Although I do love these long form stories, I really do miss the “places you can’t go but people went anyway” and “stories that sound fake but are real” videos. Those were the types that got me into MrBallen and I would really like to see more of those in the future
The scary thing about Susan is I don't think she was lying about the 17 others. There is likely no traces left of them after the pigs. She just got lazy after Robert. RIP
Right, scared at the thought that all she had to do was burn what was left and that would be that. Kind of sick though that people were purchasing her pigs. 🤢🤮
I saw a documentary or crime show about this crazy woman. It's one thing seeing her picture, but listening to her talk about her victims and her pigs gave me nightmares for weeks. It's a horrifying thought to know there are psychopaths like "Susan" living among us. I can't imagine how the town folks who may have been in contact with her over the years felt!! I feel so bad for all the victims families. Just horrible!!
"Susan" is not, never has been and never will be a woman. The reality of the matter makes all the difference to this case, otherwise the facts are grossly misrepresented
@@Swipe-Left keep your transphobia to yourself. She was a woman, and a murderer. Her gender or sexual identity doesn't change anything in what she did, she's still a murderer and her pronouns don't change one bit what happen, no facts are being misinterpreted. You're just looking for excuses to be transphobic, and I'm not sure why you think a murder documentary is the place.
Probably from the channel Explore With Us? It's one thing listening to MrBallen tell the story but it's another thing listening to the interrogation. I just listened to that episode, and it reminded me of this MrBallen episode, but I can't remember what it's called.
The difference between Susan in court and Susan after the arrest genuinely terrified me. She went from looking like a wholesome grandma to uncanny valley humanoid.
Exactly. I do not know who the woman in that one photo was/is, but the person at the end with the bald head absolutely looks like a man, and the fact that she shaved her eyebrows makes her look even more freakish, like a Nosferatu, or something hideous.
I live by myself in a small town in India. Most of the time I come home after having a long day with no energy to cook myself a dinner. But I put up Mr ballan's video and cook food it keeps me engaging and going. The best storyteller ever!
You know, they say to not judge a book by its cover, but... that's literally the scariest-looking woman I've ever seen and her behavior matches her looks
@@frontporchprojects4181 The funniest thing about that comment is it came from someone who calls themself “go cry somewhere else”….🤣🤣 I laughed so hard I had to wipe my eyes! Hope you have a great week.✌️
Omg, I remember this lady. I'm from the area this happened, she was absolutely insane. They found all kinds of body parts, no telling how many men she killed and fed to her pigs.
I love how he takes time to explain what some things are and what they are for. Mr. Ballen is always so descriptive in his stories makes u feel like your there. So amazing
He also does justice to the victims by telling us about who they were and what kind of person they were. We learn as much about the victim as we do about the suspect(s). I think a lot of channels don’t do that and are more focused on glamorizing the suspects.
I agree 100%. I'm aware of this case already and know the outcome but def watch MrBallen's take on it. I'd watch MrBallen's take on an event even if I was there LOL
I actually watched a 2 hour video on Susan's interrogation the other day and it is just fascinating to see how that went down. Just a small detail he didn't mention that's in the interrogation was how much Susan mentioned she didn't like humans very much and loved animals way way more and didn't feel too much remorse for shooting Robert and didn't feel the need to say anything to his kids.
She loves animals but kills them to sell their meat. LOL so the only difference between love and hate for her is wether she earns money from their death or not.
I don't like humans either and prefer to spend my time alone with just my animals. If I saw you on fire I would just keep going but I would never even contemplate killing someone. My heart and my conscience would haunt me forever but I am like everyone else I have thought about it. It's when you act on those thoughts and I'm not quite willing to go there!
I actually saw the full interrogation of Susan on another channel, and it was horrifying. I didn't know the backstory, so I appreciate (as always) Mr Ballen filling in the gaps!!
Was that the interrogation I saw? Where Susan poops her pants? Then cleans it off the seat she was sitting in and continues touching her face, etc and never washes her hands. I know it happens but the way she went about handling it was super weird!
haha 😂. thanks! something those interviews and interrogations did not tell us is that Susan was biologically born a man named Steven Buchanan. Susan is transgender and identifies as a woman. it’s annoying and disrespectful, though, that people keep referring to her as ‘him’. obviously Susan, as nasty and awful as she is/was identifies as a woman. we can respect that even if she is a killer.
Please bring back the “places people weren’t supposed to go, but went anyways” and other series you had! They were unique to your channel. Well your stories always have crazy twists and your story telling is unique on its own but we all have been begging for these series to come back 😭 the missing 411 stories too!
strongly agree! My two favorite Contin creators are Mr. Ballen and bailey Syrian, and they both recently changed their channel Contin a bit and it was so good before! But I guess we have to respect that they need to make choices that will financially support their families. Either way, I’m a lifelong fan!
Yeah, I can't imagine the smell of that room, all as I could think of is how the hell the officers could sit in there and not 🤢🤮 with her literally 💩💩 in her 👖 absolutely disgusting woman.
11:18 this might be not just the only ad I like on TH-cam but quite frankly my favorite monologue/anything I’ve ever seen haha walri and the dementor beautiful haha
Mr. Ballen, it's amazing how comforting it is to see that turned-around cap and that plaid flannel shirt. And I never get tired of hearing your voice.... it's perfect. Thank you so much for choosing a story-telling career. Oh, and may I say that your background scenery is so captivating! Again, thank you and God bless.
I've been watching MrBallen since he moved onto youtube, such an excellent story teller and I love his sensitivity to the victims and family. A class act
I've been on my butt the last few weeks after breaking my ankle and having surgery, and I just want to thank MrBallen for making this miserable experience a little better. I've gone through the entire library rewatching all your videos, so thank you for keeping me entertained! Now, let's get back to today's story!
"I hope you get BETTER, REAL SOON" !!! for we are ALL "BALLEN'S children NOOOooowww we e"...!!!! see what I did there,..... 'stole from 'Freddy K." 😆 🤣 😂 Stay Safe Keep Well Everyone......!!!! #1st,Karens, now 'SUSAN'S'.......Jewish!
@Druidic My wife has a medical card so I've been dabbling, but it's not as fun as it used to be. Now that I'm in my 40s it makes me anxious and my heart rate goes up to about 140.
I just want to point out the effort you put into your ad reads is appreciated. I never skip your sponsorships because they can actually be entertaining. Thank you for all the effort you put into your videos. In all aspects.
I’ve heard this story and seen the interrogation videos before, so strange seeing it be told like she wasn’t lying and was completely normal! So well done! 👏🏻
@@Mickliely I think that's what makes his stories so addicting. The mystery of what in the world could possibly be going on. He's so good at what he does! A true legend!
@@l0-r3z43 Erm.. Beg to differ. Every campsite I've ever been to, the guys are boasting about their new rifle, their new ATV, their new pickup, their new 19 year old girlfriend... The entire campout is one huge "toy" commercial.
Yeah and she also shit in her pants when she was getting a lie detector test. So disgusting. Everyone is stealing everyone's videos anymore, like they don't want to waste time finding their own content. Crazy 🤣😂
@@vinnypanian359 i mean there is only so much you can do finding weird crazy topics to cover, lots of these horror type channels have covered the same topics
dude you tell stories so well, perfect pitch and inflection maintained through that long is impressive man, not enough people realize how hard speaking is and therefore people like you imo dont get enough praise, thank you for your service!
The old days were the best uploads 3 or 4 times a week but since he's become popular its one long arse story lol x I miss the 3 quick stories x I don't really enjoy the long ones. X I don't have the patience to sit there for 20mins listening lol x but he does deserve how far he's got x
@@TheGreyGhost_of43rd I feel like it's less of a shortage of stories and more of the fact that he's doing so much across platforms on top of having a family. Like he's on YT, Tik tok, snapchat, the podcast etc
I swear to god. If I could get one wish it would be to discover this guy for the first time again. I've been here for several years and watched this channel grow from small to what it is now. But the content always was amazing, and still is! Keep doing what you do! (edit: I just realized that I've been here since essentially the beginning, can you guys believe this guy only posted his first video 2 years ago?!)
@@mrwreckit9023 It does feel like Mr. Ballen has been around for a long time. Maybe it's because he posted so often when he began his channel...like 3, 4, even 5 times a week😁. Indeed, Mr. Ballen's fast becoming America's favorite storyteller.
Same! I was OBSESSED when I first found him around the same time as you. He’s like the same age as me yet I feel a sense of pride like he’s my son of something 😂
Wow, what a waste of a wish, u could end world hunger, but ud choose to "re-discover Mr Ballen" good thinking... And why do people find the need to say how long they've liked this channel? Is it a competition i wasn't aware of??
Is that the one where she shit her pants when they showed up to her house to bring her for questioning and she sat through the entire interrogation before even mentioning that she had shitty pants. And even then didn't even ask if she could possibly change her clothes
This is still gruesome but when I first saw the image of the pig and the word farm, I immediately thought of Robert Pickton. I’m Canadian and he’s one of our many serial killers here in Canada. He would kill his victims and then feed them to his pigs on his farm in Port Coquitlam, BC. He was also known as the Pig Farmer Killer or the Butcher.
