Yeah he dosen't concern himself with the extra work or possible backlash but rather finding out the cold hard truth when he told a top medical examiner you're wrong and the veteran cop he missed the details.
Dude this Private Detective is an absolute beast. Who in TF would have figured that out? And everyone makes mistakes, but that medical examiner really fkd that one up
The real question is where the bullet ended up. It didn't go all the way through, or there should be a second hole, and the doc obviously didn't find the bullet.
@@tiffanynakara8296 if all his organs exploded like they said the bullet must have broken up into small pieces either way after a gun is fired the bullets no matter what caliber is not even close to the size of the shell it’s literally just the tip of the bullet that gets fired so it must have broken up and they never performed an x-ray on him since he was dead but it’s just crazy how do they miss an entrance wound...how did the medical examiner not follow the organs that were exploded to the point of entrance but the PI IS A BEAST
A 22 caliber round is so small and does not have enough “power” to usually enter and exit a body in a straight line but instead ricochets off of the bones causing devastating damage. Strangely enough one of the ore deadly weapons to get shot with in the body cavity.
Can we appreciate that his wife was a REAL WIFE!! She knew all his habits down to what hand he used to smoke. Her love and devotion in marriage helped solve a case
@@heidih3048 it should be normal but it's often overlooked these days, especially with the decline of long lasting relationships. The wife's knowledge showed so much about their relationship. Ive seen marriages with the couple ignorant to eachother personality and habits. She even knew what hand he smoked with ❤. She probably paid attention so hard that she knew he put his shoes on left foot first lol. So sweet
That dude literally solved all of this case so quickly. Who would ever think to look for a small gunshot in the wall? Also, what kind of coroner thinks a hole in the heart isn't weird?! The hell.
My daughter was born with a hole in her heart. Ok, it closed by itself by the time she was 4, but maybe there are conditions where that doesn't happen. So if the hole was small enough to not be debilitating in life, maybe he thought that that's just what was going on there: a condition he was born with. Then again, the shredded internals should really have risen a concern.
@@thenutstealer I was telling her story because of the question of this thread's OP, about why anyone would look into a small hole in someone heart's wall. So that's why: Because it might be a condition that the person was born with.
@@RevCode there is a difference between a small hole in the septum, usually a remnant of foramen ovale in the atrial septum, and a hole that ia going through the outer heart wall. The first one allows the blood to mix inbetween the hearts sides, which isn't exactly good per se, but isn't deadly, whereas a hole in the external wall is a sure way to die without immediate surgery. The medical examiner wouldn't have called the prior a hole, that would have been noted as an anatomical anomaly
Not going to lie, when he kept describing everyone and all of the guys in detail I was like “okay the fact that the PI wears shirts to show his muscles is going to be very important to solving what happened”. Love this guy
Did I miss this reference because I'm not from States so I don't even get if there was a reference related to it?! Can any of you explain what did it meant ...it did? I thought the fact that he described the electricians interview and how they were so helpful to even share mail-id😂😂 I thought oh there got to be some black spot this doesn't seem right but I didn't knew it was that 😬
I've never been a "scary story" guy but the way MrBallen explains the story's is so captivating. He really helps you visualize the situation the way he explains it
The one with the three different stories first one about a skydiving issue second a mexican narco issue and third a Chinese rooftop guy fell to his death i it was the only one that made my heart beat slower edit for me it depends on the story
He’s really good at this cause regular scary story channels would just put creepy music up at all times, talk weird, and if the case was solved just ignore that part. he actually gives all the details
Tommy Brown did my father's autopsy in 1991. Fast forward to 2001ish...I was doing some investigating regarding my father's death and had a bunch of questions, so I called the local coroner where I was living at the time (happened to be in Guam) The coroner asked if I would come in and bring my paperwork and he would be happy to answer any questions I had. I went immediately and the first thing he said when he saw the name (Tommy Brown) was that he had actually trained Tommy Brown years and years prior...what a coincidence! And then as I was asking questions about things (specifically clouded cornea and blanched lividity) and told him I thought the death time frame was wrong- he came to the same conclusion, and said he didn't know how Tommy could have missed that. So it sounds to me like there are a few things that Tommy Brown could brush up on...because thoroughness is essential in that business when aiding in any kind of a death investigation. It's been so long now that others, in my dad's case, have died and taken secrets to their grave. We will never know what really happened with my dad...lots to do with pre-conceived suggested ideas before the actual investigation. Sad how that happens..but I'm glad the wife in this case did not give up and was able to get answers.
Some people have a gift for attention to detail and pattern recognition. I seem to have this gift, but I can only really use it if I'm genuinely interested in what I'm looking into. I can totally understand how he could put two and two together and think of scenarios that others missed. What probably got his eye is the crotch wound mixed with essentially the internals being badly damaged but not the externals. That sounds like a possible bullet wound with no exit. Then you would follow that lead to see if it leads anywhere.
I get all that and if im interested in something enough im like a blood hound. You have to realize what this guy had to work with though. Its an amazing thing that he could even start to piece it together let alone solve it. May sound easy but trust me this guy pulled off a miracle pretty much.
The whole in his heart and the small injury on his groin. I can see why they would think bullet but to know what room it came from and exactly where on the wall the hole would be is insane to me
I've been on a ballen binge for weeks now! Not just the best stories i have never heard but told by a real master whom becomes characters in the stories! MT
Id love to see Kens process of thought when figuring cases out. Most people wouldnt know where to start but this guy obviously has a gift for reasoning these things out.
Perhaps he had a better look at the laceration, knowing it was a gunshot wound. Ken has probably seen a fair number of gunshot wounds over the course of his career.
A bullet entry wound is usually the size of the bullet. The exit wounds are big holes cuz of the change in energy of the projectile when it exits. If a bullet doesn't exit the body and blows out your heart instantly then the only wounds the size of the bullet and no blood cuz the heart instantly stopped pumping
I have seen Ken Brennan interviewed and summaries of cases he has worked on- you know how some people are just born gifted; a gymnast; a pianist; an artist or whatever, some people appear to be born with a gift. This is Ken B., he is a gifted detective with a unique gift for putting pieces of a puzzle together.
@@mannylugz5872 When I read his vanishing blonde case I swear it felt like it came legit out of a detective novel. The way everything came together as if it was meant to be from the very beginning. It was just fascinating to read.
Ugh. That’s so freaking sad. I can only imagine how sudden and shocking that was for Greg to die like that. He didn’t even know as he was dying what happened. How completely heart breaking for the family. More than once, because you know it wasn’t any easier once they found out the truth behind his death.
The investigator deveres getting paid for his job. Not like others that quickly quit. “Cigarette on the other hand” “AC is turned off” Detective: *Oh yeahhh, it’s all coming together now*
I remember hearing about this case in a gun safety class I took after purchasing a gun for personal safety. The class was 10 hours, 2 hours a day for 5 days and taught by a police officer. I learned how to dismantle and put my gun back together, how to clean it and fire it ect. It was when we came to the safety part that I started to feel ambivalent, once I heard all the stories and found out all the things no one tells you about owning a gun that I realized I was very uncomfortable with that much responsibility and would sell it back. I’m not against others owning guns as long as they are doing so safely, this story illustrated what an irresponsible gun owner looks like and haunts all my future hotel stays.
All because some idiot somewhere was fooling around with a loaded gun. I was honestly hoping it wouldve been the candy bar, like the vending machine was never changed and the candy was from 1996 or something.
@@bentonrp If ONLY he liked cheating on his wife...? Could have been in another room with his side chick, instead of dying while watching a movie...Some guy's! /S Seeing how skinny he was, I thought the wife had something to do with it...
@@anthonyalvarado6465 Same can be said about looking at your phone while driving...At that MOMENT, the vehicle becomes a WEAPON..."Funny", how cars kill TWICE as many people every year that guns do, yet, no one wants to BAN THEM...?
One mans stupidity causes another man to lose his life. How sad. Greg was just in his room minding his own business and he’s killed. His poor wife. Thinking it was his bad diet and smoking that killed him is one tragedy but knowing someone else killed him in such a senseless way, is probably the worse feeling. Prayers to her. That detective is brilliant also, gosh what incredible work.
