🇵🇸 Raise Awareness To those who live in western countries: Western journalism often neglects the importance of preserving our inherent dignity and humanity subjecting us to severe and disturbing indoctrination. Propagating harmful false narratives It can promote ignorance and desensitize us to acts of severe oppression, making us unwittingly complicit through our silenceHistorical context After the conquest of Jerusalem in 637 CE, under Islamic rule, Jewish communities were rescued from the oppressive Byzantine rule. They were given recognition, refuge, and protection. In a lasting, mutually beneficial coexistence with the Muslims they thrived, sharing laughter, tears, and even babysitting each other's children until 1948 when the Zionist Israeli government was establishedTherefore it's not about "Jews vs. Muslims" It's about Zionism: Colonialism & Genocide As a muslim I condemn zionism and I condemn any use of violence against civilians ____
2 minutes ago and 100 comments later... boy has this channel come far! I'm kind of a silent listener... but I've been here since 2020 and it's heart warming to see how successful you've become. Very well deserved Mr. Ballen!
What happened to that young soldier was haunting and heartbreaking. Abandoned by his mother, losing his father, then losing his life protecting the mother who abandoned him. His being there saved a lot of people’s lives by preventing an evil person’s egregious plan from being executed. But it is still sad.
They all feed at the same trough. They seek each other out. There is nothing “organic” about them finding one another. Their father weaves an invisible thread gathering them together.
Why was this a great story? I was seriously disappointed by this story of a jealous woman who recruited two men to kill her ex’s girlfriend. This wasn’t a typical Mr Ballen story, just a bloodbath. The evidence was right there. No deep dark story whatsoever, just crazy people!
This channel has always been my savior. Everytime me and wife had an argument i always put this on loud speaker so she can stop talking ang start watching this videos with me. Much love Mr. Ballen thank you so much
Very tragic that young Josh lost his father, watched his mother be attacked by strangers & was then killed himself. There are some seriously deranged people out there. RIP Josh.
It’s tragic! Poor lad was just living the best he could only to have a bunch of deranged, oxygen thieves take it all away. For what? The usual thing; jealousy. They we’re willing to kill a 16 year old, pregnant lass. Positively mental!
A 34-year old woman employed at Wal-mart claims a 16-year old pregnant girl is the evil witch leader of a dark coven. A 38-year old man watches Harry Potter and decides to become a warlock under this 34-year old woman's tutelage. If it wasn't a Mr. Ballen video, this intro sounds like the beginning of a comedy.
Never will I forget when Mr. Ballen was just starting out , he answered a DM of mine & was extremely kind & thoughtful. It’s a breath of fresh air to see a genuine good person making it in the industry! Cant wait to see where you go man 🎉
Retired Army here. The young Private’s story truly breaks my heart. I hope he had the honorable funeral he deserved and that his SGLI was maxed out to help any family he might have had remaining. Totally heart breaking. At least he had a breath of closure with the limited amount of time he had with his mom.
i don’t think we’ve given Mr. Ballen enough credit for keeping a straight face while detailing how the adult man was excited to become a witch after having been inspired by Harry Potter. I chortled, but Mr. Ballen? business as usual. amazing.
Do you believe there's a supernatural existence and reality that most of us "uninitiated" are not privy to? Harry Potter is one thing, but witchcraft is not a joke.
Never get enough of talking about his ol' buddy Seagull Lung 😋😁🙃 Oh, his new medical channel is Phe-no-me-Nal. Was looking for such a thing for such a long time, and can't believe that my favorite story teller came up with it!! Thanks, John 🌟
Its one of the few things that irks me tbh. He already did a thing with the like button abuse, and that got old too. Im not a 15 year old. But i do appreciate the stories and content, but i dont find that the gimmicks add much
@@thierpetersen7907 I'm not 15, either, yeah, wish I.. I'm probably older than you are, lol. I think that right his comical stints are perfect. His stories are often not easy to swallow and it's the right stuff to lighten everything up a lil. No other true crime channel thought about that before, it's unique and amazing!
I was not expecting Josh to be the one to die, since so much of his perspective was given. This is so tragic and petty. Some people are just pure evil.
That's the one thing I kinda don't like, is when he's giving a perspective with someone's actions/thoughts when he has no idea in actuality of what actually transpired
@@karlepaul6632nah it justs a layer of the story telling, he does it intentionally to grip your curiosity in how it relates to the story, sort of a substory in the story as they never relate until the end, if anything appreciate him being to link multiple plotlines into one story
@@karlepaul6632Yea, that's something I've realised is that this dude embellishes a lot. And sometimes people get into arguments in the comments about some of these obvious embellishments. It's slightly bizarre to witness.
24:55 that lady should have gotten death sentence.....and the guy should have been let go because he was manipulated and used by her.... 12:58 why did she abandon him ?? She should have been imprisoned and forced to pay them alimony and child support.....
Not to mention that the entire situation was being handled by fakes. This is just a story, people pretending at being something they never were. And they paid the price.
@@RealToonV oh they do practice this my dear friend, and it is all very real, and if you don't believe it, then I feel sorry for you because you have been fooled out of the truth.
I remember watching you tell you own story of the shadow person that you encounter when you went skiing with your friends. I think that was one of your first videos and I've enjoyed listening to you ever since. Thank you John for all the time you put into your videos and your podcasts. You are definitely appreciated from your fans. God bless.
8.2 million followers. I feel so proud to have been part of the first few hundred thousand followers. When we had the pleasure of 4 to 5 videos a week! I’m waiting for the day a streaming channel picks up MrBallen. Start airing episodes where we get MrBallen telling his stories but instead of watching him as he tells it they recreate it with animation or live action.
I’m listening to this with a grain of salt (obviously) but as soon as they said the worst witch of them all, their nemesis, was a 16 kid I LOL’ed. Imagine living in a fantasy world like that..
Did some quick math, Irenia was 35…and her “Ex’s new girlfriend” was 16. I mean this case is all kinds of messed up but something ain’t either mathing right or it’s even more fucked up than we first thought.
I love the emphasis of "This HAD to be due to the hex!" ... because what kind of lunatic thinks of magic before they think of, oh I don't know, literally any kind of medical condition
Even people who legitimately do practice modern Paganism, Wicca, and Witchcraft don't immediately assume shit is always some sort of kooky spiritual mess. They use the phrase "Mundane before Magick" to describe how your first thought should literally never be that a problem is supernatural, you're taught to always go through science and realism BEFORE TRYING OTHER MEANS (none of which include murder, might I add).
I would have never reconnected with a parent who abandoned me. There's simply no reason to. If they didn't love you before, what would make them love you afterwards?
