Homeless man accidently creates Europe's MOST DANGEROUS CEMETERY (*MATURE AUDIENCES*)

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  • @MrBallen
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  • @kevinbaskovich7973
    @kevinbaskovich7973 24 дня назад +2640

    That is the cemeterywhere Bobby (a Skye Terrier) laid on his owners grave for 14yrs. Bobby followed the funeral precession and watched his owners coffin lowered into the ground. Bobby would spend every night laying on his owners grave crying. The local townspeople would feed him. When dog catchers tried to catch him for being unlicensed a noble who loved dogs permanently paid for his tags. There is a statue of Bobby near the cemetery as well as a bar named for him.

    • @mz.jackson3760
      @mz.jackson3760 24 дня назад +2

      Oh wow! I vaguely remember hearing something about that, but I didn't realize he had been there everyday for 14 years! That's got me choked up with tears. That poor, sweet baby. I can tell his owners loved in an exceptionally profound and genuine way, and obviously, he felt the same. Thank you for sharing this with us. What an awesome story

    • @tokyo333
      @tokyo333 24 дня назад +127

      so, almost like a scottish hachiko🐶

    • @suerasbridge8494
      @suerasbridge8494 24 дня назад +70

      I was going to put the same comment as you too, what a story 😢

    • @GLING17
      @GLING17 24 дня назад +10

      Dogs can't cry...

    • @socialsophie
      @socialsophie 24 дня назад +167

      @@GLING17that’s not true at all

  • @rianess21
    @rianess21 21 день назад +559

    My partner is an historian, and we live in Edinburgh. He has done a lot of research on this kirkyard, at the behest of the Scottish Government. In fact, this was a graveyard, before there was a kirk there. The population petitioned Mary, Queen of Scots, to build a kirk there, and she granted permission. The land has been built on, and built on for hundreds of years. Every time the kirkyard was full, they would cover it in earth and start burying people again. The kirkyard abuts Candlemaker Row, and used to be the same level as that street, whereas now, it is about a high as a double decker bus. My partner says that a conservative esitmate of people buried in the kirkyard, is about 250,000.
    There is a mass grave there, but the covenanters who are buried there, were mostly hanged at the Grasssmarket, nearby. The monument which has been built for them in Greyfriars Kirkyard was put up some years later due to a political movement which demanded acknowledgement of their unfair deaths. George Mackenzie was actually the first to propose that births, death and marriages were documented in a registry, and he was also a proponent of public libraries.
    Then true story with his mausoleum, and why it is chained up, is that a couple of goths broke in - there are about six or seven people buried in his mausoleum - and stole a skull. They were playing football with it, and the police were summoned by local homeless people. The judge at their trial came down hard on them as Mackenzie was an important historical figure.
    The story of the haunting Mr Ballen told today is a good yarn, but most of it was invented by an enterprising tour guide. The exorcism attempt is factual. Colin Grant did indeed go into the kirkyard, to perform an exorcism, and after his death, the Edinburgh City Council locked up the covenanters prison. The official reason is that homeless people were sleeping in the kirkyard, and since the kirkyard was becoming a tourist location, the homeless sleeping there would look bad.
    It is a shame that they did so, as the homeless who were sleeping there were actually taking care of the kirkyard, and they prevented vandalisms like the goths who stole the skull.
    Gosh, this is a long post, but my partner and I passionate about history, and especially Greyfriars, since my partner has done so much work on it. If you got to the end of this post, thanks for reading.

    • @its_anarrah
      @its_anarrah 18 дней назад

      Very interesting, thank you for sharing!

    • @melissaburch3609
      @melissaburch3609 18 дней назад +5

      Hi from Oklahoma, USA! 👋🏼 What is a kirkyard? 🤔 Soooooo very interesting to hear of stories from all parts of the world!

    • @A.R.MakeYouDance
      @A.R.MakeYouDance 18 дней назад +20

      ​@melissaburch3609 ok Melissa so a Kirkland is a product from costco

    • @martlettoo
      @martlettoo 17 дней назад +5

      Thanks for the long post, it was very interesting. What exactly is the definition of a kirk / kirkyard?

    • @BlackCatsandPumpkins
      @BlackCatsandPumpkins 17 дней назад +33

      A kirkyard is the Scottish word/term for churchyard. The Scots word for church is kirk. I hope this helps.

  • @pavlotheproducer1473
    @pavlotheproducer1473 15 дней назад +42

    I just wanna say, thank you…
    I am blind from six, and I recently found your channel. You tell your stories in the way where I can see them in my mind. Thank you

  • @NicoleB-ev9vc
    @NicoleB-ev9vc 24 дня назад +2533

    I grew up in Edinburgh and knew EXACTLY what cemetery this was from the title. As children, we were forbidden from entering by my Grandparents and parents. I entered once as an adult and will never do so again.

    • @DadVader
      @DadVader 24 дня назад +133

      Why?

    • @jarrelbrown2994
      @jarrelbrown2994 24 дня назад +83

      Why what happend?

    • @DiamondCake2
      @DiamondCake2 24 дня назад +135

      Takes a genuine coward to be scared of fairytails.

    • @medic1627
      @medic1627 24 дня назад +225

      ​@@DiamondCake2It's not fairytales!

    • @generaljj71
      @generaljj71 24 дня назад +29

      We need to know

  • @Skittlesock
    @Skittlesock 24 дня назад +1938

    “This cemetery was far more than a cemetery, because in it… WAS ANOTHER CEMETERY “

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    🚫Spoiler Blocker🚫

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      @mastersloan 24 дня назад +456

      You a real one for that 👍

    • @SpearFisher85
      @SpearFisher85 24 дня назад +306

      You're doing God's work❤

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      @IrishMike22 24 дня назад +162

      *RUclips would like to send you spoilers-Accept?*

    • @susanlbk
      @susanlbk 24 дня назад +81

      Thank you.

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      @RazerTheMaker76 24 дня назад +62

      @@IrishMike22 Decline

  • @ramyscors
    @ramyscors 22 дня назад +157

    Mr. Ballen, your videos bring comfort to me. My boyfriend of 11 years, a huge fan of the strange, dark, and mysterious, was killed in a hit and run in June. When we were doing long distance, we used to watch your videos “together” by choosing a time to start the video, and then we would text about what was happening in the story. I’ve always loved your content, but now there is an extra special layer of appreciation.
    Thank you Mr. Ballen and Rest In Peace Sabastian Jacob Klein ❤️ He would love it if you could like or respond to my comment.
    Edit: LMAO y’all are crazy if you think I was asking any of YOU to like or comment. I was talking about Mr. Ballen because my boyfriend was a huge fan and would have loved to see it. & I didn’t ask either! Saying that we would love a response from our favorite RUclipsr isnt “scummy” or clout chasing. Y’all find a reason to make anything an issue!

    • @bigdee-d2s
      @bigdee-d2s 21 день назад +8

      Sorry for ya loss.