The sad thing about it is that that doctor that did the autopsy did not see the hole in his heart that is their everyday job to check that stuff it just seems to amaze me how people just don't care anymore
@@sharonhaywood2818 yeah exactly. You and me both. It’s astonishing how people just ignore obvious signs and act like it’s no big deal. This world is really sad sometimes.
@@sharonhaywood2818 The coroner saw and acknowledged the hole in his heart. But he only considered the groin injury an "abrasion" as opposed to a GSW. (gunshot wound).
Obviously good job for the private detective, but also good job for the Officer who turned over every stone on this case and who wasn’t afraid or didn’t have a big ego to suggest that his wife could bring in a fresh set of eyes to help out.
@Gem Rose that's only in TV and movies. All too often law enforcement agencies work together to figure shit out. That whole "my crime scene" or "my jurisdiction" is just played up for dramatic effect. It doesnt happen often lol
Such a great point. Some detectives would mock a P. I. from out of town instead of accepting his/her help. RIP to this guy. Seems like he was a good man.
This made me look up Ken Brennan. That man is literally Sherlock Holmes, there is a Vanity Fair article about him and the room 348 case isn't even the craziest case he's solved.
His attention to detail and just overall high IQ is really pretty damn incredible! Seems like a good person as well. Good on him for putting cases to rest which would otherwise still be ice cold.
Yeah this is rare, because you see this all the time on tv shows and movies, and I've always said there couldn't be anyone that smart, but I guess there is!
Trust me as an alcoholic ive never once been tempted to fuck with a weapon/tool that could seriously injure me. In fact thats the thing when im drunk im more paranoid some accident will happen. So i just walk away or avoid sketchy situations all together. Why this man was messing with a loaded weapon drunk is shameful
i really wish deadly weapons such as guns weren't even available to the public so incidents like this would never happen. no ordinary citizen should ever need a gun to defend themselves
@@AVSgirl1985 obsidian chamber was the last one I enjoyed. By City of Endless nights I was pretty much done. I dont think im going to do verses for the dead or crooked river.
So when I went to get my EMT certification in Texas a paramedic that was teaching 90% of the class was from Louisiana. He told us about a case that he got called out on out in the country where two vehicles were in opposite sides of the road in the ditch. One was facing one way the other one was facing the other way and their cars were literally within a hundred feet of each other, so it looked like they just were driving along and one went off in the ditch one way and the other one at the same time went off just on the other side, but, they were both dead and their whole face and skull was just smashed like somebody took a huge hammer and just hit them as hard as they could on the face and the whole face was just smashed in. They didn't have a clue what had happened. So they cleared the scene and he went back to the station and it was very confusing to everybody. There were no storms but they started looking at the humidity in that area and they went back out and found neighbors that lived in that area and come to find out that early morning it was extremely foggy and at that time both drivers had their head out the window looking ,trying to see the road and when they went by each other they were so close their faces and heads collided with each other killing them instantly. They just kind of slowed down and went off in the ditch at the same time.
@@margimello7408 Even if they were both going 20 mph they were moving in opposite directions, so when they hit each other it was like they hit at 40 mph. If you've seen what 40mph does to a human body with no airbags, seat belts, or crumple zones, that answers your question.
I found mrballen's channel one night, I then watched all his episodes in less then a month, now I like to listen to his podcast, re-watch his stories and always wait to watch his new amazing stories.
@SuperNostalgia. You got it All wrong my friend. You’re in the dark. Correct me if I’m wrong on judgment day but oh, then it’d be too late for you to make up for it.
@@hana.the.writer5074 One more clown who thinks that he is blessed and powerful enough to hand out justice to others on a made up day he read about in a mythological book that tells him the story of a made up mythical guy he calls god. This deluded guy thinks that he can predict the fate of people just by looking at their comments. I mean we need to be in awe of this guy the reason being that unlike other delusional astrologers and palm readers he does not even need to meet the guy whose fate he is predicting
I thought he got electrocuted when the electrician turned the power back on and made everything in his body collapse never ever would have guessed he was shot
Me too. I never thought about listening to stories before I ran across this channel a couple days ago. My wife said I'm no longer allowed to watch in bed while she is sleeping. Lol
I love how this channel each title is never clickbait and every time I watch the video I always mean to look for the secret but I end up so enamored with the story that I completely lose track of looking for the secret. I just discovered this channel a couple days ago and wow can he ever tell a story.
Loved this story. I’m so glad the wife hired a PI! She knew something wasn’t right and I’m glad the detectives did Their job to bring justice to this man.
Mrballen should teach classes on how to tell a story like it's real. Because Mrballen is an amazing storyteller, people need to know him. Very underrated!
He’s also the BEST at doing research because even if I’ve heard the story before I get way more details when he tells it and the stories are better. He is definitely very talented and puts a lot of effort into his work.
My grandson had me watch an episode and I’ve never stopped watching, I am totally hooked. He is the best storyteller I’ve ever heard and he looks good to lol.
Damn granny you a lil freak this man 1/3 your age when you was 18 he still wasn't born I bet ya mouth opens wide Like a anaconda damnnnn that a be crazy go for it
@@rosegold973 yeah my mom smoked, drank, and did drugs while pregnant with me and now I have a slowed physical development, terrifyingly fast maturing, and some mental health issues. But I'm also pretty good at writing so I got one thing going for me in this world.
This is my guess SO FAR, but I'm only at 11:59 in the video. My guess, the poor victim was enjoying his night and watching the movie. While eating his popcorn or his candy bar (or both), and smoking, he coughed and accidentally inhaled some of his popcorn or candy bar and began choking. He leapt to his feet at the end of the bed and began holding his throat or whatever while he was choking, but he accidentally careened into the television. The TV fell onto him while he was still choking, and this is where his crushing injuries came from. He was still panicking while partially choking, maybe he was no longer choking, and he managed to push the TV up off of himself. And, then, he succumbed to his crushing injuries/maybe still choking right there. I know I'm barely over halfway through the video, but so far that's the only thing I can guess at, and maybe everyone pointing back to the fact that the room was hot instead of cold is just a red herring in the story...? I guess I'll find out! But that's my guess. I'll edit this comment after I finish watching and absorbing and I'll laugh at myself, I'm sure, at how wrong I was. EDIT after finishing the video: I was really far off and didn't suspect a bullet or the neighboring electricians or drunk fuckerey or anything like that at ALL. And the bullet entering, shattering, and spraying all around inside of him makes perfect sense now, that could easily have blasted all of his guts around inside of him. That's freakin crazy.
The actual ending to this one seemed unbelievable compared to your theory. Your theory does make sense about the crush injury, especially if the TV was at a lower level, and the way the victim was decribed as rough and tough... yes he would have been able to push it off himself. The reason i feel the actual story seems a bit off is the lack of bleeding from gunshot wound. If it had the velocity to male its way fron the groin to the heart, then multiple vessels would have been damaged. In short why wasnt there any bleeding? (You would make a great novelist)
I thought it was some kind of gas leak caused by the outage , some kinda gas that could have ruptured his internal organs in high enough dose especially given the skin color and apparent sudden death. But it seems maybe the bullet entered his body and bounced around his insides..... Either way the medical examiner is dumb as shit, the fuck do you miss a BULLET HOLE? seems suspicious if you ask me.
🙋🏻♀️ I randomly found this channel and started binge watching! I got so caught up in all his videos that I didn’t really pay attention to the title. I live smack dab in the middle of the sticks so you can imagine my surprise when he starts in on all the forest stories and I’m outside at 3am and I kid you not, a pack of Coyotes start howling😩 it never bothered me before until I found his channel🤣🤣🤣
TH-cam could collaborate with Mr. Ballen and create a 'Forensic Files' type/format show. Something I think would be a win-win for both TH-cam and Mr. Ballen. The unique feature of this hypothetical collaborative TV Show would be the fact that it covers "the strange, dark, and mysterious in story format." Heck yes I'd watch such a production! Disturbingly a lot.
Ken Brennan is a badass -- there's another case which involved a woman being stuffed in a suitcase to be removed from a hotel room that he solved. It was featured on of those network crime shows (Dateline or 48 Hours I believe) as was this one.
