Today's story is a fan favorite that was previously published as Episode 388.

On a September afternoon in 2000, an FBI forensics analyst stood in her lab in Quantico, Virginia, staring into a microscope in confusion. She was looking at two strands of hair that were evidence in a murder investigation. And something wasn?t right. She checked the label on the evidence bag the sample came from, then looked back into the microscope. She definitely wasn?t imagining it. The label was wrong, which meant that the detective who had packaged the hairs and sent them over for analysis ? had not understood what he was looking at. And this wasn?t a small mistake. Because if the analyst was right about what the hairs really were ? then the whole investigation she was working on was about to change.

 

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Today?s podcast will feature three stories that remind us the most dangerous threats are oftentimes the ones you can?t see. 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 -- "Underwater Building" -- Friends investigate odd structure in middle of ocean (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toswhS4ehRw) #2 -- "A Tribe?s Feast" -- A tribe in Australia believes they've been blessed by a bounty from god, but it ends up being a curse from hell (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd0cDk9ee_o) #1 -- "A Stiff Drink" -- You won't believe the ending of this story until you see the photo (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3e5nxOx0XA)

 

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Today we have two stories about people who craved attention or status ? but instead of glory, they got absolute carnage.

 

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Before dawn in March 1997, a police captain was patrolling the outskirts of a small town in North Carolina. He saw a Jeep parked on the shoulder of the highway with its headlights on. He pulled over, and as he walked closer to the Jeep, he heard the engine running. The driver's side window was rolled down, and there was no one inside. But just then... a cell phone on the passenger seat started ringing.

 

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Today's story is a fan favorite that was previously published as Episode 384.

One afternoon in January of 1998, a prosecutor for the state of Georgia sat in the very back row of seats in a courtroom where a divorce trial was unfolding. The prosecutor was not involved in the divorce case ? he handled murder trials. But he had come here today, because he had gotten a very surprising phone call about an unsolved case he had worked on a year and a half earlier. The caller had told him that the testimony in this divorce ? could solve that murder. Now, in the courtroom, the prosecutor felt his heart rate pick up, as the witness he had been waiting for took the stand. And as soon as the witness started talking ? the prosecutor knew: he had solved the murder.

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Today?s podcast will feature 3 horror stories with completely unexpected endings. 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 -- "After The Riot" -- A man's son goes missing during a prison riot (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eklLi4LdTWk) #2 -- "Falling Treasure" -- A politician in Malaysia calls upon a shaman to bestow upon him riches and power (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xBPT9pl_qA) #1 -- "A Son?s Nightmare" -- Police visit a small village after a man's recurring nightmare about his mother makes him question reality (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ8wjf8d8ds)

 

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Our two stories today are about people who believed in something so strongly, that it informed every single choice they made. And unfortunately for them ? those choices led them down a very dangerous path.

 

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In June 2005, a customer at a gas station in Derry, New Hampshire carried a prepaid cell phone to the counter. They paid for it in cash, then they went out to their car and cut open the packaging. They dialed a number to activate it, but when the customer service rep asked for their name, they hesitated. The whole reason they'd bought this prepaid phone was so that no one could trace the calls back to their real identity.

 

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On today's Campfire episode, I have a great ghost story. 

Be sure to WATCH this episode on YouTube next Friday, April 3 at 2:00 p.m. ET.

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Today?s podcast will feature 3 stories that seemingly break reality. 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.

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#3 -- "The Friend" -- Paranormal enthusiasts will enjoy this one (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSiHjKIckNM) #2 -- "The Midnight Man" -- A woman wakes up in the middle of the night to see a man in her room... but that's just the beginning of this spooky story (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aviVsRAnMR8) #1 -- "From The Field" -- A man gets into a freak accident while riding his motorcycle, but no one can explain the series of events that happens next (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ8wjf8d8ds)

 

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Both of these stories are about two people who do not feel safe in their homes. And authorities can't help either of them until the situation spirals out of control.

 

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One night in March of 2016, two friends sat on a couch in Lunel, France, watching a true crime show on TV. The episode hit close to home ? literally ? because it was about a missing person who had vanished just miles from where they lived. Suddenly, in the middle of the show, one of the friends stood up and started pacing around the room, muttering to themselves. The other friend asked what was wrong? and they were not ready for the answer.

 

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Today's story is a fan favorite that was previously published as Episode 359.

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 Tucson police detective standing on her front steps, and even more surprised when the detective started asking a bunch of questions about her next door neighbor. The woman was a law-abiding citizen, and she didn?t know anything. The detective gave her his business card and asked her to call him if that changed, but as she closed the door, she was pretty sure she would never have any reason to talk to him again. That was until a few days later, when she looked out her front window and saw two sweaty men jump out of a van and walk up the steps into her neighbor?s house. She watched for a few minutes, with her heart racing, realizing that what she was watching might very well be the coverup of a murder. She let the curtain fall and ran to her purse, to dig out the detective?s business card.

