"Are you going to believe me, or your lying eyes"...lol No one believes they can be Gas Lit, yet it is the most successful and easy sociopathic tool that sociopaths and narcissist use. Humans are so strange.
I feel bad for Otto, he had no family and was still really a child when he met Dolly, he lived in isolation save for her, she was literally his whole world, creepy.
I mean, HE made the choice to sleep with his bosses wife. Just because someone is young or thier poor doesnt mean they arent able to think rationally. Not to mention he willingly killed her husband instead of calling the police. He is trash just like his lover,they killed her husband then hid it
I mean to be honest it’s probably the only choice she had. Considering the death of her husband would’ve made her already gossip-loving neighbors more intrigued.
Honestly talk about just a boy toy in her eyes I kinda feel bad for him even though he did kill him shit he got played too 😢 also he could of left a lot sooner so I don’t feel bad anymore 😂
Yeah, so how'd the batman go potty in the attic. More likely Fred didn't hear noises but smelled sewage. 10 yrs in an attic alone. Guy musta been kookoo for coco puffs to begin with. No woman would be worth that. Well maybe a tuggy from Shania Twain, as he said on Breakin Bad.lol Rich
This is crazy. My mom grew up in Milwaukee and said they lived in a house where the door upstairs was always locked from the inside and never knew why. One day it was wide open , but she ran out it scared her so bad. Im going to share this with her. Thanks Mr. Ballen!
Never - ever - quit doing this Mr Ballen. You are the only one that makes me get a good nights sleep (in a good way, but your story telling is so soothing and insanely good. Can’t keep my eyes up, even though I want!)
I live in Jamaica... I am a fan of the strange dark and mysterious.... I was walking one day and heard Mr. Ballen's voice.... turns out I'm not the only Jamaican fan🇯🇲
If Netflix took over it wouldn’t be MrBallen’s anymore. They will Change it. I say let John and Crew do their thing and decide what changes. Don’t get corrupted. We love you
Oh yea literally I’d start sharing my paycheck w this man to keep it this way it’s literally the best. It’s some of the only real, unbiased content anywhere now where it’s just what it is. It’s not to manipulate or promote and idk that’s refreshing
Not just Netflix, but any of the streaming services or cable channels, they are all shit. History Channel would mangle these stories to oblivion. *_"AND WHEN OTTO CAME DOWN STAIRS, TO HIS HORROR, THERE WERE TWO LITTLE GREEN MEN STANDING BEFORE HIM. HE WOULD LATER BE QUOTED AS SHOUTING "WOWEE!!" AS HE WAS THEN LEVITATED OUT THROUGH THE ROOF AND INTO THE SKY. WAS IT ALIENS? WHO KNOWS. MAYBE. WHAT DO YOU THINK?"_*
I watch every night in bed. I even re - watch the ones I really like multiple times. The only ones I cannot listen to again are the killer crabs and dock spider stories.😱
My first thought immediately was Dolly had some one lock the door. I don’t see it being impossible for her to have committed it at all. That was literally the first thought that popped in my head. Even if its not how it exactly happened I immediately felt there was some one else. Wasn’t expecting the attic guy though lmao
@@jennyanderson9450 well I assumed for some reason it could only be locked from the outside. I have seen those on older homes. I could see that as well.
I thought there was a secret entrance into the closet that she had sneaked into. I figured she locked the door and crawled through a secret way to the closet. Lolololol
"The police could find nothing darker, or more dangerous, than a petty and meaningless marriage." Taken out of context that sentence has a whole new meaning.
@@freakshowfilmfestival3591 I’ll live and die besides the magic of “Jane Eyre.” The only book I read in high school where adultery is showcased, along with wife beating.
I was thinking the whole time that she had to have an accomplice...but I never could have predicted who that accomplice was. Thanks for another fantastic story, you're by far the best oral storyteller I've ever heard!
@@tbone1309 why cuz he asked if she has an only fans? Sitting at his computer with a credit card in one hand and his little member in the other. Yikes.
@Cash Quest You have to cut him a little slack.... he was only 17yrs old when Dolly the cougar pounced upon him. Moreover, women back then (100yrs ago) weren't giving up booty like they do now.
@@commandericeman8588 what make people believe that women was less sexually active back then? I bet that isn't true at all. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if they was more sexually active back then. It's just in that time it was hidden and no one talked about it publicly and anything sexual was banned on any form of entertainment. Especially women couldn't show any form of sexual behavior without being seen as a slut. Look how it is now. Can you imagine 100 years ago?
@@tyrant7583 They were probably less active because, in mlst places, they were forced to be with people they aren't attracted to and were considered spoiled goods / useless if they lost their hymen before marriage.
I instantly knew Dolly had done it considering her little "locked in a closet and the key is in another room" existed as literally nothing but a perfect alibi. It's wayyy to good of an excuse for my liking.
@@smithamy1982 Not to mention, back then when this story took place a lot of doors if not all the inside doors had key holes that could only be locked and unlocked with a key.
Mr. Ballen is such a wonderful story teller! He is the modern-day version of the village elder who was trusted with the oral traditions of the entire village. Such a pleasure to see such an entertainer and lore master!
Mr Ballen is beyond brilliant and extremely gifted with excellent storytelling narratives. But he is also a beautiful soul. Considerate, respectful and non judgmental. Would have loved to be in his physical company, telling a story. His family must be so proud of this intelligent and unpretentious man to whose channel I'm addicted to
I love how even when he pretends to hold a pistol, you can tell that he has some serious muscle memory from the way he "draws" it to his arm and eye movements when scanning from side to side. Pretty darn cool IMO.
