The Story that STILL HAUNTS Mr.Ballen
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My favorite story from Mr Ballen so far is the one about an elderly man who decides to go hiking alone through a very difficult trail in California on winter. Various people he meets on his travel warn him and advice him to go back because storms are coming but he stubbornly refuses and keeps going forward. This man ends up trapped at the bottom of a ravine and dies. Then, exactly one year later( or two? Nevertheless, the day and month coincided), a lost couple end up in the same ravine and finds the man's diary along with some matches. The boyfriend then decides to use the matches to provoke a fire as a signal. Rescuers arrived and saved them, thanks to that stubborn man who died in the same place but at a different time.
Yesss !!! I listened to it twice ..really intriguing
Great story. I remember where I was driving when I heard that story.
If that had been a movie people would have said it was too far fetched the poor man lasting down on his own knowing he is definitely alone and helpless and doomed, then the sheer luck they had thinking they had met their end also and a man’s gear is lying still intact that you’ve not noticed some people have luck some poor fuckers step in dog shit everytime I’m the latter
I knew him. The man’s name was John Donovan. He used to walk everywhere. He grew up in an orphanage, and he had no family. He worked as a social worker for many many years and helped hundreds of people. He was also terrified of technology and you couldn’t really get him to use a cell phone or a computer. It’s a very sad story, but knowing John he would’ve been tickled pink that his mission in life was to save those two people.
That’s your favorite? Lame
Whenever I go hiking I hear mr Ballen narrating my story.
Hopefully there's not a "mature audiences only" warning at the start of your story.
Haha! I used to do that as a kid with the voice of the host from Unsolved Mysteries: "...If you have any information leading the whereabouts of Kevin Smith, please contact Unsolved Mysteries immediately."
@@rinraiden well now there will be
Same here. I like hiking alone and a few months ago I turned and abruptly ran into a couple only a few feet away. They were acting really odd, and the guy got a bit too close to me and asked me for directions to a landmark on the trail that was really obvious, but more importantly behind both of us already. I could already hear MrBallen telling my story in my head. Luckily they walked off in that direction, but I was so spooked that I started damn near running and turning my head. In hindsight, they may have been on drugs of some kind or something, but it still scared the shit out of me.
@@RorinoTheGreat I often wonder at these things. How many times have we all come across a dodgy person or situation and narrowly avoided a close call without knowing It. A lot of these horror stories start so unsuspecting and innocently.
My girlfriend walked the dog the other week really early in the morning and it was still dark she told me there was a guy being really weird with his hood up and a neck warmer covering the bottom half of his face. He came up and asked her something and the dog started going crazy at him and scared him then he just rushed off.
It makes you wonder, did she narrowly avoid something bad just by the dog being there or was it just an innocent encounter. I suppose it's better to not know than to find out. Because too find out would mean mrballen could be telling your story one day. If one there was a way to know what situations we were getting ourselves into ahead of time.
For me, the worst story was the one of the older guy who before surgery was given a drug that paralyzed him, but the doctors forgot to give him the anesthesia medicine. I couldn't imagine the pain he went through during those 16 minutes.
Him just randomly screaming and being afraid was what got me.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW... NO JOKE.. THIS was honest to GOD me (without any cutting).. Brooke Army Medical Center in Ssn Antonio... Generally great docs like (Doctor KING - World class).. I WOKE UP and couldn't talk but I could see EVERYTHING, and at least feel how cold my body was (burn stuff pretty much tosses the traditional human body temps out the window)... I was rapid eye moving, looking around and wondering why there were SO MANY people in the OR... (BAMC was at least partially a teaching facility)... I FELT like a damn bug on a petrie dish.. I could NOT TALK.. I think I was intubated anyway, but I could NOT move.. I'm watching the "students" on the second story windows looking down at me, taking notes, and the (I'm going to call them arseholes, though that came from serious concern... I FINALLY got the attention of a lil (BIG) peeerick student? Teachers assistant? Internet? "He's awake!!!" Then I got the mask and more syrup in my IV.. I watched them for at least a minute after they dumped more in my IV, and they likely had to close my eyes... IF they felt like it.. Honestly, I probably shouldn't be alive... I should most likely died leading up to one of many skin graft 'processes'... I have NEVER EVER felt so fkn... Scared would be an understantment... All drugs considered, and while I don't believe in "bigfoot", and I don't think I would rate alien attention... I thought I was a monkey being disected... Whoooo.. I had forgotten about this... IT IS A REAL THING... The docs could have done whatever they wanted and I had NO ability to do anything about it... LOL. THANKS fOR THE MEMORY... ;) The showers were even worse.... But, I got a free life out of it... Regardless... (WOW.. I don't have "flash backs" or "PTSD" (that I or anyone so far has realized - No cold sweats... Only piss a bit racing to a toilet here and there when I gotta go and am sleeping deep. :p (((LEVITY))). ((((MOSTLY)))... I'm actually glad you brought this up... Absolute true story and I have HUGE 3 ring binders of records I haven't looked at once after telling my lawyers to efff off.. (Friend related innocent accident) I feel like I liar now on some of my responses saying that I am not scared or fear anything.. Totally legit... Only letting friends or loved ones down on my water or lifetime... This actually did scare the EFFF out of me... Talk about being the fly on the wall... Again thanks for the reminder.. Keeps me humble and appreciative, Sir..
OMG that's my ultimate fear. Or maybe getting stuck in a cave.
That was horrific
This recently happened to my mom. I no longer live in the same country as her and I constantly told her to speak to a lawyer but she never did. Luckily it was a very short surgery. I still don’t know why she didn’t.
