MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
by MrBallen
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Point of No Return (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Jun 24, 2026
31m 33s
Safe House (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Jun 22, 2026
37m 17s
Fan Favorite - "Head for the Hills"
Jun 19, 2026
41m 54s
Defies Explanation Vol. II
Jun 18, 2026
33m 45s
Lived Once, Buried Twice (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
Jun 17, 2026
26m 14s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 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. You can WATCH all new & exclusive MrBallen podcast episodes on 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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | 31m 33s | ||||||
| 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. You can WATCH all new & exclusive MrBallen podcast episodes on 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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | 37m 17s | ||||||
| 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. You can WATCH all new & exclusive MrBallen podcast episodes on 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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | 41m 54s | ||||||
| 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. Story names, previews & links to original YouTube videos: #2 -- "Two Faced" -- A man is filled with a deep sense of foreboding after a ghastly sight in his mirror (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6m1ImVG1MQ)#1 -- "Make It Rain" -- An inmate has an incredibly weird ability (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXd2m_4oBuY) You can WATCH all new & exclusive MrBallen podcast episodes on 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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | 33m 45s | ||||||
| 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. You can WATCH all new & exclusive MrBallen podcast episodes on 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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | 26m 14s | ||||||
| 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. You can WATCH all new & exclusive MrBallen podcast episodes on 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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | 43m 03s | ||||||
| 6/12/26 | Teke Teke | Campfire Stories with MrBallen✨ | ghost storiescampfire tales+4 | — | SimplecastAdsWizz | Japanwestern Massachusetts | Teke Tekecampfire stories+6 | — | 30m 44s | |
| 6/11/26 | Deadly Plans✨ | true crimedisturbing plans+3 | — | MrBallenThe Last Tenant+1 | YouTube | true crimedisturbing lengths+3 | — | 34m 06s | |
| 6/10/26 | An Unlikely Witness (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)✨ | true crimeinvestigation+3 | — | SimplecastAdsWizz+1 | — | true crimeinvestigation+4 | — | 35m 31s | |
| 6/8/26 | Too Much Blood (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)✨ | true crimemurder investigation+3 | — | — | Rochester, New York | murderdrug dealer+5 | — | 33m 17s | |
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| 6/5/26 | Fan Favorite - "The Lipstick on the Wall"✨ | true crimehorror+3 | — | Episode 285 | Alabamasmall rural town | crime sceneAlabama+5 | — | 35m 19s | |
| 6/4/26 | A Trail of Questions Vol. II✨ | hiking horror storiesmystery+3 | — | MrBallen | China | hikinghorror stories+5 | — | 31m 35s | |
| 6/3/26 | You Next (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)✨ | true crimefamily+3 | — | MrBallenSimplecast+1 | EnglandYouTube | true crimefamily+4 | — | 26m 57s | |
| 6/1/26 | Closing Time (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)✨ | true crimemystery+3 | — | last will and testamentnote+1 | Massachusetts | disappearancemurder+5 | — | 37m 57s | |
| 5/29/26 | The Devoted Wife | Campfire Stories with MrBallen✨ | true crimecampfire stories+3 | — | — | Thailand | true crimeThailand+3 | — | 24m 37s | |
| 5/28/26 | The Mistake✨ | grave mistakestrue crime+3 | — | MrBallenThe New Member+2 | YouTube | mistakestrue crime+3 | — | 36m 47s | |
| 5/27/26 | Stuck (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)✨ | choicesdisaster+3 | — | SimplecastAdsWizz+1 | — | choicesdisaster+3 | — | 33m 44s | |
| 5/22/26 | Fan Favorite - "The Monaco Matriarch"✨ | true crimemystery+4 | — | — | — | Monaco Matriarchdetective+5 | — | 41m 46s | |
| 5/21/26 | Stranger Than Fiction Vol. XIV✨ | true crimestrange stories+3 | — | MrBallenThe Nosebleed+2 | — | true crimemystery+3 | — | 32m 12s | |
| 5/20/26 | Safe for Now (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)✨ | close brushes with deathsurvival stories+3 | — | YouTubeSimplecast+1 | — | deathsurvival+3 | — | 30m 25s | |
| 5/18/26 | The Night Shift (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)✨ | true crimemissing persons+3 | — | — | Utah | missing husbandcredit card bill+5 | — | 35m 56s | |
| 5/15/26 | Healed and Hunted | Campfire Stories with MrBallen✨ | alien abductioncampfire stories+3 | — | SimplecastAdsWizz | — | alien abductionMrBallen+3 | — | 26m 48s | |
| 5/14/26 | Origins Vol. II✨ | life-changing decisionspersonal stories+3 | — | MrBallenThe Debt Game+3 | South Korea | true crimeMrBallen+5 | — | 31m 08s | |
| 5/13/26 | Strange Solutions (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE) | Both of our stories today start with people who are just looking for a solution to their problem. But finding that solution… ends up being the worst thing that ever happened to them. You can WATCH all new & exclusive MrBallen podcast episodes on 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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | 24m 13s | ||||||
| 5/11/26 | The Mayor's Wife (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE) | On an evening in August 2000, a city council candidate stood behind a podium at a high school in small-town Alabama. He was speaking about why he'd entered the race, and he said he wanted a platform to discuss an important issue – the unsolved murder of a local school district employee. Right there, in front of all the news cameras and microphones, the candidate said he knew who committed the crime – because it had been revealed to him in a dream. You can WATCH all new & exclusive MrBallen podcast episodes on 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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. | 33m 58s | ||||||
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