I saw that episode. Brennan solved it by watching security footage of the perp carrying a rolling suitcase into and out of an elevator. The evidence was less than 5 seconds long.
If someone gets shot laying down in the crotch you can have some seriously weird shit happen. IE there are loads of large blood vessels with areas with almost none between them. Then there are all the muscles/tendons etc. There are enough of those to stop any blood getting out) it only takes about 6PSI to stop bleeding) and they will effectively close up the wound. So it would look like a minor laceration with all the bleeding happening internally.
Had the pleasure of knowing Ken for a while. Dude is such a badass lol. Everything you've heard about the guy is probably true. Guy was nice enough to help me train my dog!
I found you like 3 weeks ago and you’ve become a part of my daily routine! I cook, clean and go to bed listening to you share these crazy stories! Thanks !!
I am from Lafayette,Louisiana and this case wasn't as cut and dried as it seems. Unfortunately when the investigation was going on the police received his phone records and according to the records the police said he had frequented prostitutes. Anyone and everyone knew that he and his wife were totally devoted to one another. His family knew that wasn't how he was and were tired of being told these things and started to look for a private investigator. It was eventually found that the records weren't actually his and when they finally looked at his records he was in fact the devoted husband that everyone said he was.It's really sad that he died so senselessly.
To be honest, I’d be kinda embarrassed if I was the coroner on that case. You find a hole in someone heart and you really can’t deduce what could cause that?
@@anthonybernard92 - It's because it went through his body vertically from the crotch, which he probably never saw before. No obvious entry or exit wound, and a vertical trajectory from the bottom up. Yeah, I doubt he ever saw that before.
There is a concept called an open secret, when people pretend that something that they know of is actually a secret and simply do not talk about it. This can be something like an affair, all the way to something like who actually runs a country.
The worst part of this is to think how you could suffer such a horrible death, and it's completely random. The man did not do one unusual thing that would have led to this. Horrfying how utterly random and unfeeling the universe can be.
I must say, that you remind me of the times when I was a little girl, and we didn’t have a television, but we had a radio. I would sit in front of the radio 📻 after dinner 🍲 and listen to the narrator tell stories. I remember that there would be sound effects as well. Thank you for giving me back those memories indeed.
This story gave me chills because of how unreal that Long Island detective was. Seriously, never judge a book by his cover. That dude is a literal legend.
Greg was my cousin - from a branch of the family I am no longer in touch with. It was beyond weird to first read this story many years ago in Vanity Fair, and realize about half way through that I knew this man. He was remarkably similar to my father - wiry build, meticulous and ordered, polite, and liked by all. His picture made me feel I was seeing Dad all over again. Now, a newly established Mr Ballen addict, I discover Greg’s story being retold in Mr B’s inimitable style. Dear Greg, I am so sorry your life ended so precipitously and sadly, but very glad those responsible have been brought to justice. And as to me, I truly believe life is full of the most extraordinary circumstances. And weirdness!
Michael Browne • Greg is not your cousin... Your looking for attention and for people to say, "Oh wow" or "really" or "I'm so sorry"... Just keep it real, life's to short to fake the funk !! Smh .....
The story is really taking a turn….love your videos! Been binge watching them. Please do more of the 3 places you can’t go and missing 411, can’t get enough!
The medical examiner who did the autopsy screwed up badly! He should’ve recognized the bullet pathway and hydra shock to internal organs almost immediately!
I'm the exact opposite, I need to be on fire or I can't sleep. I live in a very hot part of Australia. I sleep with an electric blanket and the heater on and sleep with so many blankets, I can't even turn over with the weight. I am certifiably insane. Everyone here thinks so 😂
You have a real passion on telling stories, you make them spooky but not to chilling, so people who struggle to watch horror movies can still watch these spooky stories :)
It's chilling to know that the electricians hearing Greg coughing after the electricians had visited the bar for probably a couple of hours, indicates that Greg was alive, probably aware of being in the process of dying, for at least that many hours. It sounds like, had he gotten medical intervention immediately, the hole to his heart could've been repaired and he'd've survived. So sad.
Not sure we need to believe believe the coughing thing "heard" by the drunk electricians, the guilty party. Here is why a) Greg was found with a ciggy still in hand. He had a ciggy between his fingers for a couple of hours after being shot and still there when he died? b) Experts believe Greg was dead in a minute or less, he bled out internally, hole in heart. He just had time to jump off the bed, stumble to the door, collapsed and died. He died so quickly he had no time get help himself. He would have bled out in less than 30 seconds - quotation from Vanity Fair article, "The Body in Room 348"
@@s77788 you can't supress the sound of the bullet impact or the bullet flying through the air breaking the sound barrier. The moment that bullets leaves the barrel it will ways cause a sonic boom
How is it there was no blood, then? I wish that he didn't realize that the corner was incompetent? And why does everyone think that Amelia Earhart disappeared when we've known that her bones were found on an island shortly after the plane went down?
@@rufust.firefly2474 22lr caliber is small and its gunshot wounds may not bleed, and bullet going through wall and most of intestines probably lost even more in size stopped IN the heart, leaving only really small entering hole, which confused the coroner.
i admit your voice is very clear and easy to catch word by word, i am so addicted to your story although my 1st language is chinese, 2nd language indonesia, 3rd english
There happened a hunting accident on a road near a city i live close to. The hunter shot at a hog and hit it, the bullet penetrated the hog and travelled on to the street where a car happened to pass by. The guy on the front right seat (not the driver) had his arm out the window and the bullet hit him in the ellbow and travelled through his right upper arm into his heart where it stopped. The driver said that his friend was dead instantly and he didnt hear a thing. At first he didn't even see any blood and they were mid conversation before he died. You can look it up, the city is called Nittenau and it's located in Germany. You'll find articles if you google something like "Querschlaeger B16 Nittenau" or "Jagdunfall Nittenau", I don't know if there are any articles in English tho. That's the worst bad luck story I have heard so far. Edit: English article if you google: Car passenger killed by stray bullet from hunting accident
I've already seen this on forensic files and yes the ending is crazy as heck. It's something that is incredibly hard to even believe much less solve. And the poor man was minding his own business watching a movie and what happened , happened. It's crazy
Tbh, when I first saw his videos pop up on my recommended feed, I was like, why is this dude rehashing the same content all these other top five youtubers have already borrowed from reddit. But then one of his videos came up on autoplay, and I was instantly sold. I didn't realize just how much of a phenomenal storyteller he is lmao. Now I watch every video, even if it's on a case or story I've heard multiple times in the past.
Even though i only heard this story a couple of days ago and knew the ending, the way it is told by Mr Ballen in so much detail made it worth listening to all over again.
The detective who solved this must be a descendant of king Solomon or something. My goodness. I havent heard of a deductive prowess like that since watching detective L from deathnote.
is he? or were the other detectives and coroner inept? how do you miss a gunshot wound that tears completely thru someones body? also idk how these electricians could have fixed the drywall in the neighboring room. and idk how a hole by the doorknob could line up with the bed in the next room. well it could line up. but what was that guy doing messing with his gun in tbe entryway by the door and not in the room?
Hey I just wanna say that your channel is really entertaining and I can watch for hours and never get bored because you really engage me in the stories because there is no music to distract me and you use real photos instead of edited fake images so I really do hope you continue to grow and keep telling stories
My favourite part of watching these videos, is reading everyone's comments after. Makes me laugh everytime. And im glad to know im not the only one in love with these vids.
I’m so confused how a coroner could miss a freakin bullet hole in a body.. also was there no blood? Even a small caliber would cause at least some bleeding right?
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9:58 the like button is trying to get to the hotel room 348
@Lexis Frederick I’m 7 minutes late noo
Nice eyes!
Man I did it before
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Oops srry I you got it first:)
That detective is worth every penny, regardless of what he charges.
Yeah he dosen't concern himself with the extra work or possible backlash but rather finding out the cold hard truth when he told a top medical examiner you're wrong and the veteran cop he missed the details.
@@softspoketello8895 He's like the exact opposite to George Oldfield.
Fr what a badbutt
@@chernobylsurvivor2398 badbutt?