    • @honeyfungi
      @honeyfungi 21 день назад +22

      Sorry if that's true, but using this to ask for likes and comments seems a bit scummy tbh

    • @snoopyjack8363
      @snoopyjack8363 20 дней назад +1

      He will

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    • @michellefusco5291
      @michellefusco5291 19 дней назад +3

      I'm very sorry, Mary

  • @fadyahalzaidi1260
    @fadyahalzaidi1260 24 дня назад +881

    There's a chilling, evil determination in capturing a thousand souls and watching them die slowly. The depths of human cruelty are truly terrifying.

    • @anniep855
      @anniep855 24 дня назад +43

      Biden’s America

    • @WouldntULikeToKnow.
      @WouldntULikeToKnow. 24 дня назад +79

      ​@@anniep855 grow up.

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      @RUN_IT_UP_ 24 дня назад

      Trumps america isnt any better lmfao ​@@anniep855

    • @jeandelamalfesse6348
      @jeandelamalfesse6348 24 дня назад +23

      All in the name of God

    • @robertopistone1179
      @robertopistone1179 24 дня назад

      He did these evil acts in the name of religion. Christopher Hitchens was right, religion poisons everything.

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      @helenagackowska8398 24 дня назад +30

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      I saw it and it totally creeped me out cause I didn't know what I was looking at and if it was on purpose. Lol

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    @shedlife1745 20 дней назад +39

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    I said, " did you serve in the war?" He replied " Ye but I only served in the RAF flying aero planes!" Which ones, asked.
    Spitfires He replied.
    Hero's don't see themselves as hero's, but for some reason see others as the hero.
    Thank God they all have the courage to serve us all and keep us free. God bless you all who have served and are serving now.

  • @RealLifeHeroes7
    @RealLifeHeroes7 24 дня назад +805

    "George lived a normal happy life after murdering so many people". only a seriously evil person could live happily after something like that.

    • @mitchclover258
      @mitchclover258 24 дня назад +31

      Or. Hear me out, the human condition is much more complicated than good or evil, black or white.
      As humans we try and paint people as all evil, or all good. But in reality we live on a spectrum of different shades

    • @WouldntULikeToKnow.
      @WouldntULikeToKnow. 24 дня назад

      ​@@mitchclover258 someone who kills over 1,000 people is not a good person. This isn't even a debate.

    • @dollyschwall8537
      @dollyschwall8537 24 дня назад +4

      That's what I am thinking .but God punishe him .day and night he tormented in hell.

    • @wadewilson8011
      @wadewilson8011 24 дня назад

      ​@@dollyschwall8537you don't know that. You were just told that. If you actually read the Bible it says no one is in Hell until Judgment Day where all are supposedly judged for their actions. As far as anyone knows, the rapture hadn't happened yet, nor has Christ returned. So, karma is fake and no one reads what they sow on Earth. That's a fairy tale. I've seen evil people live prosperous lives everyday. They're called politicians and few are celebrities.

    • @saraha8219
      @saraha8219 24 дня назад +9

      “There are hardly any excesses of the most crazed psychopath that cannot easily be duplicated by a normal kindly family man who just comes in to work every day and has a job to do.” - Terry Pratchett

  • @rogerscurlock2927
    @rogerscurlock2927 24 дня назад +398

    Random lady found showing signs of strangulation and memory loss.
    Scottish cops: It was a ghost. No investigation is necessary. Lmao.

    • @Ethantheghoul
      @Ethantheghoul 22 дня назад +32

      Cant have that pesky paperwork intrude on tea time 😂

    • @mandymaree9430
      @mandymaree9430 22 дня назад +9

      Lol
      My thoughts exactly.

    • @neerajwa
      @neerajwa 20 дней назад

      Yikes the ghoosts once aggin. Bloody heell

  • @garydonaldson2270
    @garydonaldson2270 24 дня назад +534

    The Covenanters were imprisoned outdoors with little to no shelter. They would sleep on the cold ground at night and were forbidden to move around. To increase their suffering, the guards would throw buckets of freezing water over them during the winter. Of the 1200 held there for 5 months, almost 1000 died from exposure, disease or starvation!

    • @Mousehansen
      @Mousehansen 24 дня назад +9

      Wikipedia says it was only 400 out of the 1200

    • @dollyschwall8537
      @dollyschwall8537 24 дня назад +17

      Horrible story😢

    • @coffeelink943
      @coffeelink943 24 дня назад +22

      @@dollyschwall8537this was common in that time period. This is set an example for those who oppose the higher power rules.

    • @leehenry5764
      @leehenry5764 24 дня назад +18

      ​@@MousehansenIt's not always right. They were conned into thinking a British invented the toaster😂

    • @johnmatthews4717
      @johnmatthews4717 24 дня назад

      Don't be a crazy Coventet.,

  • @pr0xZen
    @pr0xZen 10 дней назад +4

    I'm no expert, so I'm just gonna say what I see in this photo.
    The photo is taken with extended exposure, no bright camera flash. There's a second point light source to the right of the camera, evident by the glare from the panel beneath the window. It's colder than the rest, likely a maglite or similar flashlight held by the journalist. Looking at the intense and colder exposure of the front of the hand holding the candle, that's probably what he's pointing the flashlight at.
    You can see the red camera indicator, and the cooler light reflection glare, under the window. But the photo itself has a much warmer tone than if that cold light was directly illuminating the shot. It's visible as effects of the prolonged exposure time, not direct angle reflection. Had the latter been the case, the whole image would just be a big lightblob.
    What's seen in the window, is a shadow cast by the celtic cross, being partially illuminated by the narrow beam of the flashlight.

  • @helengreig1670
    @helengreig1670 24 дня назад +260

    I had a reading from Rev Colin Grant at my friends house in the mid eighties, nice gentle man! I also had a strange encounter at the Kirkyard gates maybe a year or so later. My hubby and I had the kids at Edinburgh museum for the day, then we walked along to see Grayfriars Bobby, ( The dog who got freedom of the city) we decided to walk down to the grassmarket to get chips from the chippy, on the way back up Candlemakers row, there’s a side gate into the Cemetery , it was a gorgeous day no wind and no other people in sight! My hubby and the kids were in front of me as we passed the gate, I was at the back taking in the sights, when all of a sudden my bag of chips seemed to be knocked clean out of my hands and landed on the ground! The boys thought it was hilarious that I dropped my food, but, I didn’t drop it! It was knocked out of my hands! That was when I realised we were right outside the side gate to the kirkyard! Couldn’t get out of there fast enough! Not an exceptional story but that was forty years ago and will never forget it! Xx

    • @desdicadoric
      @desdicadoric 24 дня назад +27

      A day without wind in Edinburgh is the wildest part of this story

    • @laurenrowell9251
      @laurenrowell9251 24 дня назад +8

      @@desdicadoric Hahaha!!!

    • @jordan9752
      @jordan9752 24 дня назад +3

      🫨 dog that freed the city? This place can’t be real😂😂

    • @shantiltaylor105
      @shantiltaylor105 24 дня назад +18

      ⁠​⁠@@jordan9752a dog that gotten freedom from the city … meaning they paid his tags up, and the people within the city took care of him. No set location, able/trusted to roam free.
      I’m assuming.

    • @laurenrowell9251
      @laurenrowell9251 24 дня назад +7

      @@jordan9752 Shantil is right! Dogs and cats can be voted into office too. They mostly run for mayors, lawyers, district attorneys, and judges (every state is different, though). People can "write them in" as well, so please vote this year!

