The second story is so devastating and heartbreaking, as there is so much that we can learn from that. To men and women, if your partner lies to you or even puts their hands on you, they will do it again. You should believe people when they show you who they are. There are other people out there in the world that will love and care for you.
I just can't believe how dumb the guy is. One beats the partner to death, keeps the body around for half a day and then calls the police saying "hey my wife got drunk and fell". Yeah they are totally not gonna believe that, it makes so much sense
That last one was just horrific. I cannot even imagine. What kind of a hospital doesn’t know if you’re alive or dead? That is so scary and beyond sad. And the fact the she heard her husband and thought she was being rescued only to suffocate mere minutes before they rescued her. That’s one of the saddest stories I’ve ever heard. Poor lady and her poor family she left behind.
I was hoping they could've saved her baby. Initially I thought they were going to say he heard a baby crying. Because death can cause babies to be expelled from the womb. I'd hoped it had a happy ending. But judging by the pitiful care she received, they probably didn't try to save her baby either time. If I was pregnant & had just passed away, I'd consider anyone who saved my baby a hero. Even if a random stranger used a penknife to cut the baby out. I'm left fuming at the authorities. It's sadly still a Latin American cultural thing to believe in bad spirits causing illness.
@@genuinesupporter5467 By the time a dead body relaxes enough to expel a fetus, said fetus would have also perished from oxygen depravation. There is no way for what you thought to actually happen, the mother would still have to be alive for a living baby to be delivered. From the story, it sounds like Neysi wasn't close to due, either, and being in a poor, rural community, the baby would have likely died either way at that gestation.
I'm bent about the man losing his wife. crying by her grave. hearing her scream for help and not being fast enough. that absolutely breaks me. My thoughts and eternal prayers go out to that man
We need bells on our graves like they did in the old days, it saved many people's lives my grandparents told me.. They were put there in case the "corpse" woke up and then they could ring the bell to alert people. My heart and prayers goes out to Rudy and the rest of her family, so unbelievably sad :'(
I cant imagine the healthcare system thier that no one checked for a pluse when determining death. She would have a open shut wrongfull death case here in the States.
Damn. The guy literally picked up his wife’s dead body, which he beat to death, and put some sun glasses on her to trick his kids. That guy is just plain sick and should honestly not be allowed out of prison to potentially do this to someone else.
Yeah, how is 15 years for beating someone to death a just sentence? Maybe, he'll end up spending the rest of his life in prison, but I wouldn't count on it.
@@nephthysbastet4809 California is a joke when it comes to violent criminals getting punished for their crimes. They treat the victims like crap and the violent criminals like the victims.
*Embezzlement*??? If ANYTHING, that'd be petty theft. How did they even come up with felony embezzlement? If I were her, I'd find out who the owner of that store was and I would sue the shit outta them. As a matter of fact, I'd be pretty pissed at the DA's office as well. How did the DA's office even let those charges become a reality & then let it snowball like this to top it off. Yeah, I'd be throwin a damn fit for sure!
My cousin was the DA in the second largest city in our state. One local video store would CONSTANTLY press charges against delinquent members for theft by conversion, which is a felony in our state. He eventually told them to shove it and refused to prosecute any of their cases. He told them he wouldn't waste taxpayer money to be their enforcement arm.
Your cousin is a real one, that is so unbelievable. I'm so glad that I was too young to rent movies like that because I can't completely see myself forgetting to return a movie or letting a friend borrow one with the promise of returning it when finished. This is like that King of the Hill episode except worse!
@@chelseaaddams5076 Oh yeah, he's a colorful character. When he was just an assistant DA there was once a two-man crime wave in his city, two guys who were twins named Elvin and Melvin. They were constantly breaking into people's houses and robbing them. One day a guy came home to find Melvin walking out the front door carrying his television. The guy pulled out a revolver and capped Melvin right between the eyes. When my cousin showed up on scene, the detective in charge went up to him to discuss what charges were going to be filed. My cousin replied: "I'm not gonna charge him with a damned thing. As a matter of fact, I'm going to requisition the county to reimburse him for his bullet." He recently retired as the chief judge of that circuit.
The second story is probably the worst story I’ve ever heard. That man is a true monster. I am speechless at the trauma experienced by those poor kids.
I am shock he only received 15 years. However I think he only received 15 years because he call to report her death instead of trying to hide the body. Those kids are going to be forever traumatize.
@@u2fkeys665 He was sentenced to life in prison. He just isn't eligible for parole until he has served 15 years. A crime like this, I doubt he would get paroled. It was a horrific crime.
So sad for the kids…Now Christmas will be ruined every year because they will always remember the last Christmas with their mom… I hope that guy never gets outta prison… I hope the kids can get through this horrible tragedy and be good…
so sad for kids, got lied by their parent year after another.. so sad for parents, didnt get the credit for purchasing expensive presents.. instead goes to some red furred geezer & capitalism get year end bonuses..
Yeah. Really does suck. Pretty sure Christmas is the least of their worries, though. Doesnt matter what day its on, it’s gonna be remembered regardless, sadly. Their mom being gone is the focal point. To them, & with having experience with it, it’s not ruined because of Christmas, it’s ruined because she’s gone
@@someoneIikedyourcommentho tf cares about who got “credit” over some dumb material item like a holiday gift?? during a tragedy like that… Yeah this isn’t the time or place to project & cry about capitalism. You types always do that yet still actively engage in capitalism every day…hush
Can you imagine the trauma that woman in the first video went through? For 22 years she had no idea why she couldn’t get or keep a job without any explanation. Who knows what she could have achieved.
I’d run background checks on myself every couple of months. I have an older sister who likes to use my name when she gets pulled over for drug charges. So I kind of had an experience like this I got pulled out of my car at gunpoint because a cop thought that I was a drug dealer. He thought he had a big stop. It took me over a year to try to get it sorted out.
@@OllenFrazer I would not get anything out of her. She is a junkie. And it’s sad the cops will not do anything about it because she is a confidential informant.
The poor husband in the last story. Can’t imagine the trauma of losing your wife, finding out she’s been buried alive, becoming hopeful she may survive, her then being pronounced dead a second time, and learning you were MINUTES too late from saving her. Horrific
There are many imitation Mr. Ballen podcast. They are his actual stories just from another RUclips or the best way to know if you are on his true channel is to look up a number of subscribers if it’s not over 6 million you know you are on an artificial channel. It does not bother myself but I have read many comments and others do get very upset. Again look up the number of subscribers and if it’s not over 6 million it’s not the real Mr Ballen. Be safe and be kind 😊
I've had a partner die, but to have the rest? To feel you wasted time thinking they were possessed and then lost her, to thinking you'd had another chance, a few minutes where you believe that this isn't your story together, imagining her smiling, feeling the stress and euphoria of something other than relentless sorrow and pity, and then watching her die for the second time, feeling now that you personally had been too late, too slow, not sad enough to go to her grave a few minutes earlier. It seems unbearable. I hope somehow he has found some peace since.
The second and third stories are absolutely heartbreaking. The second story, how could a husband and father do that to his wife and children? Truly evil. The third story, I can't imagine being in a situation where I thought a loved one was dead but they weren't yet I ended up losing them for real in the end, that would destroy me. That poor family.
I hear stories like the second one and I just don’t understand how someone can do devastatingly ruin their children’s lives by killing their spouse. When people then kill the children it’s just the worst thing you can do as a human in my opinion.
@@Jerome616 I love people saying all men (or "men often"), when these brain damaged maniacs do things like that. Imagine saying all women are potential prostitutes...
If only she knew that if she had kept a bit calmer, and used less oxygen, she would have lived. But alas, it's a paradox, because had she been calmer, perhaps he would not have heard her. I just can't stop thinking about this case, it's just such a nightmare situation and definitely hits me hard.
That last story really messed with my head!! Omg that’s crazy!!!! Well all of them are honestly! Being buried alive and being dead and propped up like you’re alive in front of your kids! Ughhh
@@-_YouMayFind_- she’s gone, and it’s horrible, but also the kids are alive, and Christmas is a HUGE holiday here in America. They have to relive that shit every year
The husband will be consumed with 'what ifs' for the rest of his life. If he had just come to the tomb earlier. If he had made sure she was dead. If If If.
@@YourWifesBoyfriend It happened regularly in Ireland before embalming....but if there were cameras present you're probably right. We have a neighbour who's a grave digger, he has to move old coffins regularly, some of the very old coffins often had the body on it's side and scratch marks and brown blood marks on the inside lid. If they didn't wake up during the quick "wake" then they were buried quickly and not embalmed. Hence the graveyard "dead ringer" bells 🔔, sometimes connected to the corpse for the keeper or family to hear.
The girl that got buried alive probably had epilepsy or neurological issues. I hope they made sure she was dead the second time they buried her because she might have been buried alive twice.
I would sue that movie store. Pressing charges for a $15 vhs is unnecessary punishment. They basically effectively changed the course of her life out of spite. They should be held accountable.
Did the people who owned the place die when the business closed? They still persisted to the fullest extent of the law. They never dropped the charges. Charges that never should have been filed. Even if the business had “theoretically” likely gone out of business. Whoever owned the business caused her several inconveniences in her life over several years. All over a petty breach of contract. My statement stands.
@@magdalenemorouni855 I absolutely agree that Karen should be compensated. Unfortunately, bureaucracy and passage of time probably means that she won’t get far. Oklahoma bureaucracy is thoroughly at fault. But to be frank so is her roommate.
The second story absolutley broke my heart. The children not knowing, thinking that their mother is still alive. It just breaks my heart to hear that story.
Holy shit, that second story is so cruel and heartbreaking. Those Three poor innocent girls. Some people in this world just make me speechless and dumbfounded. I pray that those girls are able to get through that traumatizing situation, so that they can lead normal life.
Scarred for life. While something like this will always be a terrible point in someone's life of course but Christmas will be the time of year it hits the kids hard and even worse everyone else around them will be getting excited for what should be a special and magical time of year for everyone.
@@skylined5534 at least two of them were really young, so the chances are that they won't remember it when they're a lot older. I'm not sure about the oldest though... :( I hope they weren't told exactly what happened. I have an 8 year old sister and the thought of something like that happening to her breaks my heart
@@skylined5534 yes, absolutely it should be a joyous time for all, with wholesome memories. And as you said all that horrible-ness will hit harder come Christmas time. Hopefully in time they are able to get back to absolute normalcy.
@@PoloWolf47 I really hope you're right about them being to young to remember what happened. Also I was thinking the same thing about hoping that they were not told what all took place, in order to hopefully keep their innocence as long as possible.
That second story is so freaking heart breaking. That man is so evil for that. That poor mother and her poor babies. It’s too bad that evil monster tricked her into getting back with him. It’s also horrible that no one called the police when they heard the fight happening, might have saved her life.
@@nicolecheyenne7937 It's the perfect example of the "not my business" mindset so many have. If they're a stranger, a certain percentage of people just don't care enough to do anything about it. I make it a point to treat strangers the way i'd want my loved ones to be treated by a stranger in the same situation. Everyone is someones loved one.
Yeah, for a movie. I heard of something similar (on a TV new report) about a man who checked out some medical reference books from the local library in his hometown, but then moved from there and had mistakenly boxed them up along with his stuff and took them with him. He found them in his attic some twenty years later, calculated the late fees (between 750 and 800 dollars) and rounded it up to $1000.00. He then sent the check, books, and a note of apology to the lady who had been the librarian at the time.
The VHS tape thing was evil. I remember stores doing that. When we rented in our small town I was just charge for replacement of new tape. If they were late for a couple of weeks they would just owe to replace the tape. Like $30 and that is it. I can't stand people who steal, but I would never want anyone arrested over a 30 dollar tape. That is insanity. That is just about how all the stores operated back then though. That was just one sucky thing from the past though. Every small town had public swimming pools, bowling, movie theater, skating and other fun things to do. All of that is gone now. I will not talk about what killed all of that though. It isn't pc.
The story about Za'Zell hit me so hard. It was like you were telling the story of my childhood Christmas's with my Mom and stepdad William. They always had horrible fights around holidays. I remember one Christmas Eve they fought and a gun got brought out. I could have very easily wound up like her kids. I try not to think about it and delude myself that it wasn't that bad. Hearing it from an outsider perspective really put it in perspective for me. Kids should never have to go through that. I guess my brother and I are very lucky we didn't have to bury one parental figure and watch another go to jail. Thank you for telling Za'Zells's story. Victims need others to be their voice. You do them a great service.