There was a pig farm here near Las Vegas and the old property owner was offered millions to sell it for development. He declined for a long time and he eventually passed away. But, the rumors were that the old mobsters used to take bodies out there since the 70s. 😮
I’ve seen this story 3 times because I’m an addict, but no one spins a tale like SeñorBallen. Natural charisma mixed with being a trained observer and reporter as a SEAL maybe? Either way, I’m happy for all your blessings, brother!! I pray for many more to come.
Your delivery really draws you into the story. It's almost as if you are actually here in my living room sharing these tales while we enjoy a couple of beers. Keep up the great work.
She was killing them and then stealing their stuff. She’s like something out of a horror movie. A campy one, too. You wouldn’t believe such a thing could possibly happen. But it did.
@Anubis Pup why shouldn't they? Its not like they are flirting with them- I call my friends online sweethearts and they don't have a problem with it? So why shouldn't they call them it? Its just a nick name people call some people online.
theres only so many people who work on youtube that after watching them and their content for a bit, that you feel really deserve the success they've earned and John is certainly one if those people. love his optimism, his story telling abilities, and most of all his heart. The emotion he shares with us in connection to some of his stories always transfers to his audience and we genuinely feel with him. You deserve everything you get John! Dont ever change and dont stop telling stories! love your channel my guy. your 1 in a 1000000
You're still my favorite storyteller. Thank you for messaging me and talking w me after my aunts murder. It's definitely worse than what we presumed it to be and trial hasn't even started yet but I still find comfort in your storytelling to get me through the toughest of nights
Mr. Ballen is amazing isn’t he? I’ve been listening to him since the beginning I dreaded the “piggy palace” story , but when he told it, it brought me relief and comfort. He was respectful about it. He’s my favourite story teller LIVING. I’ll hold space for you& keep you in my prayers. I’ll lay some tobacco for your auntie.
@@TheGoddessRises Jesus... that is a particularly harrowing story. What those two did was particularly disturbing. Also, 'Willy' Picton totally looks like Buffalo Bill.
I grew up roughly an hour north of where this farm is located, and I am not surprised that th happened. This area can attract easy prey for someone like Susan to take advantage of. With all the transient population coming in and out of southern Oregon, many of whom are just nomadic adventurers who are looking for a way to make some money to travel to their next, destination, it can be easy for someone to disappear on a farm like Susan's and no one would be the wiser. Imagine if Robert didn't have family who would check in on him from time to time, she might still be luring in traveling laborers to work her farm and then killing and disposing of them once they had served their purpose.
@@ValerieWRIGHT-oi3ub ya! sure! Don't Help The Next Guy Who's Just Replaced You! Knowing How Lucky You We're! To Get Away! An Also Knowing How Many Weren't As Lucky As You! But Ya! Your Safe For Now!
If you're ever feeling low MrBallen, just read through the comments section of any of your videos. 70% of them are us telling you how much we appreciate and enjoy what you and your people do. Thank you, from New Zealand.
This guy screams 90's style and that's probably why I like this channel so much. Well it also helps when he's a great story teller. He definitely found his calling. It's always nice to see someone become successful like this.
I actually watched her police interrogation a few months ago. That lady is batshit. One of those people you tell your kids don't go near her property because you never know what she's capable of.
I don't drink coffee but I made a cup of tea for the like button 😊 I love your voice, it's perfect for storytelling, and since it's time to start knitting socks I will listen to more of your videos. Thank you!
I recall watching this case on an episode of Snapped. Susan has an appearance that’s not easily forgotten. The way her lawyers made her over for trial is incredible
I love coming to comment section and seeing all the love for John… MrBallen deserve every bit of it… thank you for keep our minds occupied and for keeping everyone’s stories alive…
The thing that makes Mr Ballen such an intriguing story teller is how his body language, expressions and hand gestures get us to focus and have a better visual. I applaud this man for being able to get me to sit and listen for a good twenty minutes.
I was just about to attempt explaining part of why John is an amazing storyteller. He’s a raconteur and that’s more than just “telling” the story. It’s the ability to entrance his audience and make us “feel” as if we’re living the story, however briefly, while he tells it with words and also so much expression that we feel a part of it. Thank you for putting the comment so succinctly!!
I love how everything tracks back to Oregon. Oregon was my childhood home, and it only makes me miss it more when I hear about all the stories I missed.
No wonder her pigs were so healthy. I guess she couldn't afford to feed them and decided to feed them humans instead. So when all the pigs' food stock was running low she hung up more flyers asking for "more help around the farm". 😲 Great story!
No ... she had the money and ability to feed her hogs .... she just hated people that she thought were not good enough in "her" eyes or were more trouble than they gave to her farm. I hope that makes sense. She hated people .... she was narcissistic. A very evil woman.
@@anotherirrelevantopinion4776 She was cold and evil. The ONLY thing she cared about at her interrogation, was her not going to be able to sell the pork from these pigs .... because they had eaten people .... also she didn't want the authorities to kill her pigs for eating people.
Susan is a man. Grow a backbone, and call a man a man - this man is a warped and highly dangerous killer, and still you roll over and pander to his warped fetish that he is any kind of woman! This dangerous man and murderer is currently being housed in a women's prison, alongside women prisoners. It is a total outrage that those female prisoners, some of the most vulnerable people in society, are forced to be locked up with any male criminal, least of all one as dangerous as this man. Society has a duty of care to its female prison inmates. It is NOT part of their punishment to be locked up with male murderers and rapists! Here in the UK as in the US, we have seen convicted male rapists and sex offenders successfully argue to be sent to women's prisons (claiming a 'trans woman' identity and arguing they are 'vulnerable'), where they have proceeded to rape and sexually assault the genuinely vulnerable female prisoners. Women (and men who care about them), need to wake up and recognise the dangerous folly of today's male-centric, misogynist trans cult propaganda.
These kinds of people actually DO exist in our midst! The problem is, no one really knows who they are until they turn their depraved attention to you!!!
Another problem is they work for state and federal govt. I highly suggest reading David McGowan’s book Programmed To Kill. Fair warning: it gets dark. It changed my whole outlook
So refreshing to find a true crime site that doesn't have all those stupid, totally irrelevant, b-roll clips that all the other crime sites use. a total nightmare to watch and very frustrating. Well done Mr Ballen.
It's really nice to hear that law enforcement took the family seriously and actually even followed the EBT lead in the beginning. Imagine how many cases could have been solved if LE took this initiative. And good on the family for acting on it and looking for their dad. I read about their experience going to the farm and how sick they felt when they saw his dog and took belt were still there. I can't imagine the pain and suffering of these men and the people she took them from. 💔
That's not what really happened, a dog walkers dog found a leg there, the ebt thing was a different investigation entirely, he's mixed two investigations up for the story
You know I can't ever get over when you were doing the 3 piece stories and quite a few were divers how that youtube channel of divers who reviewed your stories kept referring to you as Mr B Allen. Idk why but it still makes me smile till this day.
That's his actual name. 😊 He used it in an email address I think, his name all together. I can't remember the 1st name but it was "1stname" ballen. All together so people referred to him as that name. MrBallen.
Mr. Ballen, your stories have made my daughter’s moving off to college easier! Every time you drop a new story, we listen to it together and have the best conversations! You’re amazing at what you do. Don’t stop! Happy Thanksgiving to your family! My college kiddo is home for the holiday, so we got to enjoy this one together!
I watched this lady's interrogation a few months ago. She was wildly scary. Glad I watched the interrogation first, Mr. Ballen did the story justice ❤️ The lady literally told the cops she would like to feed them to her pigs.
I live in Medford about 15 minutes away from where this happened and was shocked when I heard about this because I had been out to this farm to buy a pig from there a couple months earlier. I didn't end up buying one because at the time I thought they were giving them steroids because of how big the pigs were. I was shocked when I found out why they were so big and relieved that I decided not to
I use to live down the road from where she lived. Family of mine had met her and they said she seemed off and gave them bad vibes. Then they found out soon after the horrible things she did.
Something about the way Ballen tells these stories is so captivating, I find myself watching them over and over without ever getting tired of it. Is it just me who thinks he'd make for an awesome DM in D&D? 😂 I think it every time I watch a new upload
Please keep them coming MrBallen!!! I watch this channel every single day I’m literally obsessed with these stories (true events) and yes I know they’ve been covered before but nobody tells it quite like you!
I watched the whole interrogation a while back, It is truly disturbing, So glad you covered this story. It is truly a look into evil, and people should know that these kind of people really exist. Very scary. Thank You John!!
Me too!! I believe EWU (Explore with us) had covered the interrogation. I remember her asking the detectives to leave the room while she took her sweater off cause she had to take her beanie off and was really self conscious about her hair loss! And when she did the Polygraph test she was deliberately trying to screw it up by coughing, sighing, wiggling, etc. Such a crazy story!!!
Your recommendations before your "stories" are hilarious😂. You are such a great speaker and you captivate me easily... and I am very picky with whom I listen to. Thanks for all your extensive research and time. Been doing the back catalouge for a few weeks. 😀
I love how I can already know about the case/ story but I can still watch mr.ballen's videos because he always describes it better and gets me hooked right away
It's so dope how far you've come over all these years man. As a fellow serviceman, I salute your success. It gives us hope that we can become so much more after we leave our military life.