  • @trinitysalazar5703
    @trinitysalazar5703 24 дня назад +144

    Better help acctually had a lawsuit involving the government for leaking patients personal information

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      For God's sake nothing is sacred anymore.

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  • @jengoodwyn2715
    @jengoodwyn2715 23 дня назад +278

    I have never had anything pertinent to add to any of these stories until now. Back in the early 90s, I was living and working in Edinburgh and have been to this Kirk, which is quite serene during the day. However, the father of one of the women I worked with used to be the curator of Greyfriar's Kirk, and he had one heck of a story to tell! It was his job to kick up the kirk each night, and open it every morning. He has done so for years and has no issues or experiences. However, one week he felt very uneasy in the kirk as he locked it up, and felt like he was being watched. Then one night, as he was turning out the lights, he saw a woman in strange clothing with a young child. They looked at him, and then the woman said to the child, "Don't be afraid, he can't hurt you." At which point the two of them turned around and walked through the wall of the kirk. My friend's father was so frightened by the experience that he made his son close up in the evenings because he refused to. Apparently, according to my coworker, there had been an orphanage on the spot of Greyfriar's before the kirk. I haven't done the research to prove or disprove that, but I did make a point of visiting the site as soon as I could. It was completely uneventful for me, but I love the stories.

    • @breaghboo-gc7ub
      @breaghboo-gc7ub 23 дня назад +11

      Thank you for sharing that. Spooky!

    • @jonslg240
      @jonslg240 22 дня назад +3

      This main story is just another case of mind over matter..
      Our minds can change our realities in every way

    • @madameshadow357
      @madameshadow357 22 дня назад +23

      It's never occurred to me that they may be afraid of us.
      Puts a whole different perspective to it really.
      Thank you for sharing your story, I enjoyed reading it very much.

    • @AdarshKumar-tm7pb
      @AdarshKumar-tm7pb 22 дня назад +3

      Wow! such stories connect us all who love Mr Ballen

    • @clemdane
      @clemdane 22 дня назад +1

      Amazing!

  • @victoriousf.i.g.3311
    @victoriousf.i.g.3311 21 день назад +8

    All I know is whoever came up with the idea to call for an exorcist is probably the guy who roofied and strangled that lady outside the cemetery.
    "We have people being attacked!"
    The attacker: "Must be ghosts!"

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    @jaybby0408 24 дня назад +366

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      @debraguzman8522 24 дня назад +10

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      @MarikaStål-q7g 24 дня назад +12

      I have also had a lot of help continuing being clean and sober watching MrBallen ❤❤. Keep going my friend. Recovery is possible

    • @juanitacamacho5395
      @juanitacamacho5395 24 дня назад +5

      Very proud of you!!! God bless 👍😊

    • @fractured_ribs3241
      @fractured_ribs3241 24 дня назад +6

      Yessss…. He is a great motivator i wish could meet him some day

  • @annbaillie9098
    @annbaillie9098 23 дня назад +141

    I am Scottish and I live in Scotland and I have been at that Cemetery many times, and can I tell you it is the creepiest bone chilling place I have ever been.

    • @TyeArtisik
      @TyeArtisik 22 дня назад +2

      I wanna go there

    • @gracecamaxtli7090
      @gracecamaxtli7090 21 день назад +1

      Please share more!

    • @Sjd77247
      @Sjd77247 21 день назад +3

      I live in Scotland to mate, been there a few times aswell and i completely agree with you! there's something that doesn't feel right every time I've been, by far the creepiest place I've been

    • @user-vn5ju2sy5p
      @user-vn5ju2sy5p 21 день назад +1

      I went there after the tattoo two years ago, it has it's creepy places, but I generally felt safer there. I am weird enough to talk to the residents as I wander round though, thanking them for putting up with my presence and apologising if I have disturbed them. It seems to work. There was only one or two crypts I felt pushed back from. And I didn't go into the covenanters cemetery because it was locked.

    • @greghardman5064
      @greghardman5064 20 дней назад +7

      Have to say, I disagree, been there loads of times day & night, I don't find it creepy or scary at all...just a very cool graveyard.

  • @blanquiat
    @blanquiat 24 дня назад +432

    Since my father died earlier this year, this is one of the few things that helps me grieve. We loved listening together. Cheers!

    • @AnonimitySmith
      @AnonimitySmith 24 дня назад +15

      Carry on the memory. Good job. You go sister!

    • @kimberlyshepherd270
      @kimberlyshepherd270 24 дня назад +15

      My condolences 💔💐. I found out a couple weeks ago that my dad has stage 4 lung cancer and is on a ventilator.

    • @JonasWhite
      @JonasWhite 24 дня назад +12

      Just lost mine too..probly the hardest part of life.

    • @IHTACast
      @IHTACast 24 дня назад +9

      Just lost my grandpa too. May our Heavenly Father hold your father in His hand ♥

    • @Unosolo_23
      @Unosolo_23 24 дня назад +7

      Sorry for your loss 🙏

  • @ghostfromanotherworld
    @ghostfromanotherworld 20 дней назад +24

    I actually feel like there's another perspective to this. George being buried there in a grand mausoleum on top of the graves of those he tortured is highly disrespectful . It's entirely possible that the activity is not George himself, but rather the spirits who are angry because of this. Perhaps even both. I feel like George's body should be moved elsewhere in a less spectacular grave and the mausoleum made into a memorial to his victims. Perhaps that would bring them peace and a sense of justice. That is just how I felt through this entire story anyway.

  • @CatchersCatch
    @CatchersCatch 24 дня назад +117

    I live in Edinburgh, have done for 30 years. Came here to study acting. In 2000 I was employed by the History Chanel to play the role of a Covenantor, myself and another 2 actors - easy gig, paid handsomely for very little work - just sit in one of the cells and looks hungry and miserable.
    Sadly, this was to be my one and only brush with Hollywood.
    Prior to that, as a drama student I slept the night there, drunk as a skunk - taken by the spirit of Smirnoff haha
    Thank you for your service to the strange, dark and mysterious. Have a great tour!

  • @swealer
    @swealer 24 дня назад +617

    Man, i miss the good old times when he said: "If you are a fan of the strange, dark and mystirious...this is all we do and WE UPLOAD 3,4 or even 5 TIMES A WEEK"! :D
    edit: 7:05 there's a mini Mr.Ballen in the middle :D

    • @DecrepitBiden
      @DecrepitBiden 24 дня назад +50

      Me too. I miss those days when he would upload several times a week. Also he used to hide a small thing in the video, so you have to say the timestamp where you found it. I never even seen one, until someone says it.

    • @tyronnemoss
      @tyronnemoss 24 дня назад +21

      I miss all the spooky, ghost stories.😢

    • @kathryncumberland
      @kathryncumberland 24 дня назад +9

      ​@@DecrepitBiden This is the first one I saw on my own!

    • @kathryncumberland
      @kathryncumberland 24 дня назад +28

      If you count RUclips, two podcast episodes a week, and one Medical Mysteries podcast a week, that's still four times a week!