I'm so sorry that happened to you too, Susan. You're right.... NO ONE should have to go through that. I cried about it because I was so damn angry and I couldn't believe he'd done that and ONLY GOT 15 YEARS! They obviously pled him down to 15 years and that's DISGUSTING! As a D.A. I'd have thrown the book at him and gone for the max which should have been LIFE (if not death!). They usually only plea down when they think there's a chance they'll lose the case but with his stupid story about her "falling into the coffee table" and putting sunglasses on her, they had to have had a tightly wrapped-up case without his confession. I'm sure her family and friends were so sick over that nothing sentence he got for what he did to her AND orphaning those 3 innocent kids....one only 7 weeks old! He makes me sick and I want to wish him to burn in Hell but I know as a Christian I'm not supposed to feel that way, but it's hard not to! I know Jesus will make him pay for what he did.
Susan I hope you and your brother are doing well in life. I hear ya, I can most DEFINITELY relate and I 1000000000% agree. NO child should ever have to grow up with violence in the home. Be blessed. Stay strong and humble.❤🩹
I'm not trying to judge anyone and I'm so happy that you are okay and everything went okay most of the domestic violence in our community happens way too often. We need to do better. And a lot of you females always want a relationship with a loser thug dude. He Beat his woman to death so obviously he's been doing this for a while. In this really pisses me off. Because I had to witness my father beating my mother multiple times in my life. I forgive my father and I love him I grew up very sad and that sadness turn into great anger 🤬🤬 Do you know how devastating it is for a child to witness his mother in a critical state where there's puddles of blood when you have to get the mop in your father comes to you and say your mother ain't sh...... You ladies have to make better decision of the type of man you choose to open your legs to now those kids are going to have to grow up broken 💔 💝 some of those boys are grown and when there father gets out that's how they're probably are going to try to kill him or have hatred in their heart for him me personally I forgive my father that's what I did but because of their father they don't have a mother so that anger is something that they probably will display to the father and try to hurt him and if they're grown there probably capable of doing it.
@@burnburn645 Dont overeact, there is always gonne be idiots or lack of knowledge in every field, this is why research or having 2doctors look at it is important, Dont just go around trusting ppl just because of their proffession. Just because you`re a doctor dont mean you dont make mistakes
@@toprap88 dude its honduras, being a doctor probably means being a freshman EMT, but also the funny part is more about even the family was like.. osh, shes ill! lets callll... GHOSTBUSTERS!! facepalm. and then the immediate burial, not even 24hours at the hospital just all around wtf.
@Summer W Yo you all remember the town they are from doesnt have running water, high school biology students here would have a better education than doctors there, dont blame the doctors, blame the dictators lol.
So no one would be buried alive. What was happening is after people were buried they would hear noises coming from underneath the ground as if they were still alive but it was just their body decomposing bc they didn’t embalm bodies back then. So you could walk by a cemetery and hear all this noise like people were trying to get out. This is also where the fear of zombies came from lol.
I heard because it was the Victorian times the docs weren't so great at declaring you really dead. Not saying that people were buried alive but I think that's why peeps did what they did such as windows ect.
Za'Zell's story is just heartbreaking. It wasn't enough to victimize her, he had victimize her children as well. Christmas will probably never be a happy occasion for her babies after that. That story makes me so angry. I hope that her children are able to heal--especially her girls who are likely to remember it. Those poor babies. :(
@@chrisyu327 I can understand how a man especially would hit a woman he loves (or used to love). Some women can be so evil even Jesus would be scared or be in tears to be in a relationship with them. Manipulation can really cause someone to snap. I just got out of an emotionally abusive, filled with venom and huge tons of lies relationship and I sometimes I wish I had just punched that girl into a coma. Never did get to express my physical violence on her. Loved her very much but for whatever reason, I wasn't the guy she wanted. I did everything for her, even getting her a job but she kept comparing me to her cheating ex and even cheated on me severally with him and others (evidence from her phone). I always got pity sex and you have no idea how frustrating that is. Especially before learning things like red pill or alpha widow nature. I sit down sometimes and remember the things I endured that would even make my friends laugh at me, that I'm either very stupid or I am the most patient person in the world. But they'd quickly follow it up with, you're a very intelligent person so you're obviously not stupid. I'm an engineer by the way (to explain the "intelligence"). The traditional nonsense that everyone who have never been in abusive (emotionally, not physical) relationship is to always tell a man to be patient. Be the bigger person. Fuck that shit. Fuck, I tried to self-delete myself several times, I am f**king rich as compared to my colleagues I sat in the same engineering classes with but I was miserable simply because I wanted to stay faithful to one woman who couldn't respect me. Everyone, my aunts, my own parents, her side of the family always told me to be the patient man. Years I endured this shit and I have receipts from going to a therapist to prove this. Multiple therapy sessions. I could've just done the worst and ended up in jail, probably be enduring shit in there but be happy I expressed my anger. Until recently that her true lying devilish nature came out, the only thing I ever got from anyone is that "oh you're such a patient man". I am not. I have murdered that girl in so many different ways in my mind. So many different ways. When it was time for her to leave my place, I went and called the police to come and bear witness to her packing her belongings, only for them to refuse to turn up at the very last minute with all forms of excuses. I later found out from a colleague, even they could get in trouble for touching a woman or some nonsense of that kind. I sometimes have my whole body visibly shaking just remembering some of the things I had to live through and endure. I am a broken man, and if you haven't been in my shoes you have no idea. I am lonely sometimes. Living all alone in a big house with everything to make a family possible, with money to travel anywhere I want. I have the freedom to travel (software engineer - remote work) but I am not able to. I buy new servers and computing tools just to play with at home. I do a whole lot of things to keep myself busy at night but after I've successfully done all of these things, I get reminded that I am lonely. A girl who has been taking naked pics of me when I sleep at night over the course of the years. If not because the nakedness of a man does not go too far, she's been preparing all these years for when the relationship would go to hell so she can disgrace me. The only thing that stopped her, is her family and the threat of me suing her with all I've got until she rots in jail forever. I want to be a husband, I want to be a good father, but with what I've experienced, I wonder what I did wrong to anyone to deserve any of this. I wonder if I'm cursed. I'm trying my very best not to go into any other relationship until next year. I don't think I am fit to be a man in any woman's life right now. I'll continue my therapy sessions and hopefully, God will help me with a woman who will appreciate my efforts. I do not support or condone any stupid thing a man does to a woman, like ZaZell's husband has done to her, I'm just saying, I can understand what could push a man to doing it. I feel fortunate I didn't do it, but I sometimes feel very angry I didn't do it either.
That last story was so horrible, I couldn’t even imagine being that husband and you learn that she wasn’t dead after going through all those emotions and then you feel probably the greatest feeling ever by knowing your wife is actually alive but then to only lose her again and then go through all the ‘what if’s’ and ‘if only’ so all of that now stacked up on grieving again😭😢
I think the second time, I would have left her at home for a few days to make sure. Actually, if i lived somewhere that the dead are not embalmed I would leave the dead at home for a few days the FIRST time they were supposedly dead just to make sure.
I really struggle with audio stories, but Mr Ballen really has a gift of bringing the stories to life. Almost like as I'm listening to them, there's a TV playing in my head and I can see what he is saying.
In the first story that poor woman should have compensated for all those years of lost wages. It was obviously just an accident, but one that cost her her livelihood for decades. It is hard to believe that such a charge without even her being contacted could actually pursue her. What a corrupt and neglectful system.
Why did she - or did she - give her room mate the ability to rent a video under her name? If she knew, she should have ensured it was returned. It is considered a theft, so I can understand why employers would fire her OR potential employers nix her. Too bad - if I believe her claim - that none of these told her why. Especially an employer. They would have to cite reason for dismissal. Did she even ask? (Maybe story not true?)
@@changeintheair9648 The story says that she did not know and was not contacted about it. And no, not returning a movie is not like actual theft since you are charged late fees until the value of the film is paid off. If you don't pay the fees even that is not considered theft in the same sense as shoplifting. The idea that someone should have a criminal record for embezzlement over an unreturned movie, something that almost everyone has done at one point or another, is ridiculous. As for if the story is untrue, I can only hope.
@@trailrider2571 it’s not corrupt to charge the person late fees until the MOVIE is paid for then turn around and make them a felon for embezzlement over it? 🤦🏼♀️ Beyond absurd to do that.
Za’zells story is heartbreaking. Christmas won’t be the same for the kids after that… but how in the hell did no one hear or call the police when they heard fighting in the other apartment? If someone would’ve called the police, it would’ve probably saved her life.
Would you call the police if you hear fighting? They lived in a apartment and tons of people probably heard it a ton and got used to it every few weeks
You clearly never been around this level of toxic relationships. The police only do but so much if they do anything. Especially if they aren't leaving the abuse. It gets to point where neighbors don't care and do nothing more since it's constant and nothing is done.
Wow, I don’t blame anyone from Honduras for not trusting hospitals after hearing about this story and a few others! People here in the USA always talk so bad about our health system and they have ZERO IDEA how bad it can truly be…smh🙄 The fact that ANYONE in the USA gripes and talks bad about just about anything over here just truly don’t understand how bad people really have it in 2nd and 3rd world countries, it really angers me! 😠
The thought of being buried alive is the only thing that actualy ever gives me anxiety Nothing else on this planet as ever come close to triggering that sentiment to me, besides that
@@wugira76 likewise, you know, now they put concrete over the coffins in America, if you do get buried alive in this day and age, there is no escape, thats why I opt for cremation, hopefully some jerk doesn't hit the button too soon or if he/she does they just wait for the screams to die down in absolute horror because surviving partial incineration would only make you suffer real bad and then you'd die anyways.
I was cleaning while listening, and the second story literally made me stop in my tracks and gave me the chills. That poor woman, my heart goes out to her beautiful children and family. 🥺❤️
@UChLWSQdzaTD6EUXMol1oMbw You're** Yall always seem to miss when the broads are abusive as well or worse and like to blame it solely on the man. Why's that? Yes, he went way too far and shouldn't have but this bih isn't innocent in this story either...
It’s horrific enough that he murdered his wife and mother of his children. But what makes this story so much worse is how he positioned her body on the sofa and made the children believe she had done something wrong when in reality he had murdered her in cold blood and made his children sit with her body. Those poor children 💔
Not gonna lie, discovered you via cave disaster stories a few weeks ago. Binge watched you because you’re addictive. Got to a point where I was scared of my own house. Had to limit vids for a few days, but I think I’m good now. Can’t watch Mr. Ballen at night LOL. Amazing story teller.
@@felishagore6082 I’m serious! Hahaha she called me one day and was like “dude I’ve been watching too much ballen. I’m paranoid at night now.” I’ll admit though, ballen has made me more aware of my surroundings
Wow, William both orphaned his children and made Christmas a living nightmare for them forever after with one vicious act. You know what the worst part is? I 100% guarantee that pos will one day fight to "have his children in his life" after he makes parole. He'll cry, and talk about how sorry he is and how much he's changed and how he's found god or whatever, but by his hand his children and their mother were robbed of a lifetime together. I hope he never makes it out of prison.
@@leslieannvanhumbeck7630 Oh my God is it annoying that you spell nazi'd my spelling. See what I did there? :) Also, stop being name greedy LeslieAnn from Humbeck. Pick one name like the rest of us.
Law enforcement always pushes for the biggest charge in the beginning of a case (innocent until proven guilty right?). Had she been notified of her charges, she would've went to court and it would've been reduced significantly by the judge.
I don't understand how it was considered felony embezzlement. You have to steal over a certain amount to make it go from a misdemeanor to a felony (it's different in each state... But usually at least $600+) and if you have never had any charges before they usually drop it to something smaller. So how a VHS even with fees could get that high is beyond me.