The irony is not lost on me, that of all the strange, dark and mysterious people you speak about in your stories... considering your previous line of work,YOU are still the most dangerous man on your channel!!! Please keep up the awesome work!
ME! I totally agree & turn it into The Ballen Fest like Coachella but hella better & only subs are aloud to go. K I’m doin too much but it would be rad AF
This is what a narcissistic relationship is folks. Pay attention to how well she acted out the whole scheme. Pay attention to how perfectly she was able to lie and get away with it, even after being arrested and held for murder. She never broke character, and never once showed her true side. This is the epitome of gaslighting of a covert narcissist!
Yes, and notice how easily she got all those men, even while not being anything extraordinary to look at, and she got them to do what she wanted so easily.
MrBallen "John" is such a inspiration to me. 3 vids = 72 hours a week 5 vids =120 hours a week of his time and work.. Super props to him for working so hard to take care of our addiction to his videos.. MrBallen is by far the most hardest working man on RUclips.. Simply Amazing..
Hes a good RUclipsr brother but definitely not the hardest working 1...and if u think about how much they make just off ads alone not to mention views and likes...this is his job..and he gets paid 100s an hour if not 1000s bro...
The like button is actually the guy he lost a fight to but legally changed his name as a joke and MrBallen has been inciting us jokingly to torture and ruin him for laughs. :(
You have an acute and extremely pointed way of describing things, you can see your service has a baring in how accurately and fully you can deliver a situation to anyone listening. But with that you deliver with the utmost respect and feeling to anyone concerned, Absolutely love your channel
I need to watch his videos before sleeping. I thought i was the only weird one. LoL ! It's like lullaby to me every night. Indeed very soothing enunciation. Strangely, it feels safe.
When you tell these stories I can actually visualise in my head how they happened. You are gifted my friend. Thank you for entertaining us with facts. 🙏🙏🙏
Shane on Buzzfeed cracked me up sooo much talking about the watcher. I thought that was solved...maybe I’m just thinking of the super obvious conclusion. There may not be enough actual evidence to close the case officially.
I tell ya, this guy is a master storyteller. His hand gestures. The way he is so articulate with his words. It's simply undeniably a craft all its own. Hail to MrBallen, the king of stories. 🤴📖
“After my husband got killed in a break in I thought it was silly to keep those guns around to protect myself” Definitely could have come up with a better excuse for getting rid of those pistols.
This reminds me of a locked room murder case in Korea back in 2010. The apartment (as where most Koreans live) was a new one, only about a year old and the security is pretty high even today's standard. You can only entre with a PIN or a door access card to even get inside the buildings and their staircases + the elevator. The front door access of the buildings would have cameras that takes picture of everyone who swipe their card or entre their PIN. The entire complex was covered with CCTV cameras and everyone's front doors were locked with these digital locks as well as conventional locks. And then there was a murder in one of the floors. The weapon was a kitchen knife belong to the house owner (Mrs. Lee, 69 yo). Her huband, Mr. Park, was out on that day and came back home at 11pm. He had his alibi and it matched with CCTV footage and testimonies from his friends. The GPS record of his phone matched too. He left the house at around 7am and Mrs Lee had a phone call at around 8am. So she was alive after her husband has left the house. The police was trying to figure out how they've entred the building in the first place. They've checked all CCTV footages. The investigators checked the home's security system to see if anyone has pressed the doorbell (in which the camera in front of the house takes a photo of the visitor) but no one has pressed the doorbell and there weren't any photo taken. They checked the system log to see if anyone tried to hack into the system but there was nothing. No doors or windows were open. So the investigators thought the murderer was an acquaintance of the victim but they couldn't find anything. The body had multiple defense marks which led the investigators to think that the murderer is most likely to be an old person or a woman. Someone with weak physical strength. There were cameras that faced both the staircase and the elevator but nothing out of ordinary was found. They've checked everyone who lived in that particular apartment building and checked where they went, trying to put the puzzle together, but they couldn't find the murderer. Some of the Korean internet broadcasters tried to see if they can go inside the building without being captured by CCTV cameras but they soon found out that it's impossible. To this date, no one knows who murdered Mrs. Lee. The investigators cannot find out how the perpetrator entred of exited from the apartment unit and from the building. If you type 'Textbook Locked-Room Mystery from South Korea - Namyangju Locked-room Murder(2010)' on Google, you can find a reddit link to this story.
I wonder if Mrs. Lee killed herself. In 1979, I was in the 12th grade, and our school hosted field trips to different placed, to give us ideas of what job/profession might interest us. One of the places was a courthouse, and in a small room, a policeman gave us a talk. He was telling us different stories of how they were able to solve different murders, using a relatively new medium of detective work. Forensic Science. And there was one case where a woman murdered herself with a knife in such a way as to frame her husband (who was having an affair, and planing on leaving her) for the knife attack that caused her death. How she did it was she took a kitchen knife, that only had her husbands fingerprints on it, and placed it in the space between the kitchen door and the door frame. She placed it high enough, so that when she threw herself backwards onto the knife, the stab wound was in a place and angle that would have been impossible for it to be self inflected. Whether or not she meant to cause her own death, or if she just wanted to inflect enough harm to cause her husband to go to prison for a long, long time, the policeman wasn't sure. And she would have gotten away with framing her unfaithful husband, if it wasn't for two slight, little imprints on either side of the door jam, that lined up the the height of her stab wound and the shape of the knife handle. So I'm wondering if Mrs. Lee could have done something similar. Just a thought.
