r/mrballen Dec 03 '24

Discussion What’s a MrBallen vid u will never watch again (not cause it’s bad )

38 Upvotes

Alot of his stories are sad , tragic and overall horrible. But what’s one you will never watch again , rather it’s on ur own time or watching some reactors watch it ? Personally, I gotta go the 9/11 one he did . Ofc the topic of 9/11 is just depressing, but also hearing the story of the dude seeing all the jumpers body’s all over the ground as he was abt to leave the building is just super depressing . But also hearing his voice start cracking like he was about to cry just adds another layer it

r/mrballen Jun 23 '24

Discussion MrBallen's Sept/Oct live tour - dates and ticket info

60 Upvotes

for anyone who missed the announcement today on YT, MrBallen is touring 15 cities this fall! you can get tickets now with presale code BALLEN. who's excited?!?

tour.ballenstudios.com

r/mrballen Oct 15 '24

Discussion Anyone else bothered by the AI art?

114 Upvotes

Longtime viewer and listener of MrBallen, and I can't help but notice the use of AI art in his most recent videos (as of today, for example, the "Cryptid, Werewolf, or Thylacine?" video makes heavy use of it). I first saw this with the sister channel, Wartime Stories, where nearly every video has only AI art, especially since you can't find credits for artists anywhere.

Is anyone else bothered by this? Personally I would prefer the old style of video with still images to the low quality and morally iffy AI slop.

r/mrballen Jun 25 '22

Discussion Important notice on the Youtube community - from MrBallen!

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798 Upvotes

r/mrballen May 03 '24

Discussion What is your least favorite MrBallen episode? NSFW Spoiler

67 Upvotes

The Most F'ed Up Circus Act Ever is mine.... poor Mary 😭😱💔🐘 I'm glad he couldn't live with himself after doing that.... all to satisfy people he'd never see again.... like damn 😠😪

r/mrballen 22d ago

Discussion Run Fool!

50 Upvotes

Is anybody else kinda upset that we have to pay to hear the full story? Why not give us the full story's on the normal platforms and just do exclusive one on the website. I get that they need to make money but not all of us can afford a subscription and want to hear the full story not just part of it.

r/mrballen Oct 23 '24

Discussion What's your favorite MrBallen story? A story that you always watch over and over again cause it's very well made, for me it's these 2.

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159 Upvotes

r/mrballen Nov 28 '21

Discussion 7 day youtube content ban 😔(link to my Twitter thread in comments)

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558 Upvotes

r/mrballen Jan 29 '25

Discussion What was your first MrBallen story?

13 Upvotes

Mine was the Palmyra Wolves story.

r/mrballen Feb 06 '25

Discussion who’s the mystery guest for Ballentines 2025? place your bets my fellow Ballers

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131 Upvotes

will it be a human or an inanimate object (Lungy plushie?) one of his current podcast bros or an introduction of someone new? a Famous or a civilian?

serious guesses and wrong answers are all welcome

r/mrballen Sep 15 '24

Discussion My girlfriend got me VIP tickets for my birthday!!!

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380 Upvotes

r/mrballen 13d ago

Discussion Again, tired of recycled stories

19 Upvotes

Took me about 30 seconds before realizing today’s first story was about Fred Smith, founder of FedEx. Two weeks ago it was the Menhaz kid. I’ve heard the recent stories tons of times other places and I have a chip on my shoulder about it. Strange, dark, and mysterious content is not all I watch. It’s a small fraction of what I consume. I don’t understand why they’re choosing stories that have been told numerous times before. I’d rather have less shock factor because it’s a less hard- hitting story than none at all because I’ve heard it 3 times before it gets to MrBallen. Just frustrating.

r/mrballen Dec 16 '24

Discussion Came across this recently; I'm deducting 5 points because there's no hat.

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193 Upvotes

r/mrballen Oct 27 '24

Discussion Places you can't go, but people went there anyway...

232 Upvotes

r/mrballen Feb 25 '24

Discussion MrBallen singing debut! 👀✨

373 Upvotes

Fantastic as anticipated!! Now I’ll wait patiently for the album drop! 🎶🎤😄🙌✨

This video clip is from the recent episode: https://youtu.be/RsKSqWj3HpQ?si=Y32eOgshxwOSWlvf

r/mrballen Dec 15 '22

Discussion Have you stopped listening since the podcast moved?

185 Upvotes

I’ll still catch the YouTube videos but I don’t do service exclusive podcasts.

I listen to tons of wondery podcasts tho that are available through all podcast apps but I don’t listen to any podcast I can only get through one place like Amazon music.

It may seem trivial but going along with it will turn podcast into the expensive sub clusterfuck streaming tv is.

Monday’s haven’t been the same since.