 

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Today?s podcast will feature 3 stories that make you realize, not everything is as it seems. 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 -- "On The Prowl" -- A local urban legend turns into a nightmare (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNbRksDBLHw) #2 -- "Call Your Mother" -- A mother is devastated after her son disappears one day (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwtXGiWSkQY) #1 -- "The Red Ghost" -- A horrifying creature terrorized people for years on the Arizona frontier (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7MaT5XFeoU)

 

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One day in January of 2018, a police officer walked through the woods near the town of Gray, France, following a trail of blood. It led to the body of a person who had been shot in the head. It seemed to be a suicide, but the police officer had some questions. Because this wasn?t the first body they had found here in the past few months.

 

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I'm back by the fire, and I have an epic survival story to tell you.

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Both of today's stories are about just how hard it is to really know someone, and the consequences of assuming you do.

 

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On an early morning in December 1991, a woman woke up to pounding on the door of her home in Largo, Florida. She could hear a woman outside screaming for help. She rushed out of bed and opened the door ? and saw her neighbor on the doorstep, drenched in blood. Her head was covered in gashes. Her throat had been slit. But before she could say a word about what had happened to her, she fell back and collapsed on the front lawn.

 

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Today's story is a fan favorite that was previously published as Episode 300.

On a dark fall night in 2010, two detectives stood in the street in an upscale suburban neighborhood outside of Boston, Massachusetts. In the middle of the road ? lit by their flashlights ? lay the body of a teenage boy. These were two veteran detectives, but neither of them had ever seen the type of brutal violence that had been inflicted on this young man. His legs look shattered, his jeans had been shredded, and his face was bruised and broken. The detectives felt sure this young man had been murdered, but because he had no ID on him, they didn?t know who he was. But when they did finally discover his identity, this case would take a totally bizarre turn. The detectives would find themselves 1,000 miles away from their crime scene, sifting through reported sightings of their victim that defied the laws of physics, and grasping at an insane theory that they hoped could somehow tie it all together.

 

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Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. And today?s podcast features 3 stories that demonstrate that. 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 -- "What?s Wrong with Mommy?" -- Christmas day becomes a nightmare (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JPEtNglQ4o) #2 -- "Stealing a Slice" -- A standoff in a Domino's takes a wild turn (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6bh7mhT1Lk) #1 -- "Peak Experience" -- A man wakes up after an avalanche in a life and death situation (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6m1ImVG1MQ)

 

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Both of today's stories are about people who actually achieved their big career ambitions... but at an extremely high cost.

 

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On June 20th, 2004 a restaurant manager stood at the host stand of a seafood spot in Orange County, California. It was the dinner rush, and he was on take-out duty. So when a customer came in to ask about their to-go order, the manager hurried off to grab it. He found the order, and carried it back out. And as he rang the customer up, he could tell they were in a hurry. They kept looking over their shoulder and tapping their fingers on the counter. So the manager tried to finish up the sale quickly, and ran their credit card. And after everything was done, the customer basically ran out ? which was a little strange, but the manager quickly got distracted again with another order coming in, and shoved the signed card receipt into the register like he always did. He had no idea that he?d have to find it again in just a few days? and hand it over to the police.

 

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Today's story is a fan favorite that was previously published as Episode 281.

On a fall evening in 1996, a young detective sped through the streets of Tucson, Arizona towards an upscale country club. All he knew was that someone had reported an explosion in the area, but he didn?t know what had caused it. Minutes later, the detective pulled into the country club parking lot and as he got out of his car, it almost felt like he had stepped into a war zone. Car alarms were blaring, shattered glass covered the ground, and nearby he saw a car with its roof completely ripped off. The young detective quickly got to work searching the scene ? having no idea that he would spend the next 13 years of his life trying to close this case ? which would span across the United States and all the way to Europe.

 

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Today?s story has a very surprising ending, and I do sort of tip off what actually happens early-ish on in the story, but I?d be very surprised if people actually pick up on it and put it together before I reveal what actually happened.

Story names, previews & links to original YouTube videos:

#1 -- "Do Not Disturb" -- Two sisters take a vacation to Thailand, but the strange events that happen next would turn this into a nightmare (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2Wf0qKZ5fg)

 

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Today's stories are about how sometimes doing what you think is the right thing... can actually be the most dangerous choice you can make.

 

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On an evening in March 1974, an investigator in Salt Lake City, Utah sat across an interrogation table from a man who claimed he had psychic powers. The deputy had been skeptical? but now this self-described psychic was giving him a bunch of incredibly specific visions about the case. It was enough to make the deputy wonder? was this man really a psychic, or was he actually the killer?

 

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Today's story is a fan favorite that was previously published as Episode 269.

