Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. And today’s podcast features 3 stories that demonstrate that. The audio from all three of these stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel and has been remastered for today's episode. Story names, previews & links to original YouTube videos: #3 -- "Memories" -- A man goes missing during a storm… or does he?? (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfnbgIkT_jk ) #2 -- "The Bully" -- A town hatches a plan to deal ...
Apr 06, 2023•29 min•Ep. 124
In the fall of 1995, firefighters in Pleasant Garden, North Carolina responded to a call about a fire in a suburban neighborhood. When they got there, they managed to mostly put out the intense flames. At which point, they formed a line in the first-floor hallway and began moving down; looking for anyone trapped inside any of the adjacent rooms. But before they reached the end of the hallway, the floor suddenly gave out from underneath them, sending the lead firefighter down into a hidden crawls...
Apr 03, 2023•41 min•Ep. 123
One evening in February of 1992, a newly married man who lived in a quiet, peaceful neighborhood in Minnesota returned home from work. When he walked inside, he saw his young son was working on some homework at the table, and his 8-month-old baby daughter was crying in her playpen, but the man's wife was nowhere to be found. He asked his son if he had seen his mother, and the boy said "no." So, the husband began walking around the house looking for his wife and calling out to her. But he couldn'...
Mar 30, 2023•38 min•Ep. 122
Today’s podcast features 3 camping horror stories. The audio from all three of these stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel and has been remastered for today's episode. Story names, previews & links to original YouTube videos: #3 -- "The Far Away Dock" -- There’s something odd about the dock on the lake (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bX6as944uo ) #2 -- "Tripwire" -- Family hears heavy footsteps walking through their camp (Original YouTube link...
Mar 27, 2023•34 min•Ep. 121
Today’s podcast features 3 stories that will make you think twice before leaving the trail. The audio from all three of these stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel and has been remastered for today's episode. Story names, previews & links to original YouTube videos: #3 -- "Red Hair" -- One hiker’s photograph reveals a chilling discovery (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMOYAtqb_Kc ) #2 -- "When You Find My Body" -- Woman gets lost hiking on the ...
Mar 23, 2023•32 min•Ep. 120
In early 1982, the biggest news by far in Minocqua, Wisconsin was a series of bank robberies that had all 3,300 residents looking over their shoulders and clutching their wallets any time they stepped foot into one of their local banks. But when Minocqua Police got a frantic 911 call from Park City Credit Union on the evening of April 28, what they would find inside was far worse than a robbery. Even though police would quickly put together a picture of what transpired inside of that bank, it wo...
Mar 20, 2023•42 min•Ep. 119
In 1988, a waitress who was living in central Florida had just begun her shift at a local diner when she’s standing in the middle of the restaurant, and her heart just starts racing like mad. Now she had not been running around or doing any heavy lifting, so it didn’t make any sense. So, kind of startled by what was happening, she just turned around and went straight into the bathroom and sat down in a stall, waiting for this sensation to pass. But as she sat there, her heart just continued to b...
Mar 16, 2023•39 min•Ep. 118
One night in the winter of 1958, a pregnant young woman was getting ready for bed, when she heard a sudden, loud knock at her front door. She walked out of the bathroom and looked across the room to the glass sliding door that led to the front of her property, and she was immediately disappointed at who she saw standing there. But regardless, she wrapped her robe tightly around her and walked over to see what they wanted. Minutes later, one of the worst crimes in California history would be comm...
Mar 13, 2023•43 min•Ep. 117
Today’s podcast features 3 stories about "cannibals." The audio from all three of these stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel and has been remastered for today's episode. Story names, previews & links to original YouTube videos: #3 -- "Kentucky Fried Chicken" -- A plumber found a strange substance in the pipes (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUXHUjsb6O4 ) #2 -- "Reluctant Cannibals" -- A rugby team was forced into an unthinkable position (Origi...
Mar 09, 2023•32 min•Ep. 116
Late one night in February of 1986, a man returned to his home in Los Angeles, California after work. As he pulled into the driveway, he immediately noticed that his garage door was open and his wife's car was gone. He glanced at his watch and saw it was much too late for his wife to still be at work, so he wondered where she might have gone. But before he could even think about that, he noticed something else unusual about his home. There were little bits of broken glass spread out across the d...