I used to manage a video store in a small town and yes, I’m that old and we rented VHS tapes. I never turned anyone over to the police though. You figure say the one video is 4.00 a day to rent and if the customer keeps it a year the charges would be well over 1,000.00. We would have customers insist they returned a movie even if the movie was missing and they were the last one to rent it. There was really nothing to do because I would never turn a customer over to the police and we just absorbed the cost but it was very irritating. But not felony irritating!
This happened to me, was arrested and went to jail. My brother rented under my account and never returned it. 20 years later I had a warrant out for my arrest.....0 tickets 0 record... a warrant for a VHS tape!!
The last story brought me to tears. I am HORRIBLY claustrophobic... and hearing the story of that poor girl living & dying via my worst fear... and thinking about what her poor husband went through is just too much... I'm bawling. You know that even though it's 200% NOT his fault, he bests himself up thinking if only he'd gotten there sooner he could've saved her! I know that's what would torment me! I hope her spirit is at peace!
Neysi's story is so sad! Being buried alive is the worst way I can think of to die!! On a happier note - love your channel, your flannel shirts and your commitment to things beyond yourself. Thanks so much for your service. Your life is an inspiration.
He and his family were moving cross-country over the last 2 weeks. There was a podcast that came out, but it was like 10 days w/o a video. If you swipe to the "Community" subcategory there a typed letter explaining the situation.
My dad has been gone for 17 years. He was an incredible story teller. Mr. Ballen is the ONLY person who has ever been able to replicate that feeling of immersion. His level of detail, the way he delivers the stories. This channel is just amazing in every sense of the word. Even though it’s dark, Mr. Ballen just sells this!
Peanut Yes, he really is amazing. I can't think of anyone who comes close to his presentation. He's an ex bad ass Navy Seal (verified by Don Shipley) too. Big career change, hey ?
2nd story just broke my heart... those poor children. I can't imagine calling out for mommy's attention and thinking she's in a bad mood when she's actually been murdered..
@@someguywithanarrowtothekne3899 In 2001, a body bag was delivered to the Matarese Funeral Home in Ashland, Massachusetts with a live occupant. Funeral director John Matarese discovered this, called paramedics,. Social healthcare is a gift in Europe that you will never know cause of your reds under the beds manufactured mania, perhaps if the US and CIA had kept their damn noses out of South America they would have a better system, Americans lack of knowledge of the sheer damage they have done to the world is astounding.
That last story felt like a sledgehammer fit me right in the chest. That’s one of the saddest things I’ve ever heard. That poor sweet young woman and her husband + family. That tore my heart out.
Yeah that was rough. Like fuck this universe where such a tragedy can even happen, if that were my wife and unborn child I'd hang myself in the woods no doubt.
@@borahmousam6332 and that she ran out of oxygen literally minutes before they were able to get her out since the husband heard her still screaming for help right before that. That's probably the most devastating part, knowing she could've been saved if someone herd her like half an hour earlier. Sadly the husband probably will blame himself forever that he didn't go just a little bit earlier, not that it's his fault but he'll always see it as such in his mind.
"Mommy got drunk and now she's ruined Christmas" that's gotta be the worst quote to leave your kids just before getting arrested for murdering their mom!
I miss Mr Ballen uploading “3, 4, sometimes even 5 times a week”! Your stories are the absolute best, so much so that I have rewatched all of them at least 3 times now! Your content is top notch! Can always imagine all the stories visually dancing in my mind. Thank you for all of your content, you are without a doubt the MVP of RUclips! 🏆
Me too I’m so tired of being hounded with news about COVID and cdc warning and now monkeypox and the miserable heatwave and fire in California. And of course a war MrBallen is a breath of fresh air away from all the toxic media coverage
Za'Zell a pretty name for a pretty lady, who unfortunately had a relationship with a monster. I hope her children have a better life & that their father is never let out of prison. If you are in an abusive relationship then please reach out for help
I was on the jury selection for william's trial in the second story. At the time, I had no idea why he was there because of course they wanted to keep us unbiased, but as soon as I was let go, I searched everything up and found this story. It was terrifying, but I am glad he was found guilty even though I wasn't in the group to find him so. At the time I ws glad I wasn't on the jury, because of course, I didn't want to spend months of time sittng in a courtroom, but it is weird to hear about this again
On the Za'zell one, I knew as soon as you said they were staying together for their kids despite a rocky and abusive relationship, that that wasn't going to end well. Staying together "for the kids" rarely ever works out well on its own. Add in abuse, and that's even worse.
People just can't understand that 2 parents that are happier/safer separated is 100x better than staying and being miserable. Even without overt abuse, the tension in the house is stressful and you can't hide that. Kids are smarter than some think, they rapidly figure it out.
That's not actually true. A woman who ran a DV shelter said Za'zell had tried to escape him several times but couldn't. People forget that women are the most likely to be murdered when they try to leave. The kids thing if said was probably just the line given to people at that time. She wanted out. She tried to get out. For many women come up by the time they realize they need to leave their abuser have made it near impossible for them to do it, or has made it very clear that they will kill them if they leave. I hate this guy with my whole body and can't believe he was only given 15 to life. I hope he serves every day of his life until hes in the ground himself. The pure EVIL of "MOMMY ruined Christmas". I'm sure that sociopath really believed that too.
@@lauralouwhooo stop saying women ,as if men don’t be abused.Ppl think it’s a joke when men say they are abused until some serious stuff happens and it’s crazy .Women get away with a lot of abuse and sexual assault they do,especially if they do it to a male individual bc these assumptions ppl have that women are the only victims bc men are “stronger”
That last story was horrific, that is one of the worst ways to go, absolutely one of the worst fears a person can have. I just couldn’t believe how incompetent the medical “professionals” were to instantly proclaim her dead without knowing the cause.
The second and third stories made me nauseas with grief. I've been a fan of horror and true crime for years but I'm still consistently shocked and heartbroken by how people perish. Especially when the vast majority of these deaths are often preventable
I live in Norman, OK. I remember hearing about the lady with the VHS a while back. Does not surprise me that she was never notified. A few years ago, I got pulled over driving a vehicle that had an expired tag and no insurance. This was because, at the time, my primary transportation gad given up the ghost, and my project truck was all I had. Unfortunately, I didn't have the money to get it legal, but I still needed to work. I just figured I'd take care of everything on payday. Didn't work out that way, unfortunately. Fast forward about two years, I get stopped in my new car, and when the cop runs my info, he tells me I'm driving on a suspended license. Apparently, the state had suspended my license when I got stopped in the truck two years earlier, and they never notified me about it. Wound up costing me almost 700 dollars I'm fines and fees, which would never have happened if they had notified me of the suspension
Same thing happened to me. I got a ticket for an out headlight. I was unemployed at the time so on a payment plan. I was exactly one day late on a payment, which apparently suspended my license. This was in April. I went to get my license updated after I got married, which is when I found out it was suspended. Gee, thanks for never telling me. -_-
Ny did the same to me. I found out when I was getting papers together for marriage license. The dmv never received my payment, found out neighbor was stealing mail in the building, so they just suspended me without notice. Few hundred dollars and many choice words for the county clerk and it was straightened out. Such a hassel
I just cannot imagine Rudy's pain. Also Neysi's, this sounds like the most terrible thing ever. But how could they get it so wrong, i mean she was pregnant, don't you check 100 more times for the baby?
Please start touching grass. No one should be that online that they are affected personally by these stories. Will you really, really, NEVER recover? That's just....too online.
@@jessicahannah2522 oh man, maybe you’re the one that needs to touch grass. If you knew my lifestyle, you’d feel silly about your comment. I was clearly exaggerating, I’m fully recovered btw!
Poor Macie she experienced my worst nightmare! I can’t image how terrifying that had it of been. And to have her poor husband hear her cries! Just chilling to the bone!RIP Macie and my condolences to her family and all the other families in these stories. Thanks Mr Ballen
That story is absolutely insane. I think it's everyone's worst nightmare. I couldn't even imagine waking up in a casket buried in the ground only to have someone actually hear you but unfortunately just not in time and then tragically die anyways. Just brutal....
If I was pregnant and had to use an outhouse, I guarantee you that I would have a chamber pot to use at night. Especially in Honduras. No walking through the back yard in the dark for me.
Just so you know… you’ve already done enough! You do so much for us and we appreciate you more than most things in our daily lives. You deserve nothing but respect
Damn, that poor newlywed husband! Speaking of "traumatized-for-life" horrific events...those poor kids on Christmas talking to their Mom who wasn't drunk/ignoring their excitement, but dead!!! I wonder if they've ever been able to truly enjoy Christmas since that awful day. :( Especially, the 8 yr old who would be most likely to remember it. That's just overwhelmingly devastating & horrendous!
Just heard the end of that story and holy crap that might be one of the worst things I've ever heard! What a selfish, abusive piece of garbage that William is!
I think I understand why I like him so much, he's like one of your dad's friends who goes camping with your family all the time and tells the best fireside horror stories.
It's been so funny watching you go from "we post 3, 4 sometimes even 5 times a week" All the way down to "we post once a week". It shows how busier your life has gotten and how you've also learned to focus on quality over quantity. Been wonderful watching your journey as a content creator.
This has to be the #1 WORST mr ballen episode. The Oklahoma Problem, was not strange, nor dark, nor mysterious. It was a boring story about a person who irresponsibly loaned out their video store card to a roommate and incurred a lot of fees. Mundane. Mind-numbing. Pointless.
As a narcoleptic person who experiences cataplexy, the third story is especially horrifying and heartbreaking. I've never heard of cataplexy causing foaming at the mouth though.🤔
I am guessing she had preeclampsia and she had eclampsia fit that morning. It causes convulsions similar like generalized epilepsy and can cause loss of consciousness afterwards.
Nobody would ever have known that the girl was buried alive if her husband had not leaned against the tomb. It is such a tragic shame that she did not survive. Her husband looks so young and terribly heartbroken.
I am Honduran, and it's very unfortunate events what happened. I remember the news when it happened and it's sad that the health system in the country and specially in rural areas are so poor that it really is no surprise a mistake this big was made. Thanks Mr. B for including a story from my country. My thoughts are for all the Hondurans who have not had access to proper healthcare.
When I was in high school I read a story in the old “Tales from the Crypt” magazine. The story was about a man who suddenly drops dead on the street. He later wakes up in a coffin buried alive. The man had suffered what the magazine called a cataleptic fit which gave the appearance of death. After reading the story, I asked myself, “Could this ever happen to somebody in real life?” Mr. Ballen just answered that question for me. Horrific is hardly the word.
Wow. The story of Necey! OmG! Gave me the most absolute chills. So damn sad! That poor family, Jesus! That was just totally unexcusable for the DOCTORS to say she was dead, when in fact, she wasn't. So sad! My heart breaks for all her family.
Zazell's story is heartbreaking! As a mother, I remember how much my 7 week old baby needed me, and think how much all my kids still need me now! I can only imagine the trauma this man caused his children by murdering their mother.
The “So, that’s gonna do it!” after that terrifying story almost made me spit my Mr. Pibb out. It’s always so jarring after a scary/sad story. “And her head was never found…So, that’s gonna do it!”
I am not even claustrophobic and the thought of being so tightly encased in a coffin that is inside of a cement enclosure sounds horrific. Not being able to move at all sounds like a nightmare. Not to mention the lack of oxygen
@@garretthorsch8143 in total agreement. I can be in tight spaces but if I am completely enclosed and cannot (or can barely) move... I would undoubtedly panic. I can't imagine the horror the people who have been buried alive went through.
@@logicdictates4me you can literally travel to his country and change their lives yourself, all you gotta do is make that first move… it’ll change your life
@@liljohn5070 what do you even mean? How could he just go to this family of strangers and change their lives himself?? I'm not asking ironically btw, I'm curious!!!
@@ethnikistar I'm curious too. You can't just give those kids money. You'd have to adopt them, give the two kids attention and love every day. That is easier said than done.
I had a very hard time making it through that story considering that I have a two month old son that story literally sent chills up my spine. I’m so glad that the children are in a safer environment.
You really expect them to understand? They can barely understand how to leave someone alone and stop messing with them. So anything they think will bring them together they’ll do
Poor Nacy (story #3). I can't imagine the agony she must have suffered in her last 24 hours of life. May she now RIP. Her family has my deepest condolences for the loss of their loved one.