I think a bigger part of the fascination is a survival mechanism. We want to know and understand these tragedies to ultimately avoid finding ourselves in the situation. We think of ways to avoid getting in the situation or think of ways to get out of that type of situation should we find ourselves in it.
Exactly omg you hit it right on the head
Same profile pic, opinion valid 👍
That’s definitely one aspect….👍
Yeah I find myself ruminating on whether or not the victim could have avoided the situation and how with a majority of true crime cases. More often than not I believe it is so. Infidelity, love triangles, greed etc.
It would be cool to see a channel that tackled that head on instead of the constant “she/he lit up every room she/he walked into.”
so true, and very well said!👍🏻👋
The story of the man who dreams a life with a wife, children, house, everything then wakes up one day and finds out non of it is real. The agony in the story is heartbreaking
That guy was in a coma if i remind it correctly
"The Red lamp."
By far, still my fav.
@brgnscklt No coma. he was just unconscious and woke up back in collage.
That was a crazy one
I remember that
The one where the crane operator on the oil rig that wasn't paying attention pulled the guy through the rigging hole got me
Oh yeah. That one was awful!
that was urban legend
There was a photo or interview I think, or maybe my brain just made that up, but def not an urban legend
Me too. That one sticks out the most
The worst for sure. Next to nutty cave
I felt the emotion in his voice when he said he can't do stories about kids getting harmed.
Much respect man! Edit: 2:34
Yea.. The one that I think got Alot of people was the one he did on 9/11 💔 You could Visibly see Mr Ballen getting choked up as he spoke about what happened that day.. I was about to explain the part he was talking about but I don't even wanna bring it back up 💔 That Moved me and obviously Mr Ballen as well.. I think everyone who was able to Remember that time remembered what happened on 9/11.. I had just turned 10 and don't remember much of that year but I remember that day for some reason 💯 I remember an adult telling us what happened and me not taking it seriously and laughing thinking he was talking about a Movie 🎥 but he just had this Sadness on his face that I didn't understand.. I walk in The house and I'm watching it on TV and I think the serious Tone in the environment (Well in All the Adults) Made me try to Laugh to lighten people up but Nobody was laughing or smiling.. So I just watched, Not understanding at the time just how Significant and Sad the situation was.. Knowing myself, had I been old enough to join the Military 🪖 I would have (Assuming I didn't understand at the time what REALLY Happened), I would have been Angry it was happening but it was one Aspect of the whole situation that would have probably made me Break down and that's where Mr Ballen got choked up at as he spoke about it.. My eyes got watery as Mr Ballen voice cracked and eyes got Watery. Horrific Day indeed 💯💔 It's Crazy to me that even though I didn't understand what was happening at the time, I somehow still remembered that day 💯 That's actually One of 3 Memories I have that year.. My Memory didn't really kick in until just before I turned 12. So It's Wild because everyone I know who wasn't a Literal Baby, if they don't remember anything else that year or time frame, they remember what happened on 9/11 💯 That's like our Generations "Pearl Harbor" but worse 💯 9/11 Literally Shifted The Trajectory of The World 🌎💯 It Hurt us The Most in the US but The World 🌍 felt that one 💔💯 I'm Sorry for being "Long winded" on your Comment which technically has Nothing to do with what you said.. When you said Mr Ballen got choked it, I remembered the one time when I actually did see him get choked up with Watery eyes that Moved everyone watching and then I began to Reminisce on 9/11 🤦🏾 I have Very High Anxiety and Writing ✍🏾 helps me A lot to calm my nerves so I tend to be Very Passionate in what I write ✍🏾 as I try to Focus on what I'm Talking about to in a way Distract myself. Sorry again 🙏🏾
You felt the fake and couldn't distinguish eh? Sucks to be you in your dream world.
He did tho
he got scared due to youtube demonetization
There was no emotion present lol
The one story he told that sticks with me more than any other was of the old lady who lived a rather lonely and solitary life, fell through some floorboards in her house into a tight space between two brick walls that were part of the house's foundation, and was unable to get out, and a year or two later all that was found of her was her skeletal remains, complete with the clothes she was wearing.
Oh God that was the woman who had pet cats I think
@@Anonlychild Yep, that's the one
That story HAUNTS me.
At least these days if you're old and alone you can join some online checkin groups so you don't die and go undiscovered for too long.
Yup. Wasn't there a story also about a girl that fell behind her dresser or something, and her family couldn't find her?
For me the one that stuck is the strange but true story of the girl having her entire family go into the cellar and dying from toxic potatoes. She went to having a big family to being orphaned in less than an hour. She witnessed the last moments of all of her family. All because of potatoes.
that was from a true short story during irish famine back then
@OsirisX321 another fake made up story and why so many ppl foolishly believe them is hilarious
@OsirisX321 all mr ballen stories are made up and fiction , he even said that in interview ..
This one actually rocked me
@@lufasumafalu5069it doesn’t have to be real to leave an impression and to have shock factor. Regardless, it was a crazy story.
The Nutty Putty Caves one still haunts me. I live not far from them. The slow, unstoppable escalation from one simple misjudgment-all while being only feet away from family and friends but still totally inextricable-is simply awful.
I do not understand why people like going into caves, especially while underwater that is insane to me screw that
absolutely no brainer the worst story i’ve ever heard.
Love that story
Is that the one with the young guy who was stuck on that ridge, and they had to leave him there??
@@cuppycakey5013 No, he was stuck in a cave, basically wedged upside down, and they ended up having to leave him. They couldn't even retrieve the body after he died. Ended up sealing off the entrance, effectively turning the whole cave system into his tomb.
