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John B. Allen, known as MrBallen, is a former U.S. Navy SEAL and storyteller specializing in strange, dark, and mysterious true stories. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Allen served as a Navy SEAL from 2010 to 2017, completing multiple deployments, including to Afghanistan, where he was wounded and medically retired.

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.

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Ryan Smith

Let's get this strange, dark, and mysterious party started, boys. 🤘

Jack. R.

Fuck yeah. 2 legends. Thanks fellas👊🏼

Michael Ricciardi

Mr Ballen is awesome and turned me onto the whole watch and listen to a story or whatever the genre is called. Looking forward to watching this interview.

Jeff Ashley

That woman Daniel killed she was pregnant so technically he killed 4 family members...the dude looks like a crazy person

Jeff Ashley

What time does the vampire session and range day drop with him?

TheHoff

Seances are cool until things start moving around the room by themselves and your place becomes a portal to the Underworld.

Sam Morris

Awesome job getting him back on, it's nice to see a guest do round two

Ryan Swain

Stores were amazing. I might have to check that cabin out where you stayed Shawn lol. Great job as always👊

Sir. Torantino

dude !!! 2 hours is not enough !!! should be 8 hours minimum !!!!! that was so cool episode !! we need more !

Sir. Torantino

i do have a few shorts stories of my own/experience.

Sir. Torantino

other 2 i put together because they are short and i don’t have any idea how that happened and so i go to sleep in one night and wake up in morning feeling like someone has scratched or like if u play with a cat and u get scratched and it hurts a bit and it leaves a mark for few days and so i wake up and i feel like someone has scratched my right side back but i don’t remember did i check it in morning or after the work like what’s is going on why i feel that something has scratched me any ways at some point i remember checking my back in mirror and what i saw was 3 tiny scratches at my back close together from up to down it was like few millimetres long and i was confused i didn’t know what to think of it but that small pain went away and few days later i remember checking again and what was interesting is that these small scratches has gone now from small to big meaning same scratches turned into longer and more wider somehow pain wasn’t there but long scratch marks remained and if i slided my finger over these scratch marks i can feel these 3 stripes now and it was on way to heal it turns into brown colour so it shows that it’s healing but yeah from 3 small scratches to 3 big wider and longer scratch marks it’s very weird and after that few years it happened to my leg i woke up in morning and i have that same scratch on my lower leg but it was only one line and after that i haven’t had anything like that happened again and now im afraid to go to sleep now that im thinking about it.

T

Halloween is a celebration of evil. If you’ve given your life to Jesus Christ, the last thing you should want to be doing is getting into a Halloween spirit. The only spirit you should be in is the Holy Spirit brother!! Stay safe out there!! https://youtu.be/EcWB-sq_1do?si=cYU844Ebxf2McxDg

Cuebert

So he doesn’t sleep in the same room as his wife. That’s weird. Like. Really weird. Minute 10 for reference

Beth Fairbanks

When Shawn said they’re sitting around the fire tonight I swear I wanted to call delta for the next flight to Tennessee.

Blake

Well that was F’ing frightening. Needless to say I will be clearing all my crawl spaces tonight.

jason williams

Dang Shawn! I went to the old episode but looks like it was edited! Great show today y’all two are my favorites!

Becky

I love these 2 Heroes! Both have vastly different experiences but when they get together it's so FUN!!! I think they should do this around every 🎃 👻

Hunter Snead

Where's this campfire session?

Kevin Kelley

Please make this an every October thing

Justin

Did you guys record you shooting at all? I'd like to see that! haha.

Bobby

I agree with the "Every October"! Stories are Bangin'

SAMH

Loved it!

Edward

Did anyone catch what the flannel shirt brand was

Little Feather

Love these "spooky" ones...find it funny how the courageous, brave, trained men who I would trust to protect me (I mean that!!) are scared!! I too have seen and experienced lots of strange happenings...

Nick Cameron

Cool episode mate, great switch up

Calico Heath

Thanks for the scary stories loved it...I'll be sleeping with the lights on😏

JustAGirl315

I have been watching Mr Ballen on YouTube for years. Great episode

Jenni Madden

This young man is an exceptional story teller and the fact that he tells true stories with names and details, makes them just more heart-pounding!!! And I've read true crime, serial killer, psychopathic, sociopathic, axe murderer type stuff my entire life, it's fascinatingly fresh!

Eric Stromme

John is a heck of a storyteller, nailed the endings for the Danny Laplante and Raphael stories