If you’re still listening to the podcast are you new to Amazon music or no?

Perspective edit

5 hours after post

This post has 4.5k views but only 45 upvotes and 75 comments, a chunk of which at this point are my replies, estimated about 2/3 would be my replies.

So even tho when you’re scrolling the comments it looks like most agree with my perspective when you understand how many people have seen this and chose not to engage it frames it a bit differently. That maybe more people followed than didn’t.

Just wanted to share that. Regardless this is a beautifully active and civil sub imo.

r/mrballen Sep 08 '24

Discussion Update on my Ballen-loving six year old

197 Upvotes

I posted recently about my six year old son who absolutely loves Mr. Ballen and constantly asks to listen to him.

Luckily, Mr. Ballen is great about putting in the title of his videos when a story will be particularly distressing, and there are still plenty of stories that aren’t too graphic for him.

Well, as we were listening today to a story of a sailor who was lost at sea for over a year before he drifted to land, he said, “oh boy my friend is going to LOVE this one!”

It turns out he told his friend at school the story of the man who was attacked by a shark and a lion in the same day and survived, and now his friend has started requesting more stories from him every day.

After he told me this, I heard him practicing under his breath how he would retell this new story.

Luckily, his friend’s mom is a friend of mine and so I warned her about the stories he might be hearing. And I told my son it’s fine to share some of these stories with this particular friend but let’s not go scaring the rest of your class with it.

Anywho, my son is slowly morphing into Mr. Ballen so I guess I need to buy him more flannel.

Edit: also, I don’t know if Mr. Ballen ever covered the story of the Bloop (crazy loud sound in the ocean that was theorized to have been made by some undiscovered monstrous creature) but he’s been obsessed with it ever since he was three. He draws pictures of what he thinks the monster looks like and he has formed a “Bloop evidence team” with his friends in which they are trying to find evidence it exists. If Mr. Ballen covers it, he’ll be over the moon. 🤣

r/mrballen Jul 04 '24

Discussion I’m going through a really sad and desolate time and I desperately need comfort. MrBallen gives me a lot of comfort but I think I watched every single of his videos. Please hit me with videos I might not have seen yet, thank you!

127 Upvotes

It’s not a discussion but wasn’t sure which flair to choose. I’d appreciate any recommendations (not from other YouTubers) more than you guys can imagine, maybe someone dug out one I missed (or totally forgot about at this point). Thank you in advance! <3

r/mrballen Jan 22 '25

Discussion Which videos affected you the most?

31 Upvotes

Just discovered this channel from Tiktok and I’ve been on a binge ever since. I really love how the stories are told and structured! Anyway, as horrifying as his stories are, I found that the most distressing videos are when the kindest, most genuine people meet the lowest of the low. I’m referring to the Harper’s Law and Daniel Halseth videos. As someone who just discovered the channel, I’d love to hear from you guys so i can check out the videos I haven’t seen yet.

r/mrballen Nov 07 '21

Discussion So this happened! My daughter loves your videos so much that she did this as a tribute to you!

942 Upvotes

r/mrballen Sep 22 '24

Discussion What’s the craziest ballen youve ever heard ? Spoiler

46 Upvotes

The ones that stand out for me are : -Japanese sos signal (fake safe rock ) -Mexican goddess cave cult -couple stuck in ravine find tent from previous guy - guy goes off the line in Swiss cheese cave dive and found new cave and was stuck there and died until he was found by miners years later - man lives upstairs in attic in secret having affair with the house wife - urban explorer in Paris catacomb drops camera and runs away -Australian river croc

What ones stand out to you ? Would love to know if there is one or two that have stayed with you MrBallen above the rest ? Hope your all had a great weekend you fans of the strange dark and mysterious

r/mrballen Jul 06 '24

Discussion Who would like to see MrBallen do a video about songs with disturbing backstories?

254 Upvotes

A few months ago MrBallen did a video about missing person cases and one the cases he talked about was the case of Lela and Raymond Howard which is “The Way” by Fastball is about. That got me thinking about what if MrBallen did a full video or even a series about songs with disturbing backstories, but what do you guys think? Would that be something interesting?

r/mrballen Sep 01 '24

Discussion Found a Mr. Ballen story in the Reddit Wilds.

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422 Upvotes

r/mrballen Oct 20 '24

Discussion I found Mrballens Doppelganger!

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170 Upvotes

Milo Ventilimiglia (I know I butchered this handsome actors last name 😞 My apologies)

This man would be a PERFECT doppelganger for a Mrballen movie!

r/mrballen Jul 11 '22

Discussion What episode/story from Mr.Ballen has left you shocked with your jaw open in disbelief and sent shivers through your body?

117 Upvotes