The husband and wife who got tied to the end of a heavy boat anchor that got thrown overboard stuck with me. He held on for as long as he could to the edge of the boat before they went to the bottom of the ocean.
A lot of evil in this world.
Yeah I remember that one.
Agreed. That one is among many that stick with me.
This is the worst for me really horrible
@@Sameishdiffday922
What was the title of that one?
@@itzAurora_Xoxo
What was the title of that one?
A story that haunts me is about a guy who had a great family, a wife and two kids, nice house, and a really nice job, spend a lot of time with the kids fishing on vacations Etc. The wife was his high school sweetheart and they were a perfect couple. Then all the sudden he woke up in s hospital room and found out that he had actually been in a coma for 5 years, was single and was never married nor had any children. He fell into a deep depression because basically his entire life no longer nor ever existed .
For him it was like his wife and children had died. He never recovered because it was so real it was a if he lost everything
THE LAMP. ughhhhhhh
Some of the details are off but yeah presumably you mean The Lamp, that one is seriously mindfuck material. One significant detail is he wasn't in a coma for 5 years, nor did he wake up in a hospital. He was knocked out cold and awoke either on the ground where it happened or as he was helped by some security guard or similar, either in a car or being carried towards a car to rush him to the hospital. He was unconsciou for minutes at most and during that time he experienced a whole lifetime that was all just fantasy, which makes the thing way worse in my mind.. And there's no real way of knowing we aren't in that same situation right now. Not entirely unlike simulation theory but just as with that, there's no point in dwelling on it since we can never know unless brought out of it, much less prove anything..
This one. I've had nightmares that I've waken up from my real life and was still married to my ex and didn't have my 5 kids with my current wife. Its terrifying.
He liked metal. She did ballet
Sounds like a past life. Too bad no one took him serious and detailed everything. Maybe they could have figured out who he’d been so he could more and move on. Being told something you know in every fibre of your being is somehow true is just a lie is worse than knowing it was true, but everything is long lost.
Her name was Geraldine Largay. This one will stay with me. The poor lady was so close to airforce land that was already searched. It was so sad. She was an avid trekker. RIP Geraldine 🙏🏼
Thank you. I could only remember her trail name. Inchworm
He got the details totally wrong, she certainly was not lost in a park in New Hampshire! The Appalachian Trail is no picnic.
I saw her story on North Woods Law.
Dummy stayed there for a month 😂
She died about 2 miles off the Appalachian Trail in Maine.
What's sad to me is that. No one questions the constant abuse and harrasment the 'Like' button has to go through ever since the birth of Mr. Ballen podcast.
This isn't Mr. Ballen podcast bruh...
That poor like button has had to go through worse trauma than many of the stories’ victims. Sneaking into its room and setting the alarm clock back an hour so it’s late for work and gets a stern warning from its supervisor? Brutal!
@@Scientist_Salarian Yeah no, not even fucking close lmao.
@@UndyingHatred_ kid nobody cares zip it up when your done
The like button knows what it did 😒
i will never forget the first mr ballen video i saw which was the young teen who was abducted assaulted had her arms amputated and dumped in a ditch but managed to survive
And! The guy got away just to kill another woman years later!
The ones that have bothered me the most are about people who are just doing their job but the equipment malfunctions and they end up being burned alive. That has got to be one of the worst ways to die, I always feel so sorry for them.
Did you hear about the one Russian lady who worked at a candy factory and was cleaning up around the factory and somehow fell into a vat of boiling caramel and got boiled alive by caramel. Gotta be the worst way to go
@@heathscarbucksnotstarfucks5473The dude who was cleaning the tuna can pressure cooker and had the doors shut on him and the machine turned on - yeah that was a tough one also
There was the time a NASCAR racer got lit on fire, but I believe the gasses that caused the fire or something resulted in the fire not being visible to us, so the driver was just flailing around burning alive as people watched confused. Iirc he made it out safely, but still, invisible fire is a terrifying thought.
@@neetlikereallyneet9103 damn ricky bobby was really on fire hey
@@neetlikereallyneet9103 Probably more had to do with the fuel type. Alcohol fuel burns like that.
I operate a crematorium and you see all kinds of stuff, not just during the cremation process but like intense, brutal manners of death, and after awhile it just become normal. Children on the other hand you never get used to, I feel him on that one!
I was a medic for a while and cant completely relate. Vast majority of the job never phased me, but calls involving children did.
Now i have a daughter and even thinking of some of those situations makes me want to cry
@jordank566 @letsrock12345 I wonder what about an adult's life is inherently worthless to you pathetic psychopaths? Adults have families too. Is it some nonsense about how "well the child has a future!" ? Why should I care more about kids if, once that future is reached, it's suddenly not valuable?
Oh dude I have done all the jobs at the funeral home and any time I have had to do pick ups for the bodies of kids I manage to keep it together infront of the family but before I drive off I always sit in the car for a second and let the tears flow, kills me man. @@letsrock12345
Yes Jonathan Davis from Korn worked in the morgue at 16 and he had said the same thing. And wrote a song about it.
im not that cool haha but curiously enough, I work out of and am also from Bakersfield..@@LaurenOliviArt
By far one of my favorites is the "do you know the way to bells canyon"... Man still gives be shivers and the other one is the girl running away from the giant cowbell ringing creature
Same here. It seems we experienced the same mrballen bell related journey lol
As a fan of Mr Ballen, I can say that what attracts me to see his stories is the possibility to learn how things can go wrong, and I use this knowledge to avoid these situations in my life... in my opinion it helps me to protect myself better.