@@Hawkz00 That started with Nam, but we know who the real killers are now, people like Dick Cheney,Bush was just his toy, song written about that called Cheneys Toy. The America people didnt get to vote for what he did to Irac, all over a lie,which by the way, depleted urainium has a half life of thousands of years, they cant drink the water, they cant planet food, they cant fall in love and have a baby without knowing it will be deformed, yeah, thats what Cheney did to a piece of our beautiful blue planet. So, we arent calling our troops murderers, we to scared to fucking death that the idiot in the white house will be played into the death of us all, quite frankly. P.S. you asked for it
I'm in another part of this world from North Africa and I'm very lucky to have found what I wanted. Hearing your wonderful stories gives me comfort and discovering life secrets and knowing the actions of people, i become obsessed with your stories every day like caffeine in the blood. Thank you Mr Ballen.
So fun fact! The story is from where I grew up. I've actually met her multiple times at a local food bank. She would go there to pick up the people she killed for their ss and food stamps. We always thought she smelled like death and avoided her whenever we saw her. 😢
@@ErinJeanetteno Susan is a woman. Literally a 5 second Google search for the Wikipedia will tell you so. Born a woman, is still a woman. Why do people believe bullshit that is verifiable with a 5 second search?
I discovered Mr. Ballen early on to and now I got a t shirt for christmas and I feel like his success couldnt happen to a better guy. The best story teller on any platform by far.
Yesss exactly!! I watch him to sleep his voice always relaxes me and I watch him during the day too don't get me qrong lol 😂 👏 but your comment is facts 💯 thanks friend 🤷♀️ ♥ ☺
Just wanted you to know, you're one of five channels where I have watched every video listed on TH-cam. Considering the amount of videos you have that's an achievement for the both of us! Keep up the good work, Mr. B!
@@BMVarrix Ads are one thing we don't pay for. Although paid promotion is different, all TH-camrs do these within their videos as they have sponsored the story. So we do get away from all the sickly hundreds of ads in uploads but paid promotion is something we can't pay to avoid and hence many ppl now pay youtubers a sponsorship. I skip forward on these except for MrBallen.
I had already heard this story on a podcast called Morbid maybe a year or so, but it's still one of the most fascinating true crime stories in my opinion.
I found this channel while going through a sudden pet loss and it has been one of the few things that gets me through the grief. I just want to say the videos improved so much from the earlier ones when John would say he’ll get better at it. It’s not just the storytelling, but whoever does the editing, sound effects, and music are really fantastic.
So sorry for your loss...it's so hard to lose a beloved furbaby. Hope you're feeling better now. They take such big pieces of our heart with them when they go. ❤🐶🐱❤
@@michelleadamchak1330 I appreciate that a lot, thank you. They do! It’s very, very hard but so worth the unconditioned love that everyone should get to experience.
I'm sorry- I know how you feel, and I know how the world wants to treat it like it's nothing and you're weird for caring so much- all I can say is that I feel sorry for anyone who believes that because that means they've never felt the connection, the unconditional devotion and love we give and receive from our animals. My babies are just that- my babies, I love them with all my heart and every time I lose one, it just about kills me. I always say I'm not going to do it again, because dog's lives are so fickle- they can be gone so easily- but I can't help it. Eventually some pup looks up at me with those big brown eyes, completely innocent and pure- and I melt again and fall in love. But in the end, it's worth it- my life is richer, more fulfilled- and theirs was as well, and that's worth all the tears and the hurt. Bless you- I'm praying for you- when you feel well enough, please adopt another baby. I don't know where you are, but I know your local shelter needs ppl like you- and so do the poor souls in their care. Thanks for being an animal lover, be well.
I remember this lady. My dad has some acreage in that area and built his retirement house out there. I remember him telling me after all this happened how he had met this lady and almost went to work for her part time. It was a huge story in Jackson county.
MrBallen comes in at the right time and at the right place. Seems like he's gradually improving over time. His storytellings have impacted us in ways we can never forget. May God bless him and his family.
Your story ability keeps getting better. I love how you tell the story and not just the story but fill in the needed information to fully understand what is going on in the story. That makes so much more enjoyable to listen to. That is why I tell everyone to check out your channel.
I’ve never heard anyone tell stories like MrBallen! Man I appreciate how much work and research you do behind the scenes to give us these stories. Respect 🙏🏽💯!
This is addictive! Living out in a desolate area in AZ, we've been having a Mr Ballen marathon at my house this past week. Rehearing some and listening to the ones I missed. It's hard to go outside at night lately though, and it gets dark so early... It's funny how things like abandoned shacks, strangers in parking lots, or news headlines invoke MrBallen's narration in my head to accompany them. I hope I'll be ok. LOL!
I love most all of your work. But I find it more challenging to listen to the longer videos (60 min or more). My mind tends to wander if I not really engaged. Takes me longer than the allotted time due to having to go back and relisten to what I missed. It's great to see your success. Thank you for your service. I love hearing about your experiences as a seal. God bless you! Im a fan!
Susan's interrogation video is a trip. At a certain point, when she was alone in the room, she stood up and noticed she had shit herself. She looked at the camera mounted in the room and said "this was your fault", she didn't seem too concerned though. She kind of just wiped it off the chair with her bare hand, and sat back down.
Blamed them for not letting her go to the bathroom and then ate food without washing her hands not long after that! When she looked at the video after she wiped the chair off she blamed it on somebody not letting her go...WTAF??? So you just sit there and shit your pants and go in like nothing! Could you imagine the smell of that interrogation room!?!? I was nauseous after that, just thinking about it.
HE is a MAN. He was born male and will die male - and he committed the typically male crime of murder. Stop insulting women and girls by calling this pervert a woman. He's a guy, always was, always will be!
@@vanessaarnell He is a trans identified man - he was born male and will die male, and he committed a typically male crime of multiple murder. It is deeply unfair to women and 100% inaccurate, to claim he is female. He is clearly male. Even if he had sex change surgery, every cell of his body remains male forever - though he is probably one of the 97% of trans identified men who retains his male genitals and has not had any surgery.
This happened in my home valley. She wanted to donate her pigs to a food bank .... A local butcher was down to do it pro bono.... community said NOPE! Weird ass story
she said there were 27 more bodies. if she has been out there for nearly 3 decades, i would suspect those bodies could have been eaten by the pigs and sold
You are literally the only storyteller that I never hesitate to watch the content from EVEN when I know about the case, just because of how gifted you are at telling these stories!!
I keep hearing your ads playing between other videos and it always makes me smile. Happy to see you grow further, man. Hope you and the family are doing well.
I remember the Summer of 2020 I got my first apartment and every night or every other night I would binge watch mrballens videos. He had like 20k subscribers or something. I miss the consistency the 3 or 4 videos a week but there’s only so many stories you can tell and he’s covered just about every story known to man. Mr ballen I want a cabin in the woods or national forest series again for Christmas pls
Hey, MrBallen! Just wanted to wish you and your US viewers a happy Thanksgiving this Thursday. Several times throughout the week I get viewers from your channel leaving comments on my videos that say they found my channel through yours. I appreciate that! You’re an awesome storyteller. From one US Navy veteran to another - thanks, man! 👍
I've watched your videos since the Horton mine as well, never knew you were in the navy, I'm currently in the submarine force so it's very interesting to learn that about you. Hope you had a great thanksgiving!
@@elijahvalongo9528 Hope you had a great Thanksgiving, too, Elijah! Yes, I spent some time in the US Navy. Did two 6-month deployments on ships that were stationed on the East Coast and the West Coast. Got to see a lot of the world that way during those years! Had a blast! Spent the last couple of years of my enlistment on shore duty taking it easy.
I would see his shorts all the time... When I finally when to his full channel, I was hooked! I spent days trying to watch all of his old videos. He had about 4.2 million subs at that point.
Same here, one day on Facebook I started with one of his 2-3 minute videos and someone called me with one minute left… when the call ended the Facebook app refreshed by itself and the video was gone ! Lol I was so mad but let me tell ya I was ecstatic when I found his channel
I remember when MrBallen would upload "3, 4, sometimes even 5 times a week". I still love him and understand completely the time and effort it takes to research and record these videos. I just loved the randomness of the uploads. Sometimes you got one on Tuesday and Friday, sometimes it was Monday and Thursday. The surprise was outstanding.
I was just talking to a CO worker yesterday about this. Like man I miss the days when he's finish the video by saying and we upload 4 to 5 times a week. Now it's 2 times. Once on Monday and once on Tuesday.
Although I do love these long form stories, I really do miss the “places you can’t go but people went anyway” and “stories that sound fake but are real” videos. Those were the types that got me into MrBallen and I would really like to see more of those in the future
I enjoyed those too. That's what got me started
The shorts are still playing
Or missing 411
Thanks!!! Me too. The bigger a channel gets, the longer the videos get. I loved the 3-in -1 videos too.
I hardly ever listen to long podcasts either.
I miss strange Dark and mysterious
I'm so glad I discovered Mrballen when you weren't that popular. But seeing how popular he's become makes me feel happy and proud. You deserve it.
❤
@@MrBallen what happened to the 'strange and mysterious' side of the show? it's been straight murder videos for about 30 in a row now?