I know right!! If that was my wife I would be blaming myself for what happen. It would kill me knowing that I could have saved my wife's life if I did not stop by the store on my way to my wife's grave, or only if I would have gotten up earlier instead I slept in... Stuff like that would eat at my soul for eternity.
Woe, that poor woman was PREGNANT, and buried alive. I can't imagine how scared she was, not for herself, but for her unborn child as well. That is absolutely horrific!! 😭💔💔💔
@@ravkue6336 I think they meant "not just for herself." For most people in a situation like that you are often thinking more of your kids than yourself. 🤷♀
@@ravkue6336 ----When your family is in danger, especially the children, the last person you worry about is yourself. The kids' safety ALWAYS come first. I never really believed that until I had my daughter, but it's true. Good luck to you.
@@Melissamms Most people are wired that way, it can't be helped. Evolution has made babies the cutest/ most helpless thing, so we want to protect & care for them. No one has claimed (here) that a mother is any more valuable than anyone else, it's just tragic when a life that everyone expected to continue is snuffed out. If the story were about anyone else you would still see the tragic comments. It's a terrible turn of events to be almost rescued.
Those tapes used to cost $75 when they first came out but to be a felony is insanity. That is a misdemeanor. How can it be a felony if it is not a serious crime against the state
The second one, I knew she was dead before it was revealed. The moment Mr. Ballen said the abuser told the children, "Mommy ruined Christmas." That's classic abuse. Before he got into the story, from the photos alone, I can tell you that it was one person being abusive and their victim fighting back. It looks like "fights" to the outside world, but these types of relationships are usually a victimiser and a victim. It is classic trauma bonding and predatory types look for strong people they can tear down by pushing their buttons until their victims fight back.
While there are definitely always exceptions, the vast majority of predatory people do not "look for strong people they can tear down." You're right that they'll tear you down, but they're looking for a victim, not a challenge. As such, they specifically choose easy targets, with noticeable weaknesses or vulnerabilities that can be exploited.
Crazy because often times the women are terrified in her case and don't seek help but if they end up loosing it and killing the abuser they get murder charges the system is messed up.
@@justleon721 idk, I met this guy when my confidence was in a good spot, and over months he tore me down and he loved it. I'm not a fighter, but for some reason in this particular relationship I would get right back in his face after he got into mine. I'd follow him around yelling (just like he did to me). I'm honestly really surprised and grateful he never hit me. That would have broken me for sure lol. Our fights were NEVER over serious things but the way he screamed at me, you'd think I really wronged him. So, I fought back because I didn't appreciate it, but I hated doing that and will never give an abusive asshole more of my time than he needs ever again. Lmao when we broke up, I was on my way out the door when he stopped me real quick, then stood there and said that although I'm beautiful, I'm "just not that cute", and then at the very end told me, "I think you are a real-life sociopath." I was so panicked that when I got back home I googled symptoms of sociopathy because I was so worried that he was right 😂😂😂😬
@@nilesredfern7989 - Exactly. It is also why thick-headed bullies pick on the "gentle giants" of the world. The antagonisers are so full of themselves that they perceive "not fighting back" or kindness or simply minding one's own business as "weakness." I saw it a lot in the army. idiots were always getting into the faces of the biggest guys and then would cave when the big guys had had enough and would deck them.
The last story got me! I still feel like I can’t breathe from the anxiety I had watching it! 😂 This is the kind of video that makes us all love Mr. Ballen!
Cant imagine waking up in a coffin and not being able to get out. Just the darkness alone would freak you out. Heard a few stories like this. Instantly feel bad for them too. Sad for everyone involved. Was interesting to watch. Great well told story. Great video
Holy sh*t. That second story with the dead mother being propped up on the couch is horrible. Personally, I've got memories that go back to before I was two years old but I seriously hope these kids grow older and can't recall anything about it. Damn, that's rough.
I have memories of being in my crib but old enough to sit up. My mom had given me a blanket and I said that was on your bed when I was in the crib. It was that blanket and she was stunned to find out I remembered it from that young.
I have a few flashes of memories from being a baby, but nothing important. My solid memories started around age four. I hope the three year old won't remember, but sadly I'm pretty positive that the eight year old will remember it all. 😢
I love your work John, you’ve helped me through many tough times, I couldn’t be more of a fan of the strange dark and mysterious, delivered in both podcast and story format
Man that last story was really horrifying, imagine the doctors getting it so wrong... HOPE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE SETTLING INTO YOUR NEW HOME...YOUR FOREVER HOME....
Mr. ballen is hands down the best story teller I've ever heard. Keep it up. Also, can you find some more stories about unidentified creatures and cabins in the woods. Those are my favorite.
This particular video was very timely for me. I had really been struggling with my feelings on this topic and I was troubled. Listening to this very measured, moving and personal insight from Father Mike was a game changer for me. I finally was able to come to terms with this and find greater understanding and peace within. Thank you Father Mike. ❤
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The second story is so devastating and heartbreaking, as there is so much that we can learn from that. To men and women, if your partner lies to you or even puts their hands on you, they will do it again. You should believe people when they show you who they are. There are other people out there in the world that will love and care for you.
your profile pic is very Moist
@@IIOver9000 moist
I just can't believe how dumb the guy is. One beats the partner to death, keeps the body around for half a day and then calls the police saying "hey my wife got drunk and fell". Yeah they are totally not gonna believe that, it makes so much sense
It's weird that people still claim that changing is impossible.
I've seen people change. It takes a lot of work, but it does happen.
@@flingonber and that tiny helpless human will grow up damaged, because it won't have parents it can rely on for help.
It's so damn selfish....
That last one was just horrific. I cannot even imagine. What kind of a hospital doesn’t know if you’re alive or dead? That is so scary and beyond sad. And the fact the she heard her husband and thought she was being rescued only to suffocate mere minutes before they rescued her. That’s one of the saddest stories I’ve ever heard. Poor lady and her poor family she left behind.
Honduras Public health care....
A third world country one. I am mad at the parents too. Calling for an exorcism like huh?
Hey I finally found somebody that tells stories like Mr.Ballen. You're welcome!
ruclips.net/channel/UCErKT6kbNTc4wEZy4ra7I6w
I was hoping they could've saved her baby. Initially I thought they were going to say he heard a baby crying. Because death can cause babies to be expelled from the womb. I'd hoped it had a happy ending. But judging by the pitiful care she received, they probably didn't try to save her baby either time. If I was pregnant & had just passed away, I'd consider anyone who saved my baby a hero. Even if a random stranger used a penknife to cut the baby out. I'm left fuming at the authorities. It's sadly still a Latin American cultural thing to believe in bad spirits causing illness.
@@genuinesupporter5467 By the time a dead body relaxes enough to expel a fetus, said fetus would have also perished from oxygen depravation. There is no way for what you thought to actually happen, the mother would still have to be alive for a living baby to be delivered. From the story, it sounds like Neysi wasn't close to due, either, and being in a poor, rural community, the baby would have likely died either way at that gestation.
I'm bent about the man losing his wife. crying by her grave. hearing her scream for help and not being fast enough. that absolutely breaks me. My thoughts and eternal prayers go out to that man
We need bells on our graves like they did in the old days, it saved many people's lives my grandparents told me.. They were put there in case the "corpse" woke up and then they could ring the bell to alert people.
My heart and prayers goes out to Rudy and the rest of her family, so unbelievably sad :'(
Lol "bent". That means you got f'd in the ass. Like when you tell someone to get bent.
I cant imagine the healthcare system thier that no one checked for a pluse when determining death. She would have a open shut wrongfull death case here in the States.
Probably gonna blame himself for it the rest of his life
that really got to me too.
That dude only got 15 years!!!!!! That's really messed up feel so bad for those babies.
That's insane.
California. Sounds about right.
Hello. iFart hard haha
far too many years.
@@paulwoodford1984 15 years is far too many years for murdering his wife?? Gtfo
Thank goodness you’re back everyone was worried the like button had gotten the best of you
Damn You made the comment before Me 😂
💀 best comment
I've been listening to the podcasts. They are 42 minutes.
Damn 😂
Why’s he changed and changing
Damn. The guy literally picked up his wife’s dead body, which he beat to death, and put some sun glasses on her to trick his kids. That guy is just plain sick and should honestly not be allowed out of prison to potentially do this to someone else.
For the safety of society, but also for punitive reasons.
Yeah, how is 15 years for beating someone to death a just sentence? Maybe, he'll end up spending the rest of his life in prison, but I wouldn't count on it.
@@nephthysbastet4809 California is a joke when it comes to violent criminals getting punished for their crimes. They treat the victims like crap and the violent criminals like the victims.
Agreed. What an absolutely disgusting excuse for a human.
lol, funny though 😂
*Embezzlement*??? If ANYTHING, that'd be petty theft. How did they even come up with felony embezzlement? If I were her, I'd find out who the owner of that store was and I would sue the shit outta them. As a matter of fact, I'd be pretty pissed at the DA's office as well. How did the DA's office even let those charges become a reality & then let it snowball like this to top it off. Yeah, I'd be throwin a damn fit for sure!
Yep sue them for loss income defamation. They trumped tf out of a video rental...wow!
I was thinking the same thing. Embezzlement? That makes no sense to me.
She definitely sue for lost earnings.
Or you could just obey the law.
@@crawdadlando4053 what do you mean by, "oryou could just obey the law"?
She didn't break a single law. That was the point
My cousin was the DA in the second largest city in our state. One local video store would CONSTANTLY press charges against delinquent members for theft by conversion, which is a felony in our state. He eventually told them to shove it and refused to prosecute any of their cases. He told them he wouldn't waste taxpayer money to be their enforcement arm.
Your cousin is a real one, that is so unbelievable. I'm so glad that I was too young to rent movies like that because I can't completely see myself forgetting to return a movie or letting a friend borrow one with the promise of returning it when finished. This is like that King of the Hill episode except worse!
@@chelseaaddams5076 Oh yeah, he's a colorful character. When he was just an assistant DA there was once a two-man crime wave in his city, two guys who were twins named Elvin and Melvin. They were constantly breaking into people's houses and robbing them. One day a guy came home to find Melvin walking out the front door carrying his television. The guy pulled out a revolver and capped Melvin right between the eyes. When my cousin showed up on scene, the detective in charge went up to him to discuss what charges were going to be filed. My cousin replied: "I'm not gonna charge him with a damned thing. As a matter of fact, I'm going to requisition the county to reimburse him for his bullet."
He recently retired as the chief judge of that circuit.
My man
Thank him for being a logical and just thinker. 😊
He said felony embezzlement - he misspoke? So weird
That last story was one of the most heartbreaking horrific stories I have heard. So so sad.
The second story is probably the worst story I’ve ever heard. That man is a true monster. I am speechless at the trauma experienced by those poor kids.
I was shocked he only received 15 years...
I am shock he only received 15 years. However I think he only received 15 years because he call to report her death instead of trying to hide the body. Those kids are going to be forever traumatize.
If you kill the mother of your children, you hate your children.
Absolutely disgusting.
@@u2fkeys665 He was sentenced to life in prison. He just isn't eligible for parole until he has served 15 years. A crime like this, I doubt he would get paroled. It was a horrific crime.
So sad for the kids…Now Christmas will be ruined every year because they will always remember the last Christmas with their mom… I hope that guy never gets outta prison… I hope the kids can get through this horrible tragedy and be good…
so sad for kids, got lied by their parent year after another..
so sad for parents, didnt get the credit for purchasing expensive presents..
instead goes to some red furred geezer & capitalism get year end bonuses..
Yeah. Really does suck. Pretty sure Christmas is the least of their worries, though. Doesnt matter what day its on, it’s gonna be remembered regardless, sadly. Their mom being gone is the focal point.
To them, & with having experience with it, it’s not ruined because of Christmas, it’s ruined because she’s gone
@@someoneIikedyourcommentho tf cares about who got “credit” over some dumb material item like a holiday gift?? during a tragedy like that…
Yeah this isn’t the time or place to project & cry about capitalism. You types always do that yet still actively engage in capitalism every day…hush
@@Tw0Dots irony
no cares, ignore
Christmas is a trashy pagan holiday anyway
Can you imagine the trauma that woman in the first video went through? For 22 years she had no idea why she couldn’t get or keep a job without any explanation. Who knows what she could have achieved.