Mar 06, 2023•44 min•Ep. 115
Today’s podcast features 3 stories that involve people who were trapped - with “ no way out .” The audio from all three of these stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel and has been remastered for today's episode. Story names, previews & links to original YouTube videos: #3 -- "Deep Sea" -- The one place no saturation diver wants to end up (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32Nwh9sq7DI ) #2 -- "The Escape" -- Behind the door lies a series of deep ho...
Mar 02, 2023•30 min•Ep. 114
Late one night in 2004, a young woman was asleep in her downstairs bedroom when she suddenly was awoken by a bright light shining in through her bedroom window. The motion sensor light outside on the garage had been tripped. The young woman, who was sitting on her bed by this point, squinted and tried to look outside to see what had caused this, but she couldn't see anything. And so she just assumed it had to have been a neighborhood cat or something that had tripped the sensor. So she lay back ...
Feb 27, 2023•44 min•Ep. 113
Today's podcast features 2 classic scary stories. The audio from both of these stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel and has been remastered for today's episode. Story names, previews & links to original YouTube videos: #2 -- "Who Was Calling?" -- After she dies, the police receive a disturbing 911 call (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVc5B8yL6H4 ) #1 -- "The Capitol Theater Haunting" -- 3 police officers independently witness the same PARANORM...
Feb 23, 2023•32 min•Ep. 112
In 2015, Clyde, Ohio was one of the safest places to live in the entire United States. Basically, violent crime never happened there. So, on April 10th of that year; when a resident was reported missing in the morning, and then their car was spotted just a few hours later in an apartment parking lot... before the police even drove out to the vehicle, they already knew that they would find this missing person either sleeping in their car or maybe visiting one of their friends in the nearby apartm...
Feb 20, 2023•44 min•Ep. 111
Today’s podcast features 3 unique stories about “obsessions.” The audio from all three of these stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel and has been remastered for today's episode. Story names, previews & links to original YouTube videos: #3 -- "The 1st Floor" -- Woman starts hearing strange sounds downstairs (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z07gs6D9E8 ) #2 -- "The Shaman" -- One of the creepiest stories I've ever read (Original YouTube link --&n...
Feb 16, 2023•35 min•Ep. 110
In 1979, at a hospital in Alabama, a neurologist hustled down the hallway and turned left into a particular room. Inside was a female patient, she was lying on her back on a bed, with her legs propped up on pillows. Before she could ask the doctor anything, he just said, "Show me your hands." Puzzled, the woman did as she was told. The neurologist lifted them both up to his eyes so he could really examine them closely. And then he saw it. Instantly, he dropped her hands and rushed out of the roo...
Feb 13, 2023•45 min•Ep. 109
Today’s podcast features 3 unique stories about "medical mishaps." The audio from all three of these stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel and has been remastered for today's episode. Story names, previews & links to original YouTube videos: #3 -- "Side Effects" -- A healthy young man's life is turned upside down after a seemingly minor pain in his leg reveals a major problem (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joXznzIrB9c ) #2 -- "Traffic" -- A se...
Feb 09, 2023•32 min•Ep. 75
In early spring of 2010, a 9-year-old boy living in Canada walked out of his school expecting to see someone from his family waiting outside in a car to drive him home. However, there was no one there. After waiting for several more minutes, and still no one showing up, the boy decided his family must have just forgotten about him, and so he decided he would just walk home. A little while later, this boy arrived home and saw cars in the driveway, which to him seemed to confirm that, yes, his fam...
Feb 06, 2023•43 min•Ep. 108
My wife is a total skeptic. She does not believe in the paranormal whatsoever, and never has. But when I told her just a portion of today’s story, specifically the part about the passenger in first class – you’ll know when you get to that scene – she told me she was so intrigued by it. And I think the reason for that is: in this story, as you’ll see, there were so many witnesses. Hundreds of witnesses. And so how could they all be making this up? The audio from this story has been pulled from ou...
Feb 02, 2023•39 min•Ep. 107
One afternoon in the summer of 2001, a man pulled up to a pump at a gas station and began fueling his car. Once his car was full, the man put the nozzle back into its holster, he hopped back inside of his car, and he was about to fire up the engine again when he stopped. Because something had caught his attention. There was something or someone moving around outside of his car to the left. But when this man turned to look out the window to see whatever it was, the world suddenly went black, and ...