@@GamerCheatsForAll bad a-word I’m a kid I can’t cuss
Dude this Private Detective is an absolute beast. Who in TF would have figured that out? And everyone makes mistakes, but that medical examiner really fkd that one up
Agreed I mean how did he miss that?! Just seems odd. Definitely fire or retrain that duder
@@PurrfectMedia he said he was one of the best in texas n all
The real question is where the bullet ended up. It didn't go all the way through, or there should be a second hole, and the doc obviously didn't find the bullet.
@@tiffanynakara8296 if all his organs exploded like they said the bullet must have broken up into small pieces either way after a gun is fired the bullets no matter what caliber is not even close to the size of the shell it’s literally just the tip of the bullet that gets fired so it must have broken up and they never performed an x-ray on him since he was dead but it’s just crazy how do they miss an entrance wound...how did the medical examiner not follow the organs that were exploded to the point of entrance but the PI IS A BEAST
A 22 caliber round is so small and does not have enough “power” to usually enter and exit a body in a straight line but instead ricochets off of the bones causing devastating damage. Strangely enough one of the ore deadly weapons to get shot with in the body cavity.
Mr.B tells these stories like he was in the corner transcribing the whole situation moment by moment lol. A true king.
True lol
I totally agree
Real talk
True natural talent
Hmm
Thank God for good detectives like these that don't quit so easily. My thoughts and prayers to Greg's wife and family!
Makes ME think of the tv series Monk. Those real small details.
Who randomly found this channel one day and cannot stop watching
Me...just now...I can’t stop watching...help..lmao
Bump into it jst strolling threw and now its my all time FAV chan.
Me for shor
If you like mystery like this, you should definitely check out nick rowley or nick Crowley (i think that’s his channel)
That’s me. I just found Mr. Ballen’s channel and I definitely can’t stop watching. He’s a great storyteller!
Dude the private investigator is literally Sherlock Holmes that's so wild how he figured all that put
That too in ONE day?!!
You literally do not know what the word literally means
It’s a fake story
@@confusedkoala694 is it?
@@willybilly2712 you can sort of tell because of how oddly specific things get
Can we appreciate that his wife was a REAL WIFE!! She knew all his habits down to what hand he used to smoke. Her love and devotion in marriage helped solve a case
I believe so if she didn’t know that it could’ve possible been still confusing
Typical, only a woman would say that smh.
Or a obsessive stalker
I thought that was normal for a wife, or husband, or even just a friend that you spend a lot of time with, to notice details like that.
@@heidih3048 it should be normal but it's often overlooked these days, especially with the decline of long lasting relationships. The wife's knowledge showed so much about their relationship. Ive seen marriages with the couple ignorant to eachother personality and habits. She even knew what hand he smoked with ❤. She probably paid attention so hard that she knew he put his shoes on left foot first lol. So sweet
Suzy clearly loved her husband so much that she carefully notes all those little details about him ❤
That dude literally solved all of this case so quickly. Who would ever think to look for a small gunshot in the wall? Also, what kind of coroner thinks a hole in the heart isn't weird?! The hell.
My daughter was born with a hole in her heart. Ok, it closed by itself by the time she was 4, but maybe there are conditions where that doesn't happen. So if the hole was small enough to not be debilitating in life, maybe he thought that that's just what was going on there: a condition he was born with. Then again, the shredded internals should really have risen a concern.
@rev ok? cool?
@@thenutstealer I was telling her story because of the question of this thread's OP, about why anyone would look into a small hole in someone heart's wall. So that's why: Because it might be a condition that the person was born with.
My uncle had a hole in his heart. He waited on a transplant his entire life but he never got one and he died.. so yeah its possible but it's not good
@@RevCode there is a difference between a small hole in the septum, usually a remnant of foramen ovale in the atrial septum, and a hole that ia going through the outer heart wall. The first one allows the blood to mix inbetween the hearts sides, which isn't exactly good per se, but isn't deadly, whereas a hole in the external wall is a sure way to die without immediate surgery. The medical examiner wouldn't have called the prior a hole, that would have been noted as an anatomical anomaly
Not going to lie, when he kept describing everyone and all of the guys in detail I was like “okay the fact that the PI wears shirts to show his muscles is going to be very important to solving what happened”. Love this guy
I have lived in Long Island and literally every guy dresses like that so for me that detail was everything I also loved how MrB said gawdy chain lol
Did I miss this reference because I'm not from States so I don't even get if there was a reference related to it?! Can any of you explain what did it meant ...it did?
I thought the fact that he described the electricians interview and how they were so helpful to even share mail-id😂😂 I thought oh there got to be some black spot this doesn't seem right but I didn't knew it was that 😬
It helps with visualising the characters especially for people like me who have a very vivid, visual imagination.
😂😂😂
@@moirahill6397 Yeah, a story telling technique. Part of the exposition.
I've never been a "scary story" guy but the way MrBallen explains the story's is so captivating. He really helps you visualize the situation the way he explains it
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Exactly! I'm not much of a scary story person either. But he explains so well its amazing!
The one with the three different stories first one about a skydiving issue second a mexican narco issue and third a Chinese rooftop guy fell to his death i it was the only one that made my heart beat slower
edit for me it depends on the story
@@lordnnarat he's really good
He’s really good at this cause regular scary story channels would just put creepy music up at all times, talk weird, and if the case was solved just ignore that part. he actually gives all the details
Tommy Brown did my father's autopsy in 1991. Fast forward to 2001ish...I was doing some investigating regarding my father's death and had a bunch of questions, so I called the local coroner where I was living at the time (happened to be in Guam) The coroner asked if I would come in and bring my paperwork and he would be happy to answer any questions I had. I went immediately and the first thing he said when he saw the name (Tommy Brown) was that he had actually trained Tommy Brown years and years prior...what a coincidence! And then as I was asking questions about things (specifically clouded cornea and blanched lividity) and told him I thought the death time frame was wrong- he came to the same conclusion, and said he didn't know how Tommy could have missed that. So it sounds to me like there are a few things that Tommy Brown could brush up on...because thoroughness is essential in that business when aiding in any kind of a death investigation. It's been so long now that others, in my dad's case, have died and taken secrets to their grave. We will never know what really happened with my dad...lots to do with pre-conceived suggested ideas before the actual investigation. Sad how that happens..but I'm glad the wife in this case did not give up and was able to get answers.
cigarette: on different hand
ac: not turned on
privite detective: *oh yeah, its all coming together*
Hahaha 🤣
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My name is Connor, i am the Android Sent by Cyberlife
That detective is AMAZING AT HIS JOB!!! TRUE SHERLOCK!!!
He has amazing detective skills thats for sure
You mean the Private Investigator.
Elementary my dear Lawson.
@@harrynicholes3166 Who is a detective...
The ME is also an idiot
That private detective is something else. Like how does one even begin to think to look for a bullet hole.
A smart detective, aka
Brain size: MEGA
@@ponc3au for sure
Some people have a gift for attention to detail and pattern recognition. I seem to have this gift, but I can only really use it if I'm genuinely interested in what I'm looking into. I can totally understand how he could put two and two together and think of scenarios that others missed. What probably got his eye is the crotch wound mixed with essentially the internals being badly damaged but not the externals. That sounds like a possible bullet wound with no exit. Then you would follow that lead to see if it leads anywhere.
I get all that and if im interested in something enough im like a blood hound. You have to realize what this guy had to work with though. Its an amazing thing that he could even start to piece it together let alone solve it. May sound easy but trust me this guy pulled off a miracle pretty much.
The whole in his heart and the small injury on his groin. I can see why they would think bullet but to know what room it came from and exactly where on the wall the hole would be is insane to me
I've been on a ballen binge for weeks now! Not just the best stories i have never heard but told by a real master whom becomes characters in the stories! MT
Ballen but at what cost
Every video gets a like just on his plug asking for a like alone.
Content is wonderful as well.
The stories are incredible, but the storytelling is simply amazing !!!
yes, I love his voice, I listen to him on earphones at work!! :)
'WHO'
Id love to see Kens process of thought when figuring cases out. Most people wouldnt know where to start but this guy obviously has a gift for reasoning these things out.