Most South Korean apartments feature balconies. Someone could enter from a next door balcony. Most have sliding doors. Nothing stated about this feature. This would not be easy, but a young Korean girl could slip from balcony to balcony. It is possible.
@@destinymurray875 Most Korean apartments are floor heated. Ondol steam heat flows through pipes under the floor. Could be that someone took the task of slipping under the floor to cut through and into this apartment. This is assuming that the pipes were shut off.
This story deserves a movie and I suggest that you Mr. Ballen write the script so long as you can still feed my insatiable appetite for the strange, dark and mysterious.
Glad that "Batman" finally moved on. Hopefully he went on to live a normal life with his wife. Not sure how Dolly was lonely when she had all these guys jumping through hoops for her. I have enough trouble with one man. I certainly wouldn't have the energy for all of that. LOL.
THATS all I kept thinking the whole time. Like how good is this girls (hooha) to have an idiot live “trapped” in a fucking attic for a decade. On top of that she had other multiple men in her life. Need to find her great great granddaughter lol.
This my favorite category you make videos on. I love listening to the whole story trying to piece it together myself and actually have an answer at the end. The unsolved ones I like too but the solved ones I like more
You either have to really really really love someone or be really really really dumb and naive to live silently in their attic in multiple houses for an entire decade. That's some freaky stuff right there...
Really lazy is also a possibility. I know far too many today who would jump at the opportunity to live lonely in an attic if it meant no work, free food and other necessities, plus sex... as long as there was an internet connection of course.
@@DarthLesbian With booze and booty what's even the point of going out? The hardest part would be that newspaper and magazine shit. I read, but on a kindle or phone. A good inet connection and i'd be set to spend nights chilling in an attic watching vids and playing games with headphones.
I love the way MrBallen enacts the action scenes. Especially when he mimicked pointing the gun and moving around with it. Former Navy Seal, he knows his way around weapons!!
I wonder if there have only been 6 of us who understand that reference so far... The one role Rick Morranis was perfect for; and Steve Martin as the dentist. I've gotta see if I can find that version online now!
@@MoniLuv 😂 I’m 24 but since my grandparents raised me, people often assume I’m older by my older mindset. I used to watch Little Shop of Horrors with my Great Aunt and Uncle tho. Lol, I’m one of the few 24 year olds that can tell you what General Hospital is.
You are a badass storyteller and a badass just in general your wife and kids are lucky as hell thank you for serving our country thank you for work your the best god bless love you
I’ve watched so many of these stories, this one might be one of the craziest. I too suffer depression and listening to these episodes almost make you forget…thank you
Love your stories ❤ I'm a Navy widow, my husband was a Builder Chief USN SEABEES! Can Do! He retired in 1990, 23 years active duty. Thank you for your service, I know how hard it was for you. God bless you.
I love this man's hand gestures. They are strong and descriptive. I wish I could imitate him and play him back for himself to see. This guy is very good!!!
If you like this video, be sure to break into Mr. Ballen’s house and steal all of his flannel shirts and leave him only pastel polo shirts. Love, the “Like Button”
The money too. He was a teen with no family & probably liked the idea of his lover also being like a mother figure & some that provides for him financially. It’s definitely not just the p*$$y
I've never been this early! I love your channel and appreciate all the hard work. You're the best story teller I've come across in my 52 years. Thanks for making the pandemic a little easier on all of us subs!
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9:44 the mole on your chest
Darn you u got it, actual eagle eyes !!
Well done!
bruh how😐
u found it sooo fast
Brooooooo
Dolly convincing Fred that the missing food and cigars is all in his head is the definition of gaslighting.
"Are you going to believe me, or your lying eyes"...lol No one believes they can be Gas Lit, yet it is the most successful and easy sociopathic tool that sociopaths and narcissist use. Humans are so strange.
You are absolutely correct.
@@HorrorMetalMaestroRedrusty66 yup
But I know I saw a light on upstairs, and what about the noises?
@@justindunlap1235 ghosts
How does this guy not have his own Netflix series yet? He is a storyteller par excellence.
Haha thank you!
I'll be sad if he goes to Netflix solely because I dont have Netflix :/
@@calebowen2006 I'll lend you my passcode if Mr. Ballen does get his own Netflix show. 😜😜😜
@@cpoguemahone that would be great. if he ever goes onto Netflix I'll make sure to return to this comment section 😂😂
For real, he tells it so well it's like he was there and in turn makes you feel that way as well.
I feel bad for Otto, he had no family and was still really a child when he met Dolly, he lived in isolation save for her, she was literally his whole world, creepy.
Right?! She wasn't even that attractive.
@@rainesbobo she's hideous 🤣
@@rainesbobo truly is incredible what a bit of tail will do to a young man 😅
I mean, HE made the choice to sleep with his bosses wife. Just because someone is young or thier poor doesnt mean they arent able to think rationally. Not to mention he willingly killed her husband instead of calling the police. He is trash just like his lover,they killed her husband then hid it
Even after her husband died and they moved to a NEW house, she still made him live in the attic!! 😃😄
The fact that she made Otto still live in the attic even after her husband was dead 🤣 poor dude.
I mean to be honest it’s probably the only choice she had. Considering the death of her husband would’ve made her already gossip-loving neighbors more intrigued.
More like stupid dude
Now we know who was on top and who was on bottom
Honestly talk about just a boy toy in her eyes I kinda feel bad for him even though he did kill him shit he got played too 😢 also he could of left a lot sooner so I don’t feel bad anymore 😂
He should have left her. I don't understand how anyone like him can stay with someone whom he knew killed another human being.