I can imagine that all of us MrBallen listeners have a better respect for ever lowering ourselves into a cramped space with our arms pinned, or double checking that doors will not lock behind us if we find ourselves in tight areas such as a closet. That, and I can assume none of us are going spelunking ANY time soon. Ever.
I’ve meet one guy at someone else house I was visiting then few weeks later he gets shot to death , and another time I talked to somebody then a week later he died told him see you later I never did I can name serveral other times also
@@zachaddington5264 You, my dear, are a jinx😂
Bells Canyon is the best story
Yes! I commented above that I’ve told people “nope, this is the beginning of a Mr. Ballen story”. They also watch and know to stop.
I have PTSD, the one about the guys being sucked into the tube underwater took me like 10 times of going back to watch small amounts. That one was freaking intense! If your imagination can put you into these scenarios, it’s pretty scary. I’m a combat infantry veteran of the afghan conflict. I have this weird thing with empathy, an overactive imagination and an issue with grief lately.
the first line had me confused thinking you developed PTSD just by hearing a story
@@ernestogastelum9123 if I didn’t already have it I probably would have! That story is something else, especially when told by Mr. B.
@@udonenomee2117- Which story is this exactly? What is it called?
@@ButtScootBJJ had to go back and find it : Mr. Ballen, Caribbean disaster. When he says it will induce claustrophobia, he means it!
I think happens as u get older with whole empathy an appreciation of life
The “one” for me was the lady who died in the bathroom utility closet in her timeshare 😢 I’ve learned to never go places alone or at least without telling someone to check on me and to never stop fighting ! So many of these stories including the one I mentioned they were so close but gave up
NO! It was this one for me too!! I still get goosebumps when I think about it. She was so close to freedom (or someone calling for help) too! 🥲
This vaguely rings a bell, what's the name of the episode? Thanks
I always take my phone with me when I go to that kind of spaces when there is no one around, especially after that story. Like a bathroom in a place I worked at where I often worked alone, but there still were the possibilty that someone could show up, so I had to lock the door to the lavatory. Just the thought of having to sit there for hours and hours and not knowing when anyone shows up...
I think the main fascination is that some of these stories highlight how one bad decision or just a momentary lapse in judgement can lead to death. I think we also realize just how easily we could find ourselves in the same or a similar situation.
I think a big part of us being so intrigued and fascinated is also due in part to the content creator himself. Mr. Ballen. He has such a positive vibe about him. He's like our storytelling uncle lol.
Dude he lies in every story. Don't you wonder how he knows what dead ppl think right before they die alone somewhere? Dude is a fraud. Pick any story of his listen then go fact check and you'll realize just how much he lies. 30% of his stories are just made up facts he puts in there. It literally used to say it in his description on Spotify that if he doesn't know something he'll make it up to the best of hid ability buy hey, if you like being lied to like a blind fool keep supporting his fake ass
I completely agree with that comment. Someone else could tell me the same stories and it wouldn’t be as interesting
I have followed Mr Ballen from the beginning, and one of the main reasons I love him (apart from him being an amazing storyteller), is his empathy and his humanity. If he ever starts showing an attitude of his own self-importance, I’ll be incredibly sad and stop watching him, but I don’t think that will happen. Thanks for presenting these wonderful interviews, guys. ❤️
I wouldn't use those words to describe a professional killer. You sound like a mark.
@@wongwong1517 what do you mean?
@@wongwong1517most his viewers are marks that think shit sweet
He's a dude. A guy's guy, or a man's man. He's alright. I agree the content is top notch. I only ask to never stop, never stopping.
He means its better to get dead. Because he's a dumfuk.@@jordantinucci3509
I also think, after watching so many videos it is good to learn from some mistakes or choices people make, there are a lot of stories Mrballen tells that are less well-known and have information that someone else can learn from.
I used to binge all the horror and true crime channels on TH-cam but I had to stop about 2 years back it was making me so depressed and messing with my mental health. One of the best decisions I ever made, I do come back every few months and listen to 1 or 2 videos
Yea it can be bad vibes lol
His stories help me keep my guard up. If I sense danger in what I'm doing. I always hear Mrballen telling my story.
This type of story hits home. I've lost the trail many times, and these stories make you realize how real the game I play is. Listening to how people have made mistakes and died has made me a better hiker.
I’ve always been someone who doesn’t go off trail but the one story I read a few years ago about the French couple who lost the trail markers in New Mexico and died from thirst but their son lived because they gave him all their water stuck with me. It told me to one, always have water and probably other provisions, but two stay conservative in my approach to taking risks.
The Missing 411 stuff have always been my favorites to watch and follow because I and my whole family are a wilderness family and we love hiking, mountain bikes, and we love tough camping, but some of those stories we read or hear about really make us stop and be more vigilant in our caution when out hiking or in the mountains, especially when alone, because we could very easily end up being another one of those Missing 411 cases we often hear about.
Mr Ballen really brought to light a lot of the David Paulidas cases and in a very mature and serious way, but still shows respect to all in the videos.
I ordered most of the missing 411 books during covid(lockdown), and the stories about children absolutely devastated me. I got really depressed. My husband and I have twin boys. So, I agree with Mr Ballen on that, anything to do with harm that comes to children....I just can't do it.