@@jamiechappell9116 shut up
Same! Started watching when he had less than 100k subs. He jumped out of nowhere with views!
@@jamiechappell9116 yea I miss those
The scary thing about Susan is I don't think she was lying about the 17 others. There is likely no traces left of them after the pigs. She just got lazy after Robert. RIP
Right, scared at the thought that all she had to do was burn what was left and that would be that. Kind of sick though that people were purchasing her pigs. 🤢🤮
@@MainMotionContent not even. Pigs would eat everything including bones and leave no trace. They say that's the best way to get rid of a body
@@Lilbill11100 pigs will eat everything BUT the teeth. That's why you are supposed to pull the teeth if you are going to use pigs to dispose of a body
@@Lilbill11100 pigs can’t eat skulls, hips, or femurs. they’re too big
@@Lilbill11100 Yeah wasn't there some serial killer in canada who used pigs to dispose of his victimis' bodies?
I saw a documentary or crime show about this crazy woman. It's one thing seeing her picture, but listening to her talk about her victims and her pigs gave me nightmares for weeks. It's a horrifying thought to know there are psychopaths like "Susan" living among us. I can't imagine how the town folks who may have been in contact with her over the years felt!! I feel so bad for all the victims families. Just horrible!!
"Susan" is not, never has been and never will be a woman. The reality of the matter makes all the difference to this case, otherwise the facts are grossly misrepresented
@@Swipe-Left keep your transphobia to yourself. She was a woman, and a murderer. Her gender or sexual identity doesn't change anything in what she did, she's still a murderer and her pronouns don't change one bit what happen, no facts are being misinterpreted. You're just looking for excuses to be transphobic, and I'm not sure why you think a murder documentary is the place.
Probably from the channel Explore With Us? It's one thing listening to MrBallen tell the story but it's another thing listening to the interrogation. I just listened to that episode, and it reminded me of this MrBallen episode, but I can't remember what it's called.
@@ji-yeongyii knew the story sounded familiar
@@ji-yeongyi It was explore with us. I watched that interrogation too, creepy 👀
The difference between Susan in court and Susan after the arrest genuinely terrified me. She went from looking like a wholesome grandma to uncanny valley humanoid.
Exactly. I do not know who the woman in that one photo was/is, but the person at the end with the bald head absolutely looks like a man, and the fact that she shaved her eyebrows makes her look even more freakish, like a Nosferatu, or something hideous.
@@WorthlessDeadEnd it is a man. Transgender
The end mugshot looks like she would ask you if you know how to get to Bells Canyon
The interview videos of this story are on TH-cam... She more than just pee'd herself during her police interview.
She has on a wig in the first pic. I can tell by the top.
I live by myself in a small town in India. Most of the time I come home after having a long day with no energy to cook myself a dinner. But I put up Mr ballan's video and cook food it keeps me engaging and going. The best storyteller ever!
What town are you from?
@@Aleyah probably somewhere around the town
@@ImGenuinelyLosingMySanity 😆
Me too. I live in Idaho lol
The video talks about pigs eating human, and you are talking about eating food🤮
You know, they say to not judge a book by its cover, but... that's literally the scariest-looking woman I've ever seen and her behavior matches her looks
@@frontporchprojects4181 definitely a strong woman.... if I remember correctly, Steven buchanan, served in the Navy during Vietnam War.
@@frontporchprojects4181 what does this have to do with the og comment? wtf?
@@frontporchprojects4181 The funniest thing about that comment is it came from someone who calls themself “go cry somewhere else”….🤣🤣
I laughed so hard I had to wipe my eyes! Hope you have a great week.✌️
Not a women
@@frontporchprojects4181 bruh I'm biological and my face could scare a cat off a fish wagon
Omg, I remember this lady. I'm from the area this happened, she was absolutely insane. They found all kinds of body parts, no telling how many men she killed and fed to her pigs.
That's so fuct up
Not a lady
I bet that bacon was good too
@@cosmosadorabilis7677
My dude...... did you watch the video? It is a lady
@@cosmosadorabilis7677
Don't take me calling you out in a bad way but, it was indeed a woman who fed people to her pigs
I love how he takes time to explain what some things are and what they are for. Mr. Ballen is always so descriptive in his stories makes u feel like your there. So amazing
He also does justice to the victims by telling us about who they were and what kind of person they were. We learn as much about the victim as we do about the suspect(s). I think a lot of channels don’t do that and are more focused on glamorizing the suspects.
Best experience
ikr, doesnt it feel like hes just personally talking to you??
I agree 100%. I'm aware of this case already and know the outcome but def watch MrBallen's take on it. I'd watch MrBallen's take on an event even if I was there LOL
The interrogation video for this case is insane. Great video as always mr ballen
I actually watched a 2 hour video on Susan's interrogation the other day and it is just fascinating to see how that went down. Just a small detail he didn't mention that's in the interrogation was how much Susan mentioned she didn't like humans very much and loved animals way way more and didn't feel too much remorse for shooting Robert and didn't feel the need to say anything to his kids.
Why do I read the comments 😅 video has just started lol
She loves animals but kills them to sell their meat. LOL so the only difference between love and hate for her is wether she earns money from their death or not.
It's the very least of what he didn't mention.
I don't like humans either and prefer to spend my time alone with just my animals. If I saw you on fire I would just keep going but I would never even contemplate killing someone. My heart and my conscience would haunt me forever but I am like everyone else I have thought about it. It's when you act on those thoughts and I'm not quite willing to go there!
And that Susan was actually a man
I actually saw the full interrogation of Susan on another channel, and it was horrifying. I didn't know the backstory, so I appreciate (as always) Mr Ballen filling in the gaps!!
For some reason I read your last line as "...filling in the gasps." (Minor dyslexic moment.) Either way, it's a true sentence.
Was that the interrogation I saw? Where Susan poops her pants? Then cleans it off the seat she was sitting in and continues touching her face, etc and never washes her hands. I know it happens but the way she went about handling it was super weird!
@@ItsNeverAManequin yes, that's the one!!
haha 😂. thanks! something those interviews and interrogations did not tell us is that Susan was biologically born a man named Steven Buchanan. Susan is transgender and identifies as a woman. it’s annoying and disrespectful, though, that people keep referring to her as ‘him’. obviously Susan, as nasty and awful as she is/was identifies as a woman. we can respect that even if she is a killer.
He was a killer. A mentally disturbed Tran, just like all the others. He gets no respect.
Please bring back the “places people weren’t supposed to go, but went anyways” and other series you had! They were unique to your channel. Well your stories always have crazy twists and your story telling is unique on its own but we all have been begging for these series to come back 😭 the missing 411 stories too!
I agree!
strongly agree! My two favorite Contin creators are Mr. Ballen and bailey Syrian, and they both recently changed their channel Contin a bit and it was so good before! But I guess we have to respect that they need to make choices that will financially support their families. Either way, I’m a lifelong fan!
Yu
Yes please please please please!
@@fivelittlemonkees couldn't agree more !!! Please please please please, thought I'd add to it lol
My grandparents live down the street from her property. It’s all overgrown and just looks abandoned. I get the creepiest feeling while driving by it!
maybe cuz there's probably 20 dead soul's spirits roaming and hanging around on her farm? 😃
@@maherischlong bruh lol
Down the street? There is no other property within 14 miles of that farm 😂😂😂
@@jaytemp4203 down the street doesn’t literally mean down the street sometimes. It’s a figure of speech
Well yeah people were eaten by pigs there
Even though I've already seen her interrogation I still watched this because of how good of a storyteller Mr Ballen is
The interrogation of Susan was crazy! I can't believe all the crap, literally crap, she pulled in that room.
Yeah, I can't imagine the smell of that room, all as I could think of is how the hell the officers could sit in there and not 🤢🤮 with her literally 💩💩 in her 👖 absolutely disgusting woman.
@@jessicajahn4005 right 🤣🤣🤣
Same,I remember saying "can't wait til mr ballen does her story"
I've not even heard about this before so I feel like I've got a big 'treat' ahead of me.
11:18 this might be not just the only ad I like on TH-cam but quite frankly my favorite monologue/anything I’ve ever seen haha walri and the dementor beautiful haha
Mr. Ballen, it's amazing how comforting it is to see that turned-around cap and that plaid flannel shirt. And I never get tired of hearing your voice.... it's perfect. Thank you so much for choosing a story-telling career. Oh, and may I say that your background scenery is so captivating! Again, thank you and God bless.
I've been watching MrBallen since he moved onto youtube, such an excellent story teller and I love his sensitivity to the victims and family. A class act
Where was he before youtube?
@@SasquachPL i think tiktok dont quote me on that though not to sure
He’s gone to shit now
@@aesirgod7818 it was Tik Tok 100% he made like 10-20 vids that got a lot of views then moved to TH-cam
WhiteOnWhiteCrime is Real don't let them lie lime this is isolated 😅😅
I've been on my butt the last few weeks after breaking my ankle and having surgery, and I just want to thank MrBallen for making this miserable experience a little better. I've gone through the entire library rewatching all your videos, so thank you for keeping me entertained! Now, let's get back to today's story!
Hope you're feeling better soon :)
Shoot sorry about your ankle!! Glad these videos have kept you entertained!