I love your ability to capture the moment and make it feel like I'm there going through it. I also love your passion for flannel shirts!! Keep em coming Mr B
Please never change your intros. I absolutely love saying “ if you’re a fan of the strange dark and mysterious, then you’ve come to the right place…” ❤it’s too catchy !!
I too suffer from partial hearing loss. I'm always grateful for channels who no background music or very low bgm. MrB has very high quality sound and he speaks clearly. Thank you. ❤
How old was the guy that was dating the pregnant 16 yo? Irinia was jealous that a 16 yo child was “dating” her ex…so, she was jealous that a hebephile moved on to his next victim. Class. Act.
In the hospital dealing with personal recovery, and this is the comfort food I can always come back to. Bless you, sir, for all the joy you bring to others!
Recovery? Addiction? Mine started yesterday. Clonodine is a absolutely a godsend. God*. Whatever kind of recovery, it means you CAN recover! And will LIVE through this!😊
@@tarynmosakowski3512 - Alcohol recovery, you kind soul. Need to be done with this beast once and for all after 13 years of abusing myself, and the godawful anxiety my life has brought as of late! Thank you so much for the comforting praise! Every bit helps.
I wait for Sundays for this. Mondays and Thursdays for your Amazon podcasts. Tuesdays for your medical mysteries, and Wednesday for your subchannel bedtime stories.... It's amazing how far you've come. Thanks you!
Wow @mrballen I went to HS with Josh. I didn’t know this backstory to how he passed. Cant believe it! It hits differently when you know that person. He was a good kid, quiet, but polite. RIP Josh.
Can you imagine having the mindset that, as you're running through a dark cornfield after having watched a violent murder, you look around hoping to see demons to comfort you?
Some people (Irenia) have an amazing talent for turning gullible people into mindless drones who believe everything they tell them. That's how cults are formed.
People are really gullible. Witch craft is real but not this intense. They just have really active imaginations in my opinion. Unfortunately they’re dumb enough to believe this shit and commit murder because of it
I don't find it strange at all. From everything I've experienced, seen, heard and read about, the number of people who are stupid and/or gullible enough to do really messed up things is a lot larger than the number of people who are not. Doesn't mean they'll do something like this, but they still do some pretty awful things. What's even worse is how often they try to justify it with some kind of religious or spiritual BS.
Never underestimate how far a jealous envious woman will go to get revenge when another woman is with a man she was with or when they just plain jealous period. Even before the story ended I knew it was going to be a case of a jealous woman and sure enough.
Same here. This one was too predictable. It all verged on you thinking that a 16yo pregnant girl was a "dark witch." And if you didn't guess that the "sacred object" was a murder weapon after that, I have a vax to sell ya.
I been a part of your channel since you did 3 4 5 times a week to now once a week and I'm telling you MrB I never dropped from being a fan!!!! And ANYTIME I get the chance to send off your channel to more people I recommend it fully!! Fire channel!!! 🔥
This is a perfect example that shows that manipulating a naive person can truly turn into a house of horror, and this story sounds straight out of a horror movie.
When you think happiness comes from outside of you and some other person or thing can lead you to it. This is why cults and greed, for example, are as eternal as human life.
@@samuelschick8813Not to this degree and no it’s not really. Religion gives hope for the down and out and when your life literally has no hope then an afterlife sounds very appealing. There might still be but I highly doubt it would be like heaven. The average person who ain’t religious are as crazy and gullible as the religious people they look down on. Covid is a perfect example.
@@jabronisauce6833, "Not to this degree and no it’s not really. " Oh yes it does. Last time I checked people were flying planes into buildings, beheading people and such. Then religion has a very, very bloody history. Religion relies on the gullible and naive in order to survive. The religious believe the outrageous claims made by religion. The biblical god is the most immoral and worst behaved figure in the Bible. I seem to recall Christians going along with the covid bull shit just like the non religious. Wearing masks, getting the vax so on and so forth.
I've watched countless episodes anytime I have to kill time. And the time FLIES because I'll be so engrossed and mesmerized by the story. Thank you for keeping us entertained.
Can we discuss what kind of man dates both a 34yr old woman and impregnates a 16yr old girl? The "witches" aren't the only ones that need to be in jail.
I remember as a kid i eead in a book that most good witchcraft does not encourage anything bad towards others. They believe that using magic for evil actions or revenge only brings misfortune to whomever uses the magic for the dark intentions. Also, proteccted by demons?! Things are not going to go well.
Ugh. Did a quick read up on the case after watching the video. Jackie, the boyfriend of pregnant Lindsay was 23 and Irenia was 34 when this happened and they had been in a 4 year ‘relationship’ prior to him breaking it off and starting to date Lindsay. That means that Irenia was dating a 17 or 18 year old when she was 28/29. Not just jealous and batshit crazy, she was also a predator.
Isn’t Jackie a predictor for being 23 and getting a 16 y/o pregnant? Either way, that whole story was messed up! I feel sad for the innocent people who got dragged into it =(
A little strange to call her a predator, but not also call the 23 year year old with a pregnant 16 year old girlfriend a predator as well. 17 and 18 is the legal age in most states. And while it's true that some states have the age of consent at 16, there is no guarantee that she wasn't 15 when they started their relationship. Either way, it is really weird to call her a predator, but not him.
Great, mysterious story! I don't even remember how long I've followed your channel, but, you were among the first I followed, and you're still way up there. I watch EVERY video you make, without fail. It's been quite a while now, for sure. I will follow you always! Love ALL your videos, and you! ❤❤❤
@MrBallen I've been listening since 2020 and I'm also grateful to see how far you're channel has grown I look forward to whatever you create in the years to come
I love your story telling! I have been watching you since the beginning. Me and my friends used to listen to you late into the night in the summer. I still remember watching you for the first time “ the Russian sleep experiment”.
I was shocked watching this entire video!!! there was so much chaos going on!! it’s so sad what happened to Josh after going through so much at such a young age…
I’d love to see a whole compilation of sponsor bloopers! You’re stories are so serious, rightly so, and I’ve loved your channel since 2019 when you were busting out up to 3,4, even 5 uploads a week… but I love to see you genuinely laugh too!
@@MrBallen thank you for your service. My favorite movie is American sniper . Is that accurate to how it is ? I don’t mean to pry . I understand if it’s a question you don’t wanna answer.
Is not. So many go without proper guidance, partly because any conditions they may suffer, are never diagnosed, therefore never treated.. eventually… shii happens =\
I discovered you about a week ago after watching a reaction video to one of your stories and now im a huge fan and totally addicted the way you relate the different tales is enthralling thank you
Oh you lucky loo! Been watching for years and wait anxiously for a new video every week! You have a huge catalog of videos to binge! Mr. ballin used to upload “2,3 sometimes 4 times a week!” Now we gets once a week and it’s great! Enjoy! Glad to have you!
