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MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories, page 8
by Ballen Studios · English
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.
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Cost of AdventureFour true-adventure mishaps where thrill-seeking and group behavior turn deadly: bungie jumping error, geocaching flood, a solo canyon entrapment requiring self-amputation, and a temple pool “sacred”…9 Oct 2025 · 31 min · 7 chapters
The Monaco Matriarch (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)Assassination attempt on Monaco’s richest woman, Helene Pastor, and her driver Mohamed Darwitch, outside a Nice hospital on May 6, 2014; investigation links amateur shooters to a hired-hit plot and…6 Oct 2025 · 42 min · 23 chapters
The Truth BeneathThree “things aren’t what they seem” true-crime/mystery stories: Deer Crossing, Ancient Beast, and Stay Forgetful.2 Oct 2025 · 33 min · 8 chapters
Three's a Crowd (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)The murder of 18-year-old Devin Guzman in Easton, Pennsylvania (June 15, 2000), initially staged to look like suicide, involving a four-person, overlapping LGBTQ relationship and a later “trash pull”…29 Sep 2025 · 39 min · 16 chapters
Monsters Among Us Vol. IVThree true-crime/creepy stories about “monsters among us,” plus a brief segment on business tools and sponsors.25 Sep 2025 · 34 min · 11 chapters
Detail in the Dark (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)A 1997 Germantown, Tennessee McDonald’s murder of opening assistant manager Delma Ramsey, initially treated as a robbery but later reconstructed as a targeted attack by someone Delma knew, with the…22 Sep 2025 · 46 min · 15 chapters
PreyThree remastered true-horror stories about people who underestimate predators and get killed.18 Sep 2025 · 36 min · 6 chapters
Medical Mysteries - "17 Doctors"A mother’s years-long search for the cause of her son’s sudden, recurring pain, breathing/sleep problems, headaches, growth concerns, and gait changes ends with a diagnosis of tethered cord syndrome…15 Sep 2025 · 22 min · 15 chapters
Stranger Than Fiction Vol. XIStranger Than Fiction Vol. XI presents three true-crime/true-adventure stories remastered from the show’s YouTube channel. Topic: how ordinary situations turn deadly through hidden danger.11 Sep 2025 · 33 min · 8 chapters
Holiday Fear (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)The December 2003 murders of Rick and Susie Wamsley in Mansfield, Texas, and how investigators used DNA and overlooked clues (including a filthy kitchen with roaches) to identify the killers.8 Sep 2025 · 41 min · 13 chapters
The ConditionEpisode “The Condition” presents two medical mysteries.4 Sep 2025 · 38 min · 19 chapters
One Foot Out The Door (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)The June 16, 2010 murder of 29-year-old Lanelle Barsock in Palmdale, California, and how detectives initially suspected her jealous boyfriend, then her other boyfriend, before concluding her close…1 Sep 2025 · 41 min · 10 chapters
Tight SqueezeTwo true cave-exploration tragedies focused on claustrophobia and entrapment: a Cambodian bat-guano forager trapped in a narrow crack (“Into the Dark”) and a British caver who dies after getting…28 Aug 2025 · 36 min · 9 chapters
The View From Above (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)A Pierce County double-murder investigation in Graham, Washington (Nov 2007) that is solved only after Detective Sgt.25 Aug 2025 · 41 min · 13 chapters
The Last TripThree remastered true-crime/true-disaster wilderness journeys that begin as adventures but turn sinister, with missing people, fatal exposure, and a rescue failure.21 Aug 2025 · 35 min · 9 chapters
Storytime with MrBallen | Tom SeguraTom Segura launches “Storytime with Mr. Ballin,” discussing storytelling craft and intrusive “bad thoughts,” then Mr. Ballin tells a Mexico-based 1976 aviation/UFO account involving Rafael Perez.20 Aug 2025 · 39 min · 12 chapters
The Fugitive (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)The murder of gravel cyclist Anna “Mo” Wilson in Austin, Texas, and the investigation that initially targeted her cycling acquaintance Colin Strickland, before later identifying fugitive “Ari Martin”…18 Aug 2025 · 36 min · 13 chapters
The SchemeEpisode “The Scheme” (Strange, Dark, and Mysterious Stories) presents two true-crime tales about deception and plans unraveling.14 Aug 2025 · 31 min · 9 chapters
The Receipt (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)A targeted robbery-murder of Karen and Jim Divalbliss in Lancaster, Ohio, where the killer used stolen cash to rent a moving truck and left blood-covered money as a key clue.11 Aug 2025 · 38 min · 18 chapters
What's in the Basement?A grieving father and his two daughters experience escalating “tapping” and Ouija-board activity that turns into a real home invasion, ultimately revealed as a teenage intruder living in the walls.7 Aug 2025 · 40 min · 15 chapters
The Late Shift (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)The 1980 murder of Karen Strom in Woods Cross, Utah, and how the case was initially mishandled due to weak admissible evidence, then solved decades later with DNA testing.4 Aug 2025 · 39 min · 18 chapters
Medical Mysteries - "No Reservations/The Bitter End"Two medical mysteries about extreme health turning into dangerous illness—phantom smell hallucinations driven by a brain tumor, and sudden shock from a rare food toxin.31 Jul 2025 · 33 min · 9 chapters
The Watercooler (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)A 1986 Tempe, Arizona office break-room poisoning investigation. Julie Williams, a 46-year-old secretary, drinks from a water cooler, collapses, and later dies after cyanide is found in the water…28 Jul 2025 · 36 min · 9 chapters
A Trail of QuestionsThree true-horror hiking disappearances still unsolved: Barbara Bullock vanishing at Idaho’s Bear Creek Overlook (2007), 12-year-old Garrett Bardsley disappearing near a well-defined 150m trail to…24 Jul 2025 · 38 min · 11 chapters