"I hope you get BETTER, REAL SOON" !!!
for we are ALL "BALLEN'S children NOOOooowww we e"...!!!!
see what I did there,..... 'stole from 'Freddy K."
😆 🤣 😂
Stay Safe
Keep Well
Everyone......!!!!
#1st,Karens, now 'SUSAN'S'.......Jewish!
I DIDN'T NOT TYPE " JEWISH" !!!
I TYPED " JEESH"..!
STUPI DC DEVICE ,sorry.
@Druidic My wife has a medical card so I've been dabbling, but it's not as fun as it used to be. Now that I'm in my 40s it makes me anxious and my heart rate goes up to about 140.
I just want to point out the effort you put into your ad reads is appreciated. I never skip your sponsorships because they can actually be entertaining. Thank you for all the effort you put into your videos. In all aspects.
Agree, it's not your usual "Please buy products of company X 🥺"
I’ve heard this story and seen the interrogation videos before, so strange seeing it be told like she wasn’t lying and was completely normal! So well done! 👏🏻
I agree, i have watched the interrogation videos before too, was an interesting take on the story.
I agree, that's almost like Mr Ballen's speciality or something, he's so good at telling it in that percpective
I believe "SHE" was actually a "HE."
@@Mickliely I think that's what makes his stories so addicting. The mystery of what in the world could possibly be going on. He's so good at what he does! A true legend!
The way he tells stories now vs 2 years ago is so different. I don’t really like this version, the older videos are way better
If I ever die under suspicious circumstances I want Mr Ballen to tell my story. 😂
Me too man
Sometimes I wonder what my story would sound like
I'd rather him rescue me and bring me home alive than tell my story after I'm dead
He’s probably got a waiting list!!!!!
For sure!!
I know it's going to be a great Saturday when a MrBallen story drops just as I'm sitting down with my coffee!
meto!!!!!!!!!!!
RELATABLE
Same. Nothing better than a cup of coffee and Mr Ballen before I have to shovel 6+ft of snow off what used to be my driveway lol.
😌
@@axe2grind244 lol have fun. But enjoy the story first.
I could listen to Mr. Ballen tell stories all day and night long. He has a way of telling the story and keeping us glued.
The way this man narrates the stories always makes me get really into them, such a great storyteller.
@MrBallen thank you for showing WhiteOnWhiteCrime happiness just as much as BlackonBlackCrime 😅😅
He's like one of the Buddies sitting around a campfire drinking a beer telling the story
@@blazer8169 yes! THIS!
@@l0-r3z43 Erm.. Beg to differ. Every campsite I've ever been to, the guys are boasting about their new rifle, their new ATV, their new pickup, their new 19 year old girlfriend... The entire campout is one huge "toy" commercial.
@@l0-r3z43 Lol yeah, I also hate ads.
My husband and I watched the police interview tape of her and this story with Explore With Us. So I'm happy you are covering it, it's a crazy story!
Totally crazy story - you are calling a highly dangerous, male murderer a woman!
That’s an EXCELLENT doc, as is this one.
Yeah and she also shit in her pants when she was getting a lie detector test. So disgusting. Everyone is stealing everyone's videos anymore, like they don't want to waste time finding their own content. Crazy 🤣😂
@@vinnypanian359 i mean there is only so much you can do finding weird crazy topics to cover, lots of these horror type channels have covered the same topics
Same. The interview was creepy. Just the way she described things and lied so easily.
dude you tell stories so well, perfect pitch and inflection maintained through that long is impressive man, not enough people realize how hard speaking is and therefore people like you imo dont get enough praise, thank you for your service!
Only thing bad about this channel is waiting for the next video once you've watched them all, but it's always worth it.
Especially when you've already re-watched every episode trying to get your fix
@@quirks3533 rightt at this point I’ve watched all of them at least 4 times 😅
I miss the Reddit stuff he would throw in there honestly….miss the paranormal side, I know it’s still on the channel but not nearly as prominent
The old days were the best uploads 3 or 4 times a week but since he's become popular its one long arse story lol x I miss the 3 quick stories x I don't really enjoy the long ones. X I don't have the patience to sit there for 20mins listening lol x but he does deserve how far he's got x
@@TheGreyGhost_of43rd I feel like it's less of a shortage of stories and more of the fact that he's doing so much across platforms on top of having a family. Like he's on YT, Tik tok, snapchat, the podcast etc
You said she was big and sturdy😂 that had me laughing sooo hard. Lord, I pray nobody EVER refers to me that way
I agree with you! What an awful epitaph 😳
Well, he's a man. If you're a man, people will probably use words like that in order to describe you.
I mean you can be a really hot jacked woman? 🤷♂
I said the same thing!!😂😂😂
@@karriemae5222 LOL I just finished my back workout 😆. Ladies here's a little secret about men, we do be loving us a strong woman.
I swear to god. If I could get one wish it would be to discover this guy for the first time again. I've been here for several years and watched this channel grow from small to what it is now. But the content always was amazing, and still is! Keep doing what you do! (edit: I just realized that I've been here since essentially the beginning, can you guys believe this guy only posted his first video 2 years ago?!)
lol he said several years..
@@mrwreckit9023 It does feel like Mr. Ballen has been around for a long time. Maybe it's because he posted so often when he began his channel...like 3, 4, even 5 times a week😁. Indeed, Mr. Ballen's fast becoming America's favorite storyteller.
@@PowerHouseWash 😂
Same! I was OBSESSED when I first found him around the same time as you. He’s like the same age as me yet I feel a sense of pride like he’s my son of something 😂
Wow, what a waste of a wish, u could end world hunger, but ud choose to "re-discover Mr Ballen" good thinking... And why do people find the need to say how long they've liked this channel? Is it a competition i wasn't aware of??
I watched this interrogation a few months ago. And it was extremely bizarre!! Love the way you constructed this story!!
Her interrogation was wild!
She was a freaking crazy women. She didn't want them to put the pigs down lol
During the interrogation, that ' thing ' crapped its pants. One of the most vile creatures that I've ever seen!
Is that the one where she shit her pants when they showed up to her house to bring her for questioning and she sat through the entire interrogation before even mentioning that she had shitty pants. And even then didn't even ask if she could possibly change her clothes
@@Ms.Behaving that's her.
Sometimes I’m afraid to listen to your stories but I can’t help myself I listen anyway and them I’m scared for hours.
I feel this exactly. It took me two days to finish listening to this story, but his capabilities of a story teller always has me coming back.
Love your show! Great story teller!
Same.
Me too! I love his stories but get so scared
Awwww. I'll protect you
This is still gruesome but when I first saw the image of the pig and the word farm, I immediately thought of Robert Pickton. I’m Canadian and he’s one of our many serial killers here in Canada. He would kill his victims and then feed them to his pigs on his farm in Port Coquitlam, BC. He was also known as the Pig Farmer Killer or the Butcher.
th-cam.com/video/Rj4Tl850GxA/w-d-xo.html
He did a video on Pickton
There was a pig farm here near Las Vegas and the old property owner was offered millions to sell it for development. He declined for a long time and he eventually passed away. But, the rumors were that the old mobsters used to take bodies out there since the 70s. 😮
Scawry
i am in USA but i watch alot of them so ikn who u talkin bout
I believe a Criminal Minds episode was based on him once? Sounds VERY similar to one of the two part season finales
I’ve seen this story 3 times because I’m an addict, but no one spins a tale like SeñorBallen. Natural charisma mixed with being a trained observer and reporter as a SEAL maybe? Either way, I’m happy for all your blessings, brother!! I pray for many more to come.
It's a reload. But, yes he's fantastic.
Excellent story thank you
I thought I was going crazy. I knew he did this story already
There's is a 3-4 hr interview of this lady it is CREEPY!!
WhiteOnWhiteCrime is Real don't let them lie lime this is isolated 😅😅
Your delivery really draws you into the story. It's almost as if you are actually here in my living room sharing these tales while we enjoy a couple of beers. Keep up the great work.
She was killing them and then stealing their stuff. She’s like something out of a horror movie. A campy one, too. You wouldn’t believe such a thing could possibly happen. But it did.
There was an episode involving oiga eating humand on criminals minds with a retarded grown man with a cripples brother
SUSAN IS JUST A MURDERER !!
@Nix Nox Don't call people sweetheart... kiddo.
@Anubis Pup why shouldn't they? Its not like they are flirting with them- I call my friends online sweethearts and they don't have a problem with it? So why shouldn't they call them it? Its just a nick name people call some people online.
They used something like this in an episode of “Criminal Minds!” So creepy!
theres only so many people who work on youtube that after watching them and their content for a bit, that you feel really deserve the success they've earned and John is certainly one if those people. love his optimism, his story telling abilities, and most of all his heart. The emotion he shares with us in connection to some of his stories always transfers to his audience and we genuinely feel with him. You deserve everything you get John! Dont ever change and dont stop telling stories! love your channel my guy. your 1 in a 1000000
You're still my favorite storyteller. Thank you for messaging me and talking w me after my aunts murder. It's definitely worse than what we presumed it to be and trial hasn't even started yet but I still find comfort in your storytelling to get me through the toughest of nights
Who's your Aunt?