On a spring night in 2009, a middle aged married couple was closing up the local pizza place they ran in a small Virginia mountain town. The husband walked to the back of the restaurant and grabbed a large bucket of ice. He carried the bucket out the back door, and dumped the ice into the grass. He stood up and felt the cool breeze on his face ? it was a nice change from the hot pizza ovens he?d been working around all night. But then, he heard screaming coming from inside the restaurant. Without thinking, he dropped the bucket, and rushed back inside. But when he discovered what was happening, all he could do was turn around and run for his life.

 

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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 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 -- "A Friendly Wave" -- A girl on her newspaper route notices a man waving in a very peculiar position (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7BBtU-IJCE)#2 -- "Lookout" -- A submarine runs into some issues (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtEfMtdnjo0)#1 -- "Wrong Button" -- A man makes a horrifying discovery in an apartment building (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KLTog6DltQ)

 

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Today?s stories are about people who try to control fate? and end up causing historic levels of destruction.

 

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On the morning of December 10, 1995, a detective walked into a house on a quiet street in the suburbs of Tucson, Arizona. An officer led him down the hallway to the bedroom ? and when he looked inside, he froze. He'd seen a lot of crime scenes before, but this was one of the worst. There was blood all over the walls, the floors, and the mattress. It looked like this should be the scene of a murder. But there was one problem: there was no body.

 

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Today's story is a fan favorite that was previously published as Episode 251.

On the afternoon of September 10, 2009, an art student walked inside her off-campus apartment in Dallas, Texas, and immediately began making herself a late lunch. Her roommate didn't come out of her bedroom to greet her, but to be honest, this wasn't totally unusual. The two of them, despite being roommates, were not actually very close at all. After eating their food, the student studied for a while, then watched some TV, and then went to bed. All the while, still never hearing a sound coming out of her roommate's bedroom. But again, this was normal. That is, until the next day, when the student received a call from their school telling her to go back to her apartment to check on her roommate. Because, apparently, the roommate's mother was very concerned about them. The student was annoyed, but went back to the apartment. And when they walked into their roommate's bedroom, they would see something that would haunt them for years. And it would instantly explain why their roommate would not come out of their room.

 

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Today?s podcast will feature 3 stories about people who headed into the extreme cold, and never returned. 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 -- "Over the Horizon" -- A morbid discovery was made on an oceanic voyage in the 1800s (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V61B4JTczJM)#2 -- "Rite of Passage" -- A family decides to do a famous ritual all on their own (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7Nf7E6y8UA)#1 -- "Under the Tarp" -- They discovered pure NIGHTMARE FUEL in the wilderness? (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GQTLCAwZpI)

 

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Today, I?m going to tell you two stories about people who wanted to do something impressive ? and came up with a really ambitious plan. But they overlooked one crucial detail that became the difference between life... and death.

 

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Just after midnight on May 12, 2006, a man woke up in his quiet London suburb to the sound of pounding on his front door. He answered it and found his neighbor standing outside, looking shocked. The neighbor said something had happened to the man?s sister. The man immediately ran down the street, towards his sister?s house. He was afraid of what he?d find, because he was always warning her to be more careful, but she never listened. And when he arrived, he found a trail of blood running down his sister's driveway.

 

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Today?s podcast will feature 3 stories that will make you wonder how many monsters you may have encountered in your life. 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 Home Gym" -- A family gets ready for a normal Friday, but little did they know their worlds were about to come tumbling down (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQMMgU2c69U)#2 -- "120 Times" -- This could have happened to anyone (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFV6R9GgPy4)#1 -- "To Save His Soul" -- What begins as a bible study in a motel, turns into one of the most disturbing cases ever (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQMMgU2c69U)

 

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Today's story is about a fiction writer who used her own life as inspiration ? until her life took a tragic twist that no one would believe if she wrote it in a book. It?s a reminder that some stories... are better left untold.

 

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In the early morning hours of March 27, 2003, a four-year-old boy was lying in bed in rural Ohio, when he suddenly heard his door open. He assumed it was just his great-grandparents checking in on him, and he pretended to be asleep. He heard the floorboards creaking as someone stepped into his room, and approached his bed. The boy peeked his eyes open just a tiny bit... and he saw a huge, green monster standing over his bed ? pointing a shotgun at him.

 

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In today?s episode, we are doing something a little different. For the first time ever, I?m taking the "Strange, Dark, and Mysterious" stories outside to a literal campfire to bring you a tale that is as unsettling as it is historic.

Hundreds of years ago in what is now Richland County, Wisconsin, a search party from the Ho-Chunk Nation followed the tracks of three missing hunters deep into a remote ravine. What they found was a dark cave and a haunting sound echoing from the depths?a sound that signaled they were no longer alone.

