They always say that about deceased victims, we don't know how much of that is actually true. Most adults have enough manners to be friendly enough, at least casually and to your face, but kids can be a-holes.
Yessss. Also looked at how much time was left on the vid immediately after the ringing endorsement you quoted, I knew it was gonna be not just intricate but also HORRIBLE.
I can't even imagine how traumatized that elevator operator must have been after experiencing that. The guilt of something that was completely accidental must have been insane. How sad for John and everyone involved. :(
Exactly what I said. Also must have been INCREDIBLY loud and frightening to have a 100 something pound man fall 200+ feet onto the elevator car you're on, then to see blood rain down the windows...
Am I the only one that when it’s a “someone got stuck” story, that you start getting that claustrophobic feeling. I think that would have to be one of the worst ways to die. Another great set of stories John, you effectively gave me the heebee jeebees
The one with the kid that got stuck in the wall of the abandoned house and the one where the guy was running from the police on the top of the building and got stuck behind the bricks were the worst for me
I really like it that MrBallen doesn’t flood his videos with a whole bunch of nonsense photos, and that he tells you if the photo is related to the actual case. Plenty of TH-camrs have complete slideshows of stockphotos and then you have to kind of guess if any of those actually show the subjects/objects/places of the story.
Exactly. MrBallen is way, way better than those slideshows. My take on the slideshows is that they are more fictional than fact and a total waste of my time >.< If there are any real photos, they are in the last 1/3 and searching a non-video source is faster since there isn't really enough fact to make it into a proper video obviously.
Seriously, is there anyone who doesn't just adore this guy? So happy that he's been so successful with his channel. I think if anyone deserves it, it's Mr. Ballen.
Anyone who lives in Texas or Florida knows this very very well, we think about it every summer because it's sweltering outside. She knew about the Heat and I'm guessing she knew the doors lock because her husband had been a police officer for years. Also, what could she possibly have been getting out of his police car? In the back where they put people under arrest? It makes me sick that no one questions this and it was just written off as an accident
@@industrialover I would agree that everyone knows this in Texas but the amount of times I've had to go into a store and tell the employees that there is a very small child in an off car is more than I would like
15:00 I worked security at King’s Island in the early 00’s. During our extensive training, we were told of _every_ time someone has died at the park due to accidents/negligence, including John’s story, in gruesome detail as an illustration of just how wrong things can go…part of the story you left out was that his body was partially ripped apart by the mechanics and came “raining” down to the ground. Before the friend group officially found out it was him, a bloody piece of his red flannel shirt was found down below and was identified by the girlfriend I believe. It was very sad. There are at least 4 other *INSANE* deaths from King’s Island that I hope Mr. Ballen will one day cover (including a death on Flight Commander, 2 deaths at the Viking ship lake by electrocution, and a death by lion….oh the stories I could tell of that place!) 🦁⚡️⚡️🛩
The electrocution story at KI is freaky! To me it's probably one of the scariest amusement park accidents. I was shocked by a model train set when I was younger and have been quite wary since then. Add in the water aspect, and it's a big nope!
I've lived in the Cincinnati area my whole life, we have been buying season passes for the past 5 years, I'd be really interested in hearing all those stories...
The channel Fascinating Horror made 2 great videos about the accidents on King's Island. Of the cases you told, i believe the only one he didn't cover was the Flight commander. But he talked about a girl who lost her foot. Pretty great channel for those who like MrBallen.
You know, I think Mr. Ballen may save lives- perhaps my own. After hearing so many stories about people being alone and somehow stuck and unable to free themselves or get help, I bet a lot of people like me will think twice before going into any kind of unpopulated places alone- especially tight fit places. I certainly will remember these stories if I'm ever tempted to explore some enclosed space while alone!
@@mortimerbrewster3671 We can't all be as smart as and perfect as you, Mortimer. Yes, there have been times when I've been out and decided to look into a hole, go for a swim, look inside an abandon building, or do other things that seemed safe but could have had unknown risks. Apparently you just stay inside your house playing on your computer and telling people how you are to smart to go outside and do anything . Enjoy that life.
@@thecityman1910 Looking in a hole does not mean sticking your oversized body into a space too small or trying to reach for an easily replaceable phone where you will definitely get stuck upside down if you slip. I watched so many of Mr Ballen's videos so I don't remember if this is the one that has the crocodile but going for a swim in or near waters that is well known for having deadly animals is a recipe for disaster. Please feel free to do so. The world needs to be rid of a few morons who act in the name of adventure. If it's an area not known for man hunting crocodiles then swim away. Abandoned buildings are great. Just make certain you're not walking into one of those abandoned barns that are tilting and look like a good wind will blow it over. Or better yet, go for it and don't forget to lean against the rotted beam that is the only thing still keeping the roof up. See how common sense works? Having adventures does not mean shutting off your brain to intelligent (and common sense) thought.
@@mortimerbrewster3671 OK....you make me feel almost bad that I was such a jackass in my first reply. I actually agree with almost everything you said, and you are right if you were saying that common sense should prevent most people from getting in these situations. But not all. I was thinking of a few stories like the guy in ireland who was hunting rabbits with ferrets and stuck only his head in the hole but it caved in or he was at an angle he couldn't get out of and died from it. I can imagine even someone with common sense looking into a hole- probably done it 100s of times- but because he is alone he gets stuck and dies. Or the guy running from cops and trying to hide in the attic of the grocery store but accidently sliding inside a hollow pillar and not being able to get out. He shouldnt have been running from cops but that is a moral thing, not a common sense problem. I can think of other stories where people were just out doing fairly mundane things but got in a situation they couldn't get themselves out of- and not all of them were common sense errors. But the ones you listed were. I'd even say that in the vast majority of cases you are right. I also agree that sometimes these people doing these dumb things are a good way to clean up the gene pool and remove some idiots. That's called Darwin Award as I'm sure you know. So we seem to agree more than we disagree, and maybe neither of us are as dumb as we both said the other was at first! :)
I knew I was a fan of the strange dark and mysterious but until this channel, I didn't know I also liked it in story format. Guess you learn everyday 😆
I stared watching when he was really small like just moved from TH-cam I started watching him when he came out with the Russian sleep experiment vid and the datlav pass one
The man who died in the dinosaur leg gave me John Jones anxiety. If he had watched that video about John getting stuck and dying upside down in Nutty Putty Cave, maybe he wouldn't have gone head first. But...moral of the story - your cell phone is replaceable, you aren't.
It also reminds me of that one MrBallen story where the young man got stuck in the back of his SUV and 911 couldn't hear him well... he also died, unfortunately.
@@darrellcovello7917 yeah that was a 16yo kid here in Cincinnati. He was at school. The 911 couldn't find his vehicle in time to save him. Truly tragic.
I appreciate the duffle use of sound effects as you speak. The sounds of footsteps when you mention someone running and the sirens of emergency vehicles. Great story telling mechanic that paints vivid mental pictures of the events unfolding without being to distracting from the actual story.
You know the story is going to get very interesting when Mr. Ballen says “To understand what happens next you need to understand the layout of the house” or “In order to understand what happens next you need to understand how this elevator works”. Whenever he starts with that, I know some serious ishhh is going to happen…. (Unfortunately).
There have been a lot of "trapped" stories in MrBallen's videos and each time i hear one i think i can't even imagine the terror of getting trapped, you can't move your arms, you can't breathe, often these people are upside down. And you don't die quickly but slowly over days although when upside down it goes faster but hardly a good deal as it must be completely intolerable yet you have zero choice. RIP to all of these folks.
I've seen a video done on John Harder before and his death was explained as "hit by an elevator." It's not that I'm looking for gory details, but quite obviously he was not just simply hit by an elevator and died. I appreciate Mr. Ballen treating us like adults and always trying to be truthful and detailed in explaining what happened, even if sometimes it can be gruesome.
@@ValCronin i work on automated machinery and you can look up videos of an industrial elevator to see the platform and counterweight system. They work the same way but since they are purely utilitarian and people dont ride them there is no shaft and all of the mechanical aspects are exposed.
@@ValCronin I've been to kings island and I've been on top of the fake eiffel tower. You can see the shafts from the ground and you can see the beams..this was a gruesome fucking death.
Getting crushed by large machinery is something that always viscerally frightens me. The last story sounds like something from a 80s teen horror movie!
Brad Bengel that would hard to imagine and something that I'm sure that you'd wish that you could forget. Probably have plenty of nightmares afterwards.
@@jacqueline3782 My only gripe is the same one I have for all regular Joe's who try to become TH-camrs. They're trying so hard to speak correctly/precisely, they say "thee" instead of "the" whether it precedes a vowel or not. It's kind of grating on the ears of us compulsive tie-straighteners.
Facts! My 12 year old son made me watch one of these videos last year, which turned into he and I binge watching them until the wee hours of the morning......i haven't stopped watching them since.
@@denisemetzger305 I’m not so much older than your son (a few years to be precise) and I can tell ya now I can’t stop watching these videos. It’s just a natural addiction, I rewatch all of his videos every day
@@JamesSmith-wu1dd Or going into the woods/forest alone, or splitting from the group/partner once inside said woods/forest. On a side note, while I never have found the secret in any of the videos, I may have found someone puking. It's @ 11:02 in the Hannah Barbera Park picture. On the right side is woman or kid bent over a railing. I know it's not their arm cause you can see it behind their back. Anyone else?