I’d run background checks on myself every couple of months. I have an older sister who likes to use my name when she gets pulled over for drug charges. So I kind of had an experience like this I got pulled out of my car at gunpoint because a cop thought that I was a drug dealer. He thought he had a big stop. It took me over a year to try to get it sorted out.
@@SatanSpawn801you should sue your sister
@@SatanSpawn801don't you want to s u e her
@@SatanSpawn801 awwww! That's really sweet of your sister!
@@OllenFrazer I would not get anything out of her. She is a junkie. And it’s sad the cops will not do anything about it because she is a confidential informant.
The poor husband in the last story. Can’t imagine the trauma of losing your wife, finding out she’s been buried alive, becoming hopeful she may survive, her then being pronounced dead a second time, and learning you were MINUTES too late from saving her. Horrific
That's what I'm saying that stuff really hit hard. Cause why did he have to be too late. I'm so mad fr fr
@@presentpalace5722 Can you imagine the panic n trauma? So sad
There are many imitation Mr. Ballen podcast. They are his actual stories just from another RUclips or the best way to know if you are on his true channel is to look up a number of subscribers if it’s not over 6 million you know you are on an artificial channel. It does not bother myself but I have read many comments and others do get very upset. Again look up the number of subscribers and if it’s not over 6 million it’s not the real Mr Ballen.
Be safe and be kind 😊
I've had a partner die, but to have the rest? To feel you wasted time thinking they were possessed and then lost her, to thinking you'd had another chance, a few minutes where you believe that this isn't your story together, imagining her smiling, feeling the stress and euphoria of something other than relentless sorrow and pity, and then watching her die for the second time, feeling now that you personally had been too late, too slow, not sad enough to go to her grave a few minutes earlier. It seems unbearable. I hope somehow he has found some peace since.
@@whyalfie This might be the toughest chain of events I have ever heard happen to someone... Can't even comprehend.
The second and third stories are absolutely heartbreaking. The second story, how could a husband and father do that to his wife and children? Truly evil. The third story, I can't imagine being in a situation where I thought a loved one was dead but they weren't yet I ended up losing them for real in the end, that would destroy me. That poor family.
I hear stories like the second one and I just don’t understand how someone can do devastatingly ruin their children’s lives by killing their spouse. When people then kill the children it’s just the worst thing you can do as a human in my opinion.
Alcohol and self hatred. Men often manifest self hatred as violence.
@@Jerome616 No amount of alcohol and self hatred could make a decent person kill their children, they have to be evil as well
He's done it before so didn't care but she kept taking him back. A lot of women contribute to their own demise in DV situations.
@@Jerome616 I love people saying all men (or "men often"), when these brain damaged maniacs do things like that. Imagine saying all women are potential prostitutes...
Wow, imagine laying in a coffin not able to move and struggling to breath for 24 hours. That is genuinly horrible
If only she knew that if she had kept a bit calmer, and used less oxygen, she would have lived. But alas, it's a paradox, because had she been calmer, perhaps he would not have heard her. I just can't stop thinking about this case, it's just such a nightmare situation and definitely hits me hard.
@@mordie31 The doctors effectively killed her.
this just spoiled it for me😭
One of my biggest fears no cap
If only those clowns at the hospital were competent enough to tell a living person from a dead person
That last story really messed with my head!! Omg that’s crazy!!!! Well all of them are honestly! Being buried alive and being dead and propped up like you’re alive in front of your kids! Ughhh
Sooo sad 😥 ❤🙌🙏🙌🙏🙏🙏🦶🦶😘
Za’Zells story is so horrific. I can’t imagine what the kids experienced and the mark this has left for them on Christmas Day. So sad
besides the mom that lost her life. Dont forget her...
@@-_YouMayFind_- she’s gone, and it’s horrible, but also the kids are alive, and Christmas is a HUGE holiday here in America. They have to relive that shit every year
He’s a piece of shit. The fact that he propped her up the night prior as if she was alive is insane. That’s the mother of his kids
Yeah, the whole story is getto and ratchet AF, yikes
@@axon130 🤨
HOW in the hell did they not know she was alive?? I can't imagine the terror she went through.
I feel so bad for her....
Yeah the doctors were idiots that's how, very sad.
I mean they immediately thought she needed an exorcism instead of medical help. They aren't too bright.
@@Berserk1Manga probably was talking about the doctors.
It was Honduras
Buried alive...how horrific! My heart hurts for her, her unborn child, and her family 😔
The husband will be consumed with 'what ifs' for the rest of his life. If he had just come to the tomb earlier. If he had made sure she was dead. If If If.
Didn't happen.
@@YourWifesBoyfriend It happened regularly in Ireland before embalming....but if there were cameras present you're probably right. We have a neighbour who's a grave digger, he has to move old coffins regularly, some of the very old coffins often had the body on it's side and scratch marks and brown blood marks on the inside lid. If they didn't wake up during the quick "wake" then they were buried quickly and not embalmed. Hence the graveyard "dead ringer" bells 🔔, sometimes connected to the corpse for the keeper or family to hear.
There are many horrific ways to die and I believe being buried alive is near the top.
The girl that got buried alive probably had epilepsy or neurological issues. I hope they made sure she was dead the second time they buried her because she might have been buried alive twice.
I would sue that movie store. Pressing charges for a $15 vhs is unnecessary punishment. They basically effectively changed the course of her life out of spite. They should be held accountable.
Honestly the place likely went out of business at least fifteen years before.
Did the people who owned the place die when the business closed?
They still persisted to the fullest extent of the law. They never dropped the charges.
Charges that never should have been filed.
Even if the business had “theoretically” likely gone out of business.
Whoever owned the business caused her several inconveniences in her life over several years.
All over a petty breach of contract.
My statement stands.
@@magdalenemorouni855 I absolutely agree that Karen should be compensated. Unfortunately, bureaucracy and passage of time probably means that she won’t get far. Oklahoma bureaucracy is thoroughly at fault. But to be frank so is her roommate.
Pressing charges is not punishment
well it is her fault
The second story absolutley broke my heart. The children not knowing, thinking that their mother is still alive. It just breaks my heart to hear that story.
Lol
I know and then the lie omg it's awful
It's absolutely horrible.
@@trishpipkins :(
Now William Wallace is hollering"Freeeeedooom!" From his jail cell.
Holy shit, that second story is so cruel and heartbreaking. Those Three poor innocent girls. Some people in this world just make me speechless and dumbfounded. I pray that those girls are able to get through that traumatizing situation, so that they can lead normal life.
Scarred for life. While something like this will always be a terrible point in someone's life of course but Christmas will be the time of year it hits the kids hard and even worse everyone else around them will be getting excited for what should be a special and magical time of year for everyone.
@@skylined5534 at least two of them were really young, so the chances are that they won't remember it when they're a lot older. I'm not sure about the oldest though... :( I hope they weren't told exactly what happened. I have an 8 year old sister and the thought of something like that happening to her breaks my heart
@@skylined5534 yes, absolutely it should be a joyous time for all, with wholesome memories. And as you said all that horrible-ness will hit harder come Christmas time. Hopefully in time they are able to get back to absolute normalcy.
@@PoloWolf47 I really hope you're right about them being to young to remember what happened. Also I was thinking the same thing about hoping that they were not told what all took place, in order to hopefully keep their innocence as long as possible.
I think he said the youngest was a boy.
That second story is so freaking heart breaking. That man is so evil for that. That poor mother and her poor babies. It’s too bad that evil monster tricked her into getting back with him. It’s also horrible that no one called the police when they heard the fight happening, might have saved her life.
Especially the “witness” that saw her trying to escape him!
I can't believe people actually saw her trying to flee and him dragging her back and didn't call the police to report a domestic disturbance. Insane.
Cringe
@@nicolecheyenne7937 "adults" are like that, don't care about anything themselves
@@nicolecheyenne7937 It's the perfect example of the "not my business" mindset so many have. If they're a stranger, a certain percentage of people just don't care enough to do anything about it. I make it a point to treat strangers the way i'd want my loved ones to be treated by a stranger in the same situation. Everyone is someones loved one.
Felony for a movie? That's insane!
Yeah, for a movie. I heard of something similar (on a TV new report) about a man who checked out some medical reference books from the local library in his hometown, but then moved from there and had mistakenly boxed them up along with his stuff and took them with him. He found them in his attic some twenty years later, calculated the late fees (between 750 and 800 dollars) and rounded it up to $1000.00. He then sent the check, books, and a note of apology to the lady who had been the librarian at the time.
The VHS tape thing was evil. I remember stores doing that. When we rented in our small town I was just charge for replacement of new tape. If they were late for a couple of weeks they would just owe to replace the tape. Like $30 and that is it. I can't stand people who steal, but I would never want anyone arrested over a 30 dollar tape. That is insanity. That is just about how all the stores operated back then though. That was just one sucky thing from the past though. Every small town had public swimming pools, bowling, movie theater, skating and other fun things to do. All of that is gone now. I will not talk about what killed all of that though. It isn't pc.
Cant't imagine losing my wife twice like this poor guy did! :'(
I know it's beyond sad and tragic 😥
Where can I see the video of this like he mentioned in the beginning
@@jonathangarcia9139 look in the video info he should have posted a link
The story about Za'Zell hit me so hard. It was like you were telling the story of my childhood Christmas's with my Mom and stepdad William. They always had horrible fights around holidays. I remember one Christmas Eve they fought and a gun got brought out. I could have very easily wound up like her kids. I try not to think about it and delude myself that it wasn't that bad. Hearing it from an outsider perspective really put it in perspective for me. Kids should never have to go through that. I guess my brother and I are very lucky we didn't have to bury one parental figure and watch another go to jail.
Thank you for telling Za'Zells's story. Victims need others to be their voice. You do them a great service.
I'm so sorry that happened to you too, Susan. You're right.... NO ONE should have to go through that. I cried about it because I was so damn angry and I couldn't believe he'd done that and ONLY GOT 15 YEARS! They obviously pled him down to 15 years and that's DISGUSTING! As a D.A. I'd have thrown the book at him and gone for the max which should have been LIFE (if not death!). They usually only plea down when they think there's a chance they'll lose the case but with his stupid story about her "falling into the coffee table" and putting sunglasses on her, they had to have had a tightly wrapped-up case without his confession. I'm sure her family and friends were so sick over that nothing sentence he got for what he did to her AND orphaning those 3 innocent kids....one only 7 weeks old! He makes me sick and I want to wish him to burn in Hell but I know as a Christian I'm not supposed to feel that way, but it's hard not to! I know Jesus will make him pay for what he did.
Susan I hope you and your brother are doing well in life. I hear ya, I can most DEFINITELY relate and I 1000000000% agree. NO child should ever have to grow up with violence in the home. Be blessed. Stay strong and humble.❤🩹
I'm not trying to judge anyone and I'm so happy that you are okay and everything went okay most of the domestic violence in our community happens way too often. We need to do better. And a lot of you females always want a relationship with a loser thug dude. He Beat his woman to death so obviously he's been doing this for a while. In this really pisses me off. Because I had to witness my father beating my mother multiple times in my life. I forgive my father and I love him I grew up very sad and that sadness turn into great anger 🤬🤬 Do you know how devastating it is for a child to witness his mother in a critical state where there's puddles of blood when you have to get the mop in your father comes to you and say your mother ain't sh...... You ladies have to make better decision of the type of man you choose to open your legs to now those kids are going to have to grow up broken 💔 💝 some of those boys are grown and when there father gets out that's how they're probably are going to try to kill him or have hatred in their heart for him me personally I forgive my father that's what I did but because of their father they don't have a mother so that anger is something that they probably will display to the father and try to hurt him and if they're grown there probably capable of doing it.
William really thought that he was gonna get away. This guy is a low iQ person. He deserves life in prison
At least you had a stepdad and a mom.
So, that poor man lost his wife two times and both times her death could have been avoided. That's a real tragedy.
@Summer W "doctors" out there lolz, like "priests". savages..