I would love to know how they work out sentencing. Not just for this case, but all cases! They should have explanations that justify every decision, especially when it affects someone else's life.
Another great Sunday due to @Mrballen uploading a new video. Life has been pretty crappy lately but Sundays make things better due to knowing there will be a new video. Thank you for what you do. It makes things a lot easier to deal with. ❤
It's great to see people being nice in their replies to this comment. Being an anonymous jerk online is so common, so my faith in humanity is slightly renewed when I see threads like this. Thanks, all!
@@TheElbowMerchant yes! Ur comment got me little emotional. The world needs more nice ,good people. We are here...we're just..staying low due to heartache n pain caused by family, friends ect, lately. Love u all. Keep going man!!
This is like something out of a Murder mystery Novel 😂😂 mixed with a dash of Cult crazy. I love this. Thank you Mr Ballen for yet another Amazing videos! ❤❤
Having been watching since you had about 7 videos, it’s amazing to see how far you’ve come and how much better the production has gotten. Keep it going!
I was born in St.Louis. I am very familiar with the area and there are a lot of Witches and Wiccans in the Midwestern area! I personally am not one but I know several! Just a fascinating observation I thought I’d share! Thanks Mr. Ballen for all your hard work!
@@mattking9974they sure do. All someone has to say is they're a witch and practice their beliefs and voila a witch exists in a literal sense. Nice try, though, but also try broadening your horizons.
Hats off to josh who was grown up enough to be the better person and reconnect with his mother, it is a shame his life was short lived and his training didn't kick in when he saw the man with the knife. We can all learn something from this story. Still didn't get what they deserved they tried to kill a pregnant 16 year old, that is as evil as it gets.
I fall asleep to crime videos, mystery videos, ghost stories, everything spooky really. However your story telling is *SO* good, I can never seem to guess what happens unless I've heard of the story before 😂 Excited to TRY & fall asleep to this one tonight 😊
Shoot, there have been many times where I've heard the story before but didn't realize until halfway through the video because he told it from a different perspective or with more info. He truly is the YT storytelling king alongside Let's Read.
That last scuffle when Ballen starts roleplaying David flailing his knife around and Jackie pulling up with the shotgun making both Rick and David looks like absolute deranged idiots was honestly really funny. Sad that Josh couldn’t make it, he had so much potential, now he can be with his father.
I live in Illinois and will hopefully not live here long and then even though we will be in the past and we will be able to get 🙏 for you and you will have a good time to get a reply from the old man and get back on my 6mg a little more 😉 I think it's
Absolutely LOVE your videos and I'm hooked on the Medical mysteries as well!! You have such passion for Storytelling! And it was good to see Old Seagull Lung too!!!!
I graduated with Josh. I was told to listen to this episode and started crying when I heard his name though the other names sounded familiar- it was so long ago, I didn’t remember them from the paper.
I'm a newer listener, but I absolutely love your podcast and have diligently listened to every one of them. Thank you for keeping me company on my daily travels!
Mr. Ballen is back. Great fan of your amazing story telling. Your tone is perfect, i can hear every word. Perfect voice projection, great acting talent, perfect diction. 🥰 from South Africa 🇿🇦
@@sirfer6969right, because he’s not uploading “3, 4, even 5 times a week” with no sponsors. I promise that’s what’s missing for you. Personally I’m glad that he was able to scale down and focus on himself and his family, but I’m just not selfish like that.
I love it when its a notification for your vids! Makes the start of the week so much easier to cope with! Such a shame for Josh, life can be so cruel 😢. Keep up the good work Mr B 😊
Lindsay avoided Hell, but I'm going there just for laughing at this. The insanity of the witch cult, the stupidity of the murder plot and its execution, and the increasingly desperate attempts to paint Lindsay as an actual supernatural threat all combined to make this one of the funniest videos on this channel.
I just found your channel a few days ago and now I have already watched many of your videos. Perfect timing too since it's almost Halloween. I usually get scared very easily and I don't often watch scary videos, but I have really enjoyed these videos so far. I like the way you are telling the stories, creating suspense without making it too scary. 🙂
I love how Matter of fact Mr.Ballen is while he's explaining these bizarre people and stories. The entire time listening I was waiting for the part where he mentioned the drugs these people must have ingested.
This is such a sad case of serendipity for poor Josh 😢 Really sad... not to mention that it amazes me how 2 grown men can be influenced in such a way - one of which, based his decision making upon his fondness for Harry Potter 🤦 It's frightening who could be living next door!
The Harry Potter thing reminded me of that guy in another MrBallen video who was obsessed with sci-fi movies and tried to time travel the way the heroes in those movies did 🤦♀️
What's the most ridiculous part about all of this, is the fact that a woman orchestrated this entire thing, simply because she was jealous of another woman's relationship. She basically made the entire thing up. There was no hex, and there weren't any other witches besides her and her ignorant sidekicks. Hell, I wouldn't even be surprised if she faked the entire "spirit world" session as well, that in which involved her voice apparently changing, and the proclaimed "5 demons." The "hex" in question, was literally just a breakup phase.
The most heartbreaking thing is the Kid Josh never got to reconcile with his mother. Those evil monsters took that from them. I found the part funny about Rick wanting to join because of Harry Potter but I’m pretty sure breaking and entering and killing somebody in their house isn’t a Harry Potter thing….. Maybe if he makes porale maybe he can play Hogwarts Legacy for an authentic non nurseries Harry Potter experience without cults and murder.
Man, another one of my favorite episodes I’ve listened to. One that I will go back and listen to often. “Spooky” things are one of my favorite installments by MrBallen. Especially in time for the Halloween season, almost like the “Halloween Scare-a-thon” is back. 👍🏻
Huge fan of your new podcast! I love the medical mysteries!
🇵🇸 Raise Awareness
To those who live in western countries:
Western journalism often neglects the importance of preserving our inherent dignity and humanity subjecting us to severe and disturbing indoctrination. Propagating harmful false narratives It can promote ignorance and desensitize us to acts of severe oppression, making us unwittingly complicit through our silenceHistorical context After the conquest of Jerusalem in 637 CE, under Islamic rule, Jewish communities were rescued from the oppressive Byzantine rule. They were given recognition, refuge, and protection. In a lasting, mutually beneficial coexistence with the Muslims they thrived, sharing laughter, tears, and even babysitting each other's children until 1948 when the Zionist Israeli government was establishedTherefore it's not about "Jews vs. Muslims" It's about Zionism: Colonialism & Genocide
As a muslim I condemn zionism and I condemn any use of violence against civilians
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Us too! And the Bedtime Stories.
thank you!!!
We do as well. Best story telling ever.