@@JamesSmith-wu1dd that too, yet people think it’s fun and still do it, still die lol. I love a lot of crazy things too but i draw the line at claustrophobic nightmares haha
I don't understand how that lady managed to accidentally shut the door to the cop car. And what possibly would she be "looking for" in the back of her husband's cop car? Shit don't line up
Lmfao my gf and I just went on a camping trip and when we were picking out a state park (NY) we’d be like “nah that’s def gonna get us on a ballen video” or “that’s way too remote all the crazy camping stories are in remote locations with no cell service”
Thanks to Mr. Ballen’s videos, I now know I have claustrophobia. I didn’t have it as a kid, but now that I’m a larger man who isn’t as limber or more likely to get stuck in things others fit through, I now have extreme anxiety that borders on a panic attack thinking about get trapped somewhere.
My dad was actually there for the last story. He was 18 on a trip his senior year. He didn’t know that it happened when he was there but found out after. Cool to hear the full story from a different perspective. I always thought he fell straight down the elevator shaft. Crazy that he got crushed first and all that. Sad story what a bad way to go.
I actually have been to King's Island too (I live in Ky not Ohio) and up to the top of the tower (I was actually planning on going a week ago with family but someone got Covid) and it makes me so disturbed that I could have been in that very elevator.
Long time KI guest. I remember when this story was reported. I was living in Indianapolis, and my new husband and I had made KI our yearly vacation spot. There have been a few other accidents there, but this was the most disturbing to me because of the thought of ping-ponging off the struts on his way down, and being awake the whole time. Falling out of the flying rocket thing comes in at a very close 2nd.
We would go to KI for our annual company picnic. Listened to a Quiet Riot concert on the top platform of the Eiffel Tower. KI has the best fudge anywhere, always bought several bricks on my way back to Indiana.
I know people working there that know the story and were involved. He was not crushed at the top. His clothing got stuck on the counter weight chains. The counter weight hit him knocking him free from his clothing and he fell about 200 feet to his death.
When I was a teenager, I bypassed the lock mechanism on an elevator's exterior doors (ridiculously easy to do), got on top of the car when it stopped at the floor below me, and rode it up and down the shaft. At one point, I got just a little too close to the counterweight's track, and the counterweight just barely clipped my shoulder as it was coming down and I was going up. I was lucky: it knocked me off balance, but it didn't hurt me. What I remember most is how UNYIELDING that thing was. If I had been just a little farther under its path, it would have sheared my arm off without slowing a bit. I'll never forget that feeling of being struck a glancing blow by something that obviously could have killed me. Being hit by a car would be gentle compared to that. Cars dent. This had no give, no elasticity. It was more like being hit by a train.
@@godwarrior3403- It's not quite as crazy as it sounds. There's an override switch on top of each car for repairmen, with buttons for manually going up and down. Once you flip that switch, you're in control of the car. You're not at the mercy of passengers. The car is out of service. Also, for the sake of brevity, I neglected to mention that I had an accomplice. A friend got in the car and rode it to the floor below me, and that's when I picked the lock and got on top. He was holding the doors open. The car wasn't going to start moving before I got situated. I could see him through a little hole in the emergency hatch, and once I was safely on top of the car, I told him through the ceiling that he could stop holding the doors. He got out and went on with his day. It was tempting to flip the override back to normal and whisper or growl at unsuspecting passengers though the ceiling. That would've been funny, but I didn't do it. It might've gotten me caught. Anyway, I wasn't being completely crazy. I kind of knew what I was doing.
I thought just one video from this channel a day would be enough. That soon became two, then three. I can't get enough of these great videos. This is one of the best channels on TH-cam.
A friend of mine asked me when we were in a bookshop if I knew where the self help books were and I just said " are you being sarcastic " and he said " no why would you think that " and I just said " never mind "
Lotta car crashes in there I’m guessing, also pedestrians not paying attention…..along with freak incidents like this sprinkled in, but yeah, I’m sure there are significant numbers…would be interested to see a study on those stats
If the guy was upside down it the dinosaur leg, he most likely died within twenty-four hours due to heart failure, like the the guy at the nutty putty cave. The circulatory system isn't designed to pump blood up out of your head and up to your feet.
yeah, like the gym mat death. Upside down is pretty fast death due to the blood being stuck in your head so you stroke out. The body isn't made to circulate that way , so it' s fast. but the inability to move has to be pure terror. RIP.
@@hushpuppyandfriends5115 you mean the one where his organs and shit was removed? Where the time stamps jumped a few hours? Where the boyfriends father is a cop or some shit?
That eiffel tower is what made me realize i was scared of heights as a kid. I had no idea it had that past. My father and I both spent copious amounts of time at that park as kids. It's surprising that a place of pure joy could have something like this happen
Makes me wonder, alot of Cops kill their wives and Get away with it... Seems strange that he went upstairs and went straight to sleep when cops like talking about work..he didn't talk to his son or wife... To me it makes me believe he asked his wife for help to clean his cop vehicle and he then locked her in there and walked up stairs and fell asleep giving him time for his wife to die
@@ChrisDaVillian that’s a gruesome thought! I don’t think so though because letting her cook to death in full view of the neighborhood would be risking a lot. And if she was discovered and rescued, she would know what he tried to do.
@@ChrisDaVillian bro, if you'd done busy night shifts before, you'd understand that you don't feel like talking much after! That was probably their routine - he comes home, sleeps, and then spends time with them. Definitely zero evidence to suspect him.
@@ChrisDaVillian ok no, “A LOT” of cops do not kill their wives. Wtf is that? SOME have. Just like SOME dentists have killed their wives. Stop making it seem like it’s a trend with cops or something. And dude was probably just fucking tired. I don’t know what about that story makes you think he somehow intentionally killed her, as if he knew his son wasn’t gonna also go help her clean the car or something, or that he would somehow know the door wouldn’t stay open and close on her from behind, and do so in the middle of the driveway in a neighborhood where anyone could be walking by and see it happen. Insanely idiotic thought
I’ve noticed people sure take a lot of chances when they are alone. If you’re going to ignore all signs or make a ridiculous decision, grab a friend and leave them out of the plan. Let someone know when you’ll be back and where you’re going. So many deaths could be avoided if someone somewhere knew where to start looking.
I used to take solo day hikes. Nothing crazy, mainly on trail. I still told my mom where i was goinh and when I'd be back. Anything can happen in the woods. I don't wanna get stuck alone there.
The man in the dinosaur has to be one of the most horrible ways to die, there was a local news story about a boy who was missing a couple years ago, when they found him they realized that he had tried to get into a abandoned house by going down the chimney head first, at first it was a easy go, however it narrowed towards the bottom where he got stuck, I didn't know the boy but his story really bothered me for quite some time
@@laurenfell I'm pretty sure it was his jacket they found, has to be one of two ways, 1. He found a way in the house, then thought it would be fun to go down the chimney, if he can find a way to get on the roof of a two story house, then he can probably find a way in the house, only thing is kids don't fold there clothes or a jacket for sure. 2. He didn't find a way in and took off the jacket, tossed it down the chimney, then tried going down the chimney, so how did the jacket get folded? Maybe someone found him first who didn't want to get involved, but out of pity folded the jacket, someone who was once in the military (.?)
@@pennyandwoody it was worse because he thought he would be able to get back out and there was nothing blocking it this guy was just like "I wanna get in the dinosaur dinosaur go raawwwr"
Last story was tragic and gruesome, but the other two come very close. Personally, I would rather have a violent, but quick death, than slowly suffocating or being cooked.
What I love about him is ge doesn't read the story from a script in a monotone voice but TELLS the story in an animated fashion completely holding my interest & he tells very interesting stories. No schlock is he. THANX
Mr Ballen is the perfect dinner time companion for me. Nothing like chowing down spaghetti with a side order of death and despair told in story format.
Why do people comment the same thing over & over? It was funny when the 1st 2 or 3x, now it’s just annoying, repetitive, & unoriginal. It’s also kinda pathetic bc it’s a comment posted for likes.
Why do people comment the same thing over & over? It was funny when the 1st 2 or 3x, now it’s just annoying, repetitive, & unoriginal. It’s also kinda pathetic bc it’s a comment posted for likes.
For the life of me I cannot think of what in the world that policeman's wife would have been looking for in the backseat and why in the world would ANYTHING of her's even be back there.
How did she know the car was unlocked and why does this guy leave his police car unlocked? A normal person would have grabbed their key when going to check their car. This is too much of a freak accident to be an accident
Does anyone else feel a bit weirded out when the dates of the stories are only a year or so ago? (Or even worse when one of them only happened in May THIS YEAR!)
I live 30 minutes from Kings Island and have been told the story of the guy that died on the Eiffel tower most of my life. I have never heard it so graphically described as Mr. ball ended but now I am a little grossed out by the fact that I’ve ridden that ride at least 100 times. There’s a ghost story that he still haunts the tower.
I think my aversion to dangerous situations comes from a few near death experiences that scared me straight. The things I did weren't reckless but rather careless and I easily could have lost my life in several instances. Memories of the terror of almost dying made me much more careful as I matured. My mind thinks of almost every scenario of what could happen to me if I went and did something highly risky.
