...and we upload 2... 3... even FOUR TIMES every week! Time Stamps: #2 -- "Homesick" -- 0:56 -- A soldier who thought he'd lost everything receives news that seems too good to be true #1 -- "Layers" -- 14:15 -- A veteran outdoorsman faces a life-or-death decision deep in the Alaskan backcountry 📺 Want watch more Places You Can't Go videos of mine? 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiOyKVcDODo&list=PLgRgJrlop--N6CvmlUJ0nEwR_hasZvA6m 🎧 If you want to listen to episodes of the MrBallen Podcast one week early and ad free you can subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts Plus on Apple Podcasts or visit https://SiriusXM.com/podcastsplus to listen with Spotify or another app of your choice Follow me on Instagram, Twitter and the rest of social media 👉 "@MrBallen" NEW MrBallen merchandise 👉 https://shopmrballen.com Our 2nd YouTube channel 👉 @mrballenshorts Our Podcast channel 👉 @OfficialMrBallenPodcast Please post story suggestions on our subreddit 👉 r/mrballen (https://www.reddit.com/r/mrballen/) Check out these other channels and videos! @kallmekris: BTK Killer Was Absolutely Terrifying... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V976cbZlGRw&pp=0gcJCRUKAYcqIYzv @TheWhyFiles: The First Earth Battalion: America's Strangest Military Experiment - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP3pOszdr5U @ExploreWithUs: 7-Year-Old Girl Reveals Mom's Horrifying Secret - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXlt7HT74SE @ScaryInteresting They Sealed the Pit With Men STILL INSIDE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QigKXSwk5cU Please surprise the Like Button with a brand new wireless controller for their gaming console, but don't tell them it's really just their old controller that you cut the wire off of. Also please subscribe/turn on all notifications so you don't miss any of our weekly stories! For educational, documentary and entertainment purposes only. Based on actual events. A quick note about our stories: They’re all based on true events, but we sometimes use pseudonyms to protect the people involved, and some details are fictionalized for dramatic purposes. Credits: Host & Executive Producer: MrBallen Head of Writing: Evan Allen Producers: Jeremy Bohn & Cole Locascio Production Supervision: Samantha Collins Research & Fact-Checking: Alex Paul, Abigail Shumway, Shelly Xu, Camille Callahan, Sam Van Hoose & Evan Beamer Research & Fact-Checking Supervision: Steve Annear Writer: Kate Murdoch & Andrew Kelleher Script Editor: Luke Barats Video Editor: Jordan Stidham Thumbnails by: Jessica Clogston-Kiner & Robin Vane Production Support: Antonio Manata & DeLaynna Corley Story Music by: @co.agmusic / Artlist / Epidemic Sound & Matt Whyte Theme Song: "Something Wicked" - • ♩♫ Epic Horror Sy... ('Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License') Theme Song by: @RossBugden Intro video by : Tiktok @mr.poopnite Instagram @mr.poopnite_ Copyright © 2026 MrBallen. All rights reserved. #scary #horrorstories #mystery