“I mean it’s alright like…overrated af in my opinion” - quoting the guy chewing on the burger meme
2 minutes ago and 100 comments later... boy has this channel come far! I'm kind of a silent listener... but I've been here since 2020 and it's heart warming to see how successful you've become. Very well deserved Mr. Ballen!
And how much MrBallen, his wife, and team give back! ❤
Facts
I remember him from TikTok
16 minutes and 21k views. It's safe to say a few of us are always ready and waiting for Mr. Ballen on Sunday.
Right!
What happened to that young soldier was haunting and heartbreaking. Abandoned by his mother, losing his father, then losing his life protecting the mother who abandoned him. His being there saved a lot of people’s lives by preventing an evil person’s egregious plan from being executed. But it is still sad.
I know this family personally that part of the story isnt accurate
@stephaniecraig8870 what part wasn't accurate? That he was abandoned?
@@stephaniecraig8870what part isn't True?
@@stephaniecraig8870What is not accurate ? Since he is dead it must have been told by the family members.
yes, the whole thing is pathetic and sad, was Lindsay a cheerleader? they all must due you know! insomniacs see all the worst movies
Stupid people can be very dangerous in wrong company.
Great story as usual!
It’s just as George Carlin said: “Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.”
They all feed at the same trough. They seek each other out. There is nothing “organic” about them finding one another. Their father weaves an invisible thread gathering them together.
Why was this a great story? I was seriously disappointed by this story of a jealous woman who recruited two men to kill her ex’s girlfriend. This wasn’t a typical Mr Ballen story, just a bloodbath. The evidence was right there. No deep dark story whatsoever, just crazy people!
@@chriso5193 sometimes it's that simplicity that steals the show
Is why is best to educate and be there for others.
This channel has always been my savior. Everytime me and wife had an argument i always put this on loud speaker so she can stop talking ang start watching this videos with me. Much love Mr. Ballen thank you so much
Very tragic that young Josh lost his father, watched his mother be attacked by strangers & was then killed himself. There are some seriously deranged people out there. RIP Josh.
It’s tragic! Poor lad was just living the best he could only to have a bunch of deranged, oxygen thieves take it all away. For what? The usual thing; jealousy. They we’re willing to kill a 16 year old, pregnant lass. Positively mental!
Fr RIP Josh gone too soon it’s unfortunate a bright kid was taken by a crazy person
His experience was probably worse than anything he would experience in IRaq. Geez
Josh went heaven, david went to hell
Thanks for bringing this up 😢, josh seems like a kind soul who went through a lot
The fact that Irenia blamed a 16-year-old girl for her depression, and not the fact that she lived a miserable life, is wild to me.
I also find it wild that this Jackie bloke dated irenia who looks forty plus AND the 16 year old!!!
I mean people blame the stars, planets positions and the day they were born for the shit they do
@@amejia3305uuujjeggttit's mumbo jumbo at best & inciting dark, dysfunctional behaviour at worst
@@michelleliddle3488 He was 23. It makes it creepier that he knocked up a 16 year old kid, without being a kid, himself.
Yikes, that's messed up@@HexIsme
This is a story of what happens when you get a bunch of idiots together, and feed them bs to give them enough confidence to do a narcissist's bidding.
Without fail, every UA-cam video comment section eventually gets a Trump reference. 😜
@@doctorfeelok8575 what? This person said zilch about Trump.
@@doctorfeelok8575how do you come up with this?
@@rn780 *whoosh* 😏
@@doctorfeelok8575 LMFAO - I know it's around here some where.
One thing I just adore about Mr. Ballen is that he can tell a story just with his hands. I'm the same way
A 34-year old woman employed at Wal-mart claims a 16-year old pregnant girl is the evil witch leader of a dark coven. A 38-year old man watches Harry Potter and decides to become a warlock under this 34-year old woman's tutelage. If it wasn't a Mr. Ballen video, this intro sounds like the beginning of a comedy.
Yup that's the state of humanity at this....fuck we've always been like this haven't we lol
Well hell ya gotta be crazy to work at Walmart just like I was when I was a teen😂
I bet these people think the wwf wrestling is real 😅
Or a movie showcasing mental illness and its effects.
The Harry Potter guy wasn’t the warlock that was he’s friend he came with . lol 😂😂
Mr Ballens ability to tell the first 4 minutes of this story with a straight face is incredible
Lol right it was comedy all the way
What do you mean? Harry potter is serious business!
I was just like, “oh no! The evangelicals were right about Harry Potter!!!” 😮
@@jbones1928💀💀💀
@@MrRoundthetwistit was
Never will I forget when Mr. Ballen was just starting out , he answered a DM of mine & was extremely kind & thoughtful. It’s a breath of fresh air to see a genuine good person making it in the industry! Cant wait to see where you go man 🎉
He’s never answered mine. That’s cool you got an answer. I’m sure he was less busy when he was starting out that’s why
People often change when they become this popular… Mr Ballen seems like a genuinely nice guy though, even with all his success. He’s my favourite.
Feel the same.
He never answered your DM stop lying lmaoo
@@yungbake2161actually I believe that he did cause he answered mine and he answered my brothers on insta and I got screen shot proof of it
Retired Army here. The young Private’s story truly breaks my heart. I hope he had the honorable funeral he deserved and that his SGLI was maxed out to help any family he might have had remaining. Totally heart breaking. At least he had a breath of closure with the limited amount of time he had with his mom.
i don’t think we’ve given Mr. Ballen enough credit for keeping a straight face while detailing how the adult man was excited to become a witch after having been inspired by Harry Potter. I chortled, but Mr. Ballen? business as usual. amazing.
😂 lol
Do you believe there's a supernatural existence and reality that most of us "uninitiated" are not privy to? Harry Potter is one thing, but witchcraft is not a joke.
I mean in all reality and fairness he’s probably gotten it out of his system during his research
@@firstblessings8777yeah it is, it doesn’t exist. Sorry but it’s bs
I think the repercussions of him believing something so ludicrous kind of puts a damper on the humor aspect
I have to say... There's NOTHING like Mr Ballen screaming "seagull Lung!" Gets me every time! 😂
Hilarious!! 😂😂
Same here, u should c the looks i get when my headphones r on and I copy yelling it out
Never get enough of talking about his ol' buddy Seagull Lung 😋😁🙃
Oh, his new medical channel is Phe-no-me-Nal. Was looking for such a thing for such a long time, and can't believe that my favorite story teller came up with it!! Thanks, John 🌟
Its one of the few things that irks me tbh. He already did a thing with the like button abuse, and that got old too. Im not a 15 year old.
But i do appreciate the stories and content, but i dont find that the gimmicks add much
@@thierpetersen7907 I'm not 15, either, yeah, wish I.. I'm probably older than you are, lol.