MrBallen is an American hero, a dad, and the best storyteller!
With confusing hand gestures
No cappp
And truth full and cool. Probably a very cool guy to talk to
And a KILLLERRRRR
Why no one has said it yet??? He's good looking too lol.
Comes out of the attic
"So anyways, I started blasting"
Hahaha
Yes this is perfect
This comment deserves more likes.
Thats what literally happened... hahaagaaaaaaaa
Yeah, so how'd the batman go potty in the attic. More likely Fred didn't hear noises but smelled sewage. 10 yrs in an attic alone. Guy musta been kookoo for coco puffs to begin with. No woman would be worth that. Well maybe a tuggy from Shania Twain, as he said on Breakin Bad.lol Rich
Words I never thought I'd hear: "He was stunned to see his formerly teenage sewing machine repair man..."
This. This got me. 🤣🤣 I think I learned about this in Aaron Mahnke’s Lore podcast and when it started I thought PLEASE let it be that story. Nuts.
🤣🤣🤣
You forgot to say.”dual wielding 25.cal pistols.” Lol
🤪🤪
He's no longer a sewing machine repair boy!
This is crazy. My mom grew up in Milwaukee and said they lived in a house where the door upstairs was always locked from the inside and never knew why. One day it was wide open , but she ran out it scared her so bad. Im going to share this with her. Thanks Mr. Ballen!
Dang that’s crazy
You left the story incomplete, what the fuck happened next?
@@raulpardomorales7994 yeah, seriously !
Pls wot happened next ?
Why did you go scare the sh*t out of your mom 😭😭
It did scare her too 😅 she didnt remember what else just that it shook them all so bad they moved shortly after. It was like 60 yrs ago lol
I’m ready to go to bed thinking my pile of clothes are a person.
It's the person behind the door
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😭😭😭
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Hahaha!
I’m a night trucker and save these till I’m driving around in these deserted motorways 🛣 , always on edge, keeps me alert 🚨
That's awesome
Same here man
Same here😂
That's genius
Lol me too. It sure puts you on edge.
“Fred lunged at Otto”... and Otto went full auto
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😆
LOL
😂
Bruh xD
Never - ever - quit doing this Mr Ballen. You are the only one that makes me get a good nights sleep (in a good way, but your story telling is so soothing and insanely good. Can’t keep my eyes up, even though I want!)
I live in Jamaica... I am a fan of the strange dark and mysterious.... I was walking one day and heard Mr. Ballen's voice.... turns out I'm not the only Jamaican fan🇯🇲
Who just found their favorite RUclips channel???
This guy! I’ve spend days watching your videos. I enjoy your content so much.
If Netflix took over it wouldn’t be MrBallen’s anymore. They will Change it. I say let John and Crew do their thing and decide what changes. Don’t get corrupted. We love you
Oh yea literally I’d start sharing my paycheck w this man to keep it this way it’s literally the best. It’s some of the only real, unbiased content anywhere now where it’s just what it is. It’s not to manipulate or promote and idk that’s refreshing
Agreed. Everything they touch becomes a remnant of what it was prior.
Not just Netflix, but any of the streaming services or cable channels, they are all shit. History Channel would mangle these stories to oblivion.
*_"AND WHEN OTTO CAME DOWN STAIRS, TO HIS HORROR, THERE WERE TWO LITTLE GREEN MEN STANDING BEFORE HIM. HE WOULD LATER BE QUOTED AS SHOUTING "WOWEE!!" AS HE WAS THEN LEVITATED OUT THROUGH THE ROOF AND INTO THE SKY. WAS IT ALIENS? WHO KNOWS. MAYBE. WHAT DO YOU THINK?"_*
Sure do!
Agreeeed stay free 🌈
"He was mean, she was lonely" DEFINITELY a country song!!!! Haha
Who else has to watch MrBallens vid. They have become my routine now! 👍
I've even started watching reruns. His story telling is impeccable.
No one
Ssme
I watch every night in bed. I even re - watch the ones I really like multiple times. The only ones I cannot listen to again are the killer crabs and dock spider stories.😱
I constantly check back throughout the day.
To the two people who disliked... y’all clearly not fit for the strange, dark and mysterious
There aren’t anymore dislikes now lol
@@evanlapointe1 my work here is done....
Probably other youtubers whom have a similar channel but that suck which is why we all come here now lol
9 now whodunnit
They cant hang
FAVORITE CHANNEL I FOUND THIS WHOLE PAST YEAR. YAYYYY.
Hey Kate everything is gonna b ok👍...just hold on
Me 2 Katrina 👍
Same here xo
Same
I’m gonna be sad when I’ve actually binged all the episodes and then have to wait for new episodes. You are an amazing storyteller ♥️
I can relate! I have been addicted to both his podcasts and YT channel.
@@scootermom1791 yep it sucks having to wait a week in between each video.
I'm at that point 😭
Yep, if I'm lucky I'll find an episode that I slept through previously! I just need MrBallen's voice to fall asleep each night.
I don't know I don't think any of us could possibly catch up
"While they might be miserable, they seem to be faithful"
-my alcoholism
Someone said 'Marriage is the triumph of habit over hate'... very true. I think it could apply to families too.
Nailed it... 👋
A common problem these days.
I heard that
Lmao your profile picture backs up this statement. Much love!
“You’ve come to the right channel” I haven’t left
Same here! I discovered this channel a few days ago and I'm so hooked!! Terrific stories and Mr. Ballen is a great storyteller.
Same
Exactly
I am totally addicted too!