Watching the #2 story, I wonder how many of the people considered as 'missing' got actually stuck inside a cave, crevice, hole, chimney or whatever, and died there. Most of the times, maybe even the bones remain undiscovered and / or unidentified.
Funny enough, I used to work for a pipeline inspection company that my dad operated, and my boss (his franchise owner) found a dead body in a chimney that he was called to inspect. This happened before I worked there, but they initially thought it was an attempted burglary gone awry, but it turns out that the body apparently was the brother or son of the homeowner who tried to access the house via the chimney when he couldn’t get in. A terribly stupid thing to do, but nevertheless an awful way to go out….
Take a look at the Texas Cat Lady story, where a woman got stuck inside the cavity of her house walls. It was years later before a new tenant found her - by then, she was just a skeleton.
This is my third session listening to your stories. You're a fantastic story teller, normally I can't listen to someone talking more than five minutes non stop unless he's a lecturer. you can capture your listener's attention and hold for ever... just listening no video very little photos just your voice and the story unfolding. i tip my hat to you. great job. keep it coming. thanks.
I think the only reason people hit the dislike button it’s just to give the like button a break, that’s the only explanation I can figure out why people would hit dislike for Mr. Ballen video
I don't suffer from claustrophobia but this story definitely made me feel super anxious the minute John described how the guy was reaching for his phone.
@@jeanmh12 You think that was bad? Listen to the nutty putty cave story. I believe the man's name was John Jones. He's still in that cave. That story gave me a panic attack and I still get nauseous when I think about it.
Mr Ballen: *6 days since the last upload* Me: "It's been 84 years..." For real though, I love your videos, they keep me company during my daily 2h commute! Thank you so much, and keep up the authenticity! Edit: I also really appreciate the way you explain some technicalities (for dummies) so we get a better understanding of how certain things work and how it impacted the event!
Wow. I've probably been to Kings Island 100 times, because I grew up nearby, and that's the first time I've ever heard that story. I've heard a lot of old amusement park horror stories that happened in and around the Cincinnati area, but I always figured the Eiffel Tower was the least likely place in Kings Island that a death could occur.
When the man slipped down the dinosaur leg he most likely died from blood being trapped in his upper torso and head. It’s very similar to the case of the boy who went cave diving and ended up in a similar situation which ultimately would be his own death which they even left his body in the cave because it was just too difficult to remove.
Yeah, being upside down for too long, the heart isn’t strong enough to pump blood throughout the body to the vital organs. Horrible way to go out tbh 😞
Being trapped inside an extremely tight and small space, as in the second story, is my worst nightmare of all. Poor chap, what a horrible way to die. May he rest in peace.
I guarantee John wasn't suicidal, that's the exact same bs I used to do at that age while drunk, especially when annoyed, climb on top of churches and buildings, crap like that, it's a miracle I never died.
i agree, some teenagers tend to do risky thrill seeking stuff(that adults would never do), especially when really drunk. probably a great kid, who just made a bad mistake goofing around while very drunk. i could even see myself doing something that dumb as a teen drunk (i used to jump on moving trains all the time, cross train trestle, climb down to the pillars of the trestle, crossed over a street 20 feet up on a less than 1 foot steel beam on the underside of the trestle, etc etc)
Yup. One time I was at work framing a house by a river and I got annoyed and didn't want to work any longer, so I hiked out several hundred yards through thick weeds trying to find a way to the rivers edge without having to go into the water. Not that what I did was super dangerous, it wasn't (other than maybe snakes or getting stuck in mud), I'm just confirming what you say. Sometimes, when you're annoyed by a situation or people, you just get this urge to do something challenging alone. It's a stress reliever because it takes your mind off of things other than the challenge at hand.
Imagine knowing you're about to die, and your last thought is "in a few days, the whole world is going to laugh when they read about a guy who met his end by getting lodged inside the hollow leg of a stegosaurus sculpture".
I have worked on the Eiffel Tower at Kings Island. I am fairly certain there have only ever been two elevators in the tower, each only going to one level. Also, ever since this incident the stairs are closed not only to the public but to staff as well. Ride operators have access to the one closed-in staircase going from one observation deck to another, but that's it, and only in an emergency. We once had to evacuate the crowd down to the lower deck because there were maintenance issues with the elevator that reached the upper level, so to get everyone down they needed to go to the lower deck to use that elevator. Other than that one flight of stairs that are all closed in you need "special training" or something to even be allowed on the stairs.
Thank you for clarifying that it was John's decision to do what he did. People are FAR too quick to always blame companies for people's bad decision-making, and justify lawsuits for absurd amounts of money. It is preposterous.
it's been awhile since ive seen it but im reminded of a story where a group of students bypassed the safety limits on a slide at a water park that was meant for 1 person at a time but they liked to do this thing where everyone would go at once, and it worked just fine at a completely different slide at a completely different water park, so they did it again, the slide broke and a bunch of them were killed/injured then the parents sued the water park even though it was clearly commnicated that the slide wasnt intended for that amount of stress, and they were breaking the rules by doing what they did
I´d just like to thank you for giving metric conversions to any weights, distances and so on. Like a lot of Europeans, I have very little idea about miles, ounces and stuff like that. And I´m sure when the meaasurements in a story are in metric, there must be Americans who appreciate being given numbers they can imagine too. By giving both, we all understand.
@@philiptucker7590 It would be a nuisance to have to convert everything that appears during a video though. I write, and have started giving the equivalent in brackets wherever necessary. I think it shows respect for readers.
Kings Island is a truly magnificent place, I've been there too many times to count. John, or "Eiffel Tower man" is one of many KI stories. "Racer Boy" and "the little girl in the blue dress" just to name the most infamous. Note: always, always keep a close eye on your intoxicated friends, especially in a place such as an amusement park.
Same! I’ve been there a lot. We used to get seasons passes every year. The girl is the freakiest story. I watched the son of the beast breakdown from the top of the drop tower and I was there the lady fell in the pond and got electricuted. I’ve also never been to a reds game that they’ve won.
@@STARWARS_FANATIC yeah that was "Black Sunday" in 1991. 1 person fell in the "lake/pond" in Germantown and got electrocuted and someone who tried to rescue her also was electrocuted and they both died. Another would be rescuer was electrocuted but survived.. also a woman died on the Flight Commander the same day as the electrocutions when she slipped out of her too large/or too loose(can't remember which) harness. I had a season pass every summer at the time and funnily enough just got one 2019 for first time in long time.
@@DavidThomas-qq4hf yeah, I think it was the same week on the Flight Commander. An intoxicated woman wasn’t strapped in properly and when the ride went inverted, she fell out.
Sadly, sometimes that just cannot be avoided. I mainly reply to this comment due to a comment made on one of MrBallen's videos. It had brought up an old memory of a strange situation I had found myself in when I was around a four or five years old: I had woken up in the middle of the night only to discover that I was somehow squished in between the wall and the headboard to my bed. I had absolutely no idea how I got there. Nevertheless, I figured that if I had somehow gotten back there on my own, then there had to be some way for me to get back out. I tried all options available. There were open slots to the headboard's frame, so I thought that maybe I somehow fell through one. No, they were too narrow. I tried squeezing out the side. My hand slithered through, my arm as well, but when I got to my shoulder it was a no go. I tried lifting my arms up to see if I could grab the top of the headboard and pull myself out. I cannot recall if I could reach it or not, but I do know I never would have been able to pull my own weight up and over it and it was likely just as narrow as the side had been. My last option was to see if I could get under the bed. This was actually the most impossible route because there was molding that jutted out an inch, so between that and the bed, it was the most narrow opening of all. After all my attempts and struggles I realized I was indeed trapped and there was no way I was getting out of there on my own. Sadly, I was a strange child and it never occurred to me to cry out for help. Instead I concluded I was stuck there, no one would ever think to look for me in such a place and I was going to die pinned between the wall and the bed. With that I just cried. It still confuses me, but my parents showed up after. The light was turned on and they found me. I asked how they did that. How did they know to look for me? They said they heard me crying. I found this weird because I shared that bedroom with my older sibling. My crying was quiet with a ton of sniffling. It hadn't woken my sibling at all. My parents, meanwhile, were asleep in their bedroom across a long hallway to the opposite side of the house. My best guess is that it either wasn't as late as I thought it had been or one of them woke up and decided to check on us as parents tend to do whenever they get up during the night. To this day I still have no idea how I wound up in that position. It makes absolutely no sense. The space was so narrow my back was against the wall and my chest against the headboard. All logical openings were too narrow for me to pass through. *Shrugs.* 'Such a lovely childhood memory to unearth again, no?
The stories about people getting stuck in tight spaces and dying freak me out more than any of the ghost stories, strange creatures, insane people or serial killer stories. How people can put themselves in an incredibly confined space and then think they can climb back out, I just don’t understand.
Especially when it's a vertical space like a chimney, vent, pipe or the leg of a dinosaur statue (seriously though, why didn't the guy just contact the theater the next day and tell them what happened? Maybe they'd know ln a way to retrieve his phone safely 💁♂️)
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Good find!!!
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You have good sight!
gotta be one of the fastest 😂
Damn it..