I think that right his comical stints are perfect. His stories are often not easy to swallow and it's the right stuff to lighten everything up a lil. No other true crime channel thought about that before, it's unique and amazing!
I was not expecting Josh to be the one to die, since so much of his perspective was given. This is so tragic and petty. Some people are just pure evil.
Exact same thoughts.
That's the one thing I kinda don't like, is when he's giving a perspective with someone's actions/thoughts when he has no idea in actuality of what actually transpired
@@karlepaul6632nah it justs a layer of the story telling, he does it intentionally to grip your curiosity in how it relates to the story, sort of a substory in the story as they never relate until the end, if anything appreciate him being to link multiple plotlines into one story
@@karlepaul6632Yea, that's something I've realised is that this dude embellishes a lot. And sometimes people get into arguments in the comments about some of these obvious embellishments. It's slightly bizarre to witness.
24:55 that lady should have gotten death sentence.....and the guy should have been let go because he was manipulated and used by her....
12:58 why did she abandon him ?? She should have been imprisoned and forced to pay them alimony and child support.....
HERE SINCE 2020 I'M. TRUCKER AND YOU MAKE MY TRIPS SMOOTH ONE OF THE BEST STORY TELLERS IN THE WHOLE UA-cam COMMUNITY
Irenia gave a whole new meaning to “the people of Walmart”. Heartbreaking outcome for Josh and his mom.
What does that mean?
However unfortunate for Josh his passing may have have saved innocent lives in Iraq.
@@theangryhobosStupid.
People of Walmart are who watch this channel y’all are so vanilla
If someone writes a book about her, it should be either Witches of Walmart, or Hex From the Clearance Aisle.
So, it seems that
- Irena is a very disturbed and paranoid woman,
- David is a psychopath,
- Rick is a moron......
What could go wrong ?? 😅😔
Not to mention that the entire situation was being handled by fakes.
This is just a story, people pretending at being something they never were. And they paid the price.
ironically she had hexed herself into not finding love. by being so paranoid and thinking she was hexed. some people are about as stupid as it comes.
And Jackie's a pedo
...and they could all vote.
Sounds like the trailer to a spoof spin off lol
Homeboy saw Harry Potter and thought “hey ya know I wanna be a witch” 😂😂 I feel sorry for some people. They didn’t choose stupidity it chose them.
😂😂
LOL I was thinking the same thing
@@RealToonV oh they do practice this my dear friend, and it is all very real, and if you don't believe it, then I feel sorry for you because you have been fooled out of the truth.
WORD!
I wonder if any of these people have realized that the author is most definitely not a witch.
I’d watch an entire spinoff show where Seagull Lung is Mr. Ballen’s side kick and they solve crimes together.
I remember watching you tell you own story of the shadow person that you encounter when you went skiing with your friends. I think that was one of your first videos and I've enjoyed listening to you ever since. Thank you John for all the time you put into your videos and your podcasts. You are definitely appreciated from your fans. God bless.
That’s was actually one of the only stories from Mr Ballen’s videos that legitimately gave me chills.
@@YTLoneStarme too
Which video is it?! I'd love to watch :)
@@imacutchooI believe it’s the very first video he ever posted. If you sort the videos by the oldest, it should pop right up
That video got me hooked. One of the only ones he’s told that really rocked me for some reason
8.2 million followers. I feel so proud to have been part of the first few hundred thousand followers. When we had the pleasure of 4 to 5 videos a week! I’m waiting for the day a streaming channel picks up MrBallen. Start airing episodes where we get MrBallen telling his stories but instead of watching him as he tells it they recreate it with animation or live action.
The art of storytelling, especially in the United States. Has long needed a Mr. Ballen. He has given this truly important artform a new voice.
I’m listening to this with a grain of salt (obviously) but as soon as they said the worst witch of them all, their nemesis, was a 16 kid I LOL’ed. Imagine living in a fantasy world like that..
Nothing to do, dead end jobs & surrounded by cornfields leads to a lot of stupid, crazy stuff.
I mean voldemort was how old? Struggling to do the same thing when Harry was 16 😅😂😂
so what if she's 16?
I can't.
Did some quick math, Irenia was 35…and her “Ex’s new girlfriend” was 16. I mean this case is all kinds of messed up but something ain’t either mathing right or it’s even more fucked up than we first thought.
Exactly what I thought
I looked it up, Jackie was 23...
Wait so, then jackie shouldve been arrested for statory rape on a minor. How the fuck?
@@harutogames9204 so 35 dating a 23 is less awkward than 23 dating a 16 because of "legality" Lol
@@anikaiub2016 is still a child. A pregnant child no less.
I love the emphasis of "This HAD to be due to the hex!" ... because what kind of lunatic thinks of magic before they think of, oh I don't know, literally any kind of medical condition
Even people who legitimately do practice modern Paganism, Wicca, and Witchcraft don't immediately assume shit is always some sort of kooky spiritual mess. They use the phrase "Mundane before Magick" to describe how your first thought should literally never be that a problem is supernatural, you're taught to always go through science and realism BEFORE TRYING OTHER MEANS (none of which include murder, might I add).
@@thinecuprunnethoverwithblood witch here and yup! ur completely right
I always say there are just 3 types of people in this world. Those who can count and those who can't
true, coming from one myself lol@@thinecuprunnethoverwithblood
@@time4change878 thats two
It's sad to think that Josh wouldn't have died if he decided not to reconnect with his estranged mother. RIP Josh.
I would have never reconnected with a parent who abandoned me.
There's simply no reason to.
If they didn't love you before, what would make them love you afterwards?
Must of been that hex from the evil witch.
I love your ability to capture the moment and make it feel like I'm there going through it. I also love your passion for flannel shirts!! Keep em coming Mr B
Please never change your intros. I absolutely love saying “ if you’re a fan of the strange dark and mysterious, then you’ve come to the right place…” ❤it’s too catchy !!
Seeing Mr Ballen tell a story is so much better than just hearing him tell a story Both are great tho!!
Also, as someone with significant hearing impairment, I must say thank you for your CC quality. It's always correct, unlike other videos.
hope your hearing gets better ❤❤
It’s not always correct, because it’s auto generated many words weren’t right like Iraq it was written “in rack”.
I too suffer from partial hearing loss. I'm always grateful for channels who no background music or very low bgm. MrB has very high quality sound and he speaks clearly. Thank you. ❤
@@donnarobinson7480hope your hearing gets better ❤
How old was the guy that was dating the pregnant 16 yo? Irinia was jealous that a 16 yo child was “dating” her ex…so, she was jealous that a hebephile moved on to his next victim. Class. Act.