    • @michellerobin5461
      @michellerobin5461 24 дня назад +16

      @@kathryncumberlandYes! And they’re all amazing! Plus he produces some good ones too! Have you taken a listen to Run, Fool! yet?

  • @andyhillhouse9813
    @andyhillhouse9813 24 дня назад +73

    I know this cemetery well. It's the one Burke and Hare used to plunder, and you can still see some of the original mort cages they placed over the graves to stop them. Also, "kirk" is an old Scots word meaning church in case anyone was wondering.

    • @catherinerickard699
      @catherinerickard699 24 дня назад +6

      burk and hare are the reason some cemeteries have the most beautiful and unique features.... many dont know the grim truth behind it.
      i love historical cemeteries

    • @NickiSixx1
      @NickiSixx1 24 дня назад +5

      I read about Burke & Hare. So this is the graveyard they got body’s from if they didn’t murdered the poor victims themself
      Interesting

    • @HareDeLune
      @HareDeLune 24 дня назад +1

      Burke and... Hare??! 😨

    • @leslieschott754
      @leslieschott754 24 дня назад +3

      Family name is Scottish and I did not know “Kirk” means church. Thank you! Hope to visit the land is my ancestors someday.

    • @charlestaylor9424
      @charlestaylor9424 23 дня назад

      @@andyhillhouse9813 Burke and Hare usually just murdered their bodies.

  • @mazebeans247
    @mazebeans247 22 дня назад +56

    I love you and your videos very much, MrBallen, but I have to speak up against BetterHelp. They don't check if any of their therapists are qualified, and are more interested in taking advantage of those in need. They're illegitimate and scummy, and you should distance yourself from them. I encourage you to look into all this yourself, I'd hate for your viewers to be taken advantage of by them.

    • @SlimNilez
      @SlimNilez 16 дней назад +2

      This was proven fake check under Pewdiepies apology videos playlist 😂

    • @TheOceanLoader
      @TheOceanLoader 16 дней назад

      ​@@SlimNilez Yep true. I have been guilty of doing this, but it's surprising how many people will believe bad things about big companies after one or two complaints.

    • @tengkuamsyar2120
      @tengkuamsyar2120 14 дней назад +3

      @@TheOceanLoader the moment I saw a BetterHelp ad at the end of an Eminem music video, I knew they were legit lmao he's much bigger than the company and doesn't need the money lol

    • @user-eu1tq3ti3p
      @user-eu1tq3ti3p 6 дней назад

      I agree no one should be taken advantage of

    • @TheOceanLoader
      @TheOceanLoader 5 дней назад +1

      @@tengkuamsyar2120 Very true flex there :-) The thing is, they get a lot of grief for the bad counsellors and therapists on their books when really that cannot be helped. At least they are not selling Lord or Lady title deeds to a tree in Scotland 🙂

  • @lesley4085
    @lesley4085 24 дня назад +129

    I’m a retired police officer and worked this area years ago, I attended a few calls to Greyfriars Kirkyard and others in the area re. various complaints but had thankfully never heard this story, it’s creepy enough in the dark 😳 There are guided tours to this graveyard now as J K Rowling got the names for some of her characters in the Harry Potter books from the old headstones there.

    • @elisaseverns2543
      @elisaseverns2543 24 дня назад +6

      Wow!

    • @SL89999
      @SL89999 24 дня назад +10

      Yes JK used the graves for inspiration - other than that there is nothing evil about this place

    • @Zyryne1
      @Zyryne1 24 дня назад +2

      What a waste. SMH. 😊❤

    • @sullacicero2610
      @sullacicero2610 24 дня назад

      The spirit of time. Time will tell having a penis makes you a.man.

    • @ResistingDeath
      @ResistingDeath 24 дня назад +2

      There are guided tours there? Lol

  • @Ricard1807o
    @Ricard1807o 23 дня назад +75

    I actually went to this same cemetery alone past midnight 3 years ago. I didn't see or hear anything spooky or haunting after around half an hour of being there, but I did get a picture of a very cute little mouse. It lived under this grave headstone with a small burrow on edge of it, quite close to the main path leading to the side entrance (on the right side of the church from the door) so if you do visit and notice a long headstone on the ground with a burrow, it's probably the one i'm talking about !
    fun fact: one of the headstones there towards the back of the cemetery has the name inspiration for voldemort

    • @aadritapaul2808
      @aadritapaul2808 16 дней назад +4

      bruh, went there 3 times past midnights, once alone once with a friend and last time in a group, every time it felt like I was being watched and it was indeed HAUNTING.

    • @Ricard1807o
      @Ricard1807o 11 дней назад

      @@aadritapaul2808 interesting how different our experiences have been. maybe I should go again just for good measure

    • @HoodedMushroom
      @HoodedMushroom 6 дней назад +3

      ​​​@@aadritapaul2808If you expect something or want to experience it, your brain will probably make it so. When you don't, you'll probably focus on things that are actually there, like a cute little mouse.

  • @michellesartori6695
    @michellesartori6695 24 дня назад +137

    My solution for insomnia! I know that most of you are still in Sunday but I'm in Monday now and its just after 4am. As I'm retired I don't have to be awake but listening to Mr B is a good way to relax and hopefully, I'll return to the land of slumber after listening to this story! Over 1000 people per minute had logged in to hear this man before 12 minutes had passed! Just extraordinary! Take care all wherever you are.

    • @vimalprs
      @vimalprs 24 дня назад +10

      are you in Australia? im in Japan, its 3.30 am on monday here. I got work tomorrow but I stay awake every Sunday night in order to start my day after listening to mr B

    • @michellesartori6695
      @michellesartori6695 24 дня назад +8

      @@vimalprs Yes! I didn't realise that I hadn't stated that before. I'm in NSW and now it's 4:42am and I am really tired! I hope that you manage to get some sleep before work and I just want to say that I would have loved to visit Japan for the cherry blossoms but sadly my health will prevent me from doing so but you live in a beautiful country. Take care and thanks for your reply!

    • @MelanieMacDonalDMELSPLAYLISTS
      @MelanieMacDonalDMELSPLAYLISTS 24 дня назад +3

      THANK YOU & RIGHT BACKATCHA ( UK ) 💛💛💛

    • @RealLifeHeroes7
      @RealLifeHeroes7 24 дня назад +6

      I suffer from insomnia as well. and last night it was bad:(. I haven't found anything that works all the time. but some things work sometimes. lol. I hope you can get some sleep tonight.

    • @moondra3481
      @moondra3481 24 дня назад +5

      ​@@RealLifeHeroes7 exhaustion works for me. If I get 4 hrs straight I consider myself lucky❤

  • @MaternalUnit
    @MaternalUnit 23 дня назад +21

    Lol. We visited Edinburgh in 2000 and took a ghost tour of Greyfriars Kirkyard. After being led around the cemetery and hearing about its spooky history, we were herded into an empty mausoleum and all lanterns were turned off. The tour guides tried hard to induce mass hysteria to make us think we'd seen or heard something supernatural. It did not work. I don't remember being told of this story which happened only 1 1/2 years before, but maybe I just forgot.