Mr. Ballen is amazing isn’t he? I’ve been listening to him since the beginning I dreaded the “piggy palace” story , but when he told it, it brought me relief and comfort. He was respectful about it. He’s my favourite story teller LIVING.
I’ll hold space for you& keep you in my prayers. I’ll lay some tobacco for your auntie.
Who's your Aunt?
@@TheGoddessRises
Jesus... that is a particularly harrowing story. What those two did was particularly disturbing. Also, 'Willy' Picton totally looks like Buffalo Bill.
I'm also curious about this
I grew up roughly an hour north of where this farm is located, and I am not surprised that th happened. This area can attract easy prey for someone like Susan to take advantage of. With all the transient population coming in and out of southern Oregon, many of whom are just nomadic adventurers who are looking for a way to make some money to travel to their next, destination, it can be easy for someone to disappear on a farm like Susan's and no one would be the wiser. Imagine if Robert didn't have family who would check in on him from time to time, she might still be luring in traveling laborers to work her farm and then killing and disposing of them once they had served their purpose.
I went thru this experience just a few months ago now I know I was right what keep me alive is JESUS CHRIST I'M STILL SCARED TO EVEN TO TALK ABOUT IT
I think you've eaten her pigs meat at some point 😂
@@ValerieWRIGHT-oi3ub Sending prayers up for you. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
@@christinajones7696 thank you
@@ValerieWRIGHT-oi3ub ya! sure! Don't Help The Next Guy Who's Just Replaced You!
Knowing How Lucky You We're! To Get Away! An Also Knowing How Many Weren't As Lucky As You! But Ya! Your Safe For Now!
If you're ever feeling low MrBallen, just read through the comments section of any of your videos. 70% of them are us telling you how much we appreciate and enjoy what you and your people do. Thank you, from New Zealand.
I love new Zealand, I wish I could visit one day. Sponsors? I'll go pick kiwis hehehe.
@@Kopie0830 they're spamming a bunch of people's comments
@@Kopie0830 We'd love to have you visit here! Also, ignore all Telegram requests. They're scams
WhiteOnWhiteCrime is Real don't let them lie lime this is isolated 😅😅
@MrBallen thank you for showing WhiteOnWhiteCrime happiness just as much as BlackonBlackCrime 😅😅
My heartfelt and deepest sympathy goes out the family members and friends of both the of these men. I am so sorry for your loss... 🌹🌹
This guy screams 90's style and that's probably why I like this channel so much. Well it also helps when he's a great story teller. He definitely found his calling. It's always nice to see someone become successful like this.
Haha thank you!!!
@@MrBallen you're great man
I even love the podcast, especially since it’s ad free on Amazon so no annoying TH-cam ads
Definitely has a handful of POGS in his fanny pack for when he needs to pay someone to feed his Tomagotchi while he's away at the skating rink. ✌️
@@benton. You do? Think on global change stop it now!
I actually watched her police interrogation a few months ago. That lady is batshit. One of those people you tell your kids don't go near her property because you never know what she's capable of.
That's not a lady.
I saw it also. It was freaky. I think it was an ex Vietnam vet that identified as a “lady”. She it was inane.
speaking of batshit, she actually shits herself in the interview room to avoid questioning
She ate him...
Exactly what green river killer was doing a pig farmer...
It is insane to see the growth of your channel of the years. Well deserved!
I don't drink coffee but I made a cup of tea for the like button 😊 I love your voice, it's perfect for storytelling, and since it's time to start knitting socks I will listen to more of your videos. Thank you!
I recall watching this case on an episode of Snapped. Susan has an appearance that’s not easily forgotten. The way her lawyers made her over for trial is incredible
Right!! I couldn't believe it was the same person! I stared at her makeover for so long!
The eyebrows they gave her were WILD
Yeah at the pictures of him at the trial I didn't realise it was him at first!
@@Dany_Stormborn Yes, she was born a male who was named Steven. At some point she began living as a female.
@@senoramariposa I knew something was off. She looked too masculine. No wonder she wanted to be alone in the middle of a forest.
I love coming to comment section and seeing all the love for John… MrBallen deserve every bit of it… thank you for keep our minds occupied and for keeping everyone’s stories alive…
The thing that makes Mr Ballen such an intriguing story teller is how his body language, expressions and hand gestures get us to focus and have a better visual. I applaud this man for being able to get me to sit and listen for a good twenty minutes.
I was just about to attempt explaining part of why John is an amazing storyteller. He’s a raconteur and that’s more than just “telling” the story. It’s the ability to entrance his audience and make us “feel” as if we’re living the story, however briefly, while he tells it with words and also so much expression that we feel a part of it. Thank you for putting the comment so succinctly!!
@@AB-un4io just said it on a whim 😂
I was just thinking about his hand gestures. He had to of working on that. It's surprisingly not too annoying lol.
Ok so I was stoned and the first 10 minutes his hands were so distracting bro I kept having to rewind
His podcasts are amazing * so it makes me wonder. ❤
I love how everything tracks back to Oregon. Oregon was my childhood home, and it only makes me miss it more when I hear about all the stories I missed.
*stories 😂
No wonder her pigs were so healthy. I guess she couldn't afford to feed them and decided to feed them humans instead. So when all the pigs' food stock was running low she hung up more flyers asking for "more help around the farm". 😲 Great story!
No ... she had the money and ability to feed her hogs .... she just hated people that she thought were not good enough in "her" eyes or were more trouble than they gave to her farm. I hope that makes sense.
She hated people .... she was narcissistic. A very evil woman.
I watched her in the interrogation room at the police station.
@@KAdams-dr4pc And how was she?
@@anotherirrelevantopinion4776
She was cold and evil. The ONLY thing she cared about at her interrogation, was her not going to be able to sell the pork from these pigs .... because they had eaten people .... also she didn't want the authorities to kill her pigs for eating people.
@@anotherirrelevantopinion4776
If you search her name .... you will find the interrogation.
Now I know why Susan never cared about the criminal records of her employees, perhaps her employees should have been worried too 🤔.
Susan is a man. Grow a backbone, and call a man a man - this man is a warped and highly dangerous killer, and still you roll over and pander to his warped fetish that he is any kind of woman!
This dangerous man and murderer is currently being housed in a women's prison, alongside women prisoners. It is a total outrage that those female prisoners, some of the most vulnerable people in society, are forced to be locked up with any male criminal, least of all one as dangerous as this man. Society has a duty of care to its female prison inmates. It is NOT part of their punishment to be locked up with male murderers and rapists!
Here in the UK as in the US, we have seen convicted male rapists and sex offenders successfully argue to be sent to women's prisons (claiming a 'trans woman' identity and arguing they are 'vulnerable'), where they have proceeded to rape and sexually assault the genuinely vulnerable female prisoners.
Women (and men who care about them), need to wake up and recognise the dangerous folly of today's male-centric, misogynist trans cult propaganda.
Facts 💯
She probably did not care about their criminal records because she is a criminal too. They probably had some sort of bond because of it.
Yeah..... I think that the OP was referring to her being a k!ller.
@@Matthew-Anthony And more likely to be a loner in life and an easy target "loser" in her eyes.
These kinds of people actually DO exist in our midst! The problem is, no one really knows who they are until they turn their depraved attention to you!!!
Another problem is people turn a blind eye. Oh so and so gave you a black eye oh it must've been an accident.
Another problem is they work for state and federal govt. I highly suggest reading David McGowan’s book Programmed To Kill. Fair warning: it gets dark. It changed my whole outlook
Yes a creepy lurking...scary!!
Dude that's scary to even think about
So refreshing to find a true crime site that doesn't have all those stupid, totally irrelevant, b-roll clips that all the other crime sites use. a total nightmare to watch and very frustrating. Well done Mr Ballen.
It's really nice to hear that law enforcement took the family seriously and actually even followed the EBT lead in the beginning. Imagine how many cases could have been solved if LE took this initiative. And good on the family for acting on it and looking for their dad. I read about their experience going to the farm and how sick they felt when they saw his dog and took belt were still there. I can't imagine the pain and suffering of these men and the people she took them from. 💔
What evidence do you have LE dont do what they can in everycase? you have just presumed they dont.
That's not what really happened, a dog walkers dog found a leg there, the ebt thing was a different investigation entirely, he's mixed two investigations up for the story
The fact that all she wanted was quiet and now she sits in a loud prison being miserable makes me happy
@@carltonthepug oh so you support Trans people then?
@@thehobbit5710 Agreed
What if she was telling the truth?
@@carltonthepug is a cwoman who alopecia not a man
@@reptoidfancy666 nothing wrong with that?????
You know I can't ever get over when you were doing the 3 piece stories and quite a few were divers how that youtube channel of divers who reviewed your stories kept referring to you as Mr B Allen. Idk why but it still makes me smile till this day.
That's his actual name. 😊 He used it in an email address I think, his name all together. I can't remember the 1st name but it was "1stname" ballen. All together so people referred to him as that name. MrBallen.
I swear I can listen to your channel all day and never get tired of it. It's a great listen while I'm cleaning houses.
I do the same thing . I listen to him while I fold laundry lol 😆 it
Hey I listen to him too when cleaning houses!
yeah so agree
You clean houses all day while listening to creepy shit? I’ll assume you’re not hot.