I think the story that got to me the most was a fairly short one, but was seriously brutal. It's about a woman who was inspecting a truck on a construction site inspecting a truck, and the driver of a bulldozer didn't see here, and turned his truck on and drove right into her, so she fell in the shovel, and no one could hear her screaming because it was too noisy. Then the shovel picked up a huge load of sand, burying the woman under thousands of pounds of sand, which is terrible enough. But then the bulldozer drove over and dumped the sand into a sand crusher, and she managed to get up over the lid of it, and people saw her and rushed to help her, but her leg got caught and she got pulled into the crusher. Just horrifying. I mean, there would be nothing left of her. I can only imagine having a funeral with not even a little bit of my loved one to bury. So sad and terrifying.
Sang?
@@opo3628 THAT'S your takeaway? LOL!! Thanks for the heads up though, I fixed it!
OMG horrible and horrifying, so tragic.
The reason MrBallen videos have a soothing effect isn't the content (which is great btw), but he himself. He could switch to a totally different genre and people would still follow him. He is just really gifted in presenting.
The final letter the woman wrote said something like, "it would be the greatest kindness if you would deliver the belongings in this bag to my family." She wrote about her love for her family and what a happy life she had led.
What a genuinely nice guy, you can feel not only the empathy in his voice but the human interest we all have about stories like these. Top man
He is such an amazing storyteller. 2 stories have ever truly freaked me out or caused me to lay awake at night thinking about how disturbing they were.
The man that was accidentally left awake during surgery, and the couple who tried to sell their yacht and suddenly disappeared. The ending of these stories I won’t spoil, but they’re horrific. Truly horrendous. Messed me up for a while.
Ballen is my go to for mystery storytelling. He absolutely nails it.
The story that still sticks with me was the one with the woman who was beaten, stabbed (or shot, don't remember) and thrown off a cliff but survived and fought her way back alone
i believe she actually had her arm or leg chopped off.
I love the stories of survival like that the most. I hate when I’m really hoping, then I hear the words “found deceased”. It’s heartbreaking.
Another reason why that kind of content brings comfort is due to the fact that many people are struggling and are miserable, but they are thankful that they are not in the situation some of the victims find themselves in. It makes you appreciate what you have, even if what you have is not much. I find myself after a miserable day of work saying "I'm glad I'm not in that situation" when I hear of someone else's unfortunate fate.
I have noticed that he doesn't post any gruesome content about kids... as a Mum and partner, these cases really do hit home and is therefore really appreciated!!!
He does tho. I can remember two off the top of my head. I don't remember the exact names, but it's something like "He had plans for her" and "Down the hill". Nothing bad happened in the first one but the second one is the most shocking of all his stories to me. There is a video of the murderer, filmed by the two schoolgirls he murdered, right before he did it. And he shows the video too, the authorities got the video off one of the girl's phone and i guess they shared it publicly to find him. But they never did. He's probably still out there.
@@grannywalter Oh I must have missed that one! Is it on youtube or one of his potcasts? Must have been youtube if he shared a video though I guess 😅 let me have a look if I can digest that one. I don't think he has done a story on very young children yet? Love this community and the information! X
@@aynurkaraduman2933 Yeah it's on yt. Search for "mr ballen down the hill". It's the second story in the video "3 videos with disturbing backstories".
@@grannywalterhe also did the one about the poor kid who was beaten up by a gang and they had the wrong kid. There was video of the poor kid getting dragged out of a store. I cried for three days for that one.
I was extremely upset by it and still am when I think about it 😢
@@claumok84 omg i haven't heard that one. sounds awful. honestly idk how most of his audience are people who listen to these stories to go to sleep. i try to do it sometimes, like feeling nice and sleepy, let's listen to some mr ballen. then later at 5 am i'm like 0____0 hahah
In a world that has made life so over complicated I find the simplicity of a genuine person just telling stories (brilliantly I might add) is something we can connect to and challenge our imagination to paint the pictures he is wording out for us. No effects, no screens just pure words and mind. Best channel on TH-cam in my opinion.
Hey MrBallen, I do remember this and it brought me to tears. She was with a friend of her. Even her husband knew that she went on a hike also. Her friend had to leave because of something. But the lady continue on hike and you know the rest of story, truly heartbreaking 😔😔😔😔
Mr Ballen’s demeanour and his ability to tell a story is actually helpful for people who already suffer from PTSD, anxiety and depression. He has built a supportive and very positive community, a safe space in the social mediaverse for people who know that bad things happen to good people, or cautionary tales of people who haven’t used their commonsense and gotten themselves in trouble. But it’s much more about the community that Mr Ballen has built, and that’s all down to who he is, that has made him so popular.
The one that still messes me up is the one about the mom and her two daughters taking the trip on the boat with a stranger.... absolutely brutal.
That was disturbing
@diff1608 yeah, I almost listened to it twice and couldnt...
Which video was that?
Come on man, at least let us know what the video is called!
@@PoloMoneyI think it's the Springfield three...
Personally, I listen to these stories mainly because it leave me feeling grateful for the life I have. Working in an air conditioned office and having 'only' a 2 day weekend isn't so bad compared to starving to death, and baking in the sun for 2 months on a life raft in the middle of the Pacific.
This interview was a great idea. It's cool to see Mr. Ballen in a discussion outside of his role on his channel. He seems prettymuch exactly what he represents to his audience.
My guess is the story that still haunts him is one he remembers. I can’t imagine the story about the guy getting cooked alive on the factory floor by his son-in-law not haunting everyone who’s heard it
The woman’s name was Geraldine who got lost in the woods. It was featured on North Woods Law. They searched for her for 3 years and finally found her remains and tent about 150ft from the trail. It was so sad. The Officers were devastated they could never find her.
How does that even happen? Being lost for 3 years 150ft from the trail.