When he said John was “incredibly friendly and warm hearted and got along with everyone”….I knew he was doomed.
They always say that about deceased victims, we don't know how much of that is actually true. Most adults have enough manners to be friendly enough, at least casually and to your face, but kids can be a-holes.
Lol
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Yessss. Also looked at how much time was left on the vid immediately after the ringing endorsement you quoted, I knew it was gonna be not just intricate but also HORRIBLE.
It's amazing he didn't light up a room.
I love “the places you can’t go and people who went anyways” It gives me reassurance that staying inside watching TH-cam is a good thing
I like the pictures that accompany, so ... haunting. I am SO desensitized. So many of us are but the pictures ALWAYS get a rise out of me.
they're my favorites out of all his videos. I usually end up going down a rabbit hole after watching them by looking up information about them. lol
@@locabynature g
Right there with you!
I like my house lol
I just like that there’s no gimmicks on this channel. No politics, no clickbait, just murder, mayhem and the missing (in story format)
politics runs the entire country, u are useless
@@anomaly3215 calm down edgelord
@@anomaly3215 politics ******run the entire country ….. more like world order bud…
@@anomaly3215 Politics and government are two different things
Yup and Mr. Ballen seems real and legit. Type of guy you could have a drink with or just hang out with and talk about dogs with. Lol
I can't even imagine how traumatized that elevator operator must have been after experiencing that. The guilt of something that was completely accidental must have been insane. How sad for John and everyone involved. :(
I agree and yes it must have been painfull
especially when all he was doing was a safety check to try and prevent any accidents.
Exactly what I said. Also must have been INCREDIBLY loud and frightening to have a 100 something pound man fall 200+ feet onto the elevator car you're on, then to see blood rain down the windows...
@@nickphaux From what I've heard it was more pieces of the body then a whole body.
This man is way too interesting, I was supposed to go to bed 3 HOURS ago and I just can't stop watching these stories, never change MrBallen.
one day you will grow up and realise you wasted 3 hour of your life
@@evilllama4131 haha
@@evilllama4131 damn that's deep bro... thanks , I'm trying to work on my life and find what i love
@@evilllama4131 3 hours…? More like 3 months lmao 🤣
@@evilllama4131 damn, thats so deep 😑 and apparently you can't have some fun in your life
Am I the only one that when it’s a “someone got stuck” story, that you start getting that claustrophobic feeling. I think that would have to be one of the worst ways to die.
Another great set of stories John, you effectively gave me the heebee jeebees
That dinosaur one is one of my worst fears
Same!
The one with the kid that got stuck in the wall of the abandoned house and the one where the guy was running from the police on the top of the building and got stuck behind the bricks were the worst for me
Literal pulse-pounding anxiety at stories like these, tiny cramped suffocating places.... inability to move.....the *worst!*
it makes me think well i’m not that dumb, but what if...
If Mr. Ballen goes missing it was definitely the like button that did it.
Yes!!!
Agreed
Can't wait for that story of his like button experience lol
Or the government for shining so much light on things we never knew about lol
Let's pay the like button a visit.......lol
I really like it that MrBallen doesn’t flood his videos with a whole bunch of nonsense photos, and that he tells you if the photo is related to the actual case. Plenty of TH-camrs have complete slideshows of stockphotos and then you have to kind of guess if any of those actually show the subjects/objects/places of the story.
This isnt Mr ballan its a clone the like button ate the real Mr ballen @Brinta3
The Like button is actually the Zodiac killer hiding all these years...
That’s just one thing that separates him from other storytellers and makes it a better experience for me.
Exactly. MrBallen is way, way better than those slideshows. My take on the slideshows is that they are more fictional than fact and a total waste of my time >.< If there are any real photos, they are in the last 1/3 and searching a non-video source is faster since there isn't really enough fact to make it into a proper video obviously.
Seriously, is there anyone who doesn't just adore this guy? So happy that he's been so successful with his channel. I think if anyone deserves it, it's Mr. Ballen.
Formally agree as of this moment mr b 2024
Some of his content is fake and such, not really factual
None of our business
100% agree. He is great
101% agree. Aside from his storytelling abilities, he is knowledgeable and he seems humble. Relatable.🦋
The lesson today: stay out of hot vehicles, don't climb down a dinosaur leg, obey signs on gated off areas.
All one lesson 👍
"don't climb down a dinosaur leg"
r/NoContext
🎶 you Don't tug on Supermans cape, you Don't spit into the wind , you Don't pull the mask off the ol Lone Ranger and you don't mess around with Jim 🎶
@@jessiefrye3045 "...and you don't -mess around- _get on a plane_ with Jim..."
Basically, use common sense
Hearing that a grown woman passed away of heatstroke in 4 hours is a sobering reminder to never leave your kids or animals in a hot car.
You Karen's are always bringing up the obvious.
Anyone who lives in Texas or Florida knows this very very well, we think about it every summer because it's sweltering outside. She knew about the Heat and I'm guessing she knew the doors lock because her husband had been a police officer for years. Also, what could she possibly have been getting out of his police car? In the back where they put people under arrest? It makes me sick that no one questions this and it was just written off as an accident
@@industrialover yeah seems way to odd to me as well!
@UCrYIuy1w82HkNQoOgRyTisQ is there really any need for that. It was an innocent comment from a genuinely compassionate person, moron
@@industrialover I would agree that everyone knows this in Texas but the amount of times I've had to go into a store and tell the employees that there is a very small child in an off car is more than I would like
15:00 I worked security at King’s Island in the early 00’s. During our extensive training, we were told of _every_ time someone has died at the park due to accidents/negligence, including John’s story, in gruesome detail as an illustration of just how wrong things can go…part of the story you left out was that his body was partially ripped apart by the mechanics and came “raining” down to the ground. Before the friend group officially found out it was him, a bloody piece of his red flannel shirt was found down below and was identified by the girlfriend I believe. It was very sad. There are at least 4 other *INSANE* deaths from King’s Island that I hope Mr. Ballen will one day cover (including a death on Flight Commander, 2 deaths at the Viking ship lake by electrocution, and a death by lion….oh the stories I could tell of that place!) 🦁⚡️⚡️🛩
The electrocution story at KI is freaky! To me it's probably one of the scariest amusement park accidents. I was shocked by a model train set when I was younger and have been quite wary since then. Add in the water aspect, and it's a big nope!
Death by lion? 😧
I've lived in the Cincinnati area my whole life, we have been buying season passes for the past 5 years, I'd be really interested in hearing all those stories...
Tell! Tell! 😁
The channel Fascinating Horror made 2 great videos about the accidents on King's Island. Of the cases you told, i believe the only one he didn't cover was the Flight commander. But he talked about a girl who lost her foot. Pretty great channel for those who like MrBallen.
You know, I think Mr. Ballen may save lives- perhaps my own. After hearing so many stories about people being alone and somehow stuck and unable to free themselves or get help, I bet a lot of people like me will think twice before going into any kind of unpopulated places alone- especially tight fit places. I certainly will remember these stories if I'm ever tempted to explore some enclosed space while alone!
Is this really something you needed to learn? Common sense eludes you?
@@mortimerbrewster3671 We can't all be as smart as and perfect as you, Mortimer. Yes, there have been times when I've been out and decided to look into a hole, go for a swim, look inside an abandon building, or do other things that seemed safe but could have had unknown risks. Apparently you just stay inside your house playing on your computer and telling people how you are to smart to go outside and do anything . Enjoy that life.
@@thecityman1910 Looking in a hole does not mean sticking your oversized body into a space too small or trying to reach for an easily replaceable phone where you will definitely get stuck upside down if you slip.
I watched so many of Mr Ballen's videos so I don't remember if this is the one that has the crocodile but going for a swim in or near waters that is well known for having deadly animals is a recipe for disaster. Please feel free to do so. The world needs to be rid of a few morons who act in the name of adventure. If it's an area not known for man hunting crocodiles then swim away.
Abandoned buildings are great. Just make certain you're not walking into one of those abandoned barns that are tilting and look like a good wind will blow it over. Or better yet, go for it and don't forget to lean against the rotted beam that is the only thing still keeping the roof up.
See how common sense works? Having adventures does not mean shutting off your brain to intelligent (and common sense) thought.
@@mortimerbrewster3671 OK....you make me feel almost bad that I was such a jackass in my first reply. I actually agree with almost everything you said, and you are right if you were saying that common sense should prevent most people from getting in these situations. But not all. I was thinking of a few stories like the guy in ireland who was hunting rabbits with ferrets and stuck only his head in the hole but it caved in or he was at an angle he couldn't get out of and died from it. I can imagine even someone with common sense looking into a hole- probably done it 100s of times- but because he is alone he gets stuck and dies. Or the guy running from cops and trying to hide in the attic of the grocery store but accidently sliding inside a hollow pillar and not being able to get out. He shouldnt have been running from cops but that is a moral thing, not a common sense problem. I can think of other stories where people were just out doing fairly mundane things but got in a situation they couldn't get themselves out of- and not all of them were common sense errors. But the ones you listed were. I'd even say that in the vast majority of cases you are right. I also agree that sometimes these people doing these dumb things are a good way to clean up the gene pool and remove some idiots. That's called Darwin Award as I'm sure you know. So we seem to agree more than we disagree, and maybe neither of us are as dumb as we both said the other was at first! :)
@@thecityman1910 Very measured and polite reply to a condescending comment. Kudos to you.