Lol. , right
My first thought immediately was Dolly had some one lock the door. I don’t see it being impossible for her to have committed it at all. That was literally the first thought that popped in my head. Even if its not how it exactly happened I immediately felt there was some one else. Wasn’t expecting the attic guy though lmao
My first thought was she had a spare key
@@jennyanderson9450 well I assumed for some reason it could only be locked from the outside. I have seen those on older homes. I could see that as well.
I thought there was a secret entrance into the closet that she had sneaked into. I figured she locked the door and crawled through a secret way to the closet. Lolololol
That's what I thought too
“This is the lock picking lawyer and today we’re going to confuse investigators for decades”
This story is incredible! Someone needs to make a movie about it!!
Familiar to the movie 'Things seen and heard'
@28Josereyes
@28Josereyes There is a movie on it called The Lover in The Attic, I posted you a link a few times but RUclips kept deleting it.
Crazy how he has a million+ subscribers and he still reads& likes the comments. Shows a lot about his appreciation and himself
He's humble, respectful, has integrity. I'm sure there's a lot more I could add but I'm overtired...Best story telling I've ever heard!
"The police could find nothing darker, or more dangerous, than a petty and meaningless marriage." Taken out of context
that sentence has a whole new meaning.
True true true
If only those cops had ever read the classic “Jane Eyre.” They’d have known there’s ALWAYS someone locked in the attic.
A great book, loved it!
Yes, I can't believe they never searched the house & found him!
Only ladies read/know Jane Eyre. Lol
@@freakshowfilmfestival3591 I’ll live and die besides the magic of “Jane Eyre.” The only book I read in high school where adultery is showcased, along with wife beating.
Omg spoilers! XD
I was thinking the whole time that she had to have an accomplice...but I never could have predicted who that accomplice was. Thanks for another fantastic story, you're by far the best oral storyteller I've ever heard!
I’m shocked the like button hasn’t gotten a restraining order against you by now Mr. Ballen.
I’m waiting to see Like Button v. Ballen come out as a landmark Supreme Court case
it's illegal to get a restraining order against a SEAL
The only dislikes on this channel are from the Like Button.
🤣🤣🤣
@@tbone1309 why cuz he asked if she has an only fans? Sitting at his computer with a credit card in one hand and his little member in the other. Yikes.
Dolly was a player!! She still made him live in the attic after the murder, wow. Just wow.
People do crazy things for the love....!!!!
@Cash Quest You have to cut him a little slack.... he was only 17yrs old when Dolly the cougar pounced upon him. Moreover, women back then (100yrs ago) weren't giving up booty like they do now.
She had that fire 😽
@@commandericeman8588 what make people believe that women was less sexually active back then? I bet that isn't true at all. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if they was more sexually active back then. It's just in that time it was hidden and no one talked about it publicly and anything sexual was banned on any form of entertainment. Especially women couldn't show any form of sexual behavior without being seen as a slut. Look how it is now. Can you imagine 100 years ago?
@@tyrant7583 They were probably less active because, in mlst places, they were forced to be with people they aren't attracted to and were considered spoiled goods / useless if they lost their hymen before marriage.
Hope your daughter is ok
Thanks so much!
Woah I dont mean to pry but what happened!?
@@4verstoked he posted it on his community tab.
@@4verstoked His daughter had to have her tonsils removed.
@@jillibeens57 Awwwwwww
I instantly knew Dolly had done it considering her little "locked in a closet and the key is in another room" existed as literally nothing but a perfect alibi. It's wayyy to good of an excuse for my liking.
Well, the police knew too. But you also have to prove your theory in court.
she didn’t do it though lmao what are you talking about😂 otto came out of the attic and did it
I mean...she didnt do it. She just helped cover it up after that fact.
Not to mention, most doors can be unlocked from the inside if the outside requires a key
@@smithamy1982 Not to mention, back then when this story took place a lot of doors if not all the inside doors had key holes that could only be locked and unlocked with a key.
Seriously can't get enough of this guys story telling ability.....keep it coming mr ballen
Mr. Ballen is such a wonderful story teller! He is the modern-day version of the village elder who was trusted with the oral traditions of the entire village. Such a pleasure to see such an entertainer and lore master!
YES YES YES!!!!!!!
He really came Otto nowhere didn’t he?
I’m so sorry. I had to do it.
Aaaaaargh! Quit treating us like the like button!
Ouch
That's terrible.
Underated comment... Good job kind funny corny stranger
Hahah dad jokes
Mr Ballen is beyond brilliant and extremely gifted with excellent storytelling narratives. But he is also a beautiful soul. Considerate, respectful and non judgmental. Would have loved to be in his physical company, telling a story. His family must be so proud of this intelligent and unpretentious man to whose channel I'm addicted to
I love how even when he pretends to hold a pistol, you can tell that he has some serious muscle memory from the way he "draws" it to his arm and eye movements when scanning from side to side. Pretty darn cool IMO.
Yup American
@@aidendoesstuff185 imagine being stupid couldn’t be you
@@lewissteward65 lmao😂😂
@Weebo DX I hate Americans. Hurr durr all Europeans think the exactly the same. How silly.
@@TheDroneZoneIRL but I don’t hate them I like them I’ve never been is it cool there?
The irony is not lost on me, that of all the strange, dark and mysterious people you speak about in your stories... considering your previous line of work,YOU are still the most dangerous man on your channel!!! Please keep up the awesome work!
Gay as hell
Who?
You have got to do longer videos or a movie/documentary telling these stories!! Who agrees!?
ME! I totally agree & turn it into The Ballen Fest like Coachella but hella better & only subs are aloud to go. K I’m doin too much but it would be rad AF
What a wonderful moment when you rewatch videos to get a MrBallen high and you find a video that you have not yet watched!