Mr Ballens best story was an old old one. It’s was first got me to follow him. Where the teen boys dad died and before they sold the cabin the boy wanted to stay there. And he was tormented by a demon creature. The SAME EXACT thing happened to me. Which is why it’s still my favorite to this day and I wish he’d do more stories like this.
It was his own personal experience too. Wild!
It's fascinating that you said this. I do volunteer work around death the cases that stick with me aren't the graphic, gorey cases. They are the simple cases that parallel or resonate with an aspect of my life at that moment. I've thought it was strange that the cases I thought should bother me didn't, but the cases I didn't think much of in the moment really stayed around in my mind. Thank you so much for this topic!
Whenever I watch Mr.Ballen videos, a big part of me always roots for whoever is going through their horror. It's nice when they survive in the end, rare, but nice.
Love Mr. Ballen and his great ability to tell and inform of events that happened. He's like the voice of reason and caution that helps me when I might have things to do. 👍
The comfort is not the story, but rather The story teller.
I think more specifically, Mr Ballen himself is so down to earth and relatable, he has become the focus!! I absolutely watch his videos to hear his voice and storytelling to take me off my anxiety. I really do find him calming! He really did talk me through a time of my ongoing grief of the loss of my mom. I discovered him and rather than think about reality, I just listened to him tell me a story through each video and for a few minutes I was calmed. It was powerful and I am grateful to him for it!
So glad for the collaboration! Would love to see more of this Mr Ballen !
His stories have actually never scared me. They interest me. I love stories! He is a fantastic storyteller.
People who live mundane lives with little conflict are often drawn to stories of extreme circumstances. It's pure escapism from the doldrums of their lives. I think telling these stories might actually be a form of therapy for Mr. Ballen. A man who has been in situations that concern life or death. Wonderful storyteller, btw.
People who live mundane lives with no real trauma or difficulties, tend to scream victim the most. With no real understanding of reality, but are full of uneducated opinions that negatively effect everyone around them
“People who live mundane lives”
That is about 98% of people.
Maybe social media in general but stuff like this is I think he hit the nail on the head about it in the video
My favorite story from Mr Ballen is about the teen boy in the cabin, haunted by a tall ghost but I realized that what I'm a fan of is his story telling brilliance.
As well as feeling like I can protect myself better by watching his videos, I'd also say it helps put my own life into perspective. I tend to binge Mr Ballen when I'm going through something really hard, but it's really rare that it'll be anywhere near as hard or tragic as whatever the main person in the story went through. IDK it reminds me how fragile human beings are, how easily this great thing called life could just end abruptly. How important it is for us to keep ourselves safe.
I know for me and a lot of others I know in the true crime community, it’s partially what John said about experiencing fear and discomfort safely, but it’s also almost a way to be prepared for IF any of these things were to happen in your own life. It almost feels like, by listening to the stories with both good and bad endings, you feel a sense of preparedness to face the world a little bit more confidently.
I also know that my interest, like many others, stems from a life of personal trauma and trying to make sense of the world in the context of my own history and what happens to others. It feels like a connection to others when you have a similar trauma that they also got through, and leaves you feeling a bit of comfort to be reminded that you aren’t alone (personally, anyway). I also know I have to sometimes take breaks from listening to this genre of content if my headspace isn’t doing well, because the negatives of hearing all of the bad things in the world can become too much to handle in those times.
Part of it from my perspective is coming to terms with the fact that some situations are not survivable regardless of what you do. Everyone will be terrified at some point & every one of us will die. Accept it & you will may appreciate and enjoy your life more.
💚 This was great!! It is weird that he is my comfort because when I try to fall asleep at night my mind races and I turn on Mr. Ballen and it slows my mind and his voice keeps my mind in one place and I can fall asleep. I have severe anxiety and PTSD and he truly helps me with that considering the content. I can't explain why Mr. Ballen helps me calm my mind, but he really does.
We appreciate podcast episodes like this. They're informative as well as insightful.
The story that Mr Ballen has told that has stu k with me is the one about the girl who got killed by her friends. They ripped her apart basically, and tied her up and drownd her all because she was either prettier or more popular them them
Oh my god this man is beautiful 🥰 I could listen to him talk all day. So real and down to earth.
I will never get over the Lamp story. It was absolutely heartbreaking.
I remember him telling that story
I did not expect these collab. I love Graham and Mr Ballen! Did not expect them to cross paths and have a podcast together ❤
So true. My wife started to listen to his videos and it helped her sleep. I tried it and I literally could not get past about 10 min. of any video. More effective than most sleeping medicines I've taken.
Ooooh, i remember that mall tunnel story with the elderly man... My fave Mr. Ballen episodes are always the "Places you're not supposed to go, but they went anyway" ones.
This is literally the best way to explain why we love mr ballens stories
Happy Birthday Dan we are a year apart and my mom lives with me and she's 82. I hope I have your patience when she gets to this point. Love your families kindness and caring for each other! We are all very close too. God bless your all and have a great birthday 🎂 🥳
I love Mr ballen and his story telling, it reminds me of the good Ole days before tv and radio when family members would sit around the fire and tell stories. I'm sure people looked forward to this .