  • @allenrussell6135
    @allenrussell6135 24 дня назад +86

    Todays day 65 of dads hospice (hes staying home). Your Sunday uploads have become our routine together since he started palliative care. I wish i could post a pic, the VA did a pinning ceremony today for his Vietnam service. Its actually been a good day. Thanks Mr B

    • @RealLifeHeroes7
      @RealLifeHeroes7 24 дня назад +8

      even though I don't know him. please tell your dad that I am truly grateful for his service. he must have some interesting stories. spend as much time with him as you can.

    • @maidenminnesota1
      @maidenminnesota1 24 дня назад +7

      Thank your dad for his service. Too many Vietnam vets got just the opposite when they came home, and not one of them deserved it. I had two uncles that served over there, so I have a special place in my heart for Vietnam vets.

    • @allenrussell6135
      @allenrussell6135 24 дня назад +6

      @@maidenminnesota1 thank you, I'll show him your comment. I know he'll appreciate it. He lost a brother and an uncle in it. His whole life he's never spoken about it or seemed to "care" about his service so I was shocked at how emotional he was during the pinning ceremony. They gave him a gorgeous flag blanket and started the process to replace lost medals.

    • @DebHanlon-d5z
      @DebHanlon-d5z 24 дня назад +2

      Thank your dad for his service!

    • @christinef7592
      @christinef7592 24 дня назад +3

      @@allenrussell6135 I dated a man who served during that conflict. As close as we were, he too rarely mentioned a thing about it, and I didn't push. A math teacher in high school explained his continued startle responses to loud noises, car backfires, etc. in the context of his being with us in the classroom and on campus. I respected his being open about that at the time. I have a freakish startle response from abuse while young which in no way compare to war; however, I felt I could relate a bit

  • @jus10lewissr
    @jus10lewissr 24 дня назад +118

    7:04 The little cartoon caricature of John in the middle of that photo confused me for just a second. I was thinking, "Man, I really hope this isn't the picture he said he'd be showing later on in the video." 😆

    • @astroph0t0graphy
      @astroph0t0graphy 23 дня назад +3

      nice catch

    • @Cherno-Tekknobyl
      @Cherno-Tekknobyl 23 дня назад +22

      reminds me of the old vids where he pinned the first comment to find a hidden thing in the video ^^"

    • @nachosancho3645
      @nachosancho3645 23 дня назад

      There isn’t anything there??

    • @nachosancho3645
      @nachosancho3645 23 дня назад

      Ohhhh snap!!! Never mind I see him now 😂😂😂😂

    • @OfficialCorinneGames
      @OfficialCorinneGames 23 дня назад +1

      lol I was looking for this comment

  • @samanthah712
    @samanthah712 24 дня назад +44

    Thanks for telling this story. Edinburgh deserves to be talked about, its steeped in dark history & ghost stories.

    • @jamescheddar4896
      @jamescheddar4896 24 дня назад

      Is that why I got the fucking wild hunt going on in my dreams? all my scottish ancestors faced thousands of years of trauma

  • @Goblin_deez.
    @Goblin_deez. 19 дней назад +4

    FYI according to folklore cemetery gates are made of iron to keep the spirits in as iron has a long history of defending against spirits and fae, it’s also why horse shoes are seen as lucky

  • @ScarecrowAndiCo
    @ScarecrowAndiCo 24 дня назад +32

    I had the privilege of visiting this cemetery once while visiting Scotland. I heard this story from the tour guide, but you told it so wonderfully it felt like I was hearing it for the first time! Keep up the fantastic work.

  • @shaneraymer5147
    @shaneraymer5147 23 дня назад +90

    I love walking this cemetery. It’s so peaceful and immediately takes you away from the hustle and bustle of Edinburgh.

    • @ionianmontages3972
      @ionianmontages3972 22 дня назад +7

      Wth so you goto this cemetery?

    • @TyeArtisik
      @TyeArtisik 22 дня назад

      ​@@ionianmontages3972that's what he said

    • @GreenClassified
      @GreenClassified 21 день назад +10

      Cemeteries in general are quite peaceful, I love walking around and reading the tombstones. Calculating a lifespan from the dates, thinking about the ones they left behind, or how those departed passed, it's almost like their spirits offer protection because you are respectful. It's a journey every single one of us is one, we might as come comes to terms with it.

    • @Neophema
      @Neophema 20 дней назад +2

      @@ionianmontages3972 I've been to this cemetery several times. Had no idea it was supposed to be scary until this video :p

    • @Green-tt9cx
      @Green-tt9cx 18 дней назад

      Oh well it's kinda opposite to us Asian sometimes

  • @dkrappenschitz9513
    @dkrappenschitz9513 24 дня назад +135

    10:00 to skip BetterBS ad

    • @D.R.Y.
      @D.R.Y. 24 дня назад +11

      Thank you

    • @Victoriaghh
      @Victoriaghh 24 дня назад +12

      Thank you!!! :)

    • @JordanTheMann
      @JordanTheMann 24 дня назад +9

      Danke.

    • @ashleymiller1414
      @ashleymiller1414 24 дня назад +3

      Thank you.

    • @Big_Red_Wade
      @Big_Red_Wade 24 дня назад +22

      Cheers. I pay for premium so I don’t get adds and creators do this BS. It’s why I now only watch him or others 1/4 as much as I used to.

  • @artdonovandesign
    @artdonovandesign 10 дней назад +1

    Since your channel's inception, I've been a fan of your strange, dark, mysterious, spooky, evocative, upsetting, terrifying, amazing, nightmarish and downright scary stories- narrated to storytelling perfection.

  • @NikkigandCo
    @NikkigandCo 24 дня назад +51

    Aww I used to watch “Greyfriars Bobby” at least once a year 🥺😭 for anyone interested.. the cemetery was renamed “Greyfriars Kirk yard” after a small dogs devotion to his master.. after he died, the dog would lay on his masters grave every day and they couldn’t keep him out.. they finally stopped trying and he became such a beloved character for the area.. there’s a little statue of him outside the kirk yard. It’s a tragic but beautiful story of a furry soulmate.

    • @curtismantle
      @curtismantle 24 дня назад +6

      The cemetery isn’t named after the dog - it was named after a nearby Friary.

    • @NikkigandCo
      @NikkigandCo 24 дня назад +2

      @@curtismantle was it really? I stand corrected 🥰 thank you ☺️.. I was brought up believing it. Aww that wee dug wis a better story 😅. I loved that movie growing up and ma da always told me it was true 😅 ahhh well… 😄

    • @rachelwalker1135
      @rachelwalker1135 24 дня назад

      The dog is real. Just the name of the cemetary wasn't named after him. The dog was named as if belonging to Greyfriars because he spent so much time there. ​@@NikkigandCo

    • @maryeckel9682
      @maryeckel9682 24 дня назад +4

      The story is true, but his name was just Bobby. He wouldn't leave the gate after his human was buried at Greyfriars kirkyard.

  • @jimharrison748
    @jimharrison748 24 дня назад +25

    My city of birth and youth. This is only one of the very many macabre and disturbing events that could be described as being related to the strange, dark and mysterious inhabiting the shadows in Edinburgh. With so much history the place is positively infested!