@@burnburn645 Dont overeact, there is always gonne be idiots or lack of knowledge in every field, this is why research or having 2doctors look at it is important, Dont just go around trusting ppl just because of their proffession. Just because you`re a doctor dont mean you dont make mistakes
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@@toprap88 dude its honduras, being a doctor probably means being a freshman EMT, but also the funny part is more about even the family was like.. osh, shes ill! lets callll... GHOSTBUSTERS!! facepalm. and then the immediate burial, not even 24hours at the hospital just all around wtf.
@Summer W Yo you all remember the town they are from doesnt have running water, high school biology students here would have a better education than doctors there, dont blame the doctors, blame the dictators lol.
Those poor kids in the 2nd story. Christmas will never be the same. I hope he never gets out. That should have been a life sentence.
That's the 13% for you
Being buried alive was such a fear in Victorian times that people started connecting bells and breathing tubes to caskets.
So no one would be buried alive. What was happening is after people were buried they would hear noises coming from underneath the ground as if they were still alive but it was just their body decomposing bc they didn’t embalm bodies back then. So you could walk by a cemetery and hear all this noise like people were trying to get out. This is also where the fear of zombies came from lol.
Dead Ringers
Your serious?
I heard because it was the Victorian times the docs weren't so great at declaring you really dead. Not saying that people were buried alive but I think that's why peeps did what they did such as windows ect.
No f*^% way I said at the beginning of the video, “ what did she ring the bell?” Omg lol I was spot on but there was no bell.
Za'Zell's story is just heartbreaking. It wasn't enough to victimize her, he had victimize her children as well. Christmas will probably never be a happy occasion for her babies after that. That story makes me so angry. I hope that her children are able to heal--especially her girls who are likely to remember it. Those poor babies. :(
Makes me sick 🤬
Yes I was so soul shattered to hear this story. I pray God gives those babies peace!! God rest that woman's soul 🙏
I don't understand how you can hit someone you love. you wouldn't smash your own car that you love isn't it.
Thankfully kids with her parents not his given how well brought up he was (not!!! )
@@chrisyu327 I can understand how a man especially would hit a woman he loves (or used to love). Some women can be so evil even Jesus would be scared or be in tears to be in a relationship with them. Manipulation can really cause someone to snap. I just got out of an emotionally abusive, filled with venom and huge tons of lies relationship and I sometimes I wish I had just punched that girl into a coma. Never did get to express my physical violence on her.
Loved her very much but for whatever reason, I wasn't the guy she wanted. I did everything for her, even getting her a job but she kept comparing me to her cheating ex and even cheated on me severally with him and others (evidence from her phone). I always got pity sex and you have no idea how frustrating that is. Especially before learning things like red pill or alpha widow nature.
I sit down sometimes and remember the things I endured that would even make my friends laugh at me, that I'm either very stupid or I am the most patient person in the world. But they'd quickly follow it up with, you're a very intelligent person so you're obviously not stupid. I'm an engineer by the way (to explain the "intelligence").
The traditional nonsense that everyone who have never been in abusive (emotionally, not physical) relationship is to always tell a man to be patient. Be the bigger person. Fuck that shit. Fuck, I tried to self-delete myself several times, I am f**king rich as compared to my colleagues I sat in the same engineering classes with but I was miserable simply because I wanted to stay faithful to one woman who couldn't respect me. Everyone, my aunts, my own parents, her side of the family always told me to be the patient man. Years I endured this shit and I have receipts from going to a therapist to prove this. Multiple therapy sessions. I could've just done the worst and ended up in jail, probably be enduring shit in there but be happy I expressed my anger.
Until recently that her true lying devilish nature came out, the only thing I ever got from anyone is that "oh you're such a patient man". I am not. I have murdered that girl in so many different ways in my mind. So many different ways. When it was time for her to leave my place, I went and called the police to come and bear witness to her packing her belongings, only for them to refuse to turn up at the very last minute with all forms of excuses. I later found out from a colleague, even they could get in trouble for touching a woman or some nonsense of that kind. I sometimes have my whole body visibly shaking just remembering some of the things I had to live through and endure.
I am a broken man, and if you haven't been in my shoes you have no idea. I am lonely sometimes. Living all alone in a big house with everything to make a family possible, with money to travel anywhere I want. I have the freedom to travel (software engineer - remote work) but I am not able to. I buy new servers and computing tools just to play with at home. I do a whole lot of things to keep myself busy at night but after I've successfully done all of these things, I get reminded that I am lonely.
A girl who has been taking naked pics of me when I sleep at night over the course of the years. If not because the nakedness of a man does not go too far, she's been preparing all these years for when the relationship would go to hell so she can disgrace me. The only thing that stopped her, is her family and the threat of me suing her with all I've got until she rots in jail forever.
I want to be a husband, I want to be a good father, but with what I've experienced, I wonder what I did wrong to anyone to deserve any of this. I wonder if I'm cursed. I'm trying my very best not to go into any other relationship until next year. I don't think I am fit to be a man in any woman's life right now. I'll continue my therapy sessions and hopefully, God will help me with a woman who will appreciate my efforts.
I do not support or condone any stupid thing a man does to a woman, like ZaZell's husband has done to her, I'm just saying, I can understand what could push a man to doing it. I feel fortunate I didn't do it, but I sometimes feel very angry I didn't do it either.
That last story was so horrible, I couldn’t even imagine being that husband and you learn that she wasn’t dead after going through all those emotions and then you feel probably the greatest feeling ever by knowing your wife is actually alive but then to only lose her again and then go through all the ‘what if’s’ and ‘if only’ so all of that now stacked up on grieving again😭😢
I think the second time, I would have left her at home for a few days to make sure. Actually, if i lived somewhere that the dead are not embalmed I would leave the dead at home for a few days the FIRST time they were supposedly dead just to make sure.
@joy n, ya bro I would have to agree!
Those kids were so used to seeing their mother beat up that they thought that was normal 😢 heartbreaking
THATS NORMAL FOR THAT RACE
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I really struggle with audio stories, but Mr Ballen really has a gift of bringing the stories to life. Almost like as I'm listening to them, there's a TV playing in my head and I can see what he is saying.
Definitely agree !
Agree! I may have to rewind a few times, but it's way less than other audio stories and it's mostly cause of a.d.d.
@@suziq9343 same here!
In the first story that poor woman should have compensated for all those years of lost wages. It was obviously just an accident, but one that cost her her livelihood for decades. It is hard to believe that such a charge without even her being contacted could actually pursue her. What a corrupt and neglectful system.
Exactly what I thought.
Why did she - or did she - give her room mate the ability to rent a video under her name? If she knew, she should have ensured it was returned. It is considered a theft, so I can understand why employers would fire her OR potential employers nix her. Too bad - if I believe her claim - that none of these told her why. Especially an employer. They would have to cite reason for dismissal. Did she even ask? (Maybe story not true?)
@@changeintheair9648 The story says that she did not know and was not contacted about it. And no, not returning a movie is not like actual theft since you are charged late fees until the value of the film is paid off. If you don't pay the fees even that is not considered theft in the same sense as shoplifting. The idea that someone should have a criminal record for embezzlement over an unreturned movie, something that almost everyone has done at one point or another, is ridiculous. As for if the story is untrue, I can only hope.
I didn't see any corruption, just incompetence.
@@trailrider2571 it’s not corrupt to charge the person late fees until the MOVIE is paid for then turn around and make them a felon for embezzlement over it? 🤦🏼♀️ Beyond absurd to do that.
The fact that the guy got 15 years for beating his wife to death is so heart breaking. He deserves to rot in jail for much longer.
I hope they keep him for life!
He deserves to never get out!!!!
He was probably pushed to the limit and lost it …
@@veronicafior2714 I don’t give a fuck that doesn’t excuse beating someone to death
@@veronicafior2714 what?? You don’t just beat your wife to death because you lost your patience or we’re at your wits end. It doesn’t work that way.
Za’zells story is heartbreaking. Christmas won’t be the same for the kids after that… but how in the hell did no one hear or call the police when they heard fighting in the other apartment? If someone would’ve called the police, it would’ve probably saved her life.
Would you call the police if you hear fighting? They lived in a apartment and tons of people probably heard it a ton and got used to it every few weeks
You clearly never been around this level of toxic relationships. The police only do but so much if they do anything. Especially if they aren't leaving the abuse. It gets to point where neighbors don't care and do nothing more since it's constant and nothing is done.
I’m from Honduras and hospital over there we always get the stuff wrong and we refuse to go because we are afraid we won’t come back out alive
Sadly that's starting to become an issue in other countries as well..
Wow, I don’t blame anyone from Honduras for not trusting hospitals after hearing about this story and a few others! People here in the USA always talk so bad about our health system and they have ZERO IDEA how bad it can truly be…smh🙄 The fact that ANYONE in the USA gripes and talks bad about just about anything over here just truly don’t understand how bad people really have it in 2nd and 3rd world countries, it really angers me! 😠
@@robynsmith4164 if you have to compare your healthcare to a 3rd world country to make you feel happy about it, that’s not saying a lot
@@i_dream_of_memes The only real gripe is that people want it all to be free for everyone. No need to compare anything.
@@hansgruber9685 that’s my main complaint :)
“it’s great except no one can afford it”
The poor girl, I can't even imagine how that poor girl felt. Being buried alive has to be the worse possible feeling.
The thought of being buried alive
is the only thing that actualy ever gives me anxiety
Nothing else on this planet as ever come close to triggering that sentiment to me, besides that
@@wugira76 likewise, you know, now they put concrete over the coffins in America, if you do get buried alive in this day and age, there is no escape, thats why I opt for cremation, hopefully some jerk doesn't hit the button too soon or if he/she does they just wait for the screams to die down in absolute horror because surviving partial incineration would only make you suffer real bad and then you'd die anyways.
I was cleaning while listening, and the second story literally made me stop in my tracks and gave me the chills. That poor woman, my heart goes out to her beautiful children and family. 🥺❤️
The part where the dad posed her where their kids would think she’s alive was the worst part
She was just as toxic and abusive. He was just stronger. Horrible story but both were guilty
@UChLWSQdzaTD6EUXMol1oMbw You're**
Yall always seem to miss when the broads are abusive as well or worse and like to blame it solely on the man. Why's that? Yes, he went way too far and shouldn't have but this bih isn't innocent in this story either...
It’s horrific enough that he murdered his wife and mother of his children. But what makes this story so much worse is how he positioned her body on the sofa and made the children believe she had done something wrong when in reality he had murdered her in cold blood and made his children sit with her body.
Those poor children 💔
Not gonna lie, discovered you via cave disaster stories a few weeks ago. Binge watched you because you’re addictive. Got to a point where I was scared of my own house. Had to limit vids for a few days, but I think I’m good now. Can’t watch Mr. Ballen at night LOL. Amazing story teller.
Lmao about being scared in your own house 😂😂😂😂😂 I get spooked as well
Hahhaha the same thing happened to my cousin
@@quieteyes307 " cousin" right 😂🤣 my favorite time listening to his stories is driving alone at night . On country roads.
You're not the only one lol
@@felishagore6082 I’m serious! Hahaha she called me one day and was like “dude I’ve been watching too much ballen. I’m paranoid at night now.” I’ll admit though, ballen has made me more aware of my surroundings
Wow, William both orphaned his children and made Christmas a living nightmare for them forever after with one vicious act. You know what the worst part is? I 100% guarantee that pos will one day fight to "have his children in his life" after he makes parole. He'll cry, and talk about how sorry he is and how much he's changed and how he's found god or whatever, but by his hand his children and their mother were robbed of a lifetime together. I hope he never makes it out of prison.
Right 🎯 but so typical of low life beggars ...
You know it's true. Let's hope those who decide are much smarter and know where he needs to stay.
He's trash and deserves the death penalty.
God is spelled with a capital G.
@@leslieannvanhumbeck7630 Oh my God is it annoying that you spell nazi'd my spelling. See what I did there? :) Also, stop being name greedy LeslieAnn from Humbeck. Pick one name like the rest of us.
Let me get this straight: not returning a video tape makes you a felon guilty of embezzlement? That is sick.
Law enforcement always pushes for the biggest charge in the beginning of a case (innocent until proven guilty right?). Had she been notified of her charges, she would've went to court and it would've been reduced significantly by the judge.
I don't understand how it was considered felony embezzlement. You have to steal over a certain amount to make it go from a misdemeanor to a felony (it's different in each state... But usually at least $600+) and if you have never had any charges before they usually drop it to something smaller. So how a VHS even with fees could get that high is beyond me.