I for one love listening to him at work , I do manual hard labor so there isn't much thought to be put into the work I do so I can just zone out to the story telling while my body goes into pilot mode while my inner child just sits Indian style inside my head visualizing every word firming the perfect movie in my head . When Mr ballen first started out most of his stories almost always about the paranormal, missing- 411 , and or mysterious supernatural happenings that could not be explained...... but recently in the last couple of years I stopped listening to him mainly because his stories are mostly about "MURDER-PORN" or Unintentional Suicide - Porn" and I really can't sustain those kind of stories because the way he tells the story it actually makes you feel like either you are there witnessing the act or the very act is happening to you just like the way he explains in this interview the way the human brain works 💪
The one i can't stop thinking about is the guy who was learning to ski or snowboard. He went off alone and ended up breaking his leg, which must have already been scary and then gets run over by a snow machine that severs his body parts, but he's still alive, and it gets worse. Then the man who ran him over, instead of helping him, thows him into a crevice and buries him with snow. He was found decades later. Awful.
What??? What was the title of that one??
@Mint-kj9kw pro hockey players case was a 14 year mystery
Mr Ballen did a video on "floxing" and how Cipro was causing tendons to snap. I had just taken my 3rd antibiotic and was feeling pain, I watched his video and stopped immediately. His video saved me!
I'm so glad you stopped taking it. Since watching that episode, I've told my family and friends the story and urged them to never take it. The last time I was prescribed an antibiotic, I made sure to look up to see if it was in the Cipro family of medications, which it was. Not surprisingly, I didn't touch the stuff and asked for something else. I feel horrible about the countless people that have been afflicted by this horrible medication. Cipro and related meds should be completely banned.
@@CoeurD_Amaris22 I agree!
@@CoeurD_Amaris22 after watching that sad story, i warned people too...
We can hear the story 10 different time and 10 different ways. Its the story teller and his ability to draw you in.
I think sometimes life is so bad for us to hear someone has it worse can make us feel less alone.
The stories about people getting stuck in small spaces are the ones that really get me. Like getting stuck in a chimney and slowly dying or getting trapped in a closet and breaking the wall only to hit a water pipe and have ice cold water pour over you for days then die but the worst one is where a man got stuck head first in a small pocket in a cave unable to move his arms
Yes!! That was one story I really reacted to, with high blood pressure, rapid breathing, and anxiety 😬 To imagine me or someone being stuck upside down, unable to move, the pressure building up inside your head, is truly terrifying!
The womans name is Geraldine Largay "Inchworm". A tragic story indeed. So many mistakes were made but it does offer us the opportunity to learn from her mistakes.
She was infamous for her poor sense of direction and did not have a personal locating beacon.
Geraldine was afraid of being alone, had high anxiety and was apparently on medication for that so no doubt, without her meds her situation got wors and worse.
Geraldine did spend a lot of time hiking but she was wholly unprepared for the true challenges of a backpacking trip such as this without support.
She left the AT just to defecate or urinate but went waaaay too far off trail into incredibly dense vegetation/forest. When she tried to go back she had no clue which direction to walk and obviously, went the wrong way.
The search was focused on the wrong area based on another hiker who "thought" she saw Geraldine when it was later determined, it was not she. Lots of manpower and other resources wasted there.
It truly is a blessing she was found. At least her family has some peace
MrBallen had me at his perosnal ski cabin story! Many moons later still hooked!❤
I was actually scrolling to see if someone mentioned this one :)
That was such a scary story.
I went to an nfl game downtown a couple weeks ago and ended up parking in a public hotel garage. Agter I parked and got out of my car, I couldnt tell where to go but did eventually see signs that pointed to the hotel stairwell. It didn’t say restricted nor had any warnings. I walk in and go down the stairs and all the doors are marked with unfamiliar labels. I get to the bottom, thinking it’s the street floor and the door is locked. I am like, ok too far down I guess, and go back up one flight to find that door locked. I go up and up and try and every door only to find them all locked, and that’s when I am like “oh my fuckin god I’m about to be a Mr. Ballen story, when will they find me?”
I go back down two or three flights and a door opens and in walk 7 bigfoot skinwalker witches and I know it’s the end for me, only to very quickly realize that these are humans, staff members actually. So I grab the door before they let it close and realize that I’m at street level and free.
Close one.
Bells canyon.. That's the one that sticks with me 😂.. Well among many others
That story was featured on an episode of North Woods Law..the saddest part was according to her journal she was still alive when the warden service called off the search.
The one that haunts me to this day is the one where the guy goes missing and he actually has a cellphone. Trapped underground somewhere all the other workers went looking for him. It turned out to be a body part place where they took whatever they needed and chained people. Awful, that things like that happen
Do you know the name of the video?
@@NoNameEst1992that one is inside a Nigerian death factory
The one with the mom and her two daughters in the boat with the stranger is the most messed up story I've heard it pops into my mind now and then and makes me feel so sad for them.
That one hit hard. There are some real monsters out there, disguised as human beings.
You mean where the girls and their mother go out with that one guy ? I don’t remember there being more than one offender
@@josephk9636you walk past them every week
@@brianmeen2158 Yeah that's the one, sorry I put an "S" at The end of stranger by accident, ill remove it now
Did my own research on that one because of the sheer evil of it.
I don't believe that the guy who was convicted, did it.
Think about it.....3 grown women vs 1 man.
Even his boat was way too small to accomodate that scenario.
The convicted guy was a DEA informant.
He was a small-timer ( fraud, etc. NO convicted violence in his past)
Perfect Patsy, if you know what I mean.
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THIS crime was done by more than one Psychopath.
( and it wasn't their first rodeo.)
Edit :
His name was Oba Chandler.
It happened in 1992.
Executed 2011.