Mr Ballen can’t help but display his small arms training every time he talks about someone pulling a gun I love it
Complete with awesome trigger discipline 😍
Omg I think that every time he tells us stories that involve guns & I love it too!
Cannot express how much I love the strange, dark and mysterious told in everyday story format.
Imagine thinking your house is haunted, just to find out your wife’s boyfriend has been living with you for a decade. Woof.
Shit!!!! Hahahah
and also he looks like that.
@Mr humane maybe don't read the comments before you watch the video -_-
Woof. 🐶
@Mr humane im just saying, you shouldn’t have read the comments before you watched it of course there will be spoilers
This is what a narcissistic relationship is folks. Pay attention to how well she acted out the whole scheme. Pay attention to how perfectly she was able to lie and get away with it, even after being arrested and held for murder. She never broke character, and never once showed her true side.
This is the epitome of gaslighting of a covert narcissist!
Scary. In all honesty
Yes, and notice how easily she got all those men, even while not being anything extraordinary to look at, and she got them to do what she wanted so easily.
And female coverts are everywhere….
She was a definite gold-digger. Jumping from one man to the next!
sound like u been burned
Can we appreciate that he searched all of this and told the stories to us.
I can’t be the only one who gets here 30 secs after the vid is posted but still never gets anywhere near the secret lmao
😂
@@MrBallen 😦 he replied this is the best day of my life. Lmao
At least he replied to you though. I'd be happy with that M8.👍
@@carlitoalterego2709 lmao man I am
I told myself i was gonna find the secret but then I forgot bc of how interesting the story is.
I can totally see him having a notebook with all of his ideas regarding the like button
MrBallen you are a storytelling mutant man. Your fluidity, verbosity, tone and inflection are spot on. This is what legends are made of! Beast mode.
R Kelly’s “Trapped in the Closet” played out in real life
Fr 🤣
Hahaha
That comment made my day! Lmao 🤣 Thanks! 🤣💯
Dolly reminds me more of my grandmother - closet and all.
Best comment ive read 2021! 🤣
I really look forward to your stories, you somehow make people feel like they are in the story. Keep doing your thing bro!!!
MrBallen "John" is such a inspiration to me. 3 vids = 72 hours a week 5 vids =120 hours a week of his time and work.. Super props to him for working so hard to take care of our addiction to his videos.. MrBallen is by far the most hardest working man on RUclips.. Simply Amazing..
Hes a good RUclipsr brother but definitely not the hardest working 1...and if u think about how much they make just off ads alone not to mention views and likes...this is his job..and he gets paid 100s an hour if not 1000s bro...
I'm addicted to your stories. I keep on telling myself: " this is the last one..." And I end up by opening another one. You're a good story teller 👏👏👏
Exactly why i’m here now!
This is the only RUclips channel I’ve watched every single video posted, all the new ones as they post, and still wished for more videos
Mrballen? Why are we always harassing the like button?
It was his childhood bully
@stinky poophole Yes
The like button is actually the guy he lost a fight to but legally changed his name as a joke and MrBallen has been inciting us jokingly to torture and ruin him for laughs. :(
what .... would you have us start in on the dislike button?!?
.... you are sick man, that is just messed up.
ask questions and your next....
“Otto disappeared and nothing is known about him” couldn’t that mean that he was living with dolly still in all of her husbands attics.
Damn it Otto, you’re an alcoholic!
@@archangel5627
No that was Fred. But the bathtub gin he made could have supplied him for who knows how long.
No like I said, he got a job as a janitor and remarried.
Plot twist: Otto and his wife moved into Dolly's attic together. He pretended to work as a janitor, but in reality he became the very first Batman.
Hahahahahaha I never thought of that. But that's definitely what happened hahaha
You have an acute and extremely pointed way of describing things, you can see your service has a baring in how accurately and fully you can deliver a situation to anyone listening.
But with that you deliver with the utmost respect and feeling to anyone concerned,
Absolutely love your channel
Is just me or does anyone else find ballens voice soothing enough to sleep to?
It's just u
I need to watch his videos before sleeping. I thought i was the only weird one. LoL ! It's like lullaby to me every night. Indeed very soothing enunciation. Strangely, it feels safe.
It’s soothing to drift off and restart where you left off! It’s also soothing to know that more will be coming soon.
When you tell these stories I can actually visualise in my head how they happened. You are gifted my friend. Thank you for entertaining us with facts. 🙏🙏🙏
Anyone else thought this was gonna be about “the watcher” house finally solved? This story however didn’t disappoint.
That is what I thought!
Same I was like "Oooh the Watcher House!" Still not disappointed though.
When you mentioned the watcher I couldn't help but think about Lt lickme
What's the watcher?
Shane on Buzzfeed cracked me up sooo much talking about the watcher.
I thought that was solved...maybe I’m just thinking of the super obvious conclusion. There may not be enough actual evidence to close the case officially.
Love Listening to these right before Bed! Y'all Stay Blessed...
I can’t describe how bad I was fiending for this. Mr ballen... I’m officially addicted.
Hahah
Every one is addicted
I tell ya, this guy is a master storyteller. His hand gestures. The way he is so articulate with his words. It's simply undeniably a craft all its own. Hail to MrBallen, the king of stories. 🤴📖
“After my husband got killed in a break in I thought it was silly to keep those guns around to protect myself”
Definitely could have come up with a better excuse for getting rid of those pistols.
How is there a statute of limitations on murder? That's insane.
Right!?