Who else, like me, has literally never found the secret in any of the videos because you're always too engrossed in the stories?!
Me
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I found 1 it was probably the easiest one ever
I never bother to look - but found one randomly.
I remember when MrBallen celebrated his first 100,000 and now he’s at over 3 million. Nice job man.
I remember when he was nice to me...
@@anonymous11010010001 😂😂😂
@@anonymous11010010001 he's so mean to the like button (?)
@@anonymous11010010001 You should report him to the police for harassment.
@@anonymous11010010001 lmao!
I knew I was a fan of the strange dark and mysterious but until this channel, I didn't know I also liked it in story format. Guess you learn everyday 😆
Next time your phone falls into a perilous place, just ask yourself, "Is my phone really worth dying for, or can I get a new one fairly easily?"
the answer is usually "no my phone isn't worth dying for but god damn it was expensive" lol
so many kids having expensive phones on them this days . its easy to get a nice phone for free
@@thejam_400 Maybe because he couldn't move his arms like ballen said
I put my phone on roof of car and it broke n I cried for 4 days.
@@eatmerawww69 stealing isn't as easy as you think it is
Who else randomly found this channel and is addicted? Surely im not the only one, hes videos are just so good and he never clickbaits
Facts bro facts
Itachi profile pic? Instant like.
I stared watching when he was really small like just moved from TH-cam I started watching him when he came out with the Russian sleep experiment vid and the datlav pass one
Hes an awesome dude tho
straight facts, found him on tiktok. Haven’t stopped watching him on youtube after that
The man who died in the dinosaur leg gave me John Jones anxiety. If he had watched that video about John getting stuck and dying upside down in Nutty Putty Cave, maybe he wouldn't have gone head first.
But...moral of the story - your cell phone is replaceable, you aren't.
That's crazy I heard bout that story
Fax
There's another story we're a lad got stuck upside down in a rolled up gym mat trying to get his trainers. Horrible way to die.
It also reminds me of that one MrBallen story where the young man got stuck in the back of his SUV and 911 couldn't hear him well... he also died, unfortunately.
@@darrellcovello7917 yeah that was a 16yo kid here in Cincinnati. He was at school. The 911 couldn't find his vehicle in time to save him. Truly tragic.
I appreciate the duffle use of sound effects as you speak.
The sounds of footsteps when you mention someone running and the sirens of emergency vehicles.
Great story telling mechanic that paints vivid mental pictures of the events unfolding without being to distracting from the actual story.
U know shit is about to get real wen Mr. Ballen says “Now to understand…”
MrMcBizzle: “now to understand…”
Me: awwwwwwwwwwWWWWWWWW snip snap! It’s about to for really really real up in this bih.
@@jluchette eh wtf
@@markwebster5749 that’s what I say when ish gets real, my G.
@@jluchette no probs lad 🇬🇧🏴👍
@@jluchette I dont know how I understand what you said, but I do
You know the story is going to get very interesting when Mr. Ballen says “To understand what happens next you need to understand the layout of the house” or “In order to understand what happens next you need to understand how this elevator works”. Whenever he starts with that, I know some serious ishhh is going to happen…. (Unfortunately).
I actually love how detailed his description always is, i get good visual picture in my head
I bet people never knew they were a fan of the strange dark and mysterious delivered in story format until they found this channel
There have been a lot of "trapped" stories in MrBallen's videos and each time i hear one i think i can't even imagine the terror of getting trapped, you can't move your arms, you can't breathe, often these people are upside down. And you don't die quickly but slowly over days although when upside down it goes faster but hardly a good deal as it must be completely intolerable yet you have zero choice. RIP to all of these folks.
Always reminds me of the grave. If one fails the test, this is your fate but without end.
I've seen a video done on John Harder before and his death was explained as "hit by an elevator." It's not that I'm looking for gory details, but quite obviously he was not just simply hit by an elevator and died. I appreciate Mr. Ballen treating us like adults and always trying to be truthful and detailed in explaining what happened, even if sometimes it can be gruesome.
Yeah that was gruesome as fuck. I want to see a diagram/images of the elevator shaft though to understand it even better.
Oh I agree! I always want my strange, dark and mysterious with as much detail as possible!
@@ValCronin i work on automated machinery and you can look up videos of an industrial elevator to see the platform and counterweight system. They work the same way but since they are purely utilitarian and people dont ride them there is no shaft and all of the mechanical aspects are exposed.
@@ValCronin I've been to kings island and I've been on top of the fake eiffel tower. You can see the shafts from the ground and you can see the beams..this was a gruesome fucking death.
Getting crushed by large machinery is something that always viscerally frightens me. The last story sounds like something from a 80s teen horror movie!
Final destination
This guy deserves at least twice as many subscribers he has to be one of the best creators on TH-cam it's one of the few channels I will recommend
Thanks for the reminder, somehow I've watched 90% of his content without subbing til now.
I 💙 MrBallen! I like to think that the people who aren't subscribed just haven't discovered him yet
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Yep
crazy thing is he just barely hit a million then i just looked and hes racked up another 2 million in just a couple months
You can tell things are about to get real whenever he goes, "to fully understand what happened next..."
Imagine being the guy on the elevator car and hearing a “thud” and then blood just pouring over the sides…..
I’d be freaking the fuck out tbh
Fnaf sister location vibes
OH HELL NAH M8 🏃♀️
That’s a life long trauma right there
Brad Bengel that would hard to imagine and something that I'm sure that you'd wish that you could forget. Probably have plenty of nightmares afterwards.
Mr.Ballen narrates these stories like he was there when it happened. Always enjoy it 😉
Yes, he steals stories and overdramatizes them.
@@jacqueline3782 haters are real👏🏻
@@jacqueline3782 My only gripe is the same one I have for all regular Joe's who try to become TH-camrs. They're trying so hard to speak correctly/precisely, they say "thee" instead of "the" whether it precedes a vowel or not. It's kind of grating on the ears of us compulsive tie-straighteners.
Yes!👍🏼
@@jacqueline3782
Steal? No youtuber owns these stories. Facts can be freely told by anyone
#BegoneHater
Mrballen is that kind of channel which u watch once and can’t stop watching again
Facts! My 12 year old son made me watch one of these videos last year, which turned into he and I binge watching them until the wee hours of the morning......i haven't stopped watching them since.
@@denisemetzger305 I’m not so much older than your son (a few years to be precise) and I can tell ya now I can’t stop watching these videos. It’s just a natural addiction, I rewatch all of his videos every day
@@theblazingvoid6524 I completely agree, and I am also just a little bit older than 12 as well.
@@theguywhoasked4657 well then, noice
I’ve literally binged watched this guy all day and like all the videos. The way he tells these stories is so addicting!
The only things I learn from Mr. Ballin is don’t go scuba diving and how to convert feet into meters
Sorry, had to giggle at the feet to metres thing. 😂
I keep forgetting there are 3 countries that don't use metric. No hate though.
Also no caves
@@JamesSmith-wu1dd Or going into the woods/forest alone, or splitting from the group/partner once inside said woods/forest.
On a side note, while I never have found the secret in any of the videos, I may have found someone puking. It's @ 11:02 in the Hannah Barbera Park picture. On the right side is woman or kid bent over a railing. I know it's not their arm cause you can see it behind their back. Anyone else?
IDK, it seems like every few video's has some dude trying to squeeze into a tall skinny hole, gets stuck, and suffocates in the confined space.
@@JamesSmith-wu1dd that too, yet people think it’s fun and still do it, still die lol. I love a lot of crazy things too but i draw the line at claustrophobic nightmares haha
All three stories had me like “but why”.
Omg me too
@say que what about the wife who died in her husband car?
I kept getting that kind of “ohhhh no” feeling that moms say when the find something out
I get you mom
I don't understand how that lady managed to accidentally shut the door to the cop car. And what possibly would she be "looking for" in the back of her husband's cop car? Shit don't line up
At this point I measure how safe something is by asking, “will this get me in a MrBallen video?”
That's fudging smart
lmfao
Never fails
It’s a pretty safe way to not win a Darwin Award, or become a cautionary tale
Lmfao my gf and I just went on a camping trip and when we were picking out a state park (NY) we’d be like “nah that’s def gonna get us on a ballen video” or “that’s way too remote all the crazy camping stories are in remote locations with no cell service”
Thanks to Mr. Ballen’s videos, I now know I have claustrophobia. I didn’t have it as a kid, but now that I’m a larger man who isn’t as limber or more likely to get stuck in things others fit through, I now have extreme anxiety that borders on a panic attack thinking about get trapped somewhere.
My dad was actually there for the last story. He was 18 on a trip his senior year. He didn’t know that it happened when he was there but found out after. Cool to hear the full story from a different perspective. I always thought he fell straight down the elevator shaft. Crazy that he got crushed first and all that. Sad story what a bad way to go.
I live in ohio and i go to kings island
I actually have been to King's Island too (I live in Ky not Ohio) and up to the top of the tower (I was actually planning on going a week ago with family but someone got Covid) and it makes me so disturbed that I could have been in that very elevator.