How funny I listen while cleaning my house too.
Mr. Ballen, your stories have made my daughter’s moving off to college easier! Every time you drop a new story, we listen to it together and have the best conversations! You’re amazing at what you do. Don’t stop!
Happy Thanksgiving to your family! My college kiddo is home for the holiday, so we got to enjoy this one together!
You did not win btw lol
@@bigbrisk8423 Scammers stink!
@@rachelpearce7287 lol facts, but they def get ppl otherwise they wouldn't be doing it so consistently lmfao, I honestly can't believe ppl fall.for it
I watched this lady's interrogation a few months ago. She was wildly scary. Glad I watched the interrogation first, Mr. Ballen did the story justice ❤️ The lady literally told the cops she would like to feed them to her pigs.
that was no lady. that was a dude actually
Dauser4. Don't be a dick.
@@pippa3150 Susan is a transgender woman. He birth name was Steven Buchanan
@@waverider8549 *his
Would that be considered a form of Cannibalism??? Lol
I live in Medford about 15 minutes away from where this happened and was shocked when I heard about this because I had been out to this farm to buy a pig from there a couple months earlier. I didn't end up buying one because at the time I thought they were giving them steroids because of how big the pigs were. I was shocked when I found out why they were so big and relieved that I decided not to
Also she is actually a he
Oh god
@@kennyvanderpool3830 nah she's actually a she
Mug shot = a man
@@EveTheRaviolo no she's a he
I use to live down the road from where she lived. Family of mine had met her and they said she seemed off and gave them bad vibes. Then they found out soon after the horrible things she did.
She doesn't sound like a person I'd want to meet that's for sure!
That's terrifying
Fam has good intuition!
So no risk neither of you bought some of her pork i suppose? I imagine the horror and disgust some people had to go through when this came up.
@sorensaxson3631 no luckily we did not lol
That mug shot is the scariest part of this whole story.
Probably because it's actually a male.
timestamp?
Bro facts lol
@@pikachoerry 22:51
major jump scare
Something about the way Ballen tells these stories is so captivating, I find myself watching them over and over without ever getting tired of it. Is it just me who thinks he'd make for an awesome DM in D&D? 😂 I think it every time I watch a new upload
Scammer
not at all
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WhiteOnWhiteCrime is Real don't let them lie lime this is isolated 😅😅.
@MrBallen thank you for showing WhiteOnWhiteCrime happiness just as much as BlackonBlackCrime 😅😅.
I like your character of the way you describe the stories. You are exactly what this story telling needed. Thank you
Please keep them coming MrBallen!!! I watch this channel every single day I’m literally obsessed with these stories (true events) and yes I know they’ve been covered before but nobody tells it quite like you!
How do you watch every day lol he stopped doin 3 4 or 5 it's just 1 week now he'll we don't even get the podcast anymore because he sold out
@@bigbrisk8423 I just learned about him last year so I been binging on his old stuff all the way up until he posted some of the newer vids.
Same here I watch a video or two every since day. Been doing it for a month already. Ever since I found a video of a family going up a cliff.
@@michelleloreto8528 its so addicting!
I watched the whole interrogation a while back,
It is truly disturbing,
So glad you covered this story. It is truly a look into evil, and people should know that these kind of people really exist. Very scary.
Thank You John!!
Me too!! I believe EWU (Explore with us) had covered the interrogation. I remember her asking the detectives to leave the room while she took her sweater off cause she had to take her beanie off and was really self conscious about her hair loss! And when she did the Polygraph test she was deliberately trying to screw it up by coughing, sighing, wiggling, etc. Such a crazy story!!!
@@KristenDilligaf DILLIGAF, That's what you came up with????
We know this type of people exist. My niece murdered her month old. It's not that hard to figure out.
@@johnclaybaugh9536 OMG!!! that's fucked up! I'm sorry to hear that. 😔
@@jackrichards1863 umm I didn't come up with it, but I used to have my last name on here so I changed it to DILLIGAF 🤣😁🤷♀️ who cares
THE ONLY STORY TELLER THAT HITS A MILLION OR MORE IN A DAY AFTER DROPPING HIS VIDEO 💯 AMAZING ... KEEP DOING WHAT YOUR DOING BUD 👍
John is awesome! You might also like Mike on That Chapter in between episodes too!
@@LaurieLeeAnnie yes! Mike is awesome too! My 2 favorite channels
@@LaurieLeeAnnie oh another one, thank you!
@@LaurieLeeAnnie what his channels name? Mike?
He can't until you turn off caps lock.
Your recommendations before your "stories" are hilarious😂. You are such a great speaker and you captivate me easily... and I am very picky with whom I listen to. Thanks for all your extensive research and time. Been doing the back catalouge for a few weeks. 😀
I love how I can already know about the case/ story but I can still watch mr.ballen's videos because he always describes it better and gets me hooked right away
Did you know that Susan is a man and he’s being housed in a woman’s prison?
WhiteOnWhiteCrime is Real don't let them lie lime this is isolated 😅😅
@MrBallen thank you for showing WhiteOnWhiteCrime happiness just as much as BlackonBlackCrime 😅😅
Mr Ballen should make his next video about yall Meth and Hairion Epidemic 😅😅
It's so dope how far you've come over all these years man. As a fellow serviceman, I salute your success. It gives us hope that we can become so much more after we leave our military life.
Thank you for your service Ken, America loves you.
@@gottagoat At this point half of America thinks he's a murderer
@@Hawkz00 No they dont
@@gottagoat Obviously 50% is an exaggeration but I've seen an alarming amount of people saying veterans just want to kill.
@@Hawkz00 That started with Nam, but we know who the real killers are now, people like Dick Cheney,Bush was just his toy, song written about that called Cheneys Toy. The America people didnt get to vote for what he did to Irac, all over a lie,which by the way, depleted urainium has a half life of thousands of years, they cant drink the water, they cant planet food, they cant fall in love and have a baby without knowing it will be deformed, yeah, thats what Cheney did to a piece of our beautiful blue planet. So, we arent calling our troops murderers, we to scared to fucking death that the idiot in the white house will be played into the death of us all, quite frankly. P.S. you asked for it
I'm in another part of this world from North Africa and I'm very lucky to have found what I wanted. Hearing your wonderful stories gives me comfort and discovering life secrets and knowing the actions of people, i become obsessed with your stories every day like caffeine in the blood. Thank you Mr Ballen.
So fun fact! The story is from where I grew up. I've actually met her multiple times at a local food bank. She would go there to pick up the people she killed for their ss and food stamps. We always thought she smelled like death and avoided her whenever we saw her. 😢
Him* he*
Omg
@@WonderDerekis Susan a dude? I was confused by whatever was going on there cuz the name obviously but looks like a dude. Silence of the lambs mf
You blind? That's a woman@@WonderDerek
@@ErinJeanetteno Susan is a woman. Literally a 5 second Google search for the Wikipedia will tell you so. Born a woman, is still a woman.
Why do people believe bullshit that is verifiable with a 5 second search?
I discovered Mr. Ballen early on to and now I got a t shirt for christmas and I feel like his success couldnt happen to a better guy. The best story teller on any platform by far.
Yesss exactly!! I watch him to sleep his voice always relaxes me and I watch him during the day too don't get me qrong lol 😂 👏 but your comment is facts 💯 thanks friend 🤷♀️ ♥ ☺
Just wanted you to know, you're one of five channels where I have watched every video listed on TH-cam. Considering the amount of videos you have that's an achievement for the both of us! Keep up the good work, Mr. B!
What are the other ones you have watched and recommend?
👀 I need the list lol. Only other one I watch consistently is Kendall Rae.
Drop the list Ty!
Same
@@ashleywells2243 Bailey Sarian is great 👍
You’re the only one I don’t skip sponsor ads for, you just make them so entertaining and only you could do that!
so very true .
He’s so over the top though, I have to fast forward sometimes lol. At least he doesn’t say “smash that like button”, his are at least creative
Nope, he still sneaks in the ads even tho some of us pay money MONTHLY to not see ads, it's a scummy practice and screw him for doing it.
OMGOSH yes!! His ads are freaking hilarious 😂 So entertaining.
@@BMVarrix Ads are one thing we don't pay for. Although paid promotion is different, all TH-camrs do these within their videos as they have sponsored the story.
So we do get away from all the sickly hundreds of ads in uploads but paid promotion is something we can't pay to avoid and hence many ppl now pay youtubers a sponsorship. I skip forward on these except for MrBallen.
I had already heard this story on a podcast called Morbid maybe a year or so, but it's still one of the most fascinating true crime stories in my opinion.
I found this channel while going through a sudden pet loss and it has been one of the few things that gets me through the grief. I just want to say the videos improved so much from the earlier ones when John would say he’ll get better at it. It’s not just the storytelling, but whoever does the editing, sound effects, and music are really fantastic.
So sorry for your loss...it's so hard to lose a beloved furbaby. Hope you're feeling better now. They take such big pieces of our heart with them when they go. ❤🐶🐱❤
@@michelleadamchak1330 I appreciate that a lot, thank you. They do! It’s very, very hard but so worth the unconditioned love that everyone should get to experience.