Jan 30, 2023•39 min•Ep. 74
Today’s podcast will feature 3 “underwater diving” horror stories. The audio from all three of these stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel and has been remastered for today's episode. Story names, previews & links to original YouTube videos: #3 -- "The Descent" -- A man explores the most deadly dive site in the world (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUkAkMJ9c18 ) #2 -- "Drown or Glory" -- 10 people go looking for a secret tunnel inside a cave (O...
Jan 26, 2023•30 min•Ep. 106
One night in 2003, a man named Chris, who was living in Nashua, New Hampshire, drove from his house over to his girlfriend's house, which was only about 15 minutes away. On the drive over, he tried calling his girlfriend three different times, but she hadn't answered any of the calls, which was odd. When he pulled into her driveway, he saw her two dogs were outside in the yard, which meant his girlfriend had to be home. However, as he walked up the driveway toward the front steps of the house, h...
Jan 23, 2023•45 min•Ep. 105
Today’s podcast features 3 workplace horror stories. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel, which is just called "MrBallen," and has been remastered for today's podcast. Story names, previews & links to original YouTube videos: #3 -- "90 Minutes" -- A terrible first day on the job (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMaWaiWRs_4 ) #2 -- "18 Inches" -- A construction worker loses his balance (Original YouTube link -- ht...
Jan 19, 2023•28 min•Ep. 104
Late at night in the fall of 1990, a woman stopped her car in front of her mailbox to check her mail. After grabbing the stack of letters, immediately she noticed one envelope in particular looked odd. Unlike the other letters in her hand, this one had no postage, no writing on it, and it was unsealed. Curious, she opened it up. Within seconds, this woman would be literally screaming at the top of her lungs and driving full speed down the road away from her house as fast as she possibly could. F...
Jan 16, 2023•36 min•Ep. 103
Today’s podcast features 3 unique stories that all involve deadly contraptions. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel, which is just called "MrBallen," and has been remastered for today's podcast. Warning, this episode deals with suicide* Mental Health Resources: If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, know that help is available: 24 hours a day you can call any of the numbers provided in this link, and speak to a trained professional...
Jan 12, 2023•32 min•Ep. 102
On a cold morning in the winter of 1984, the manager of a popular fast food joint in eastern Pennsylvania, slowly made his way up to the front door of the restaurant to unlock it. But when he grabbed the handle of the door, he found it was already unlocked. The manager was instantly worried, but he told himself that it was probably just one of the workers from the night before. They must have just forgot to lock up. So the man stepped through the door and headed past the cash registers towards t...
Jan 09, 2023•43 min•Ep. 101
Today’s podcast features 3 unique stories that all involve trespassers. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel, which is just called "MrBallen," and has been remastered for today's podcast. Story names, previews & links to original YouTube videos: #3 -- "The Bonfire" -- 2 girls accidentally make a HORRIFYING discovery in a cemetery (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tFsZGrU6uk ) #2 -- "The Raptor" -- A sudden lapse in judg...
Jan 05, 2023•33 min•Ep. 100
On a warm day in July 1989, 32 year old actress Sherry Davis stopped by her grandmother’s house in Los Angeles, California and she made a horrible discovery. But it would take police more than 10 years, and a whole string of seemingly unrelated crimes, before police finally solved the mystery surrounding what Sherry actually saw. And worst of all, it would turn out the answer had been hiding in plain sight the whole time. For 100s more stories like this one, check out our main YouTube channel ju...
Jan 02, 2023•43 min•Ep. 73
Today’s podcast features 3 unique stories that all involve stunts gone wrong. The audio from all three stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel, which is just called "MrBallen," and has been remastered for today's podcast. Story names, previews & links to original YouTube videos: #3 -- "Sideways" -- A performer makes a mistake during a live show (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny_s07D-LT8 ) #2 -- "The Stunt" -- While deployed to the Middle East, o...
Dec 29, 2022•31 min•Ep. 99
In 1953, a man had just moved into a new apartment in London, and as soon as he went inside he decided he wanted to renovate. So he started by pulling down all the wallpaper in the kitchen. And as he's doing it he makes his way into the kitchen pantry and he pulls off one particular strip of wallpaper and he sees behind the wallpaper towards the bottom of the wall is a door, there's a secret door behind the wallpaper. So he gets down and he rips off more of the wallpaper, and then he grabs ...
Dec 26, 2022•31 min•Ep. 98