That was my first thought. Because either A. He was way too old for a 16 year old or B. He was way to young to be dating Irinia O_o
That's exactly what I came here to say
I thought there was a time skip where Lindsey casted the spell when she was 16 and there was some time passed and she was an adult
Irenia was 34, Lindsey was 16, and her boyfriend (Irenia’s ex) was 23.
@@Verosmom123 thank u
In the hospital dealing with personal recovery, and this is the comfort food I can always come back to. Bless you, sir, for all the joy you bring to others!
Recovery? Addiction? Mine started yesterday. Clonodine is a absolutely a godsend. God*. Whatever kind of recovery, it means you CAN recover! And will LIVE through this!😊
@@tarynmosakowski3512 - Alcohol recovery, you kind soul. Need to be done with this beast once and for all after 13 years of abusing myself, and the godawful anxiety my life has brought as of late! Thank you so much for the comforting praise! Every bit helps.
I hope you feel better soon.
@@tarynmosakowski3512 quetiapine fumarate works much better. Clonodine will help but it's a blood pressure pill i believe, I wish you the best.
I hope you get well soon.
I wait for Sundays for this. Mondays and Thursdays for your Amazon podcasts. Tuesdays for your medical mysteries, and Wednesday for your subchannel bedtime stories....
It's amazing how far you've come. Thanks you!
I love mrballen. Look forward to your videos
Wow @mrballen I went to HS with Josh. I didn’t know this backstory to how he passed. Cant believe it! It hits differently when you know that person. He was a good kid, quiet, but polite. RIP Josh.
"LUNG....ARE YOU KIDDING ME !!!???". Was a beautiful thing to hear😂
😂😂😂😂
Can you imagine having the mindset that, as you're running through a dark cornfield after having watched a violent murder, you look around hoping to see demons to comfort you?
Some people (Irenia) have an amazing talent for turning gullible people into mindless drones who believe everything they tell them. That's how cults are formed.
shut up
People are really gullible. Witch craft is real but not this intense. They just have really active imaginations in my opinion. Unfortunately they’re dumb enough to believe this shit and commit murder because of it
😂😂😂
That’s what I’m saying😂 like dude go to a bonfire party or something
I find it strange that there were people stupid enough to carry out this women's dirty, murderous,and evil plan. Some people are so gullible.
America makes people stupid.
I don't find it strange at all. From everything I've experienced, seen, heard and read about, the number of people who are stupid and/or gullible enough to do really messed up things is a lot larger than the number of people who are not. Doesn't mean they'll do something like this, but they still do some pretty awful things. What's even worse is how often they try to justify it with some kind of religious or spiritual BS.
You've never been part of a witch's coven then I assume. 😂
@@DennisMoore664 Look into baba vanga predictions from 2022 to 5079 see 3,000 years into the future.
Remember, half the population have below average IQ.
As soon as you said that the “dark witch” was a 16yo girl, I immediately knew that Irenia’s motive was envy.
Right same here, I'll never understand it tho
Never underestimate how far a jealous envious woman will go to get revenge when another woman is with a man she was with or when they just plain jealous period. Even before the story ended I knew it was going to be a case of a jealous woman and sure enough.
Not to mention the "good witches" were being protected by demons.
Same here. This one was too predictable. It all verged on you thinking that a 16yo pregnant girl was a "dark witch."
And if you didn't guess that the "sacred object" was a murder weapon after that, I have a vax to sell ya.
Exactly! Youth & beauty vs Old & vengeful!
I been a part of your channel since you did 3 4 5 times a week to now once a week and I'm telling you MrB I never dropped from being a fan!!!! And ANYTIME I get the chance to send off your channel to more people I recommend it fully!! Fire channel!!! 🔥
This is a perfect example that shows that manipulating a naive person can truly turn into a house of horror, and this story sounds straight out of a horror movie.
"manipulating a naive person" That is how religion came into existence.
When you think happiness comes from outside of you and some other person or thing can lead you to it. This is why cults and greed, for example, are as eternal as human life.
Just shows how stupid the average person truly is.
@@samuelschick8813Not to this degree and no it’s not really. Religion gives hope for the down and out and when your life literally has no hope then an afterlife sounds very appealing. There might still be but I highly doubt it would be like heaven. The average person who ain’t religious are as crazy and gullible as the religious people they look down on. Covid is a perfect example.
@@jabronisauce6833, "Not to this degree and no it’s not really. "
Oh yes it does. Last time I checked people were flying planes into buildings, beheading people and such. Then religion has a very, very bloody history. Religion relies on the gullible and naive in order to survive. The religious believe the outrageous claims made by religion. The biblical god is the most immoral and worst behaved figure in the Bible.
I seem to recall Christians going along with the covid bull shit just like the non religious. Wearing masks, getting the vax so on and so forth.
My life has been in shambles for a while now, but I look forward to you releasing your videos every Sunday. Thanks for doing what you do man.
I understand a life in shambles, I hope it gets better for you. Hang in there.
Me, too.
@@shitluck78d19hey man, tell me about it.
I've watched countless episodes anytime I have to kill time. And the time FLIES because I'll be so engrossed and mesmerized by the story. Thank you for keeping us entertained.
Can we discuss what kind of man dates both a 34yr old woman and impregnates a 16yr old girl? The "witches" aren't the only ones that need to be in jail.
Now to be fair ive heard a lot of 18yo guys with women in their 30s so
@@DhirC35 still impregnated a 16yo girl.....
She wasnt 16 .......... her son was obviously older than 16 so she wasn't a kid. The witch was lying.
@@DhirC35 18 isn't 16.
@@DhirC3518 is legal 16 isn't.
Me being unable to keep from laughing at the thought of these adult “witches” trying to break a hex cast by a ~*~powerful 16 year old 😂
Sounds like most YA fantasy books to me.
so? some kids are very powerful
I remember as a kid i eead in a book that most good witchcraft does not encourage anything bad towards others. They believe that using magic for evil actions or revenge only brings misfortune to whomever uses the magic for the dark intentions.
Also, proteccted by demons?! Things are not going to go well.
Didnt they start as angels in the common religious delusion?
Ugh. Did a quick read up on the case after watching the video. Jackie, the boyfriend of pregnant Lindsay was 23 and Irenia was 34 when this happened and they had been in a 4 year ‘relationship’ prior to him breaking it off and starting to date Lindsay. That means that Irenia was dating a 17 or 18 year old when she was 28/29. Not just jealous and batshit crazy, she was also a predator.
Wasn't Lindsey only 16 at the time this went down? There had to be a lot of meth involved in this story.