  • @Chainswalt25
    @Chainswalt25 24 дня назад +52

    It’s just hit 4am in Queensland Australia, and this is the one single minute I hang for, for the entire week.
    I ain’t gonna lie tho… I do miss Johno’s 3,4 and sometimes 5 uploads a week. But beggars can’t be choosers, so I’m still more than happy with any story at all, I can get from him. Mr B, are a bloody saint of saints, amongst all the story telling legends.
    Now let’s get uppa. 💯😁🤙🏼

    • @aliceg1212
      @aliceg1212 24 дня назад +2

      4:46am... going to sleep now, correction, praying and sleeping... 😅

    • @Bettinasisrg
      @Bettinasisrg 24 дня назад +2

      You should definitely give the podcasts a listen! MrBallen studios and they're all good!

    • @LauraBzar-bk5sd
      @LauraBzar-bk5sd 24 дня назад +3

      Yeah, 20 minutes and around 5 of it is promotional, that’s a far leap from the start. He is probably busy making sure the live shows are on point, and with a history of anxiety and all of the many, many things that go into shows like that, I’m happy to give him a break. I feel lucky to get any of his time at all. And it was a great f-ing story. ❤

    • @TheThelonelygnome
      @TheThelonelygnome 24 дня назад +4

      He got me thru Covid and battling my mums dementia god bless John

    • @SoldierOfChristAlmighty
      @SoldierOfChristAlmighty 21 день назад

      Bloody qlder

  • @MarkedMoneyTech
    @MarkedMoneyTech 18 дней назад +2

    Thank you for encouraging others to reach out for help when the negativity is overwhelming.

  • @hojo70
    @hojo70 24 дня назад +151

    I'll state the obvious, the shape in the window looks like an archway, it's not even in the shape of a person.

    • @jasonparra5383
      @jasonparra5383 24 дня назад

      Yeah, no eyes, or any facial features. Humans just want to believe it. Just like people thought they saw a face on the Martian terrain, or how people make out objects from oddly shaped clouds.

    • @LordDangerify
      @LordDangerify 24 дня назад +19

      Also don't people who are near to death typically experience anxiety and a sense of dread?

    • @kashigata
      @kashigata 24 дня назад +13

      Indeed. I actually thought that the truly human shaped figure was in the right window, not the left one. I’m sure the photographer didn’t scream at seeing a shadow! 😂

    • @maryeckel9682
      @maryeckel9682 24 дня назад +13

      It's the shadow of the Celtic cross monument in front of the window.

    • @l.j.i
      @l.j.i 24 дня назад +14

      I thought it looked like Collin's reflection, since the flash would have been lighting everything up

  • @spaomalley
    @spaomalley 24 дня назад +82

    2:46 lol you said doodie

  • @JassuHuh
    @JassuHuh 24 дня назад +79

    Please stoo taking BetterHelp sponsorships!

    • @mitchclover258
      @mitchclover258 24 дня назад +21

      Literally, such a useless service

    • @bn9969
      @bn9969 24 дня назад +14

      Fr. They must pay well. Super predatory service

    • @dains6623
      @dains6623 24 дня назад +5

      As long as they pay well people will do it regardless

    • @bjames86
      @bjames86 24 дня назад +5

      I came to say the same thing

    • @brandona9326
      @brandona9326 24 дня назад +3

      Is there a reason why? Do people have bad experiences with them?

  • @Solitario9475
    @Solitario9475 21 день назад +3

    This man needs to do a video where he actually stays at a cabin telling these stories.
    Would add to the whole vibe of the video.
    Maybe even sitting near a fireplace with the lights off and fire blazing telling cabin stories.

  • @Lyrictheac
    @Lyrictheac 24 дня назад +41

    That shadow is 100% the shadow from that Celtic cross. The rest is just the power of human imagination.

  • @204kyle
    @204kyle 24 дня назад +99

    A HUGE FAN OF THE STRANGE, DARK AND MYSTERIOUS DELIVERED IN STORY FORMAT!!!!

    • @KizzleCakes-cq4it
      @KizzleCakes-cq4it 24 дня назад +6

      Literally counting down the minutes every Sunday for 2:00p.m. Nothing beats the Strange Dark and Mysterious delivered in story format! MrBallen does it in such a respectful way. 😊

    • @MrBallen
      @MrBallen  24 дня назад +25

      Thank you for the support! ❤

    • @Debbie-vv8fw
      @Debbie-vv8fw 23 дня назад

      ​@@MrBallen
      THANK you for your service and sacrifices 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲💪🏻🙏🏻✨

  • @HeisenbergFam
    @HeisenbergFam 24 дня назад +96

    Sunday can be officially considered MrBallen Day

  • @bakingsoda8522
    @bakingsoda8522 23 дня назад +5

    The reason the picture actually sales the whole story as something they made up , is the fact they took the picture off center of the preacher as if to make sure they get that window in the shot if the preacher is the main focus of the night and they are taking pictures of him then it should be him in the center not him off center but just enough to get that window.

  • @countofdownable
    @countofdownable 24 дня назад +42

    The King of England was also the King of Scotland at the time. In case anyone is puzzled. Charles II whose Grandfather King James VI of Scotland became King James I of England.
    I visited this location some years ago, early evening NOT late at night.

  • @jayawilder3835
    @jayawilder3835 24 дня назад +24

    Even before you mentioned Scotland, when you said the cemetery wouldn't stop hurting people, I knew EXACTLY where this was on the planet. Edited after listening to the rest of the video...dear Mr Ballen, you said the cemetery wasn't considered haunted until a homeless guy fell in the pit in 1998. I grew up around there in the '60s and '70s, and the cemetery WAS considered generally haunted back then. Maybe the specific Mackenzie haunting started in 1998?

  • @RaztaPapoulos12
    @RaztaPapoulos12 23 дня назад +24

    It legit looks like Collin's shadow reflecting in the window because of the flash. It has the same shape and you can even see a small part of the candle he has in his hands lol

    • @MadeByTaniel
      @MadeByTaniel 21 день назад +2

      Same thing I thought

    • @GrungeGalactica
      @GrungeGalactica 17 дней назад +1

      Yes! Why’s this the first comment I’ve seen mention this!

    • @icydoodle3877
      @icydoodle3877 16 дней назад

      Exactly what I thought too -

  • @MaternalUnit
    @MaternalUnit 23 дня назад +10

    So, in 1998, the photographer looked at the photo preview on her camera? Possible but not probable. Digital cameras were available but uncommon in the 1990s. The Canon PowerShot Pro70, somewhat popular with professionals, came out in 1998. Digital photography didn't take off until about 2001. A film camera would not show a preview.

    • @Skullet
      @Skullet 22 дня назад +2

      Yeah I had a similar thought when I heard that. I think most of the earlier Canon/Kodak digital cameras from 1996-1998 didn't even have a screen on the back, and the PowerShot Pro70 has a fairly mediocre 2" screen, so even with that camera it likely would have been impossible to see a small object in the background of the photo.

    • @0ajaca
      @0ajaca 22 дня назад +1

      But there were video cameras capable of taking pictures and had a little screen where you could see stuff, and yes I'm with you, I'm just saying that there is a possibility

    • @Skullet
      @Skullet 22 дня назад +1

      @@0ajaca That's true and could be possible, but I'm not sure a newspaper would send a photographer out with a video camera. I'm also not sure if you'd be able to zoom into an image when previewed on one of those video cameras? And I'd imagine the screen quality would be fairly poor. But definitely a possibility although likely quite small.