So so sorry, Liza. I'd lost a kitty just this morning and I get it. It's a fried we rarely talk about
Lida I am the same.
Found this channel during the lost of a loved one.
Use to listen when I would go to sleep.
That's how I found let's read
I'm sorry- I know how you feel, and I know how the world wants to treat it like it's nothing and you're weird for caring so much- all I can say is that I feel sorry for anyone who believes that because that means they've never felt the connection, the unconditional devotion and love we give and receive from our animals. My babies are just that- my babies, I love them with all my heart and every time I lose one, it just about kills me. I always say I'm not going to do it again, because dog's lives are so fickle- they can be gone so easily- but I can't help it. Eventually some pup looks up at me with those big brown eyes, completely innocent and pure- and I melt again and fall in love. But in the end, it's worth it- my life is richer, more fulfilled- and theirs was as well, and that's worth all the tears and the hurt. Bless you- I'm praying for you- when you feel well enough, please adopt another baby. I don't know where you are, but I know your local shelter needs ppl like you- and so do the poor souls in their care. Thanks for being an animal lover, be well.
"If you got something out of this episode".. Yeah I got something out of it: crippling anxiety and a whole new batch of trust issues. Thanks Mr. B! 😄
Same
Right?!
Mr B really enjoy all your videos and your charming personality and your story telling .Keep up your great work.
And that if we have pigs we can get rid of bodies
hahaha
I remember this lady. My dad has some acreage in that area and built his retirement house out there. I remember him telling me after all this happened how he had met this lady and almost went to work for her part time. It was a huge story in Jackson county.
bro that's craaaaazy
Stop lying
@@dameonjones3102 i dont lie, just because you do doesnt mean everyone does
@@Timeshifter32 daaaaaaamn
Your dad was extremely lucky. If he decided to work for her, he would've been pig food
MrBallen comes in at the right time and at the right place. Seems like he's gradually improving over time. His storytellings have impacted us in ways we can never forget. May God bless him and his family.
sus
He just got a deal with Amazon and everything. Mrballen is taking over
Thank you!!
@@MrBallen you actually respond?
Feel So Empty Without You N Your Stories G
Your story ability keeps getting better. I love how you tell the story and not just the story but fill in the needed information to fully understand what is going on in the story. That makes so much more enjoyable to listen to. That is why I tell everyone to check out your channel.
This man's voice is intoxicating!!!! As you can tell I'm a HUGE fan!!!! Just miss the 3 to 4 to 5 uploads a week!!!
Prayers to the family and victims . This is so sad and heartbreaking
I’ve never heard anyone tell stories like MrBallen! Man I appreciate how much work and research you do behind the scenes to give us these stories. Respect 🙏🏽💯!
You were trying hard to get a heart!! Lol
I'm frEeEeEeE jusus sux. And he hates people who push their fake crap in comments sections. I know. He told me.
I usually skip the sponsor ads for other channels, but I always watch his, they are just so bizarre and funny
This is addictive! Living out in a desolate area in AZ, we've been having a Mr Ballen marathon at my house this past week. Rehearing some and listening to the ones I missed. It's hard to go outside at night lately though, and it gets dark so early...
It's funny how things like abandoned shacks, strangers in parking lots, or news headlines invoke MrBallen's narration in my head to accompany them.
I hope I'll be ok. LOL!
I love most all of your work. But I find it more challenging to listen to the longer videos (60 min or more). My mind tends to wander if I not really engaged. Takes me longer than the allotted time due to having to go back and relisten to what I missed. It's great to see your success. Thank you for your service. I love hearing about your experiences as a seal. God bless you! Im a fan!
Susan's interrogation video is a trip. At a certain point, when she was alone in the room, she stood up and noticed she had shit herself. She looked at the camera mounted in the room and said "this was your fault", she didn't seem too concerned though. She kind of just wiped it off the chair with her bare hand, and sat back down.
Blamed them for not letting her go to the bathroom and then ate food without washing her hands not long after that! When she looked at the video after she wiped the chair off she blamed it on somebody not letting her go...WTAF??? So you just sit there and shit your pants and go in like nothing! Could you imagine the smell of that interrogation room!?!? I was nauseous after that, just thinking about it.
@@cindylang7402 ugh that is so disgusting!
HE is a MAN. He was born male and will die male - and he committed the typically male crime of murder. Stop insulting women and girls by calling this pervert a woman. He's a guy, always was, always will be!
@@glamdolly30 absolutely!! I don't know how people don't know. That is a big ass woman.
@@vanessaarnell He is a trans identified man - he was born male and will die male, and he committed a typically male crime of multiple murder.
It is deeply unfair to women and 100% inaccurate, to claim he is female. He is clearly male. Even if he had sex change surgery, every cell of his body remains male forever - though he is probably one of the 97% of trans identified men who retains his male genitals and has not had any surgery.
This happened in my home valley. She wanted to donate her pigs to a food bank .... A local butcher was down to do it pro bono.... community said NOPE! Weird ass story
Whats a weird dude, Susan was.
she said there were 27 more bodies. if she has been out there for nearly 3 decades, i would suspect those bodies could have been eaten by the pigs and sold
she also apparently had a meltdown when she learned they were put down instead of butchered
@@ihateithere6432 *he
She used to donate to the rogue River vfw..
I use to go there often, her pigs tasted so horrible, people would throw the meat out in the garbage.
You are literally the only storyteller that I never hesitate to watch the content from EVEN when I know about the case, just because of how gifted you are at telling these stories!!
Same! :)
Holy crapoly!! How horrifying!! Thanks for sharing this with us.... Peace to all... 💜💙💜
I keep hearing your ads playing between other videos and it always makes me smile. Happy to see you grow further, man. Hope you and the family are doing well.
I remember the Summer of 2020 I got my first apartment and every night or every other night I would binge watch mrballens videos. He had like 20k subscribers or something. I miss the consistency the 3 or 4 videos a week but there’s only so many stories you can tell and he’s covered just about every story known to man. Mr ballen I want a cabin in the woods or national forest series again for Christmas pls
Mr Ballen’s stories have positively affected me when I feel down. Just having someone tell stories it awesome.
I use to be homeless and a addict . But listening to his storys would take me away from all that . Heck of a good guy .
Hey, MrBallen! Just wanted to wish you and your US viewers a happy Thanksgiving this Thursday. Several times throughout the week I get viewers from your channel leaving comments on my videos that say they found my channel through yours. I appreciate that! You’re an awesome storyteller. From one US Navy veteran to another - thanks, man! 👍
happy thanksgiving 🦃🍁 😊
Right on!! Thank you!!!
I've watched your videos since the Horton mine as well, never knew you were in the navy, I'm currently in the submarine force so it's very interesting to learn that about you. Hope you had a great thanksgiving!
@@elijahvalongo9528 Hope you had a great Thanksgiving, too, Elijah! Yes, I spent some time in the US Navy. Did two 6-month deployments on ships that were stationed on the East Coast and the West Coast. Got to see a lot of the world that way during those years! Had a blast! Spent the last couple of years of my enlistment on shore duty taking it easy.
@@elijahvalongo9528 He was a SEAL.
Your stories help with my sleepless nights, depression, and pain through the hard times In my life thank you
Yesss
Try praying to Jesus too...He loves & cares for you & can work miracles in your life if you allow Him to 🥰
Same.
@@ashleypadgett4280 Do these stories make you feel like Jesus or miracles exist?
Totally agree there xxxooo
When I found Mr. Ballen it was purely by accident, but it's the best accident I've ever made! I love him and his stories!
I would see his shorts all the time... When I finally when to his full channel, I was hooked! I spent days trying to watch all of his old videos. He had about 4.2 million subs at that point.
I found him 4 years ago on a road trip, first story from him I heard was the Piggy Palace episode, possibly one of the most disturbing ones
Same , found him by accident lol. Enjoy his story telling. He’s awesome!
Same here, one day on Facebook I started with one of his 2-3 minute videos and someone called me with one minute left… when the call ended the Facebook app refreshed by itself and the video was gone ! Lol I was so mad but let me tell ya I was ecstatic when I found his channel
It was really random for me and got hooked
I’m an hvac tech and I hate when I have to go to farm houses late at night. These types of stories always pop up in my mind.
Bring back ghosts stories and three part cave diving stories! Love you Mr. Ballen! 💛
hi. this is mr bellen. will take your request into consideration. thanks
Funny enough, I thought the same thing. I'm not at all interested in Crime Storys, which is 95% of the Channels Storys atm.....
@@wallstreet_au Bro didn't even try lmao
Here here! I second that motion!
Agreed! This true crime shit is depressing and not scary. I just feel sad and Ill after some of these episodes. Gimme some fu kin skin walkers!
I remember when MrBallen would upload "3, 4, sometimes even 5 times a week". I still love him and understand completely the time and effort it takes to research and record these videos. I just loved the randomness of the uploads. Sometimes you got one on Tuesday and Friday, sometimes it was Monday and Thursday. The surprise was outstanding.
Blaaablah blaaaaah
I was just talking to a CO worker yesterday about this. Like man I miss the days when he's finish the video by saying and we upload 4 to 5 times a week. Now it's 2 times. Once on Monday and once on Tuesday.
@@johnjames945 dick of the day goes to James!