Long time KI guest. I remember when this story was reported. I was living in Indianapolis, and my new husband and I had made KI our yearly vacation spot. There have been a few other accidents there, but this was the most disturbing to me because of the thought of ping-ponging off the struts on his way down, and being awake the whole time. Falling out of the flying rocket thing comes in at a very close 2nd.
We would go to KI for our annual company picnic. Listened to a Quiet Riot concert on the top platform of the Eiffel Tower. KI has the best fudge anywhere, always bought several bricks on my way back to Indiana.
I know people working there that know the story and were involved. He was not crushed at the top. His clothing got stuck on the counter weight chains. The counter weight hit him knocking him free from his clothing and he fell about 200 feet to his death.
When I was a teenager, I bypassed the lock mechanism on an elevator's exterior doors (ridiculously easy to do), got on top of the car when it stopped at the floor below me, and rode it up and down the shaft. At one point, I got just a little too close to the counterweight's track, and the counterweight just barely clipped my shoulder as it was coming down and I was going up. I was lucky: it knocked me off balance, but it didn't hurt me. What I remember most is how UNYIELDING that thing was. If I had been just a little farther under its path, it would have sheared my arm off without slowing a bit. I'll never forget that feeling of being struck a glancing blow by something that obviously could have killed me. Being hit by a car would be gentle compared to that. Cars dent. This had no give, no elasticity. It was more like being hit by a train.
fuck dude you almost made the vid better luck next time XD
I can tell you're telling the truth by how you talk. Wtf dude you are WAY crazier than I could be 😂😂 Props to you!
@@godwarrior3403- It's not quite as crazy as it sounds. There's an override switch on top of each car for repairmen, with buttons for manually going up and down. Once you flip that switch, you're in control of the car. You're not at the mercy of passengers. The car is out of service. Also, for the sake of brevity, I neglected to mention that I had an accomplice. A friend got in the car and rode it to the floor below me, and that's when I picked the lock and got on top. He was holding the doors open. The car wasn't going to start moving before I got situated. I could see him through a little hole in the emergency hatch, and once I was safely on top of the car, I told him through the ceiling that he could stop holding the doors. He got out and went on with his day.
It was tempting to flip the override back to normal and whisper or growl at unsuspecting passengers though the ceiling. That would've been funny, but I didn't do it. It might've gotten me caught.
Anyway, I wasn't being completely crazy. I kind of knew what I was doing.
@@racookster Even that, is way crazier than I would be haha Reapect to your sense on adventure
@Ms.Csaid, "How did you even get the idea?!?!"
Machinery that the public never gets to see is interesting.
NEVER go head first into a tight, downward facing opening! Nutty Putty Cave 101.
but then you never be part of the famous "ppl went anyways"-series...
@@herrbauer6642 LMAO 🤣
Never go period😰
Yeah.. we need to learn from John's story.
That's why I'm good picking stuff up with my feet. Lmao
I thought just one video from this channel a day would be enough. That soon became two, then three. I can't get enough of these great videos. This is one of the best channels on TH-cam.
A tally of how many people have died while trying to retrieve cell phones would be interesting…..
Itd make an entertaining video.
A friend of mine asked me when we were in a bookshop if I knew where the self help books were and I just said " are you being sarcastic " and he said " no why would you think that " and I just said " never mind "
Or Sunglasses?
Lotta car crashes in there I’m guessing, also pedestrians not paying attention…..along with freak incidents like this sprinkled in, but yeah, I’m sure there are significant numbers…would be interested to see a study on those stats
Yes!
Mrs.Ballen: "Kid's won't go to sleep. They're demanding story time."
Mr.Ballen: *Puts beer down* "Take 15 honey...I got this."
no way you have kids lol I know mine wouldn't sleep after stories like these!
are you calling the 3million followers his kids? busy busy that's alot of kids to have..
@@andrewmoretto9137 we are one big happy family 🥰
But yes, John has 3 kiddos of his own
@@the_hanged_clown when my kids were little they loved the stories from Greek mythology
And a wife (Mrs. Ballen), named Amanda. S'agood name. 😉😏
If the guy was upside down it the dinosaur leg, he most likely died within twenty-four hours due to heart failure, like the the guy at the nutty putty cave. The circulatory system isn't designed to pump blood up out of your head and up to your feet.
Yeah I was thinking the same thing. Awful way to go
I literally just wrote that then I saw your comment 🤦. Should of looked first
yeah, like the gym mat death. Upside down is pretty fast death due to the blood being stuck in your head so you stroke out. The body isn't made to circulate that way , so it' s fast. but the inability to move has to be pure terror. RIP.
@@hushpuppyandfriends5115 you mean the one where his organs and shit was removed? Where the time stamps jumped a few hours? Where the boyfriends father is a cop or some shit?
“Hey Siri, call 911”
That eiffel tower is what made me realize i was scared of heights as a kid. I had no idea it had that past. My father and I both spent copious amounts of time at that park as kids. It's surprising that a place of pure joy could have something like this happen
If you're new: Don't Binge MrBallen.
Savor the Strange, Dark, and Mysterious for as long as you can. Make it last.
Now THOSE are words of wisdom!
Learned that the hard way. I binged watched all his videos over a couple days and now I gotta wait for the new videos to come out to get my fix
To late.. haven’t slept in 4 days.. all I did was watching his video’s..
Yeah...i say the same thing every time i buy a bag of weed.
Exactly what I was thinking when I binged watched Mrballen
I can’t imagine how terrifying it would be to die cold, alone, stuck in the same position while being somewhere semi/public around people daily.
Don't know how he wasn't heard when in that dinosaur. what a ridiculous thing to do...!
The cops wife is especially heartbreaking.
Yeah that one is so painful. So preventable. Such bad luck!
Makes me wonder, alot of Cops kill their wives and Get away with it... Seems strange that he went upstairs and went straight to sleep when cops like talking about work..he didn't talk to his son or wife... To me it makes me believe he asked his wife for help to clean his cop vehicle and he then locked her in there and walked up stairs and fell asleep giving him time for his wife to die
@@ChrisDaVillian that’s a gruesome thought! I don’t think so though because letting her cook to death in full view of the neighborhood would be risking a lot. And if she was discovered and rescued, she would know what he tried to do.
@@ChrisDaVillian bro, if you'd done busy night shifts before, you'd understand that you don't feel like talking much after! That was probably their routine - he comes home, sleeps, and then spends time with them. Definitely zero evidence to suspect him.
@@ChrisDaVillian ok no, “A LOT” of cops do not kill their wives. Wtf is that? SOME have. Just like SOME dentists have killed their wives. Stop making it seem like it’s a trend with cops or something. And dude was probably just fucking tired. I don’t know what about that story makes you think he somehow intentionally killed her, as if he knew his son wasn’t gonna also go help her clean the car or something, or that he would somehow know the door wouldn’t stay open and close on her from behind, and do so in the middle of the driveway in a neighborhood where anyone could be walking by and see it happen. Insanely idiotic thought
I’ve noticed people sure take a lot of chances when they are alone. If you’re going to ignore all signs or make a ridiculous decision, grab a friend and leave them out of the plan. Let someone know when you’ll be back and where you’re going. So many deaths could be avoided if someone somewhere knew where to start looking.
I used to take solo day hikes. Nothing crazy, mainly on trail. I still told my mom where i was goinh and when I'd be back. Anything can happen in the woods. I don't wanna get stuck alone there.
And when
" Places you CAN'T GO "
Mr. Ballen: police car's back seat!
me, after a rowdy night-out of drinks with Tatiana: "Sorry ossifer, but I can't go there!"
It does get you thinking, what if a police cruiser was in a wreck and started burning? And there were detainees in the backseat??!
@@GrammarSplaining _you must be fun at parties_
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Officer Ballin “but people went there anyway…” 👮♀️
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Who else was here when we used to get the strange dark and mysterious delivered in story format 3, 4 even 5 times a week?
Damn I miss those days too!! Lol I was waiting for this comment
Shut up
@@momulatto7544 you showed dem
I've just discovered this channel a few days ago already. But I feel like I missed the golden age of civilization 🤣🤣
I wish I can watch every single episode again, maybe in a few years I might forgot half the stories.
Only the real ones remember when he posted 3, 4, even 5 times every week but when he does post it’s a banger of a vid
Now he posts like 2 times a week, 3 if we are lucky. But the quality is just so much better now! So no complaints from me 😁
Those were the days. Still happy for the high quality stories.
Why do you have to copy my old posts?
@@wgooetrik loooooooooooooooool not sure he copied… think we all feel the same!
@@amberlillyamour5147 I'm positive he did
The man in the dinosaur has to be one of the most horrible ways to die, there was a local news story about a boy who was missing a couple years ago, when they found him they realized that he had tried to get into a abandoned house by going down the chimney head first, at first it was a easy go, however it narrowed towards the bottom where he got stuck, I didn't know the boy but his story really bothered me for quite some time
MrBallen covered this story I believe
@@D2attemp at least he covered some genius woman who got stuck in her ex boy friends chimney.
@@lalli8152 Actually, he covered this EXACT story in a previous episode in this series. It was about a boy named Harley.
That was a strange one as well as weren’t his clothes found folded at the bottom of the chimney also?