    • @thehangingparsiple5692
      @thehangingparsiple5692 22 дня назад

      There's also a thing called 'poetic licence' 😉

  • @henryyip1
    @henryyip1 24 дня назад +15

    Mr Ballen's humble dispositions, clear narrations and charming personality has brought him to the tops of podcasts, congratulations !

  • @egguw
    @egguw 24 дня назад +12

    this one was truly horrifying I can’t imagine how he was thinking putting all those people through torture alive than chopping their heads and putting them on sticks, this world houses some pretty insane human beings to say the least

  • @twegxbros
    @twegxbros 24 дня назад +19

    Literally never miss a single video of MrBallen. It’s so addicted!

  • @Nyx-Cassady
    @Nyx-Cassady 24 дня назад +54

    I got the pleasure of visiting Scotland this summer, and visited Grey Friers cemetery.
    We even went up to George Mackenzie’s mausoleum and knocked on the doors saying hello.
    Scotland was beautiful and has a rich history, would definitely recommend it to anyone who has considered going.

    • @lolamontez7782
      @lolamontez7782 24 дня назад

      Nothing?

    • @MarkusBenedictly
      @MarkusBenedictly 23 дня назад

      I think it can be different if you go there at night. (I've been there too, in Edinburgh and visited that cemetery, but in daylight and with people around). I too recommend visiting Scotland, of course.

    • @marthafletcher3442
      @marthafletcher3442 23 дня назад

      I notice you said Scotland was it should be is right Scotland and Ireland has beautiful and magnificent land I’ve only seen it in video I can imagine going there walking and looking at the vast beauty wow

    • @JimD77
      @JimD77 23 дня назад

      Who's there? Jehovah's Witnesses. Psych!

    • @honeyfungi
      @honeyfungi 21 день назад

      That seems really disrespectful, don't knock on mausoleum doors ya darn tourist 🤨

  • @leeannjohnson1808
    @leeannjohnson1808 24 дня назад +33

    I am a descendant of Clan Muirhead, the following has been said of my clan:
    "James Grosset Muirhead [1706-1776] is also credited with the recovery of the ballad of the "Laird of Muirhead" which recounts the story of the defeat of the Scottish army by the English at the Battle of Flodden, in 1513. The Muirhead clan had the signal honour of serving as King James IV of Scotland's royal bodyguards during the battle. King James, and his son, Alexander, were both slain, along with the flower of Scottish chivalry, including the Laird of Muirhead, John Muirhead [ca. 1443-1513], and over two hundred of his clansmen also perished in the battle."

  • @abosworth
    @abosworth 23 дня назад +143

    I'm not at all convinced that the photo shows a person.

    • @PhillyBruwer
      @PhillyBruwer 22 дня назад +30

      Most prob the preacher's shadow caused by the flash

    • @MrZombiejoe
      @MrZombiejoe 22 дня назад

      @@PhillyBruwer Or it could be the Shadow of the Headstone right by Colin... It also looks kinda like a Doorway, or Entrance in the Church, I mean they might not have been inside the Church to know what it looks like in there.

    • @DozyBeeChief
      @DozyBeeChief 21 день назад

      @@PhillyBruwer No way

    • @boblaulenese2776
      @boblaulenese2776 21 день назад +18

      Right lol that photo was way a whole lotta nothing and the story just sounded like yapping as it progressed, like he just needed a vid so he can put his ad in it

    • @starkjet2197
      @starkjet2197 21 день назад +2

      It is definitely a smudge also it’s too pixelated to even be anything 😂

  • @Emorylee1273
    @Emorylee1273 17 дней назад +4

    Come on, advertise for a therapist. When I was in the service I went to a shrink, she almost ruined my career. I only wanted to talk. It took years to fix it. Forget that.

  • @ellewilliams3268
    @ellewilliams3268 24 дня назад +11

    Mr Ballen, your videos are helping me more than I can explain right now. I've started training for a new job and today I found out my grandma died in April, but my dad didn't tell me she died so I wasn't able to attend her funeral - I'm under so much stress and your content stops me worrying even if its for a brief time, thank you ❤

    • @blanquiat
      @blanquiat 24 дня назад +1

      @@ellewilliams3268 so sorry for your loss! 🙏🏼

    • @Unknownentityfeline
      @Unknownentityfeline 24 дня назад +3

      I'm sorry for your loss, too. Especially since it was the passing of a family member and one so integral to your history. It's sad that your father didn't tell you; do you think that he was trying to protect you from grief or do you suppose he did it for another reason? Either way, it is my belief that your Grandma knows the situation and she wouldn't ever be disappointed with you about it. I don't know what your beliefs are, and I grew up without religion and any thought toward the afterlife. I have experienced so much that is unexplainable, however, that I am lead to realize that death is not the end and merely a gateway to something else. If it were just me and a handful of people, I wouldn't believe this with the conviction of which I do. It is a universal human experience, though, therefore even though it's a fallacy to draw conclusions this way, I can't but lean toward this explanation of what I think happens with us when this mortal body can no longer house us here. I saw something written on a wall that read:
      We do not have a Soul
      We ARE souls
      We HAVE a body
      or something to that effect. And we're made of energy which cannot be created nor destroyed, only transformed. This is from Newton's second law of thermodynamics. So my mom and dad still exist somewhere and that is why I talk to them. I don't care what anyone thinks of me, I know that they're there and that is all that matters to me. Similarly, I know your Grandma is somewhere and would be so happy if you talked to her, too. I have so many instances that confirm their ongoing existence but, for the sake of brevity, I'll have to end this. My brother did the same thing to me, btw, by not letting me know of the passing of beloved friends that we grew up with, and even one of my uncles. I don't know what his motive was but he's done some terribly mean things to me. This is to say that I know that feeling that you're going through, having not been told until so much later. It's a kind of betrayal and it hurts. I'm sorry that you're having such a difficult, stressful time. I'm sending you good vibes. They're waves of relief, happiness and the knowledge that you are going to be fine, they're waves of excitement about your training and a new beginning that can take you to great things! These waves of reassurance are being directed to you in your favourite colours, sailing to you on your favourite music, and they'll surround you as you sleep, so you can know that you are safe! I know it's hard right now, but you've got this. I wish you peaceful and lovely dreams tonight. When you go to bed, that time is YOURS, put today's events away. Don't let it keep you from your own time. Don't let it sneak in, either, it will try! No, this is it for you today. You've had enough today. What can you do overnight anyway, right? So banish it from you now. Sweet dreams, my dear!
      Ps: I know you'd rather have Mr. Ballen reply to your text. Oh well, ya got me instead. I didn't proofread this so there maybe typos or auto-correct in the text. Sorry about that, I just want to send this off asap. Sorry it's long but some things aren't easy to make short. Good luck with your training and congratulations for landing your new job!!! I'm happy for you!!!
      pps: I had to line that saying about souls properly. It came out wonky the first time. If you ever have time to get back to me, don't feel obligated too though, I was curious about your new job. What's it in? Just curious.