The one that really got to me was someone who was running away from police and ran into a shop and ended up in the pillar of the shop facade and got stuck. No one knew until the decomposition liquids started to leak out. Getting trapped like that freaks me out.
oh my god this one was so awful and bizarre it stuck with me
Missing 411 stories were the best. I miss John narrating them
The one where the young child is with his family one second and then disappears without a trace but weeks later is found up a mountain, no harm, no foul, at impossible odds.
A pro hiker tried to replicate the distance and conditions and couldn't do it. The child was clean as a whistle asking for Mommy. It really makes you think what's out there.
He wasn’t clean i think, he had different clothes than what he had on before he disappeared
The most disturbing story for me was about the mother with her two daughters who were on vacation in Florida and were lured on to the boat of a man. I won't spoil it for those who haven't watched the video.
The story of the girl who was abducted from her job one night and kept hostage. The chilling part was the photo he sent to the police of the girl being alive (for leverage? I forgot the details as to why), only for it to be revealed that she was dead the entire time. Some night the image randomly pops into my head and I have to switch on my bed lamp for a while.
That image is so unnerving with context since you'd never know you are just seeing a corpse..
The freakiest part of that to me was that the picture of her that was sent to her Dad was of her corpse with her eyes literally TAPED open… That part really got to me!!!
Don't worry the image isn't real. It's a recreation for a TV show the real pic was never released by the police
B.Allen is a certified badass and legend.
See, I think part of it is Mr Ballen’s voice. He has a comforting voice - not mysterious or scary. However, Robert Walsh if Unsolved Mysteries, watching that show with his voice combined with the music, freaked me out and I could not watch it if I was home alone at night - as a 20 year old pregnant woman, I once had to go to sleep in my parents room (on the floor) because u got so creeped out watching an unsolved mysteries episode.
I understand having to keep that part (his content creating) of your life closed off in a “just for work folder” of your life. I am a police officer of 23 years and it is very hard not to bring stories like he tells on the podcast home with me.
One that stuck with me was the girl who went into the cave and got lost. In Europe if I remember correctly
Masha in Ukraine?
@@colorbugoriginals4457 yes!
The couple that sold their boat and the killers took them for their last ride on their boat and tied the couple to the anchor of their own boat and threw them over board - that was terrifying!
What I do not understand, is that the husband was a guy with years of experience as a Corrections Officer.....how did he not see it coming.
If I saw 2 weirdos ( one really big one ) asking for a ride into the ocean.....no way.
Specially not with my wife onboard.
@user-eh3zv1ex5o the perp's wife showed up with their baby before they left in order to put them at ease. Messed up, but clever.
@@user-eh3zv1ex5o
Because discernment is a gift that a lot of people don't have...
Ballen is the new Robert Stack
The one that got me was picked up by Jon from Reddit about a couple who had a son in the early 1970's. They decided he was some kind of demon or devil child, that he was born evil. At 18 years and after the birth of a lovely sister for him, his parents decided he had to "go". From hearing the story, the boy wasn't a demon or devil child. He was clearly showing signs of autism and was labelled evil because his parents couldn't understand his behaviour and nobody knew anything about autism in the 1970's. Just broke my bloody heart!!
Was that the same story where the boy at 19 took a chefs knife to the baby's cheek and started slicing?
@@SirJonMan He put the knife to the baby but then withdrew it without hurting her. They killed him anyway.....
@@gearupgifts if it is was actually autism then that is sad. but if all the info shared was close to accurate. the autism shown sounds like it would be dangerous for the surrounding people. wish there was a way to avoid a death.
@@SirJonMan Sadly in the 1970's the word 'autism' didn't exist. If it had then I expect this poor boy would have been identified certainly as having complex special needs and given some kind of care.
There was one episode where Mr Ballen talked about his own paranormal unexplained encounter at a cabin. The episode was titled “What I saw in my room haunts me” That freaked me out to the core. He painted such an intense visual of it that I got shivers hearing it.
it was his first experience using drug
I'm def one of those that listens to these stories for 2 reason's, one and above all morbid curiosity as to the different ways people die. And two, as a learning tool to never do what this person just did LoL.
I've had 3 stories stick with me. 1, the Bells Canyon story was just freaky and scary for someone who likes to hike also. 2, the story abt the couple camping and being woken at night by a lady going thru their stuff outside, in the dark. And 3, the old man that Mr Ballen was talking abt it in the end. That last has stayed with me cos being an ex security guard from Sydney, every company I've worked for, in every building, or shopping centre I've worked at, we have always had to check the fire exit corridors, and behind house (that's what we here call the corridors where storage rooms for shops are kept), the fire exits u check for the very reason that old man passed away from, poor guy was just lost and didn't know where to go, and back of house for any possible thefts occurring at a store room. That was a sad one, he should've been found quickly, specially if family reported him missing in the centre, security should've def checked the exit corridors, and back of house corridors. Super sad and feel for that poor family 😢
It’s your story telling abilities that are important to the success of your career and specifically your voice
The woman Mr. Ballen describes was Geraldine Largay. It's an interesting story if anyone is interested. I lived in the town closest to where the Appalachian Trail crosses the highway where she was found. I hiked all around out there, and it is easy to get lost. That is probably some of the most remote sections of the AT, and just north of it is the 100 mile wilderness. If memory serves me correct, before the recent Lewiston shooting. the search for Geraldine was the largest in state history. It's my belief that she wanted to die that way.. but we will never know for sure. RIP Geraldine.
Wild stuff fellas!! So many stories I heard from you still linger in my memory to this day, great things to bring up and topics of conversation so thanks mate!!
I like all of his content. As a welder I have him playing while I’m m at work and his content gets me through the day. Having to do hundreds of pieces. I forget I’m working because I’m right in the moment of the story.