He probably kills it when playing Clue
Perhaps he had a better look at the laceration, knowing it was a gunshot wound. Ken has probably seen a fair number of gunshot wounds over the course of his career.
Also has good gut instinct.. interviewing the guy who was innocent 1st and therefore more likely to confess
Ken watches a LOT of Columbo...
Ken has definitely played Mind Trap
One of the most horrifying is a doctor that missed a gunshot wound. "I wonder why his heart had a hole in it." Lord.
Yeah, maybe open the heart and see if there is something inside that caused the hole...?
How did they not find the bullet in his body 🤯
@@nikoletamarlais exactly he said he had a bruise or marks on groin as well as his head...surely they would see a bullet entry hole lol
A bullet entry wound is usually the size of the bullet. The exit wounds are big holes cuz of the change in energy of the projectile when it exits. If a bullet doesn't exit the body and blows out your heart instantly then the only wounds the size of the bullet and no blood cuz the heart instantly stopped pumping
Well their job isn’t to say what it means their job is just to say what it is. detectives should’ve realized
I have seen Ken Brennan interviewed and summaries of cases he has worked on- you know how some people are just born gifted; a gymnast; a pianist; an artist or whatever, some people appear to be born with a gift. This is Ken B., he is a gifted detective with a unique gift for putting pieces of a puzzle together.
The real Sherlock Holmes!
@@mannylugz5872 When I read his vanishing blonde case I swear it felt like it came legit out of a detective novel. The way everything came together as if it was meant to be from the very beginning. It was just fascinating to read.
@@paridhi_d9167 is it on youtube?
Who's this guy Colombo?
Columbo, And I love Columbo
Ugh. That’s so freaking sad. I can only imagine how sudden and shocking that was for Greg to die like that. He didn’t even know as he was dying what happened. How completely heart breaking for the family. More than once, because you know it wasn’t any easier once they found out the truth behind his death.
Damn that private investigator just played Ace Attorney in real life
yeah lol nobody founds out what happened till the main character arrives
but i think he played ace attorney investigations miles edgeworth lol
The investigator deveres getting paid for his job. Not like others that quickly quit.
“Cigarette on the other hand”
“AC is turned off”
Detective: *Oh yeahhh, it’s all coming together now*
More like Erkil Puaro.
More like Ace Ventura
I’m loosing an average of 3 hours of sleep a night watching this man.
“Losing”
Shits good for you son
Lol me toooo
Found the channel yesterday. Of course, I watched it in the quiet, eerie dead of night and only slept 4 hours.
That's how much sleep I get...
I found this channel 4 days ago and can’t stop watching it!
Well im starting to believe 4 to 5 time a week is now not enough as this is addictive
Hahaha weekends come around and I keep looking to see if by chance he posts hahaha
Your not wrong
Right!?!?
He doesn't upload 4 or even 5 times a week.
Idk why he says he does.
I agree lol
I remember hearing about this case in a gun safety class I took after purchasing a gun for personal safety. The class was 10 hours, 2 hours a day for 5 days and taught by a police officer. I learned how to dismantle and put my gun back together, how to clean it and fire it ect. It was when we came to the safety part that I started to feel ambivalent, once I heard all the stories and found out all the things no one tells you about owning a gun that I realized I was very uncomfortable with that much responsibility and would sell it back. I’m not against others owning guns as long as they are doing so safely, this story illustrated what an irresponsible gun owner looks like and haunts all my future hotel stays.
This guy gives such detail. I'm surprised he didn't tell us what kind of candy bar Greg ate and what kind of cigarettes he smoked.
honestly he probably would have if it was in the case file
Trademark . thats why
Ahahahajahhaaa so funny
And somehow still fits it into a 20min video! Love it!
he didn't mention the caliber of the gun...
This one got me the most dude was just trying to eat candy and watch a movie and died in a horrific freak accident
All because some idiot somewhere was fooling around with a loaded gun.
I was honestly hoping it wouldve been the candy bar, like the vending machine was never changed and the candy was from 1996 or something.
At least he died eating candy and watching Ironman 2.
@@bentonrp If ONLY he liked cheating on his wife...? Could have been in another room with his side chick, instead of dying while watching a movie...Some guy's! /S Seeing how skinny he was, I thought the wife had something to do with it...
It's Not really a Freak Accident when it was caused by some Pathetic Idiot Playing with Something whose Only Purpose is to KILL!
@@anthonyalvarado6465 Same can be said about looking at your phone while driving...At that MOMENT, the vehicle becomes a WEAPON..."Funny", how cars kill TWICE as many people every year that guns do, yet, no one wants to BAN THEM...?
One mans stupidity causes another man to lose his life. How sad. Greg was just in his room minding his own business and he’s killed. His poor wife. Thinking it was his bad diet and smoking that killed him is one tragedy but knowing someone else killed him in such a senseless way, is probably the worse feeling. Prayers to her. That detective is brilliant also, gosh what incredible work.
Maybe God was using our dude to stop that creepy electrician's other crimes.
The sad thing about it is that that doctor that did the autopsy did not see the hole in his heart that is their everyday job to check that stuff it just seems to amaze me how people just don't care anymore
@@sharonhaywood2818 yeah exactly. You and me both. It’s astonishing how people just ignore obvious signs and act like it’s no big deal. This world is really sad sometimes.
@@sharonhaywood2818 he could have deduced that the tear in the heart was caused by the broken/shattered ribs… that would definitely do it
@@sharonhaywood2818 The coroner saw and acknowledged the hole in his heart. But he only considered the groin injury an "abrasion" as opposed to a GSW. (gunshot wound).
Poor Greg, the way he led his life reminds me of my Dad so much it breaks my heart. I feel for his family, rest in peace sir
Obviously good job for the private detective, but also good job for the Officer who turned over every stone on this case and who wasn’t afraid or didn’t have a big ego to suggest that his wife could bring in a fresh set of eyes to help out.
Congrats to the toothpaste to for holding up thru a full CSI scour.
@Gem Rose that's only in TV and movies. All too often law enforcement agencies work together to figure shit out. That whole "my crime scene" or "my jurisdiction" is just played up for dramatic effect. It doesnt happen often lol
you watch too much made for TV drama. detectives dont really have an ego stereotype irl.
The private detective is Sherlock Holmes son.
Such a great point. Some detectives would mock a P. I. from out of town instead of accepting his/her help. RIP to this guy. Seems like he was a good man.
He's the same detective that solved "the woman in the suitcase" in Florida. He's awesome
yup amazing guy. just brilliant
No wayyy
how can i search this case? thank you
@@Allups50 Type in 20/20 The woman in the suitcase......google or youtube
Wait…the woman that was found by the kid that were using the Randonautica
App.
This made me look up Ken Brennan. That man is literally Sherlock Holmes, there is a Vanity Fair article about him and the room 348 case isn't even the craziest case he's solved.
His attention to detail and just overall high IQ is really pretty damn incredible! Seems like a good person as well.
Good on him for putting cases to rest which would otherwise still be ice cold.
Yh I was actually surprised when I searched him up after this video that he was the same detective who solved “the woman in the suitcase” Case
Yeah this is rare, because you see this all the time on tv shows and movies, and I've always said there couldn't be anyone that smart, but I guess there is!
I thought that he is a real life Adrian Monk.
@@kutthroat2735 oooo I remember that one, it was really disturbing
Seven million addicts sat round a fire listening to Ballen tell us stories.
This is such a crazy story. I'm glad the PI was able to solve the case. I really wish drunk people wouldn't play with weapons like they're toys.
Thats quite pathetic grown men with a gun in a room like that.i think its really sad case .
Alcohol will fuck you up. I almost died drinking and driving when I was 26. I'm 44 and some days wish I would have died that night
This also shows you how bad normal cops are at "investigating". Somehow missing a bullet hole in the wall... Also that doctor was bad.
Trust me as an alcoholic ive never once been tempted to fuck with a weapon/tool that could seriously injure me. In fact thats the thing when im drunk im more paranoid some accident will happen. So i just walk away or avoid sketchy situations all together. Why this man was messing with a loaded weapon drunk is shameful
i really wish deadly weapons such as guns weren't even available to the public so incidents like this would never happen. no ordinary citizen should ever need a gun to defend themselves
That detective is like Special Agent Pendergast, the type of man who can solve a case when no other person can figure it out. Wow.
