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Episode Date: September 4, 2025Today’s podcast will feature two medical mysteries that sound like they are straight out of a horror movie. The audio from both of these stor...
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375 episodes transcribedToday’s podcast will feature two medical mysteries that sound like they are straight out of a horror movie. The audio from both of these stor...
Just after 7 p.m. on June 16th, 2010, an employee at the Palmdale, California Sheriff’s Department tapped his fingers on his desk and sighed....
Today’s podcast will feature two claustrophobia inducing stories about cave explorers. The audio from both of these stories has been pulled f...
On a crisp fall morning in 2007, a small airplane took flight over the forested town of Graham, Washington. The pilot was a detective with th...
Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories of journeys that promised adventure, but led somewhere far more sinister. The audio from all three sto...
Today's episode is something completely new! But don't worry, it's in addition to the regular episodes!For the first time ever, I am int...
In September of 2021, a young woman named Anna Moriah Willson – who everybody just called “Mo” – stood in front of a cheering crowd at the en...
Some people will lie, cheat, and steal to get ahead, but today’s podcast features two wild stories where those so-called “master plans” fall...
On the afternoon of March 24, 2006, an employee at a moving truck rental company in Ohio opened his desk drawer and grabbed a wad of cash.&nb...
Today’s story is one I told several years back on YouTube, but in 2024 during my live tour, I brought this one back out and gave it a complet...
In June of 1980, a car jolted to a stop in a parking lot on the outskirts of a small Utah suburb. The car door opened, a man stepped out into...
This story is a fan favorite from MrBallen's Medical Mysteries.No Reservations:A Spanish marathon runner develops a mysterious obsession with...
On a morning in early-1986 in Arizona, someone sat hunched over a desk, furiously writing a letter. And almost every line of this letter incl...
Today’s podcast will feature 3 hiking horror stories that are still shrouded in mystery. The audio from all three stories has been pulled fro...
One September afternoon in 2003, a woman in Tucson, Arizona, heard a knock on her front door and answered it. She was surprised to see a Tucs...
Today’s podcast features 3 stories that involve people who were trapped – with “no way out.” The audio from all three stories has been pulled...
In December 2007, a lab technician sat at a table covered in dozens of evidence bags. The technician wasn’t sure where to start, because the...
Today’s podcast will feature 2 horror stories about manipulative people who twisted others’ faith into fear. The audio from both of these sto...
On a chilly night in March 2012, a wiry, 56-year old man with a patchy beard trudged through a backyard in rural Iowa with his coat pulled ti...
Today’s podcast will feature 3 medical horror stories. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel, which...