About this episode

This episode features three stories about individuals whose sources of happiness ultimately lead to their downfall.

Today, we have three stories about people who each have one big thing in their life that brings them a lot of happiness and purpose. But it also winds up being the thing that ruins their lives.

People in this episode

Host: MrBallen

Topics covered

• happiness
• purpose
• life ruin
• personal stories
• dark themes

Keywords

• happiness
• purpose
• life stories
• dark stories
• true crime

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