Oof that's a hard 34 years...I thought she was at least in her mid-late 40s 😂
Jackie is gross asf too
Isn’t Jackie a predictor for being 23 and getting a 16 y/o pregnant? Either way, that whole story was messed up! I feel sad for the innocent people who got dragged into it =(
A little strange to call her a predator, but not also call the 23 year year old with a pregnant 16 year old girlfriend a predator as well. 17 and 18 is the legal age in most states. And while it's true that some states have the age of consent at 16, there is no guarantee that she wasn't 15 when they started their relationship. Either way, it is really weird to call her a predator, but not him.
just a charmer all around huh? what's the average IQ in this town is it even in double digits?
Great, mysterious story!
I don't even remember how long I've followed your channel, but, you were among the first I followed, and you're still way up there. I watch EVERY video you make, without fail. It's been quite a while now, for sure. I will follow you always! Love ALL your videos, and you! ❤❤❤
3 years 1 month 2 weeks 8 hours 22 minutes 10 seconds and counting
It’s a great day when I get this notification of Mr Ballen posting a story of the strange, dark and mysterious.
🙌❤
@MrBallen I've been listening since 2020 and I'm also grateful to see how far you're channel has grown I look forward to whatever you create in the years to come
I feel like I got here 50 minutes late for class. 😅
Agree completely
It’s crazy af ppl fr think they can be witches and have mystical powers like in Harry Potter 😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😅😅
You are the epitome of someone finding their calling in life!
I've loved every episode and congrats on the new ventures!
I love your story telling! I have been watching you since the beginning. Me and my friends used to listen to you late into the night in the summer. I still remember watching you for the first time “ the Russian sleep experiment”.
I was shocked watching this entire video!!! there was so much chaos going on!! it’s so sad what happened to Josh after going through so much at such a young age…
I’d love to see a whole compilation of sponsor bloopers! You’re stories are so serious, rightly so, and I’ve loved your channel since 2019 when you were busting out up to 3,4, even 5 uploads a week… but I love to see you genuinely laugh too!
I would love to see his bloopers on the like button 🙂🙂 when he cracks up I love it 😂😂
This right here is what makes the work week all worth it! Thank You Mr. Ballen for giving me something to look forward to each week!!
It’s so crazy watching how big this channel has grown to be. You’re some one to be proud of mr.ballen.
🙏🙏🙏
@@MrBallen thank you for your service. My favorite movie is American sniper . Is that accurate to how it is ? I don’t mean to pry . I understand if it’s a question you don’t wanna answer.
@@ShoutoutbarrnoneAkaGFC I love the yt name dawg💪🏽🇺🇸
@@MrBallen been watching since 2020 and I’ve been waiting for a reaction for years. Keep on keeping on.
Rugs vroufgt me here
Wow! 8M subscribers now? Great job John! Good for you and your family! Love your story telling
What a bizarre and heartbreaking story for Josh and his mom. It's hard to believe people like that exist. 💔
Fr rip Josh 🙏❤
Is not. So many go without proper guidance, partly because any conditions they may suffer, are never diagnosed, therefore never treated.. eventually… shii happens =\
I discovered you about a week ago after watching a reaction video to one of your stories and now im a huge fan and totally addicted the way you relate the different tales is enthralling thank you
Oh you lucky loo! Been watching for years and wait anxiously for a new video every week! You have a huge catalog of videos to binge! Mr. ballin used to upload “2,3 sometimes 4 times a week!” Now we gets once a week and it’s great! Enjoy! Glad to have you!
@@a.j.6432 Thank you glad to be here and your right im having a wonderful binge fest
Mr.ballen is the type man to beat you up then tell you a strange dark and mysterious story in story format and leave like it was nothing
I would love to know how they work out sentencing. Not just for this case, but all cases! They should have explanations that justify every decision, especially when it affects someone else's life.
as a Welshman, can I heartily congratulate you on your correct pronunciation of Heol Fanog. Nice one. Most non Welsh natives would butcher that!!
As a Welshman, do you know your history?
- Just Curious
@@ManyThingsSeemas a Welshman, I do
@@ManyThingsSeemAs a Welshman (Powys), what are you getting at?
- Just Curious
as a welshman, i agree (i am not welshman)@@Boltus1323
I've butchered a word or two in my time.
Another great Sunday due to @Mrballen uploading a new video. Life has been pretty crappy lately but Sundays make things better due to knowing there will be a new video. Thank you for what you do. It makes things a lot easier to deal with. ❤
Mr ballen is the only UA-camr that I don’t skip the sponsorships
I just want to say that your AD read was freaking hilarious 😂😂😂
Love your content Mr. Ballen! Thanks for helping me with my depression!
Helps mine too. That's crazy uh, cuz his stories are strange, dark and mysterious? Lol. Keep going hun. God always has ur back.
Hello you're not alone, likewise here
It's great to see people being nice in their replies to this comment. Being an anonymous jerk online is so common, so my faith in humanity is slightly renewed when I see threads like this. Thanks, all!
@@TheElbowMerchant 💯❤️❤️
@@TheElbowMerchant yes! Ur comment got me little emotional. The world needs more nice ,good people. We are here...we're just..staying low due to heartache n pain caused by family, friends ect, lately. Love u all. Keep going man!!
This is like something out of a Murder mystery Novel 😂😂 mixed with a dash of Cult crazy.
I love this. Thank you Mr Ballen for yet another Amazing videos! ❤❤
Sick
Mr Ballen's back with more dark and mysterious, perfect timing.
Awesome thanks for your efforts, been hear since you started bro.🙏
I hope you know Ballen, I look forward to Mondays just to hear your voice and stories. What a perfect start to the work week. God bless you! 🥰🙂
Having been watching since you had about 7 videos, it’s amazing to see how far you’ve come and how much better the production has gotten. Keep it going!
Thank you for MIND-BLOWING Witch Mathem tale.....So terrible that many people are so evil/gullible. Have a fantastic day/week/year.
@2:08 That chick doesn't look gaunt. I think the word plump comes to mind.
Was that last line a matthew perry joke?😏
Your expressions, hand gestures, body movements and great sense of humor are a treat my friend. This video had me giggling like a child
I was born in St.Louis. I am very familiar with the area and there are a lot of Witches and Wiccans in the Midwestern area! I personally am not one but I know several! Just a fascinating observation I thought I’d share! Thanks Mr. Ballen for all your hard work!
I'm a wiccan but live in England. Don't get bad witches and good witches mixed. Wiccans, or rather I, believe in nature. Nothing evil.
@@Siren_Silence You mean people are good and evil. As Witches do not exist in the literal sense.
How many witches work at Walmart and is that the reason we have to ring up and bag our own products?? Things that make you go hmmm!!!🧙♀️🧙♂️🧹🧙♂️🧙♀️
@@mattking9974 that's not what I meant at all. I apologise. Goodnight
@@mattking9974they sure do. All someone has to say is they're a witch and practice their beliefs and voila a witch exists in a literal sense. Nice try, though, but also try broadening your horizons.