Yeah, I wondered about that, too. I guess there used to be a statute of limitations. I'm glad that law was changed!
I think it was manslaughter. Otto was pointing the guns at him because he was afraid he would hurt dolly. Then he charged Otto. Or so they claim.
I was told there is no statute of limitations on murder
There's no statute on "murder", but there is on "manslaughter", so I guess it has to be 1st degree murder, or something like that.
This reminds me of a locked room murder case in Korea back in 2010.
The apartment (as where most Koreans live) was a new one, only about a year old and the security is pretty high even today's standard.
You can only entre with a PIN or a door access card to even get inside the buildings and their staircases + the elevator. The front door access of the buildings would have cameras that takes picture of everyone who swipe their card or entre their PIN.
The entire complex was covered with CCTV cameras and everyone's front doors were locked with these digital locks as well as conventional locks.
And then there was a murder in one of the floors. The weapon was a kitchen knife belong to the house owner (Mrs. Lee, 69 yo). Her huband, Mr. Park, was out on that day and came back home at 11pm. He had his alibi and it matched with CCTV footage and testimonies from his friends. The GPS record of his phone matched too.
He left the house at around 7am and Mrs Lee had a phone call at around 8am.
So she was alive after her husband has left the house.
The police was trying to figure out how they've entred the building in the first place. They've checked all CCTV footages.
The investigators checked the home's security system to see if anyone has pressed the doorbell (in which the camera in front of the house takes a photo of the visitor) but no one has pressed the doorbell and there weren't any photo taken. They checked the system log to see if anyone tried to hack into the system but there was nothing.
No doors or windows were open. So the investigators thought the murderer was an acquaintance of the victim but they couldn't find anything.
The body had multiple defense marks which led the investigators to think that the murderer is most likely to be an old person or a woman. Someone with weak physical strength.
There were cameras that faced both the staircase and the elevator but nothing out of ordinary was found.
They've checked everyone who lived in that particular apartment building and checked where they went, trying to put the puzzle together, but they couldn't find the murderer.
Some of the Korean internet broadcasters tried to see if they can go inside the building without being captured by CCTV cameras but they soon found out that it's impossible.
To this date, no one knows who murdered Mrs. Lee.
The investigators cannot find out how the perpetrator entred of exited from the apartment unit and from the building.
If you type 'Textbook Locked-Room Mystery from South Korea - Namyangju Locked-room Murder(2010)' on Google, you can find a reddit link to this story.
Through an air duct I bet
I wonder if Mrs. Lee killed herself. In 1979, I was in the 12th grade, and our school hosted field trips to different placed, to give us ideas of what job/profession might interest us. One of the places was a courthouse, and in a small room, a policeman gave us a talk. He was telling us different stories of how they were able to solve different murders, using a relatively new medium of detective work. Forensic Science. And there was one case where a woman murdered herself with a knife in such a way as to frame her husband (who was having an affair, and planing on leaving her) for the knife attack that caused her death. How she did it was she took a kitchen knife, that only had her husbands fingerprints on it, and placed it in the space between the kitchen door and the door frame. She placed it high enough, so that when she threw herself backwards onto the knife, the stab wound was in a place and angle that would have been impossible for it to be self inflected. Whether or not she meant to cause her own death, or if she just wanted to inflect enough harm to cause her husband to go to prison for a long, long time, the policeman wasn't sure. And she would have gotten away with framing her unfaithful husband, if it wasn't for two slight, little imprints on either side of the door jam, that lined up the the height of her stab wound and the shape of the knife handle. So I'm wondering if Mrs. Lee could have done something similar. Just a thought.
Most South Korean apartments feature balconies. Someone could enter from a next door balcony. Most have sliding doors. Nothing stated about this feature. This would not be easy, but a young Korean girl could slip from balcony to balcony. It is possible.
@@destinymurray875 Most Korean apartments are floor heated. Ondol steam heat flows through pipes under the floor. Could be that someone took the task of slipping under the floor to cut through and into this apartment. This is assuming that the pipes were shut off.
B99
Fred : attacks Otto
Otto : so anyways I started blasting
😂😂
I shouldn't have laughed
John, would you ever consider doing a series of videos that address strange, dark, and mysterious stories from each US state?
I’m sure there’s tons in Washington and Oregon with all the forests.
@@SoCalRegisteredNurse There's a lot of Bigfoot stories from there. It would be cool to hear the most popular/famous story from each state.
I am In Washington an the PNW, trust me when I tell u, there are many stories from the woods an mountains here
No
I’d prefer stories from all over the world tbh 👍🏻 that’s a lot of States !
This story deserves a movie and I suggest that you Mr. Ballen write the script so long as you can still feed my insatiable appetite for the strange, dark and mysterious.
it is a movie on lifetime called the lover in the attic 👍🏽
Glad that "Batman" finally moved on. Hopefully he went on to live a normal life with his wife. Not sure how Dolly was lonely when she had all these guys jumping through hoops for her. I have enough trouble with one man. I certainly wouldn't have the energy for all of that. LOL.
Your username is scary BTW. Perfect for this channel.
Dolly wasn't really spending energy taking care of anyone.
@@Anthonybrother she was
not even one more just to listen to MRBALLEN with? dont im crazy , but honest
"She died two weeks after getting married again." Have to give the ole girl credit lol.
plot twist: the new husband did it
Yo, that could be true
@@kellyngrey4950 thereby cancelling her life 5 minutes earlier
THATS all I kept thinking the whole time. Like how good is this girls (hooha) to have an idiot live “trapped” in a fucking attic for a decade. On top of that she had other multiple men in her life. Need to find her great great granddaughter lol.