I used to manage a video store in a small town and yes, I’m that old and we rented VHS tapes. I never turned anyone over to the police though. You figure say the one video is 4.00 a day to rent and if the customer keeps it a year the charges would be well over 1,000.00. We would have customers insist they returned a movie even if the movie was missing and they were the last one to rent it. There was really nothing to do because I would never turn a customer over to the police and we just absorbed the cost but it was very irritating. But not felony irritating!
This happened to me, was arrested and went to jail. My brother rented under my account and never returned it. 20 years later I had a warrant out for my arrest.....0 tickets 0 record... a warrant for a VHS tape!!
@@loripedersen34 omg that is actually insane.
The last story brought me to tears. I am HORRIBLY claustrophobic... and hearing the story of that poor girl living & dying via my worst fear... and thinking about what her poor husband went through is just too much... I'm bawling. You know that even though it's 200% NOT his fault, he bests himself up thinking if only he'd gotten there sooner he could've saved her! I know that's what would torment me! I hope her spirit is at peace!
Stay off the TOR APP OKAY BINLADEN... THAT'S ABOVE YOUR PAY GRADE ICY HOT... ✨🕋
Neysi's story is so sad! Being buried alive is the worst way I can think of to die!! On a happier note - love your channel, your flannel shirts and your commitment to things beyond yourself. Thanks so much for your service. Your life is an inspiration.
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😭😭😭💀💀On a happier note
I agree so much and the one where the wife was beaten…
Rabies... rabies is the worst way to die.
I wonder if baby was alive too when she was entombed. Them "doctors". SMFH.
So glad you're back, John. Glad you and the family are doing well, enjoying your new home. You've been greatly missed! ❤️
Well said.
I thought he posted last week? When was he missing?
He and his family were moving cross-country over the last 2 weeks. There was a podcast that came out, but it was like 10 days w/o a video. If you swipe to the "Community" subcategory there a typed letter explaining the situation.
Glockdookie with a switch on that bitchh ethan_hawk_d
My dad has been gone for 17 years. He was an incredible story teller.
Mr. Ballen is the ONLY person who has ever been able to replicate that feeling of immersion. His level of detail, the way he delivers the stories. This channel is just amazing in every sense of the word. Even though it’s dark, Mr. Ballen just sells this!
Peanut
Yes, he really is amazing. I can't think of anyone who comes close to his presentation. He's an ex bad ass Navy Seal (verified by Don Shipley) too. Big career change, hey ?
Feel yea
Need a scary campfire edition.
I can download before because if you're paying to camp, you aren't camping
@Peanut Have you tried WLB?
I've only met like 3 or 4 great story tellers. My grandfather was one of them. He passed in 2004, but I remember those stories fondly
I love how you do your ads/commercials, especially when you can't do it without laughing! It's the best:)
Thank you,
Kate
2nd story just broke my heart... those poor children. I can't imagine calling out for mommy's attention and thinking she's in a bad mood when she's actually been murdered..
The girl buried alive story bothers me so much. Can’t stop thinking about it. This is everyone’s worse nightmare.
Right? Did NO ONE check her pulse?!
@@lydiafenton48 that's socialist Healthcare for ya
sounds peaceful 🥹
@@paulwoodford1984 ._.
@@someguywithanarrowtothekne3899 In 2001, a body bag was delivered to the Matarese Funeral Home in Ashland, Massachusetts with a live occupant. Funeral director John Matarese discovered this, called paramedics,. Social healthcare is a gift in Europe that you will never know cause of your reds under the beds manufactured mania, perhaps if the US and CIA had kept their damn noses out of South America they would have a better system, Americans lack of knowledge of the sheer damage they have done to the world is astounding.
That last story felt like a sledgehammer fit me right in the chest. That’s one of the saddest things I’ve ever heard. That poor sweet young woman and her husband + family. That tore my heart out.
imagine what she was going through for 24 hours inside that coffin after being buried
Yeah that was rough. Like fuck this universe where such a tragedy can even happen, if that were my wife and unborn child I'd hang myself in the woods no doubt.
@@borahmousam6332 and that she ran out of oxygen literally minutes before they were able to get her out since the husband heard her still screaming for help right before that. That's probably the most devastating part, knowing she could've been saved if someone herd her like half an hour earlier. Sadly the husband probably will blame himself forever that he didn't go just a little bit earlier, not that it's his fault but he'll always see it as such in his mind.
Those kids will never enjoy Christmas. Ever. What a pos.
That third one was incredible. Horrifying
"Mommy got drunk and now she's ruined Christmas" that's gotta be the worst quote to leave your kids just before getting arrested for murdering their mom!
Well that's exactly what a narcissist psychopath actually believes! Run as fast as you can when you meet one, they are bad news!
I miss Mr Ballen uploading “3, 4, sometimes even 5 times a week”! Your stories are the absolute best, so much so that I have rewatched all of them at least 3 times now! Your content is top notch! Can always imagine all the stories visually dancing in my mind. Thank you for all of your content, you are without a doubt the MVP of RUclips! 🏆
he uploads podcasts twice a week! Some are remastered stories already on here, but theres many that are podcast exlusive!
And you're not totally depressed? I had to take a step back because these stories are so sad.
Me too I’m so tired of being hounded with news about COVID and cdc warning and now monkeypox and the miserable heatwave and fire in California. And of course a war
MrBallen is a breath of fresh air away from all the toxic media coverage
Za'Zell a pretty name for a pretty lady, who unfortunately had a relationship with a monster. I hope her children have a better life & that their father is never let out of prison. If you are in an abusive relationship then please reach out for help
@weibo coiu
Worst story you’ve ever heard?
@Cry Me A River nothing better to say huh
@Cry Me A River I thought she was pretty. May she rest in peace,
I was on the jury selection for william's trial in the second story. At the time, I had no idea why he was there because of course they wanted to keep us unbiased, but as soon as I was let go, I searched everything up and found this story. It was terrifying, but I am glad he was found guilty even though I wasn't in the group to find him so. At the time I ws glad I wasn't on the jury, because of course, I didn't want to spend months of time sittng in a courtroom, but it is weird to hear about this again
The word you are looking for is "horrifying". Not 'terrifying'. You weren't there to be terrified. You were horrified by the details.
On the Za'zell one, I knew as soon as you said they were staying together for their kids despite a rocky and abusive relationship, that that wasn't going to end well. Staying together "for the kids" rarely ever works out well on its own. Add in abuse, and that's even worse.
Right and it often messes up the kids view on how relationships should be in the process
People just can't understand that 2 parents that are happier/safer separated is 100x better than staying and being miserable. Even without overt abuse, the tension in the house is stressful and you can't hide that. Kids are smarter than some think, they rapidly figure it out.
@@C-SD my parents split and it was still a war zone so it’s a toss up
That's not actually true. A woman who ran a DV shelter said Za'zell had tried to escape him several times but couldn't. People forget that women are the most likely to be murdered when they try to leave. The kids thing if said was probably just the line given to people at that time. She wanted out. She tried to get out. For many women come up by the time they realize they need to leave their abuser have made it near impossible for them to do it, or has made it very clear that they will kill them if they leave. I hate this guy with my whole body and can't believe he was only given 15 to life. I hope he serves every day of his life until hes in the ground himself. The pure EVIL of "MOMMY ruined Christmas". I'm sure that sociopath really believed that too.
@@lauralouwhooo stop saying women ,as if men don’t be abused.Ppl think it’s a joke when men say they are abused until some serious stuff happens and it’s crazy .Women get away with a lot of abuse and sexual assault they do,especially if they do it to a male individual bc these assumptions ppl have that women are the only victims bc men are “stronger”
We love you Mr Ballen- thank you for your service and storytelling!
That last story was horrific, that is one of the worst ways to go, absolutely one of the worst fears a person can have. I just couldn’t believe how incompetent the medical “professionals” were to instantly proclaim her dead without knowing the cause.
Ya how unbelievably horrible
For sure, losing your wife, gaining hope you can save her then losing her again. That’s got to be so much more traumatic than just losing someone
@@MrBallen Please tell the story of Portlock Alaska and how it was abandoned.
@@MrBallen i feel bad for those kids in the second story they were talking to their dead mom it’s sad how these things happen
@@joshuayarrington9684 he already did Portlock Alaska, it's called "Top 3 photos with disturbing backstories part 17"
The most unbelievable part was when you said the DMV emailed her “right back” 😂😂
The second and third stories made me nauseas with grief. I've been a fan of horror and true crime for years but I'm still consistently shocked and heartbroken by how people perish. Especially when the vast majority of these deaths are often preventable
I live in Norman, OK. I remember hearing about the lady with the VHS a while back. Does not surprise me that she was never notified. A few years ago, I got pulled over driving a vehicle that had an expired tag and no insurance. This was because, at the time, my primary transportation gad given up the ghost, and my project truck was all I had. Unfortunately, I didn't have the money to get it legal, but I still needed to work. I just figured I'd take care of everything on payday. Didn't work out that way, unfortunately. Fast forward about two years, I get stopped in my new car, and when the cop runs my info, he tells me I'm driving on a suspended license. Apparently, the state had suspended my license when I got stopped in the truck two years earlier, and they never notified me about it. Wound up costing me almost 700 dollars I'm fines and fees, which would never have happened if they had notified me of the suspension
Same thing happened to me. I got a ticket for an out headlight. I was unemployed at the time so on a payment plan. I was exactly one day late on a payment, which apparently suspended my license. This was in April. I went to get my license updated after I got married, which is when I found out it was suspended. Gee, thanks for never telling me. -_-
that sounds like something you should be able to sue for tbh, that's 100% something they should have done
They can get more money out of you that way!
Ny did the same to me. I found out when I was getting papers together for marriage license. The dmv never received my payment, found out neighbor was stealing mail in the building, so they just suspended me without notice. Few hundred dollars and many choice words for the county clerk and it was straightened out. Such a hassel
@@poochy2479 how would he prove he never got notified?
I just cannot imagine Rudy's pain. Also Neysi's, this sounds like the most terrible thing ever. But how could they get it so wrong, i mean she was pregnant, don't you check 100 more times for the baby?
It happened in the US also, the girl came to in the morgue. With the guy just getting to the autopsy. Her family was surprised and pissed after.
U would think. But the combo of religion being the most important thing and no real medical schools = poorly trained doctors
They should be checking enough times for the actual person, not the fetus.
I will NEVER recover from the last story. I was so set to be relieved and happy and I am not.
Please start touching grass. No one should be that online that they are affected personally by these stories. Will you really, really, NEVER recover? That's just....too online.
@@jessicahannah2522 oh man, maybe you’re the one that needs to touch grass. If you knew my lifestyle, you’d feel silly about your comment. I was clearly exaggerating, I’m fully recovered btw!
Poor Macie she experienced my worst nightmare! I can’t image how terrifying that had it of been. And to have her poor husband hear her cries! Just chilling to the bone!RIP Macie and my condolences to her family and all the other families in these stories. Thanks Mr Ballen
*Neysie
That story is absolutely insane. I think it's everyone's worst nightmare. I couldn't even imagine waking up in a casket buried in the ground only to have someone actually hear you but unfortunately just not in time and then tragically die anyways. Just brutal....
If I was pregnant and had to use an outhouse, I guarantee you that I would have a chamber pot to use at night. Especially in Honduras. No walking through the back yard in the dark for me.
Great episode John, the last one broke my heart. Can't imagine the terror that woman went through.
For real....just imagine being in her position for 5 minutes....
Just so you know… you’ve already done enough! You do so much for us and we appreciate you more than most things in our daily lives. You deserve nothing but respect
Thank you!!
Yourwelcome and thanks.
Agreed, I still miss 3-4 even 5 times a week 😭
Same here. Seems some of us our getting too busy to upload more than once a week unfortunately. Hopefully in future things will return to normal.
@@MrBallen no thank you!
I love this guy! He’s got 3 of my absolute favourite stories ever, told in the best possible way❤
Damn, that poor newlywed husband! Speaking of "traumatized-for-life" horrific events...those poor kids on Christmas talking to their Mom who wasn't drunk/ignoring their excitement, but dead!!! I wonder if they've ever been able to truly enjoy Christmas since that awful day. :( Especially, the 8 yr old who would be most likely to remember it.
