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MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

by Ballen Studios

Fan Favorite - "The Red Sandals"

16.01.2026 • 00:36:53

This story is a fan favorite that was previously published as Episode 344. In 1984, in a small city in northeastern China, a security guard stood outs...

Origins

15.01.2026 • 00:26:52

Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories about how a single decision changed the lives of the people in these stories, as well as millions of others liv...

When Your Eyes Deceive You (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

14.01.2026 • 00:24:38

Today, I’m going to tell two stories that highlight how the world around us – and even people’s own eyes – can play tricks on them. Sometimes, what pe...

The Devil's Diary (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

12.01.2026 • 00:46:51

One night in December of 2009, a man dug through a pile of papers and photo albums inside an RV parked in Texas. This man had recently bought the trai...

Fan Favorite - "The Piranha"

09.01.2026 • 00:41:24

This story is a fan favorite that was previously published as Episode 335. In 2011, a police officer spotted a woman on a busy street in Japan, and he...

Unreal

08.01.2026 • 00:31:11

Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories that sound impossible – moments so unlikely, they shouldn’t exist… yet somehow, they do. The audio from all thr...

Shipwrecked (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

07.01.2026 • 00:28:45

In the early morning hours on a Saturday in 2013, a man dressed all in black hid in the shadows on a side street in downtown Antwerp, Belgium. The man...

Touch Me and Die (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

05.01.2026 • 00:42:51

On the afternoon of September 30th, 1991, an investigator in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania walked carefully through a college chemistry lab – that was al...

Vital Signs

01.01.2026 • 00:29:29

Today’s podcast will feature 2 medical horror stories. The audio from both of these stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel, which is ju...

Life is a Circus (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

29.12.2025 • 00:44:23

On a chilly evening in early February 2010, a group of friends gathered around the table at a restaurant in a French ski resort. They had been out on ...