@@GalaxyBoundPioneer Lol!!
This my favorite category you make videos on. I love listening to the whole story trying to piece it together myself and actually have an answer at the end. The unsolved ones I like too but the solved ones I like more
Anyone else binge 40 episodes of Mr. Ballen every week
Yesss 😂
I literally just got into this series and then he uploads this the next day. Mr ballen is literally a legend
You either have to really really really love someone or be really really really dumb and naive to live silently in their attic in multiple houses for an entire decade. That's some freaky stuff right there...
We can only assume that the sex was fantastic.
He was pretty young when he met her so I'm gonna say he was groomed
Really lazy is also a possibility. I know far too many today who would jump at the opportunity to live lonely in an attic if it meant no work, free food and other necessities, plus sex... as long as there was an internet connection of course.
@@DarthLesbian With booze and booty what's even the point of going out? The hardest part would be that newspaper and magazine shit. I read, but on a kindle or phone. A good inet connection and i'd be set to spend nights chilling in an attic watching vids and playing games with headphones.
He was 17 and had no family. I’d imagine there wasn’t a fantastic world waiting for him away from this one headtrip manipulationfest
I love the way MrBallen enacts the action scenes. Especially when he mimicked pointing the gun and moving around with it.
Former Navy Seal, he knows his way around weapons!!
I clicked on a Mr Ballen story accidentally, abt 6 months ago, he has become one of my absolute favorite story tellers !!
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Feeling like a spoiled rotten kid.
1 story isn’t enough MrBallen. “Feed me, Seymour! Feed Me!!!”
I wonder if there have only been 6 of us who understand that reference so far... The one role Rick Morranis was perfect for; and Steve Martin as the dentist. I've gotta see if I can find that version online now!
🤣 how does this not have more likes??
@@TheKreed-wr9lo yes it's sad good comments get overlooked, while comments like "how many likes I get is how many fans mrballen has" gets 5k likes 🤔
@@TheKreed-wr9lo We must be the only old heads in here
@@MoniLuv 😂 I’m 24 but since my grandparents raised me, people often assume I’m older by my older mindset. I used to watch Little Shop of Horrors with my Great Aunt and Uncle tho. Lol, I’m one of the few 24 year olds that can tell you what General Hospital is.
I'm really surprised the like button hasn't filed a restraining order against us
🤫 don’t give them ideas🙂
I heard the like button is suicidal....
@@honeymilch3857 suicide isn't a joke
It's too scared...
I’m starting to wonder if these are actual marine torture tactics
You are a badass storyteller and a badass just in general your wife and kids are lucky as hell thank you for serving our country thank you for work your the best god bless love you
sounds like something i would comment. i agree. also, love u stay safe.
I absolutely agree with you Mary!! So "ditto" to everything you said!!!
Cheers!!
@@kimikae4170 definitely. He's everything good about America.
I’ve watched so many of these stories, this one might be one of the craziest. I too suffer depression and listening to these episodes almost make you forget…thank you
I love the "he started shooting" finger guns 👀😂
I'm just gonna say, this is my favorite RUclips channel of all time
Btw, how is your daughter?
Period
@@jen.nifer89 get tampons, the tax was abolished on them today
@@d1user no not like that
My dad found me watching this.....
Nows he’s hooked
MrBallen has the best bedtime stories
Gun Salesman: "a .25 caliber pistol ain't quite enough to take a man down."
Otto: "OK, I'll take 2 then."
🤣
Akimbo Otto
Love your stories ❤ I'm a Navy widow, my husband was a Builder Chief USN SEABEES! Can Do! He retired in 1990, 23 years active duty. Thank you for your service, I know how hard it was for you. God bless you.
I love how he professionally uses an imaginary pistol hahaha
That's military training for you!
His military training is showing. They do that stuff without even thinking.
The police in the story: *pulls guns*
mr. Ballen: *provides finger-gun backup*
By far my favorite line ever “strange, dark, and mysterious delivered in story format”
I love this man's hand gestures. They are strong and descriptive. I wish I could imitate him and play him back for himself to see. This guy is very good!!!
Loving how Mr Ballen does the actions whilst telling the story.
Yeah Mr Ballen is the best out there without question!
If you like this video, be sure to break into Mr. Ballen’s house and steal all of his flannel shirts and leave him only pastel polo shirts. Love, the “Like Button”
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂
Lol
JUSTICE!!!!
Or break in multiple times, taking only a shirt or two at a time. Do this 3, 4, even 5 times every week.
That was wild! She must have been some lover to have been able to convince someone to live in attic for her for 10 years 😱
i can't figure out what she could have had between those legs of hers. that would make a man do that. there was absolutely nothing in it for him.
The word ho comes to mind.
The money too. He was a teen with no family & probably liked the idea of his lover also being like a mother figure & some that provides for him financially. It’s definitely not just the p*$$y
HAHAHAHA TRUE THAT
She was a predator. He was a kid in the beginning. With no family, no resources. She wasn't some great lover just a predator. A narcissistic one.
One could say he went fully "Otto"-matic
Thats good
I hate & love you for this pun. Good job!
Omg I love it 😂
omg!
SUCH a great story!!!!! mrballen is a GENIUS👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I'm happy that this guy exists.... Me and my family love him so much
I've never been this early! I love your channel and appreciate all the hard work. You're the best story teller I've come across in my 52 years. Thanks for making the pandemic a little easier on all of us subs!
Afterwards they could’ve lived a normal life together but she made him continue to live in the hole in the attic.
Imagine his face