Yeah
I've read every Pendergast book 4+ times. Almost time to read again!! So satisfying!!
Yea girl! Lol I’ve read my favorite “still life with crows” like 4 times already
@@AVSgirl1985 obsidian chamber was the last one I enjoyed. By City of Endless nights I was pretty much done. I dont think im going to do verses for the dead or crooked river.
Hello i am L
So when I went to get my EMT certification in Texas a paramedic that was teaching 90% of the class was from Louisiana. He told us about a case that he got called out on out in the country where two vehicles were in opposite sides of the road in the ditch. One was facing one way the other one was facing the other way and their cars were literally within a hundred feet of each other, so it looked like they just were driving along and one went off in the ditch one way and the other one at the same time went off just on the other side, but, they were both dead and their whole face and skull was just smashed like somebody took a huge hammer and just hit them as hard as they could on the face and the whole face was just smashed in. They didn't have a clue what had happened. So they cleared the scene and he went back to the station and it was very confusing to everybody. There were no storms but they started looking at the humidity in that area and they went back out and found neighbors that lived in that area and come to find out that early morning it was extremely foggy and at that time both drivers had their head out the window looking ,trying to see the road and when they went by each other they were so close their faces and heads collided with each other killing them instantly. They just kind of slowed down and went off in the ditch at the same time.
That's insane.
Omg I never expected that ending… what are the chances? How does the investigator even think to check the weather for that day? This story is nuts lol
Ah yeah, ive heard that story before! quite an insane one
Wow, I wonder how fast they were going? If it's that foggy, you'd think they would drive slowly.
@@margimello7408 Even if they were both going 20 mph they were moving in opposite directions, so when they hit each other it was like they hit at 40 mph. If you've seen what 40mph does to a human body with no airbags, seat belts, or crumple zones, that answers your question.
I found mrballen's channel one night, I then watched all his episodes in less then a month, now I like to listen to his podcast, re-watch his stories and always wait to watch his new amazing stories.
This guy is so good that he knew who killed the guy when even the killer did not.
Amen praise Jesus name my rock and salvation
@SuperNostalgia. You got it All wrong my friend. You’re in the dark. Correct me if I’m wrong on judgment day but oh, then it’d be too late for you to make up for it.
@@hana.the.writer5074 One more clown who thinks that he is blessed and powerful enough to hand out justice to others on a made up day he read about in a mythological book that tells him the story of a made up mythical guy he calls god. This deluded guy thinks that he can predict the fate of people just by looking at their comments. I mean we need to be in awe of this guy the reason being that unlike other delusional astrologers and palm readers he does not even need to meet the guy whose fate he is predicting
@Angela-vu9tt I don't see any pitch. You're confusing a happy customer with a salesman.
I thought he got electrocuted when the electrician turned the power back on and made everything in his body collapse never ever would have guessed he was shot
Holy fuck that is easily the greatest detective work I’ve ever heard of. That PI Ken is insane
He's a terrific story teller. Addictive.
Your 200th like
Right it's like he's chatting with his best buddies! Love it!!
Very
yes
Yes very much!! 👍🌞🇺🇸🌍🙏
That is absolute incredible work from that private investigator!!!! RIP Greg. X
I'm a massive fan of the strange, dark and mysterious delivered in story format!
Hahahaha.....
Me too. I never thought about listening to stories before I ran across this channel a couple days ago. My wife said I'm no longer allowed to watch in bed while she is sleeping. Lol
Me too! 😝
I'm also a fan of the strange, dark and mysterious delivered in story format!
Especially when u get to torture that like button multiple times a week.
I love how this channel each title is never clickbait and every time I watch the video I always mean to look for the secret but I end up so enamored with the story that I completely lose track of looking for the secret. I just discovered this channel a couple days ago and wow can he ever tell a story.
Loved this story. I’m so glad the wife hired a PI! She knew something wasn’t right and I’m glad the detectives did Their job to bring justice to this man.
Listening to mrballen stories is so relaxing and soothing. And then you start thinking about them later into the night and can’t sleep lol
Mrballen should teach classes on how to tell a story like it's real. Because Mrballen is an amazing storyteller, people need to know him. Very underrated!
A growing sub count nearing the 1m marker. Think he's rated like any normal cult leader. ALL HAIL BALLEN!
@@eryzule287 😂
agree
@@MrBallen I could possibly get you a paid trip to Australia to give a two-three class training course.
He’s also the BEST at doing research because even if I’ve heard the story before I get way more details when he tells it and the stories are better. He is definitely very talented and puts a lot of effort into his work.
My grandson had me watch an episode and I’ve never stopped watching, I am totally hooked. He is the best storyteller I’ve ever heard and he looks good to lol.
Damn granny you a lil freak this man 1/3 your age when you was 18 he still wasn't born I bet ya mouth opens wide Like a anaconda damnnnn that a be crazy go for it
@@jacobgarvia1065bro wtf 💀
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@@mixalisdemetriou6879bro i think its his nan, not grandad!!😂 that would be wierd!! Shes got a lil crush bless her!😊😂
My husband showed this channel to me, im at home on bed rest with my pregnancy, and I have been here for two days now lol
Congrats and best wishes from a stranger🙋🏻♂️
Hi👋 name the baby Ballen Jr 👶
Congrats!
Omg girl you really have to be careful about the things you expose yourself to when you’re pregnant.. your sweet little baby absorbs everything
@@rosegold973 yeah my mom smoked, drank, and did drugs while pregnant with me and now I have a slowed physical development, terrifyingly fast maturing, and some mental health issues. But I'm also pretty good at writing so I got one thing going for me in this world.
This must be one of the best mysteries!! Quite a twist at the end. Excellent presentation Mr. Ballen!! 👏🏻
I love the fact he tells the stories, without dragging on and on... Currently binge watching!!
SHUTUP 🤬
His pacing and level of detail provided is perfect
same here
@@theredemption9038 why so toxic
@@glitchherobrine3773 because I like you 😏
“Iron Man 2: good enough”
The accuracy of the shade!
Lol
It’s alright
Oh. My. Glob. You look fresh 2 death with your new dress n purse!
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Haha... Got to love all of the extra little details put into the story.. Especially accurate shading lol
I confused
This is my guess SO FAR, but I'm only at 11:59 in the video.
My guess, the poor victim was enjoying his night and watching the movie. While eating his popcorn or his candy bar (or both), and smoking, he coughed and accidentally inhaled some of his popcorn or candy bar and began choking. He leapt to his feet at the end of the bed and began holding his throat or whatever while he was choking, but he accidentally careened into the television. The TV fell onto him while he was still choking, and this is where his crushing injuries came from. He was still panicking while partially choking, maybe he was no longer choking, and he managed to push the TV up off of himself. And, then, he succumbed to his crushing injuries/maybe still choking right there.
I know I'm barely over halfway through the video, but so far that's the only thing I can guess at, and maybe everyone pointing back to the fact that the room was hot instead of cold is just a red herring in the story...? I guess I'll find out! But that's my guess. I'll edit this comment after I finish watching and absorbing and I'll laugh at myself, I'm sure, at how wrong I was.
EDIT after finishing the video: I was really far off and didn't suspect a bullet or the neighboring electricians or drunk fuckerey or anything like that at ALL. And the bullet entering, shattering, and spraying all around inside of him makes perfect sense now, that could easily have blasted all of his guts around inside of him. That's freakin crazy.
The actual ending to this one seemed unbelievable compared to your theory.
Your theory does make sense about the crush injury, especially if the TV was at a lower level, and the way the victim was decribed as rough and tough... yes he would have been able to push it off himself.
The reason i feel the actual story seems a bit off is the lack of bleeding from gunshot wound. If it had the velocity to male its way fron the groin to the heart, then multiple vessels would have been damaged.
In short why wasnt there any bleeding?
(You would make a great novelist)
@@gavinelesban Good point on the bleeding, one would think there'd be some.