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Today?s podcast will feature 3 stories about acts so strange and unsettling, they blur the line between devotion and madness. 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 -- "Exit Interviews" -- One of the most infamous cult cases in history... (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw9UOmib5hE)#2 -- "A Family Ritual" -- A family performs a sickening ritual (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V61B4JTczJM)#1 -- "The Helping Hand" -- After a hand washes up on a shore in Florida, a mysterious case begins to unravel (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eHMOFfHKDw)

 

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Today, I?m going to tell you two stories about people who unknowingly risked everything to travel to their dream locations ? and didn?t realize they were in danger until it was too late. Their stories remind us that careful planning is not always enough to keep us safe when we travel far from home.

 

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In December 2005, a young woman walked down a sidewalk in New York City. There were Christmas decorations on all the buildings she passed ? but as she walked by a newspaper stand, she saw something that was so shocking, she literally stopped in her tracks. Because right there, on the front page of multiple newspapers ? was a picture of the one thing in her life, that she?d hoped she would never see again. Looking at it now, she knew she had to call the police right away.

 

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Today's story is a fan favorite that was previously published as Episode 318.

This story is about a woman who goes missing from a psychiatric hospital in 1900. Now at first, this story will seem like a pretty ordinary missing person case. That is, until you reach the very end. Lets just say, this story has one heck of a plot twist.

 

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Today?s podcast will feature 3 stories of missing people that we just can?t explain. 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 Yellow Smoke" -- A bizarre series of events leaves a family without any answers (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eklLi4LdTWk)#2 -- "The Bennington Triangle" -- Hunters goes missing in haunted forest (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-Kvc3wbSfw)#1 -- "Incommunicado" -- A man staying an extremely remote cabin stops communicating with his friend (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KLTog6DltQ)

 

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Today, I?m going to tell you two stories about people who communicated with the right intentions, but didn?t fully think through the risks of what could happen when their message was heard. These stories remind us that sometimes, our zeal can lead us down a path we can?t turn back from.

 

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One morning in May 1993, a man living outside Chicago, Illinois, stepped out onto his front porch ? and froze. There was a shoebox sitting there, with a note that said ?To Sandra? ? but no one named ?Sandra? lived at his house. The man?s heart started to race. There was a bomber on the loose, and the whole city was on edge ? so he called 911. The box on his porch would turn out to be nothing, but until the bomber was found, nobody knew what the next box would contain. 

 

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Joining me is the amazing Rosie Grant! Rosie is the creator behind Ghostly Archive on Instagram & TikTok, where she researches and re-creates recipes found on gravestones.

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Whether it's fame, fortune, or the thrill of adventure ? none of it comes without a price, and today's 3 stories demonstrate that.

Story names, previews & links to original YouTube videos:

#3 -- "Surge" -- A couple's dream vacation turns into a nightmare (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9en1PDgpAI)#2 -- "Stowaway" -- A runaway wants nothing more than to see the world (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHkpDWBmRO8)#1 -- "The Path Less Traveled" -- A discovery in a forest would have devastating consequences (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk9ijAskoRY&t=1s)

 

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On July 4th, 2018, a paramedic was hurrying through a hospital in England when his supervisor flagged him down, looking worried. She asked if he had been one of the paramedics on a specific call a few days ago. Surprised, he said yes. The call had been pretty typical, so he didn?t understand why she was asking. But his supervisor said she?d explain in a minute ? first, he had to take off all his gear right now. Because there was a chance ? that what he was wearing, could kill him.

 

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This story is a fan favorite that was previously published as Episode 344.

In 1984, in a small city in northeastern China, a security guard stood outside of a warehouse, working an overnight shift. The guard heard a noise coming from some bushes nearby, but he didn?t think much about it. This was a safe town, and usually the hardest part of his job was staying awake. But suddenly, two thieves in ski masks emerged from the bushes, and rushed the guard. They grabbed him, and slammed his head against the outside wall of the warehouse, and the guard fell to the ground in a daze. One of the thieves quickly gagged the guard, bound his hands and feet, and said he needed to keep his mouth shut if he wanted to stay alive. Terrified, and struggling to keep his eyes open, the guard watched as the two thieves opened the warehouse door and ran inside. This robbery would shake the local community, but it was nothing in comparison to the horrific crimes it would set off, and the gruesome discovery the police would soon make on the outskirts of town.

 

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Today?s podcast will feature 3 stories about how a single decision changed the lives of the people in these stories, as well as millions of others lives around the world. 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 -- "One Man?s Trash" -- A woman finds something in her husband's office trash can that would change their lives forever (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1qXHn2O7cY)#2 -- "Accidental Superstar" -- This person had a full blown "normal" career when something totally random made them an A list celebrity (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPfcCindxhg)#1 -- "The Shiner" -- A man gets into a fight at a McDonald's the night before his big job interview (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXUyvt2tUGQ)

 

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