It'll be so cool to see Mr. Ballen team up with dark echoes to create a live action version of a story
You're the reason cult leaders exist
Hats off to josh who was grown up enough to be the better person and reconnect with his mother, it is a shame his life was short lived and his training didn't kick in when he saw the man with the knife. We can all learn something from this story. Still didn't get what they deserved they tried to kill a pregnant 16 year old, that is as evil as it gets.
He was a cook in the army, so whipping up a cheese omelet wasn't going to help anyone.
You don’t instantly become a professional fighter from rookie military training.
My guy, he was a rookie in the army, not John Wick. Still, that doesn't detract from his display of bravery and selflessness in a dangerous situation.
Bro the irony of being murdered before being sent to war is wild
I fall asleep to crime videos, mystery videos, ghost stories, everything spooky really. However your story telling is *SO* good, I can never seem to guess what happens unless I've heard of the story before 😂
Excited to TRY & fall asleep to this one tonight 😊
Shoot, there have been many times where I've heard the story before but didn't realize until halfway through the video because he told it from a different perspective or with more info. He truly is the YT storytelling king alongside Let's Read.
I feel sorry for the people who moved into the apartment after Irenia!
Exactly!
yeah, i feel worse for the actual victims
@@beate9377she sounds like one of the idiots that would believe there’s and evil witch…
@@beate9377Yeah, you can feel sorry for more than one person
Eh, it's just a structure. I'm sure people died in my house, given how old it is. No problems beside the usual home repair stuff.
So glad I got notified right away.
I have ADHD and Mr. Ballen's stories can keep me focused the whole time no matter how long the video is.
Same. BTW, that mugshot of the leader of this cult at the end of the video was absolutely terrifying. Overall, such a heartbreaking story.
Thank you for your stories man. Im goin through a bad depression, and they provide a good distraction from it.
Been with Ballen since the days of “gently eviscerate the like button.” Boy how far we’ve come! 💙
That last scuffle when Ballen starts roleplaying David flailing his knife around and Jackie pulling up with the shotgun making both Rick and David looks like absolute deranged idiots was honestly really funny. Sad that Josh couldn’t make it, he had so much potential, now he can be with his father.
Especially when he "spartan kicked" him down the stairs, lol.
I live in Illinois and will hopefully not live here long and then even though we will be in the past and we will be able to get 🙏 for you and you will have a good time to get a reply from the old man and get back on my 6mg a little more 😉 I think it's
No, he can't.
😂
@@jasonsenator6144you glitched. You really need to get back on that 6mg of whatever you’re lacking.
Absolutely LOVE your videos and I'm hooked on the Medical mysteries as well!! You have such passion for Storytelling! And it was good to see Old Seagull Lung too!!!!
I graduated with Josh. I was told to listen to this episode and started crying when I heard his name though the other names sounded familiar- it was so long ago, I didn’t remember them from the paper.
I'm a newer listener, but I absolutely love your podcast and have diligently listened to every one of them. Thank you for keeping me company on my daily travels!
Mr. Ballen is back. Great fan of your amazing story telling. Your tone is perfect, i can hear every word. Perfect voice projection, great acting talent, perfect diction. 🥰 from South Africa 🇿🇦
@@sirfer6969right, because he’s not uploading “3, 4, even 5 times a week” with no sponsors. I promise that’s what’s missing for you. Personally I’m glad that he was able to scale down and focus on himself and his family, but I’m just not selfish like that.
Youre the reason cult leaders exist
I love it when its a notification for your vids! Makes the start of the week so much easier to cope with! Such a shame for Josh, life can be so cruel 😢. Keep up the good work Mr B 😊
The violent pronunciation of “seagull lung”🐸 gets me every time.😂
Lindsay avoided Hell, but I'm going there just for laughing at this.
The insanity of the witch cult, the stupidity of the murder plot and its execution, and the increasingly desperate attempts to paint Lindsay as an actual supernatural threat all combined to make this one of the funniest videos on this channel.
True story lol
I just found your channel a few days ago and now I have already watched many of your videos. Perfect timing too since it's almost Halloween. I usually get scared very easily and I don't often watch scary videos, but I have really enjoyed these videos so far. I like the way you are telling the stories, creating suspense without making it too scary. 🙂
I love how Matter of fact Mr.Ballen is while he's explaining these bizarre people and stories. The entire time listening I was waiting for the part where he mentioned the drugs these people must have ingested.
I'm glad I didn't come across any comments that thought this wasn't ridiculous.
This is such a sad case of serendipity for poor Josh 😢 Really sad... not to mention that it amazes me how 2 grown men can be influenced in such a way - one of which, based his decision making upon his fondness for Harry Potter 🤦
It's frightening who could be living next door!
The Harry Potter thing reminded me of that guy in another MrBallen video who was obsessed with sci-fi movies and tried to time travel the way the heroes in those movies did 🤦♀️
grown men get influenced all the time.
What's the most ridiculous part about all of this, is the fact that a woman orchestrated this entire thing, simply because she was jealous of another woman's relationship. She basically made the entire thing up. There was no hex, and there weren't any other witches besides her and her ignorant sidekicks.
Hell, I wouldn't even be surprised if she faked the entire "spirit world" session as well, that in which involved her voice apparently changing, and the proclaimed "5 demons."
The "hex" in question, was literally just a breakup phase.
"Serendipity" means a GOOD coincidence.
@@bunnybgood411beat me to it
Mr ballen is an amazing story teller
He needs his own show with people re-enacting the story!!
MrBallen I really have to tell you that you have grown into one of the best story tellers I have ever heard.
Imagine telling this story to the other guys in the joint?
“Hey, what you in for?”
“Well, I’m actually a level 62 warlock”
The most heartbreaking thing is the Kid Josh never got to reconcile with his mother. Those evil monsters took that from them. I found the part funny about Rick wanting to join because of Harry Potter but I’m pretty sure breaking and entering and killing somebody in their house isn’t a Harry Potter thing….. Maybe if he makes porale maybe he can play Hogwarts Legacy for an authentic non nurseries Harry Potter experience without cults and murder.
It Kinda is! Isn't that what Voldemort and his people did!?
What do you think Harry Potter is about? Witchcraft and Death
But it does have cults and murder and ritualistic sacrifices.
However, they are the bad guys.
@@shawnsmith2540it’s also about people fighting dark forces and celebrating Christmas.
Tipycal Slytherin 😅
I'm Watching From TEMA Ghana 🇬🇭 West Africa
GOAT in Storytelling.
I'm always Ready To Listen.
Man, another one of my favorite episodes I’ve listened to.
One that I will go back and listen to often. “Spooky” things are one of my favorite installments by MrBallen. Especially in time for the Halloween season, almost like the “Halloween Scare-a-thon” is back. 👍🏻