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MrBallen - Ouija Boards, Aliens Hijacking an Aircraft and Real-Life Horror Stories | SRS #249

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MrBallen Discusses Career Growth and Shares Terrifying True Stories

Discover the critical mindset shifts MrBallen employs to craft viral horror narratives and hear three unsettling, confirmed accounts of paranormal activity and deep intruders.

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  • MrBallen provides career updates, revealing his expansion into graphic novels and Golden Globe podcast consideration alongside Shawn Ryan.
  • Readers gain insight into his storytelling methodology: focusing on the relatable victim experience rather than the antagonist.
  • Three intensive case studies are detailed: a family terrorized by an intruder living in their walls, a pilot whose body was seemingly used by extraterrestrials, and a terrifying multi-night encounter at a remote cabin involving an impossibly tall entity.

This segment chronicles the recent success of content creator MrBallen, detailing his latest ventures and the source material for his popular dark storytelling format. Pay attention to the active voice used to describe harrowing personal and researched encounters, which provide context for his unique appeal.

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Launching his content career in 2020 on TikTok and YouTube as a form of therapy, he quickly amassed millions of followers with his engaging narratives of true crime, mysteries, and the unexplained, becoming one of YouTube's biggest storytellers. Founder of Ballen Studios, he hosts the top-rated MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories and has authored graphic novels like MrBallen Presents: Strange, Dark & Mysterious: The Graphic Stories (2024) and Where Nightmares Live (2025). Through the MrBallen Foundation, established in 2022, he honors victims of violent crimes and supports their families with education, training, and financial aid. Buy the 8 part series of PYSOP: Target Intelligence now - https://psyopshow.com Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkoujZQZatbqy4KGcgjpVxQ/join Shawn Ryan Show Links SUBSCRIBE: http://www.youtube.com/@ShawnRyanShow Sign up: https://shawnryanshow.com/pages/newsletter Support the Show: https://www.patreon.com/VigilanceElite Download Free Content: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lF-8_5jwRc5eAhzDkqqCOp-6yvd05vAw?usp=sharing Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shawn-ryan-show/id1492492083 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5eodRZd3qR9VT1ip1wI7xQ?si=59f9d106e56a4509 Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@shawnryanshow Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shawnryanshow/ Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shawnryanshow/ Follow on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/@shawnryanshow Follow on X: https://twitter.com/ShawnRyanShow SRS Podcast Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4pqo9Uoh0WuUKxw0BmaK1yrg9Kd7E4lk #vigilanceelite #shawnryanshow MrBallen Links: Website - https://ballenstudios.com YT - https://www.youtube.com/@MrBallen X - https://x.com/mrballen IG - https://www.instagram.com/mrballen TT - https://www.tiktok.com/@mrballen FB - https://www.facebook.com/mrballen Podcast - https://ballenstudios.com/shows/mrballen-podcast-strange-dark-mysterious-stories MrBallen Foundation - https://mrballen.foundation Amazon Author Page - https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0D98RD8HH Shawn Ryan Show Sponsors: https://simplisafe.com/srs https://USCCA.com/srs https://ROKA.com – USE CODE SRS https://tractorsupply.com/hometownheroes https://tryarmra.com/srs https://shopify.com/srs 00:00 Introduction 03:20 Gifts, Surprises, and Show Banter 06:26 The Sleepwalking Navy SEAL 12:09 The Spooky Ouija Board Session 35:06 Writing on the Wall and Growing Concern 38:19 Return of the Fear 45:35 The Intruder Story 55:56 Real Cases of People Living in Walls 01:09:24 The Paranormal and the Unexplained 01:21:10 A Personal Encounter 01:50:45 The Final Night of Horror 02:10:46 Final Thoughts and Gratitude

Top Comments (10)

@MrBallen 2025-10-30

This was fun 🤘

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@RRW276 2025-10-31

I ran into MrBallen at Costco in Texas and he couldn’t have been nicer to me. It was very busy, as Costco usually is, and he was with his family (same as me) but I didn’t want to pass up the chance to say “hi” as a sub and let him know I was a fan. He was gracious enough to give me a moment and even took a pic with me. He’s one of those what you see is what you get type of guy, very genuine and kind.

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@drewkoehn9348 2025-10-30

I'm a carpenter working in an actual dark basement listening to this.. 😂 I'm out

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@zanedaugherty5564 2025-10-30

"Come find me. Im in your closet. " Shawn says, Ah Shit! And then cuts to an advertisement for home security. 😂😂 not sure if that was on purpose or not but that shits funny.

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@macmac436 2025-10-31

This guy is absolutely nuts. Its one thing to tell stories from a script. This guy straight up does a full compilation from memory.

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@DeborahSteger-n6h 2025-10-30

Shawn "I'd send my wife." Made me laugh out loud.😂

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@ShawnRyanShow 2025-10-30

Vigilance Elite S’more Bites make a return: https://srs.site/SMORES-BITES

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@b-rare 2025-10-31

You can tell he genuinely loves to tell stories. He keeps the entire story entertaining with the way he tells it. Exceptional skill.

633 8 replies
@katiecullen9736 2026-02-25

That’s why everyone should have a dog! I guarantee my dog would have known there was a stranger living in my house.

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@neatfeatguy 2025-12-18

Had our female husky hang around for about a year after she passed - it was sadly unexpected and if she hadn't had left us early she probably would have been with us another 4 years. She was a momma dog, never had puppies of her own, but she adopted our daughter and son when they were born as her own. She protected them (she'd put herself between strangers and the kids), cleaned them (constantly licking their hands, face and feet) and kept them in line when they were acting out (she'd boop them with her nose) and on top of all of that, she was attached to the wife's hip (I called her the wife's shadow). After she left us, I spotted her countless times in the house. She'd usually be sitting on the landing going up stairs, out of the corner of my eye there'd be a white dog sitting there looking over the family (it was one of her favorite spots to sit to watch over and wait for the wife to get home) or she'd be wandering the upstairs hallway going into the bedrooms to check on things. She did this for about a year until one day I said to her, out loud, that she is missed and I thanked her for always looking out for the family and that it was okay for her to go and find others to be with, we would be okay without her, but we'd never forget her. After that, I never saw her again. Hopefully she's found another family to take care of.

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