@@laurenfell I'm pretty sure it was his jacket they found, has to be one of two ways, 1. He found a way in the house, then thought it would be fun to go down the chimney, if he can find a way to get on the roof of a two story house, then he can probably find a way in the house, only thing is kids don't fold there clothes or a jacket for sure. 2. He didn't find a way in and took off the jacket, tossed it down the chimney, then tried going down the chimney, so how did the jacket get folded? Maybe someone found him first who didn't want to get involved, but out of pity folded the jacket, someone who was once in the military (.?)
The number of people who've died trying to retrieve their phone is astonishing!
Regrettably I will say I’ve gone through a few phones recently and I can’t imagine risking my life to save one.
What a nightmare death, trapped upside down in a Stegosaurus leg.
Guy had a child like mind anyway he deserves it
People think they're invincible
It's worse than John Edward Jones dying upside down in a cave.
@@pennyandwoody it was worse because he thought he would be able to get back out and there was nothing blocking it this guy was just like "I wanna get in the dinosaur dinosaur go raawwwr"
Man that guy was murdered and put there.
Last story was tragic and gruesome, but the other two come very close.
Personally, I would rather have a violent, but quick death, than slowly suffocating or being cooked.
Yep
@@temosofthecommunistrepubli2637 omg came here to reply with the same word haha. Great minds hey?!! 🤣
yeah all of these were the opposite of quick
@Mor they have metal bars across them
BIG FACTS 😩
What I love about him is ge doesn't read the story from a script in a monotone voice but TELLS the story in an animated fashion completely holding my interest & he tells very interesting stories. No schlock is he. THANX
Mr Ballen is the perfect dinner time companion for me. Nothing like chowing down spaghetti with a side order of death and despair told in story format.
Me too
Everybody gangsta till they get *strange, dark & mysterious delivered in story format.* ✌🏽
Hahaha so true
Please stop. Please! Do these people that post this think they're funny or clever?
@@yourinnerlawyer4035 Please stop. Please! Do these people that reply this think they're funny or clever?
Why do people comment the same thing over & over? It was funny when the 1st 2 or 3x, now it’s just annoying, repetitive, & unoriginal. It’s also kinda pathetic bc it’s a comment posted for likes.
Why do people comment the same thing over & over? It was funny when the 1st 2 or 3x, now it’s just annoying, repetitive, & unoriginal. It’s also kinda pathetic bc it’s a comment posted for likes.
Everybody gangster til the strange,dark and mysterious is delivered in story format
For the life of me I cannot think of what in the world that policeman's wife would have been looking for in the backseat and why in the world would ANYTHING of her's even be back there.
omg i know , i needed to re watch the stories after bc i didn’t concentrate thinking what was she doing!
Same here very suspicious and we all know why the husband wasn’t a suspect…
I was thinking the same thing. The statistics are already one, if not the highest for spousal abuse, and it could be higher than what is reported.
How did she know the car was unlocked and why does this guy leave his police car unlocked? A normal person would have grabbed their key when going to check their car. This is too much of a freak accident to be an accident
@@UberAwesomeDewdokay inspector gadget were not in one of your krimi movies.
Important lesson: if someone in the group is very drunk, STAY WITH THAT PERSON!
More important lesson: don't get stupid drunk around heavy equipment.
Who in their right mind would ask someone who isn't even 5'3" and already clumsy to watch a drunk friend?
@@AutumnSwift2 who in their right mind would not watch a drunk friend regardless of their height or clumsiness?
Don’t get drunk to the point where you make your friends responsible for your safety that’s what a shitty friend does.
@@Izanagi057fr. they had to check his dead body in hospital. Thats terrible...
Places you can’t go and people who went there anyways is literally my favorite MrBallen series.
I have to say, it's mine too.
Does anyone else feel a bit weirded out when the dates of the stories are only a year or so ago? (Or even worse when one of them only happened in May THIS YEAR!)
i thought i was the only one :O
Crazy shit happens everyday!
I feel weird when its someone close to my age.
@@Noir0107 same
Now i will
I live 30 minutes from Kings Island and have been told the story of the guy that died on the Eiffel tower most of my life. I have never heard it so graphically described as Mr. ball ended but now I am a little grossed out by the fact that I’ve ridden that ride at least 100 times. There’s a ghost story that he still haunts the tower.
No lie, the wife being trapped in the cop car broke my heart.
Yes! It also sounds kinda crazy
I'm claustrophobic so I can only imagine if I was in that situation
@@gator9339 absolute terror 😖
Might be foul play
Omg that was horrible
Mr. Ballen....TH-cam’s best storyteller and the “Like” buttons worst enemy! 😂😂😂 Thank you Sir for all the wonderful stories!
He is so talented that he could read menu in "story format" and I would be captived
I think my aversion to dangerous situations comes from a few near death experiences that scared me straight. The things I did weren't reckless but rather careless and I easily could have lost my life in several instances. Memories of the terror of almost dying made me much more careful as I matured. My mind thinks of almost every scenario of what could happen to me if I went and did something highly risky.
The sound effects on the elevator story are just *chef’s kiss*.
They were making the whole thing harder to listen to but what perfect detail 👌
I was just thinking that!
I don't think I'll ever find the secret, I get so engrossed in the stories so much I forget.
Watching the #2 story, I wonder how many of the people considered as 'missing' got actually stuck inside a cave, crevice, hole, chimney or whatever, and died there. Most of the times, maybe even the bones remain undiscovered and / or unidentified.
Construction workers get stuck inside bridges all the time. One slip and there's no way to save them.
Funny enough, I used to work for a pipeline inspection company that my dad operated, and my boss (his franchise owner) found a dead body in a chimney that he was called to inspect. This happened before I worked there, but they initially thought it was an attempted burglary gone awry, but it turns out that the body apparently was the brother or son of the homeowner who tried to access the house via the chimney when he couldn’t get in. A terribly stupid thing to do, but nevertheless an awful way to go out….
Take a look at the Texas Cat Lady story, where a woman got stuck inside the cavity of her house walls. It was years later before a new tenant found her - by then, she was just a skeleton.
@@Foxyreacts444 elaborate please?
@@xkimxangelx yeah, she fell through a loose board in the attic and fell into the wall, so terrible.
Thank you Mr. Ballen, for enunciating your words. I appreciate your proper & professional speech.
This is my third session listening to your stories. You're a fantastic story teller, normally I can't listen to someone talking more than five minutes non stop unless he's a lecturer. you can capture your listener's attention and hold for ever... just listening no video very little photos just your voice and the story unfolding. i tip my hat to you. great job. keep it coming. thanks.
I think the only reason people hit the dislike button it’s just to give the like button a break, that’s the only explanation I can figure out why people would hit dislike for Mr. Ballen video
Or because they are kids and they get scared was the only other reason I could think of
I keep trying to get some like for that other button.... MrBallen is too good, though.
I think its the button. Its just pissed and wants to be needed.
Because Mr.Ballen isn't an Anime Series 😳😜👍
Just trolls being trolls.
In the afterlife:
"Yeah, I died in 1903, you?"
"2021."
"So, I had a heart attack, what killed you in 2021?"
"Dinosaur."
**confused stare**
😂😂 *fellow soul does double take*
Such an awkward grave site for flowers to be placed
I don't suffer from claustrophobia but this story definitely made me feel super anxious the minute John described how the guy was reaching for his phone.
😂😂😂
@@jeanmh12 You think that was bad? Listen to the nutty putty cave story. I believe the man's name was John Jones. He's still in that cave. That story gave me a panic attack and I still get nauseous when I think about it.
You are an amazing storyteller! My all time favorite youtube channel hands down.
People:
" You can't get in there, it's impossible! "
Other people:
" How bout I do *ANYWAY?* "
Heh, your funeral then.
The answer to the final question:
Well, it's gonna be a good story to tell.
Go ahead & rest in peace.
Haha, dead!
@Shmavid Shmowie *no.*
Mr Ballen: *6 days since the last upload*
Me: "It's been 84 years..."
For real though, I love your videos, they keep me company during my daily 2h commute! Thank you so much, and keep up the authenticity!
Edit: I also really appreciate the way you explain some technicalities (for dummies) so we get a better understanding of how certain things work and how it impacted the event!
Ikr
@@joecool201 quality over quantity tho
@@joecool201 New baby was the reason...more time with the family! He's a good man!
@@joecool201 he's covered so much, it's difficult for him to continue and find more stories to talk about
@@homelackin2234 honestly I doubt it. There's a lot of interesting stuff out there
He finally made another " Places you cant go and people who went there anyway" Great job!
Wow. I've probably been to Kings Island 100 times, because I grew up nearby, and that's the first time I've ever heard that story. I've heard a lot of old amusement park horror stories that happened in and around the Cincinnati area, but I always figured the Eiffel Tower was the least likely place in Kings Island that a death could occur.
That 3rd story was something straight outta final destination
When the man slipped down the dinosaur leg he most likely died from blood being trapped in his upper torso and head. It’s very similar to the case of the boy who went cave diving and ended up in a similar situation which ultimately would be his own death which they even left his body in the cave because it was just too difficult to remove.
Yeah, being upside down for too long, the heart isn’t strong enough to pump blood throughout the body to the vital organs. Horrible way to go out tbh 😞
Are you referring to Floyd Collins? Just curious.