@@soconoha My guess is because the bullet made a hole in his hear it killed him instantly. No heartbeat means no blood pressure means no bleeding.
I thought it was some kind of gas leak caused by the outage , some kinda gas that could have ruptured his internal organs in high enough dose especially given the skin color and apparent sudden death. But it seems maybe the bullet entered his body and bounced around his insides..... Either way the medical examiner is dumb as shit, the fuck do you miss a BULLET HOLE? seems suspicious if you ask me.
Oh well...l thought that maybe he had been electrocuted by the malfunctioning microwave...🤔🙁😔
This dude is a phenomenal storyteller. I bet the guys in his unit loved listening to him..
Yes☺
What unit?
@@danielamaksin2934 he's said a bunch of times and made a couple videos mentioning he was a navy seal
I've thought the same thing, I wish he had been one of my leaders⚓
@@danielamaksin2934 he is a retired navy seal
Who just stays up to like 5 am whatching this channel completely paranoid whith you're light on😆😆😆
🙋🏻♀️ I randomly found this channel and started binge watching! I got so caught up in all his videos that I didn’t really pay attention to the title. I live smack dab in the middle of the sticks so you can imagine my surprise when he starts in on all the forest stories and I’m outside at 3am and I kid you not, a pack of Coyotes start howling😩 it never bothered me before until I found his channel🤣🤣🤣
@@myassisdragon1558 🤣 Just heard of him from a makeup tutorial story here on YT. I dont know if I should be worried.....😬
@@DB-xo6xh, 🤣🤣🤣🤣that’s exactly how I ended up here too! I had just watched a Laura Lee video....talk about random right?!?
Nope i thrive on stories like these
Yes
Anyone else think theses story's should be made into a Netflix series. 30min shows reacting each story?? I'd watch it.
No!
No! Because Netflix will just get some awful narrator instead of someone like OP!
No way. Netflix is even worse than TH-cam.
ONLY IF MR. BALLEN NARRATES IT! Like CC'S Drunk History format
TH-cam could collaborate with Mr. Ballen and create a 'Forensic Files' type/format show. Something I think would be a win-win for both TH-cam and Mr. Ballen.
The unique feature of this hypothetical collaborative TV Show would be the fact that it covers "the strange, dark, and mysterious in story format." Heck yes I'd watch such a production! Disturbingly a lot.
It is proved that death can find you randomly when the time comes no matter what you do or wherever you may be? Such an unfortunate death of Greg!
Ken Brennan is a badass -- there's another case which involved a woman being stuffed in a suitcase to be removed from a hotel room that he solved. It was featured on of those network crime shows (Dateline or 48 Hours I believe) as was this one.
I saw that episode. Brennan solved it by watching security footage of the perp carrying a rolling suitcase into and out of an elevator. The evidence was less than 5 seconds long.
th-cam.com/video/VS00v3G-4EU/w-d-xo.html
@@bobsaturday4273 thanks for posting the link. What a horrific story! Can’t believe the guy got only 2 years in prison for that atrocity!? 🤯
"the best medical examiner, been doing it years"
Misses bullet hole in crotch...
Also where was the bullet?
And i’m like dude got shot and there was no blood at all where he laid and died? I never heard anyone say there was any blood.
If someone gets shot laying down in the crotch you can have some seriously weird shit happen. IE there are loads of large blood vessels with areas with almost none between them. Then there are all the muscles/tendons etc. There are enough of those to stop any blood getting out) it only takes about 6PSI to stop bleeding) and they will effectively close up the wound. So it would look like a minor laceration with all the bleeding happening internally.
wow that’s some kinky shit🙃
Probably one of the worst parts you'd get shot on.
Also, in the medical examiner's defense - maybe he wasn't too keen on looking at his crotch.
Had the pleasure of knowing Ken for a while. Dude is such a badass lol. Everything you've heard about the guy is probably true. Guy was nice enough to help me train my dog!
Did he do k9 training?
I found you like 3 weeks ago and you’ve become a part of my daily routine! I cook, clean and go to bed listening to you share these crazy stories! Thanks !!
Wow, that’s such a complicated case, and he solved it so quickly, wow
I am from Lafayette,Louisiana and this case wasn't as cut and dried as it seems. Unfortunately when the investigation was going on the police received his phone records and according to the records the police said he had frequented prostitutes. Anyone and everyone knew that he and his wife were totally devoted to one another. His family knew that wasn't how he was and were tired of being told these things and started to look for a private investigator. It was eventually found that the records weren't actually his and when they finally looked at his records he was in fact the devoted husband that everyone said he was.It's really sad that he died so senselessly.
To be honest, I’d be kinda embarrassed if I was the coroner on that case. You find a hole in someone heart and you really can’t deduce what could cause that?
I've seen him solve other cases. He's pretty awesome.
@@anthonybernard92 - It's because it went through his body vertically from the crotch, which he probably never saw before. No obvious entry or exit wound, and a vertical trajectory from the bottom up. Yeah, I doubt he ever saw that before.
Ogunquit
Love the way he explains without dragging the story out could listen to him all day
Literally the best true crime channel in the world
It seems weird to ask the wife if the husband had a secret life... wouldn't secret life imply that she wouldn't know about it? Lol.
That's true but what if maybe she was acting like she didn't know and was planning to confront him sometime soon 😶 lol probably not 😂
trust issues too right i mean
@@strueskills yeah
@@cloudy_5916 it wouldn't be a secret anymore.... more like a double life. 👀😲
There is a concept called an open secret, when people pretend that something that they know of is actually a secret and simply do not talk about it. This can be something like an affair, all the way to something like who actually runs a country.
The worst part of this is to think how you could suffer such a horrible death, and it's completely random. The man did not do one unusual thing that would have led to this. Horrfying how utterly random and unfeeling the universe can be.
I accidentally ended up doing the Russian Sleep Experiment on myself by binge watching MrBallen's videos.
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It was proven worng
Lemfaoooo
Hahahaha literally me too!!!
Life be like
I must say, that you remind me of the times when I was a little girl, and we didn’t have a television, but we had a radio. I would sit in front of the radio 📻 after dinner 🍲 and listen to the narrator tell stories. I remember that there would be sound effects as well. Thank you for giving me back those memories indeed.
Do you remember Paul Harvey?
Wow. I have only met one other person. Named Davida spelled this way!! She is an amazing friend too!! So HI!!
@@terrystillabower7356 Yes.
@@shellyhartley6960 Hello 👋!
My mom and dad told me about that.
By this point im friends with the strange dark and mysterious in story format
Lol
X2
@@BeeReports444 subbed friend
yeah me too
Be sure to update us on how this relationship develops.
This story gave me chills because of how unreal that Long Island detective was. Seriously, never judge a book by his cover. That dude is a literal legend.
That's some seriously impressive detective work. Like, wow. "Wait! There's more!" linking all the pieces together.
Who else doesn't even look for the'thing' hidden in these vids?
Im not good at finding those things xD
Guess its just six of us
Not me. I'm too interested in the story
I can’t multi task.
Idc about those things, i'm Here for the creepy story.
Ken and Apple. Brilliant name for a detective series.
So captivating and vivid, I'm totally tuned in, and yes smitten too, at 3:00 am IST 😊
Honestly that's the best detective work I've seen in a story like this
Greg was my cousin - from a branch of the family I am no longer in touch with. It was beyond weird to first read this story many years ago in Vanity Fair, and realize about half way through that I knew this man. He was remarkably similar to my father - wiry build, meticulous and ordered, polite, and liked by all. His picture made me feel I was seeing Dad all over again. Now, a newly established Mr Ballen addict, I discover Greg’s story being retold in Mr B’s inimitable style. Dear Greg, I am so sorry your life ended so precipitously and sadly, but very glad those responsible have been brought to justice. And as to me, I truly believe life is full of the most extraordinary circumstances. And weirdness!
so sorry for your loss
*God bless Greg, he was minding his business!*
Michael Browne • Greg is not your cousin... Your looking for attention and for people to say, "Oh wow" or "really" or "I'm so sorry"... Just keep it real, life's to short to fake the funk !! Smh .....
@@neighborhdwarjunkie664 I mean you never know!
