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MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

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MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark and Mysterious Stories is a true crime and mystery podcast that presents strange, dark and mysterious content delivered in story format. The program is hosted by John Allen a.k.a. MrBallen. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes 7-days early and ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.© Ballen Studios True Crime
Episodes
  • Watch It Again (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
    Nov 24 2025

    On December 30, 2016, a woman sat down at her computer in her New Mexico home and pulled up the video feed from her surveillance system. Everyone in her neighborhood was terrified. There was a killer on the loose, and the police didn’t seem to have any idea who it could be – or what their motivation was. She scrolled back two days, and then started going through the footage frame by frame, looking for anything suspicious. For a while, nothing interesting happened. Her neighbor came home from a trip, and then some time passed, and then he left again. The woman was starting to think that what she was doing was pointless – when all of a sudden, in the corner of the screen – a dark figure appeared.

    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


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    36 mins
  • Storytime with MrBallen | Oz Pearlman
    Nov 21 2025

    Joining me is a man you've probably seen all over the internet, the great Oz "The Mentalist" Pearlman.

    WATCH the full video here: https://youtu.be/Qx6A6rCZNKU?si=l7BaWymzcCv0kabi


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    58 mins
  • We Are Not Alone Vol. III
    Nov 20 2025

    Today’s podcast will feature 2 stories that reveal we may not be alone in this universe. 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 -- "Face Peelers" -- People in Peru are adamant that their government is wrong about this... (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNdH8xStQ5Y)
    • #1 -- "The Window" -- This case prompted a full-scale military investigation into a subject that can only be classified as "paranormal" (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh32FcLCdv4)

    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


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    29 mins
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Mrballen does it again as only he can. Delivered so respectfully. Highly recommend, listening to his stories.

Heartbreaking but delivered with respect

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A wicked 'Whodunit' that keeps you guessing to the very end. May her family find peace 🙏

A dead woman walking

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I enjoy listening to MrBallen across all platforms. Awesome job! You make so many people happy

storytelling at its finest

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Give the Like button a Hi5, to the face, with a chair.
Started following on YouTube when he had about 25k subscribers.
Have not missed a story yet and am in a way proud of his evolution as a storyteller and also success as a person.
Thank you for sharing your gift with the work Mrballen, it's brought a lot of people happiness.

Outstanding storytelling, research & detail.

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Mr. Ballen is just fantastic!!! He gets you really sucked into the story. he executes the stories well.

best story teller

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