrBallen
Audience interests
- true crime stories
- mystery narratives
- strange occurrences
- dark themes
Platform reach
- available on SiriusXM Podcasts+
- Apple Podcasts access
- growing listener base
- no specific platforms detected
Publishing consistency
- 464 episodes released
- active for 4 years
- weekly episode cadence
- reliable content schedule
Chart history for MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
Peaked at #4 in India, top 10 in 8 of 34 tracked markets, currently #4 in India.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| PH | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| South Africa | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| IL | — | #6 | #6 | — |
| United States | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| Canada | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| ID | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| Japan | — | #10 | #10 | — |
| AE | — | #12 | #12 | — |
| MY | — | #12 | #12 | — |
| SG | — | #15 | #15 | — |
| TH | — | #15 | #15 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #17 | #17 | — |
| Australia | — | #18 | #18 | — |
| HU | — | #20 | #20 | — |
| Finland | — | #25 | #25 | — |
| CZ | — | #26 | #26 | — |
| South Korea | — | #27 | #27 | — |
| SA | — | #31 | #31 | — |
| CO | — | #32 | #32 | — |
Chart Positions
34 placements across 34 markets.
Chart Positions
34 placements across 34 markets.