Peace to the fallen
The moment he said "far away dock", I had immediate anxiety.
underrated comment
I'll NEVER swim to a far away dock again, thanks to Mr Ballen!
whats "far way dock"
@@_shawn_2435 it’s a reference to a previous video he posted. The far away dock had a sinnister story
I just saw that video yesterday and today I'm just haha I got that reference. Poor like button.
The story is really taking a turn….love your videos! Been binge watching them. Please do more of the 3 places you can’t go and missing 411, can’t get enough!
Mr ballens videos are always so interesting. He’s such a good story teller.
The medical examiner who did the autopsy screwed up badly! He should’ve recognized the bullet pathway and hydra shock to internal organs almost immediately!
He should go to jail for this expertise.
wonder how many murder vics 'died of natural causes' according to that med examiner?
Love your storytelling style......I have binged on every episode and look forward to the new ones.....cant get enough
“His cigarette was burned down to the wick”
Was he smoking candles?
@TheDoge 777 lol
🤣
Lol
We all knew he meant down to the butt..
😁😁😁👍
Greg: sleeps in really cold temperatures
Me: My guy!
I cant even get sleep without the room being cold
Same!
Yes lol! window cracked with the fan on in winter time guy right here
I'm the exact opposite, I need to be on fire or I can't sleep. I live in a very hot part of Australia. I sleep with an electric blanket and the heater on and sleep with so many blankets, I can't even turn over with the weight. I am certifiably insane. Everyone here thinks so 😂
@@maui7040 same
You have a real passion on telling stories, you make them spooky but not to chilling, so people who struggle to watch horror movies can still watch these spooky stories :)
I can't stop watching on my days off from work. Thank you John Ballen for your storytime.❤❤❤❤
It's chilling to know that the electricians hearing Greg coughing after the electricians had visited the bar for probably a couple of hours, indicates that Greg was alive, probably aware of being in the process of dying, for at least that many hours. It sounds like, had he gotten medical intervention immediately, the hole to his heart could've been repaired and he'd've survived. So sad.
Not sure we need to believe believe the coughing thing "heard" by the drunk electricians, the guilty party. Here is why a) Greg was found with a ciggy still in hand. He had a ciggy between his fingers for a couple of hours after being shot and still there when he died? b) Experts believe Greg was dead in a minute or less, he bled out internally, hole in heart. He just had time to jump off the bed, stumble to the door, collapsed and died. He died so quickly he had no time get help himself. He would have bled out in less than 30 seconds - quotation from Vanity Fair article, "The Body in Room 348"
@@louiseb6111 Yes, but that is what bullets can do.
@@louiseb6111 Yes, he died real quick
There was abolutely no way he was surviving after taking bullet shrapnel to the heart.
@@killionaire6891 Where'd you get your MD? You might want to ask for a refund!
Am i the only person wondering how no one else in the hotel heard the gun go off
The action movie, played loud enough.
Silencer?
@@Firewolf-mh9gl youve.never heard of a silencer???? Its in every action flick. And ALL THE GTA GAMES!
@@s77788 you can't supress the sound of the bullet impact or the bullet flying through the air breaking the sound barrier. The moment that bullets leaves the barrel it will ways cause a sonic boom
@@s77788 yes necessarily a sonic boom
I was quiet the whole video, at the end all i could say was "Damn... He's good."
That P.I. earned his fame
How is it there was no blood, then? I wish that he didn't realize that the corner was incompetent? And why does everyone think that Amelia Earhart disappeared when we've known that her bones were found on an island shortly after the plane went down?
@@rufust.firefly2474 22lr caliber is small and its gunshot wounds may not bleed, and bullet going through wall and most of intestines probably lost even more in size stopped IN the heart, leaving only really small entering hole, which confused the coroner.
@@gilrouvan-kanok5969 thank you for verifying that. I didn't want to assume that it would be true
He solved another crime that had to do with luggage. He saw something that no ones did and went with his gut.
i admit your voice is very clear and easy to catch word by word, i am so addicted to your story although my 1st language is chinese, 2nd language indonesia, 3rd english
"Ma'am, did your husband have a secret life you don't know about?"
"...repeat that again, but slowly."
🤣🤣
This guy needs to get on Spotify I'd listen to his stories everyday
YES!!!!!!!!!!!👌
That’s the worst case of bad luck I’ve ever heard.
Same.
There happened a hunting accident on a road near a city i live close to. The hunter shot at a hog and hit it, the bullet penetrated the hog and travelled on to the street where a car happened to pass by. The guy on the front right seat (not the driver) had his arm out the window and the bullet hit him in the ellbow and travelled through his right upper arm into his heart where it stopped. The driver said that his friend was dead instantly and he didnt hear a thing. At first he didn't even see any blood and they were mid conversation before he died. You can look it up, the city is called Nittenau and it's located in Germany. You'll find articles if you google something like "Querschlaeger B16 Nittenau" or "Jagdunfall Nittenau", I don't know if there are any articles in English tho. That's the worst bad luck story I have heard so far.
Edit: English article if you google: Car passenger killed by stray bullet from hunting accident
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Getting shot in the meat and/or two veg is not a way you want to go. The pain must have been horrible.
I've already seen this on forensic files and yes the ending is crazy as heck. It's something that is incredibly hard to even believe much less solve. And the poor man was minding his own business watching a movie and what happened , happened. It's crazy
I still don’t know how this man doesn’t have millions of views he has the best story channel 😔
He just started on TH-cam he has grown 800600 in 8 months thts really fast. He has a huge fan base. he has 8 million on TikTok
Been here since he was at 800 subs
Tbh, when I first saw his videos pop up on my recommended feed, I was like, why is this dude rehashing the same content all these other top five youtubers have already borrowed from reddit.
But then one of his videos came up on autoplay, and I was instantly sold. I didn't realize just how much of a phenomenal storyteller he is lmao. Now I watch every video, even if it's on a case or story I've heard multiple times in the past.
He has over a million subscribers
@@Superficial-Intellectual this comment was made before he had 1m subs
Even though i only heard this story a couple of days ago and knew the ending, the way it is told by Mr Ballen in so much detail made it worth listening to all over again.
Same. No one can tell a story like John!!!
I actually studied this case while in school and recognized it right way but the way he tells a story literally sucks you in. Amazing talent!
This man needs 1 million subs asap
YES! He dose he is so awesome
@Imperial fist Librarian yes 30 million is reasonable for the first year. Happy werewolf.
@Imperial fist Librarian yea ballen does deserve 30 mil
Yes one mil
Well he reached it
I can’t believe how addicted I’ve become, but I’m not ashamed. 😂
The detective who solved this must be a descendant of king Solomon or something. My goodness. I havent heard of a deductive prowess like that since watching detective L from deathnote.
Right! Some sherlock holmes shit right there
He should join that crime solving club
Hahahaha I love it
Its the goddamn batman
is he? or were the other detectives and coroner inept? how do you miss a gunshot wound that tears completely thru someones body? also idk how these electricians could have fixed the drywall in the neighboring room. and idk how a hole by the doorknob could line up with the bed in the next room. well it could line up. but what was that guy doing messing with his gun in tbe entryway by the door and not in the room?
Hey I just wanna say that your channel is really entertaining and I can watch for hours and never get bored because you really engage me in the stories because there is no music to distract me and you use real photos instead of edited fake images so I really do hope you continue to grow and keep telling stories
My favourite part of watching these videos, is reading everyone's comments after. Makes me laugh everytime. And im glad to know im not the only one in love with these vids.
Extremely detailed story telling! I'm an avid Coffeehouse Crime watcher and this looks like my next obsession channel. I love the mystery.
Well the cop found nothing, the coroner found nothing, good thing the wife called a private investigator!!
sad story that the poilice is all like "been there, done that" and you need to pay for a private investigator to solve such a case... :(
The coroner has a lot to answer for. Why did he mistake a gunshot wound as a blemish ? I think he needs retraining.
That's how it works in that area.
There’s no need in need in playing around with a gun. Especially children or dunk people.
I’m so confused how a coroner could miss a freakin bullet hole in a body.. also was there no blood? Even a small caliber would cause at least some bleeding right?