@@gottafindbigfoot nope, I was referring to John Edward Jones.
Oh, I hadn't made it that far, yet. I was reading commemts while I was watching. Thank you for your response though.
Why didn’t he pick up his phone and call someone?? Is wut I don’t get
Strange dark and mysterious is my favorite time of the week
Mr Ballen when I get stressed, bad stressed, I need to listen to you, and I calm down; thank you sooo much .
Being trapped inside an extremely tight and small space, as in the second story, is my worst nightmare of all. Poor chap, what a horrible way to die. May he rest in peace.
He died over a cell phone
Why would you even try to get into it!!!
I guarantee John wasn't suicidal, that's the exact same bs I used to do at that age while drunk, especially when annoyed, climb on top of churches and buildings, crap like that, it's a miracle I never died.
Johnny was not suicidal.
Same here
i agree, some teenagers tend to do risky thrill seeking stuff(that adults would never do), especially when really drunk. probably a great kid, who just made a bad mistake goofing around while very drunk. i could even see myself doing something that dumb as a teen drunk (i used to jump on moving trains all the time, cross train trestle, climb down to the pillars of the trestle, crossed over a street 20 feet up on a less than 1 foot steel beam on the underside of the trestle, etc etc)
Yup. One time I was at work framing a house by a river and I got annoyed and didn't want to work any longer, so I hiked out several hundred yards through thick weeds trying to find a way to the rivers edge without having to go into the water.
Not that what I did was super dangerous, it wasn't (other than maybe snakes or getting stuck in mud), I'm just confirming what you say.
Sometimes, when you're annoyed by a situation or people, you just get this urge to do something challenging alone. It's a stress reliever because it takes your mind off of things other than the challenge at hand.
Perhaps you're already dead and this is the afterlife 👻
"So that's gonna do it guys...." are the worst 6 words you can hear on Mr. B's channel.
"That is my last video" would be worse
I swear !
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I hate hearing him say that as much as I hate my alarm clock in the morning.
Mr Ballen, you sir have taught me to NEVVVER read the comment section until storytime has ended. Thank you!
I imagine that your children would experience the best bedtime stories ever.
You truly have a gift for storytelling
In all reality he probably burns himself out doing it for a living and never tells his kids stories.
Imagine knowing you're about to die, and your last thought is "in a few days, the whole world is going to laugh when they read about a guy who met his end by getting lodged inside the hollow leg of a stegosaurus sculpture".
It would help
I dont think the world would laugh at any kind of accidental death. He could have been hiding from someone.
@@shamajuma9485 Death itself is never funny, but unlikely or ironic causes carry a mordant humor. Case in point.
If I were about to die like that, one of my last thoughts would certainly be "I better make it into a MrBallen video!" 😆
I have worked on the Eiffel Tower at Kings Island. I am fairly certain there have only ever been two elevators in the tower, each only going to one level. Also, ever since this incident the stairs are closed not only to the public but to staff as well. Ride operators have access to the one closed-in staircase going from one observation deck to another, but that's it, and only in an emergency. We once had to evacuate the crowd down to the lower deck because there were maintenance issues with the elevator that reached the upper level, so to get everyone down they needed to go to the lower deck to use that elevator. Other than that one flight of stairs that are all closed in you need "special training" or something to even be allowed on the stairs.
Thank you for clarifying that it was John's decision to do what he did. People are FAR too quick to always blame companies for people's bad decision-making, and justify lawsuits for absurd amounts of money. It is preposterous.
it's been awhile since ive seen it but im reminded of a story where a group of students bypassed the safety limits on a slide at a water park that was meant for 1 person at a time but they liked to do this thing where everyone would go at once, and it worked just fine at a completely different slide at a completely different water park, so they did it again, the slide broke and a bunch of them were killed/injured then the parents sued the water park even though it was clearly commnicated that the slide wasnt intended for that amount of stress, and they were breaking the rules by doing what they did
who else misses the ol' "4 or 5 times a week" days?
I´d just like to thank you for giving metric conversions to any weights, distances and so on. Like a lot of Europeans, I have very little idea about miles, ounces and stuff like that. And I´m sure when the meaasurements in a story are in metric, there must be Americans who appreciate being given numbers they can imagine too. By giving both, we all understand.
That’s what they made Google for (: well that and pr0n of course 🥴
I mean the imperial system is obviously superior but 🤷
Thank Napoleon for that
Yes thoughtful, glad i dont have to convert everytime.
Anyway the U.S Liberia and Myanmar should follow the rest of the world on metric 😆
@@philiptucker7590 It would be a nuisance to have to convert everything that appears during a video though. I write, and have started giving the equivalent in brackets wherever necessary. I think it shows respect for readers.
Kings Island is a truly magnificent place, I've been there too many times to count. John, or "Eiffel Tower man" is one of many KI stories. "Racer Boy" and "the little girl in the blue dress" just to name the most infamous.
Note: always, always keep a close eye on your intoxicated friends, especially in a place such as an amusement park.
Same! I’ve been there a lot. We used to get seasons passes every year. The girl is the freakiest story. I watched the son of the beast breakdown from the top of the drop tower and I was there the lady fell in the pond and got electricuted. I’ve also never been to a reds game that they’ve won.
@@STARWARS_FANATIC the last item is the rarest on your list...a Reds win. "And this one belongs to the Reds."
@@RM-ed1if haha this is true!
@@STARWARS_FANATIC yeah that was "Black Sunday" in 1991. 1 person fell in the "lake/pond" in Germantown and got electrocuted and someone who tried to rescue her also was electrocuted and they both died. Another would be rescuer was electrocuted but survived.. also a woman died on the Flight Commander the same day as the electrocutions when she slipped out of her too large/or too loose(can't remember which) harness. I had a season pass every summer at the time and funnily enough just got one 2019 for first time in long time.
@@DavidThomas-qq4hf yeah, I think it was the same week on the Flight Commander. An intoxicated woman wasn’t strapped in properly and when the ride went inverted, she fell out.
Another thing I've learned from watching this channel: avoid going into tight spaces!
Sadly, sometimes that just cannot be avoided. I mainly reply to this comment due to a comment made on one of MrBallen's videos. It had brought up an old memory of a strange situation I had found myself in when I was around a four or five years old:
I had woken up in the middle of the night only to discover that I was somehow squished in between the wall and the headboard to my bed. I had absolutely no idea how I got there. Nevertheless, I figured that if I had somehow gotten back there on my own, then there had to be some way for me to get back out. I tried all options available.
There were open slots to the headboard's frame, so I thought that maybe I somehow fell through one. No, they were too narrow. I tried squeezing out the side. My hand slithered through, my arm as well, but when I got to my shoulder it was a no go. I tried lifting my arms up to see if I could grab the top of the headboard and pull myself out. I cannot recall if I could reach it or not, but I do know I never would have been able to pull my own weight up and over it and it was likely just as narrow as the side had been. My last option was to see if I could get under the bed. This was actually the most impossible route because there was molding that jutted out an inch, so between that and the bed, it was the most narrow opening of all.
After all my attempts and struggles I realized I was indeed trapped and there was no way I was getting out of there on my own. Sadly, I was a strange child and it never occurred to me to cry out for help. Instead I concluded I was stuck there, no one would ever think to look for me in such a place and I was going to die pinned between the wall and the bed. With that I just cried.
It still confuses me, but my parents showed up after. The light was turned on and they found me. I asked how they did that. How did they know to look for me? They said they heard me crying. I found this weird because I shared that bedroom with my older sibling. My crying was quiet with a ton of sniffling. It hadn't woken my sibling at all. My parents, meanwhile, were asleep in their bedroom across a long hallway to the opposite side of the house. My best guess is that it either wasn't as late as I thought it had been or one of them woke up and decided to check on us as parents tend to do whenever they get up during the night.
To this day I still have no idea how I wound up in that position. It makes absolutely no sense. The space was so narrow my back was against the wall and my chest against the headboard. All logical openings were too narrow for me to pass through. *Shrugs.*
'Such a lovely childhood memory to unearth again, no?
And avoid forests and woods
Okay the noises with the guy stuck on the elevator were gross. Well played!!
Did I miss something?
I came down here to thank mballin for the squishy sound effects
Very descriptive 🥴🥴🥴🇦🇺
@@janicesmith2475 go back and listen while he describes the guy falling onto and off of the elevator.
The stories about people getting stuck in tight spaces and dying freak me out more than any of the ghost stories, strange creatures, insane people or serial killer stories.
How people can put themselves in an incredibly confined space and then think they can climb back out, I just don’t understand.
The nutty putty cave story just gave me so many goosebumps. And the dinosaur leg one. I hate tight spaces omg.
Yeah, triggered my claustrophobia.
Especially when it's a vertical space like a chimney, vent, pipe or the leg of a dinosaur statue (seriously though, why didn't the guy just contact the theater the next day and tell them what happened? Maybe they'd know ln a way to retrieve his phone safely 💁♂️)
The last one is literally something outta final destination, that’s terrible
Massive FD 3 vibes
I had the same thought when his blood was all over the elevator
@@dazedandconfused5711 faxx hahaha
Actually no that’s no funny but yeah that’s crazy y would he even do that tho
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