That's just overwhelmingly devastating & horrendous!
The father's response was so mean!
Just heard the end of that story and holy crap that might be one of the worst things I've ever heard!
What a selfish, abusive piece of garbage that William is!
I think I understand why I like him so much, he's like one of your dad's friends who goes camping with your family all the time and tells the best fireside horror stories.
Too accurate 😂
It's been so funny watching you go from "we post 3, 4 sometimes even 5 times a week"
All the way down to "we post once a week".
It shows how busier your life has gotten and how you've also learned to focus on quality over quantity.
Been wonderful watching your journey as a content creator.
This has to be the #1 WORST mr ballen episode. The Oklahoma Problem, was not strange, nor dark, nor mysterious. It was a boring story about a person who irresponsibly loaned out their video store card to a roommate and incurred a lot of fees. Mundane. Mind-numbing. Pointless.
I was thinking the same. “From 4 or so times to maybe 1.” 😁
@@gumballrun9881 I thought it was pretty strange. No one told her anything for 22 years. Not even the employers she got fired from
@@gumballrun9881 I liked it actually
@@veganandlovingit me too!
30 years ago I was putting in jail for not returning a videotape. It’s very interesting story😊
As a narcoleptic person who experiences cataplexy, the third story is especially horrifying and heartbreaking. I've never heard of cataplexy causing foaming at the mouth though.🤔
Yeah, neither explanation actually explained that...
I am guessing she had preeclampsia and she had eclampsia fit that morning.
It causes convulsions similar like generalized epilepsy and can cause loss of consciousness afterwards.
If you cannot swallow well, you appear to foam at the mouth.
I have Narcolepsy with cataplexy and I'm an RN, but I've never heard of it causing that either.
Hmmmmmmm
Nobody would ever have known that the girl was buried alive if her husband had not leaned against the tomb. It is such a tragic shame that she did not survive. Her husband looks so young and terribly heartbroken.
I am Honduran, and it's very unfortunate events what happened. I remember the news when it happened and it's sad that the health system in the country and specially in rural areas are so poor that it really is no surprise a mistake this big was made. Thanks Mr. B for including a story from my country. My thoughts are for all the Hondurans who have not had access to proper healthcare.
I'm so sorry man, I really hope things get better over there
the problem in this particular story seems to about religion more than healthcare
Do things like that happen often in Honduras?
Wow. Those were all terriblly depressing. Thanks.
When I was in high school I read a story in the old “Tales from the Crypt” magazine. The story was about a man who suddenly drops dead on the street. He later wakes up in a coffin buried alive. The man had suffered what the magazine called a cataleptic fit which gave the appearance of death. After reading the story, I asked myself, “Could this ever happen to somebody in real life?” Mr. Ballen just answered that question for me. Horrific is hardly the word.
Exactly. I can't even bear to think about it.
That sort of thing was not uncommon before heart monitors and such.
Probably not anymore. Once you’re embalmed or cremated you’re pretty much guaranteed to be dead 💀
catalepsy is real and debilitating if not for my family woulld be street ridden because i can not work.
I think embalming the dead person eliminates that possibility. But obviously Honduras doesn't embalm.
The story in #3 would have such a dramatically different ending if she lived in an area where actual medical care wasnt a distant second to exorcisms.
Wow. The story of Necey! OmG! Gave me the most absolute chills. So damn sad! That poor family, Jesus! That was just totally unexcusable for the DOCTORS to say she was dead, when in fact, she wasn't. So sad! My heart breaks for all her family.
Poor Macie, what a terrible thing to have happen to you. May God welcome her into his kingdom and bless her family and friends
Zazell's story is heartbreaking! As a mother, I remember how much my 7 week old baby needed me, and think how much all my kids still need me now! I can only imagine the trauma this man caused his children by murdering their mother.
I hope they all got the therapy they needed to cope with what happened
I would like to congratulate Karen for surviving a Mrballen video! You are one of a brave few.
That last story is so incredibly tragic. The husband basically had to suffer the loss of his wife and child TWICE! I hope the family is at peace now
Religion not even once. That was a murder. That family killed her.
A truly horrible story. 😪
It's really sad.
Maan it's always stupid religion that causes unnecessary deaths
agree
That last one was really sad.
The “So, that’s gonna do it!” after that terrifying story almost made me spit my Mr. Pibb out. It’s always so jarring after a scary/sad story. “And her head was never found…So, that’s gonna do it!”
Your reply made *me* laugh! It is super jarring though when he does those sudden tonal shifts.
I'm sorry but I laughed reading the last part, I could just hear MrBallen saying that.
I’m more terrified by your choice in drink; _“Mr. Pibb,”_ bleh! lol
Really, though: _‘to each his own,’_ of course.
I actually find it a relief. After the horrible ending to the story it's good to hear him say something mundane and practical.
@@xXSakuraTearsXx how can you hate Mr. Pibb? It's a nostalgic staple of 90s kids' sugar-coma memorabilia
That is so sad the last story. Imagine the terror of being buried alive. Pure panic.
I am not even claustrophobic and the thought of being so tightly encased in a coffin that is inside of a cement enclosure sounds horrific. Not being able to move at all sounds like a nightmare. Not to mention the lack of oxygen
@@garretthorsch8143 in total agreement. I can be in tight spaces but if I am completely enclosed and cannot (or can barely) move... I would undoubtedly panic. I can't imagine the horror the people who have been buried alive went through.
I hope Neysi's husband is doing okay. I can't imagine how he must feel, poor fellow. Just awful, indeed.
Wish there was A GO FUND ME for this family.
@@logicdictates4me you can literally travel to his country and change their lives yourself, all you gotta do is make that first move… it’ll change your life
@@liljohn5070 what do you even mean? How could he just go to this family of strangers and change their lives himself?? I'm not asking ironically btw, I'm curious!!!
@@ethnikistar I'm curious too. You can't just give those kids money. You'd have to adopt them, give the two kids attention and love every day. That is easier said than done.
@@orange_cat exactly! Plus, in their state, I don't think they'd be willing to let strangers get involved other than something like a gofundme
I had a very hard time making it through that story considering that I have a two month old son that story literally sent chills up my spine. I’m so glad that the children are in a safer environment.
When will people learn that having a kid NEVER fixes toxic relationships and only brings more people into the toxicity.
Yes, so true.
You really expect them to understand? They can barely understand how to leave someone alone and stop messing with them. So anything they think will bring them together they’ll do
Those kids will never enjoy Christmas again after that :(
When parents start raising their children better and both stay in the childrens lives in a positive way.
I don’t think that will ever catch on. Sadly🤷♀️
Poor Nacy (story #3). I can't imagine the agony she must have suffered in her last 24 hours of life. May she now RIP. Her family has my deepest condolences for the loss of their loved one.
I know right!! If that was my wife I would be blaming myself for what happen. It would kill me knowing that I could have saved my wife's life if I did not stop by the store on my way to my wife's grave, or only if I would have gotten up earlier instead I slept in... Stuff like that would eat at my soul for eternity.
Woe, that poor woman was PREGNANT, and buried alive. I can't imagine how scared she was, not for herself, but for her unborn child as well. That is absolutely horrific!! 😭💔💔💔
Not for herself? LOL
@@ravkue6336 I think they meant "not just for herself." For most people in a situation like that you are often thinking more of your kids than yourself. 🤷♀
@@ravkue6336 ----When your family is in danger, especially the children, the last person you worry about is yourself. The kids' safety ALWAYS come first. I never really believed that until I had my daughter, but it's true. Good luck to you.
@@Melissamms Most people are wired that way, it can't be helped. Evolution has made babies the cutest/ most helpless thing, so we want to protect & care for them. No one has claimed (here) that a mother is any more valuable than anyone else, it's just tragic when a life that everyone expected to continue is snuffed out.
If the story were about anyone else you would still see the tragic comments. It's a terrible turn of events to be almost rescued.
Um 😭 is an inappropriate emoji for this situation
Those tapes used to cost $75 when they first came out but to be a felony is insanity. That is a misdemeanor. How can it be a felony if it is not a serious crime against the state
The second one, I knew she was dead before it was revealed. The moment Mr. Ballen said the abuser told the children, "Mommy ruined Christmas." That's classic abuse. Before he got into the story, from the photos alone, I can tell you that it was one person being abusive and their victim fighting back. It looks like "fights" to the outside world, but these types of relationships are usually a victimiser and a victim. It is classic trauma bonding and predatory types look for strong people they can tear down by pushing their buttons until their victims fight back.
While there are definitely always exceptions, the vast majority of predatory people do not "look for strong people they can tear down." You're right that they'll tear you down, but they're looking for a victim, not a challenge. As such, they specifically choose easy targets, with noticeable weaknesses or vulnerabilities that can be exploited.
Crazy because often times the women are terrified in her case and don't seek help but if they end up loosing it and killing the abuser they get murder charges the system is messed up.
@@justleon721 idk, I met this guy when my confidence was in a good spot, and over months he tore me down and he loved it. I'm not a fighter, but for some reason in this particular relationship I would get right back in his face after he got into mine. I'd follow him around yelling (just like he did to me). I'm honestly really surprised and grateful he never hit me. That would have broken me for sure lol. Our fights were NEVER over serious things but the way he screamed at me, you'd think I really wronged him. So, I fought back because I didn't appreciate it, but I hated doing that and will never give an abusive asshole more of my time than he needs ever again.
Lmao when we broke up, I was on my way out the door when he stopped me real quick, then stood there and said that although I'm beautiful, I'm "just not that cute", and then at the very end told me, "I think you are a real-life sociopath." I was so panicked that when I got back home I googled symptoms of sociopathy because I was so worried that he was right 😂😂😂😬
@@justleon721 - Nope.
@@nilesredfern7989 - Exactly. It is also why thick-headed bullies pick on the "gentle giants" of the world. The antagonisers are so full of themselves that they perceive "not fighting back" or kindness or simply minding one's own business as "weakness." I saw it a lot in the army. idiots were always getting into the faces of the biggest guys and then would cave when the big guys had had enough and would deck them.
The last story got me! I still feel like I can’t breathe from the anxiety I had watching it! 😂 This is the kind of video that makes us all love Mr. Ballen!
You're laughing, she got buried alive and suffocated due to lack of oxygen yet you're laughing...
I know! I was hoping so badly that they were going go find her in time and she would have pulled through. What an awful story. 😕
@Carly Jade Who was scary?
Cant imagine waking up in a coffin and not being able to get out. Just the darkness alone would freak you out. Heard a few stories like this. Instantly feel bad for them too. Sad for everyone involved. Was interesting to watch. Great well told story. Great video
Always have a wake. That's the whole point of them - giving the person time to wake up if they're not dead.
Holy sh*t. That second story with the dead mother being propped up on the couch is horrible. Personally, I've got memories that go back to before I was two years old but I seriously hope these kids grow older and can't recall anything about it. Damn, that's rough.
I have memories of being in my crib but old enough to sit up. My mom had given me a blanket and I said that was on your bed when I was in the crib. It was that blanket and she was stunned to find out I remembered it from that young.
I have a few flashes of memories from being a baby, but nothing important. My solid memories started around age four. I hope the three year old won't remember, but sadly I'm pretty positive that the eight year old will remember it all. 😢
I love your work John, you’ve helped me through many tough times, I couldn’t be more of a fan of the strange dark and mysterious, delivered in both podcast and story format
U know him personally??
@@thomasgriffin2326 we all do I guess
@@TheBlackSpartan103 with the amount I watch him I may aswell know him personally
Man that last story was really horrifying, imagine the doctors getting it so wrong...
HOPE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE SETTLING INTO YOUR NEW HOME...YOUR FOREVER HOME....
Mr. ballen is hands down the best story teller I've ever heard. Keep it up. Also, can you find some more stories about unidentified creatures and cabins in the woods. Those are my favorite.
This particular video was very timely for me. I had really been struggling with my feelings on this topic and I was troubled. Listening to this very measured, moving and personal insight from Father Mike was a game changer for me. I finally was able to come to terms with this and find greater understanding and peace within. Thank you Father Mike. ❤