  • @user-jb5gl4qd1x
    @user-jb5gl4qd1x 24 дня назад +83

    As someone who lives in Scotland, this is gonna terrify me 😭

  • @amatije
    @amatije 23 дня назад +20

    I miss these kind of spooky stories from you.
    Nowadays almost all stories are about true crime and no matter how interesting they are, supernatural stories will always top them out !

    • @aybangz3583
      @aybangz3583 22 дня назад +3

      I'm with you on this. True crimes only help me pass time, but supernatural stories get me intrigued.

    • @arrow6778
      @arrow6778 19 дней назад +1

      Totally agree! He has changed his format unfortunately. I liked his earlier videos so much better :(

  • @katiebee5002
    @katiebee5002 21 день назад +5

    That photo was just the shadow of the gravestone in front of it. It's the exact same shape and makes perfect sense to where the camera was and how the light flashed.

    • @talon8911
      @talon8911 18 дней назад

      No, I don't think so. If you look, the shadow from the camera flash sends the shadows from the cross gravestone down and slightly to the right. Same with the shadow from the Rev's hand on the gravestone to his other side. And if it had been the shadow from the cross gravestone in the window, you'd be able to see the color contrast of the shadow on the white parts in the window pane, but you don't. Not clearly, anyway. I don't even think you could potentially argue the light source for the window-shadow being the candle because the flash would drown that out, too.
      It's definitely weird, but I'm quite ready to say that's for sure a ghost, either.

    • @talon8911
      @talon8911 18 дней назад

      On the other hand, you might not be wrong, either. I forgot about the other 11 candles on the ground, too. But it's still odd that the shadow doesn't appear to actually cross the white parts in the window pane, either.

    • @slidetek
      @slidetek 17 дней назад

      Yep, just said the same. I’ve been doing photography over 50 years and learned to see how shadows will fall from a fixed position on camera, and the cone shape they follow. 100% tombstone, no doubt in my mind. And I’m a believer.

    • @talon8911
      @talon8911 17 дней назад

      @@slidetek In that case, how is the camera flash throwing a shadow in two directions? Why can't you see the shadow on the white parts of the window pane?

  • @WaltOGrams
    @WaltOGrams 24 дня назад +111

    MrBallen is one of the only American RUclipsrs not to absolutely butcher the pronunciation of Edinburgh.
    It GENUINELY makes such a nice change.

    • @lesleywilliams1210
      @lesleywilliams1210 23 дня назад +1

      Although I believe most Australians can pronounce Edinburgh, I know the pronunciation of "burgh" is often lost on them. My Grandmother, a Mrs Horsburgh, would get really annoyed when she'd hear Dryburgh pronounced "Dryberg" (a street in North Melbourne), and the same with her married name. Her husband's grandparents were married in Greyfriars Kirk.

    • @Debbie-vv8fw
      @Debbie-vv8fw 23 дня назад +2

      I believe he's descended from the Ballensworth family, including the lesser known Lord Ballensworth 😂. If his name was STILL Ballen would make sense but the B was dropped in the Ellis Island registry and luckily his parents added it back in. Have a good week and let's not become subjects of a MRBALLEN episode 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💪🏻💪🏻🇺🇲

    • @paulvoit5610
      @paulvoit5610 23 дня назад +2

      Never figured out how 'burgh' is pronounced 'burrow'. No one says Pittsburrow.

    • @paulgordon6949
      @paulgordon6949 23 дня назад +2

      ​@@paulvoit5610I believe the word was originally burrow or burrough, and that's what it is in English, but in Scotland we spell it burgh and pronounce it more like burra. It refers to a place that has been designated as a royal burgh, basically a district that meets certain criteria and is recognised as such. Like a city is.

    • @ricodog3652
      @ricodog3652 23 дня назад

      There are no ice burrows in In
      Edinburgh are there?

  • @erikwilliams9553
    @erikwilliams9553 24 дня назад +56

    I am a firm believer in the paranormal. Having that been said, that picture doesn’t convince me that the place is haunted. It doesn’t look anything like the shape of a person.

    • @StephanieMelluish
      @StephanieMelluish 23 дня назад +14

      Agreed. I'm an open minded skeptic (I like to believe there's more out there, and do know of some experiences I genuinely cannot explain, but I think 99% of people's encounters have a more rational explanation). That picture just looks like classic paraedolia to me.

    • @quinn799
      @quinn799 23 дня назад +7

      I’d say it’s vaguely shaped like a person, but that’s it. Could be anything at all

    • @MydieLy
      @MydieLy 23 дня назад +3

      Right?! It's only resenbling a person aftee you are repeatedly told it does -,-
      This is really cheap...

    • @MsLouisVee
      @MsLouisVee 23 дня назад +1

      It’s not a person. It’s a dirty window

    • @jlt131
      @jlt131 23 дня назад +6

      yeahhhh i was thinking it looked a lot like the shadow of one of those tombstones, since the flash was sudden & bright....

  • @natepadden5493
    @natepadden5493 24 дня назад +11

    Mr. Allen, thank you so much for being open and honest about what you went through after your service. It takes a lot of guts to admit when your having dark thoughts. I'm sorry you had to go through that, but Soo proud of you that you sought help. I can't think what it would be like without you around. You have done so well for yourself and have a beautiful family and you have inspired me to talk about my dark thoughts. I grew up in Massachusetts myself so I feel like we have that in common also! Thank you deeply for your service and dedication. I would love to meet you some day, trying to get to your show in mass, but if I don't I'm sure we will someday. All the best, and keep doing what you're doing! Thanks- Nate

  • @paulachristie1320
    @paulachristie1320 22 дня назад +3

    I live very close to Edinburgh, have done all my life and I have been to the graveyard many times. I’ve been both during the day and night.It’s very eerie so much history has happened there, from grave robbing, and so many plague victims bodies were stacked so high that burial hills still remain. There’s a ghost tour that takes you inside the mausoleum but nothing happened while I was there.

  •  24 дня назад +23

    5 mins up the road from my house, A homeless guy got attacked in a crypt he was sleeping in, pulled through a level of the crypt, well known in Edinburgh for being haunted, he wasn't the first so they have now gated it off..

  • @PokéRiddlesYT
    @PokéRiddlesYT 24 дня назад +32

    Whenever John says something along the lines of "there's something at the end of the video", I just keep watching from the start and wait until the end of the video to see it. Nothing beats the buildup leading to that said thing; it makes the wait all so worth it.

    • @cfully34
      @cfully34 23 дня назад +5

      Awwwwe, who's a good little boy. Here, have a treat

    • @kinGsaL1515
      @kinGsaL1515 23 дня назад

      it's Mr Ballen. you acting like you his close friends or family

  • @adventureawaitsbyremington1776
    @adventureawaitsbyremington1776 24 дня назад +20

    MrBallen, every time I have a problem going on, I watch a strange, dark, and mysterious video to help me. Thanks so much for touching the lives of your viewers, and I hope you continue making videos for years to come!!!

  • @user-pk9qo1gd6r
    @user-pk9qo1gd6r 17 дней назад +2

    "When I was younger I was struggling mentally, now I compensate for that by making profit off of fuelling the delusions of gullible people"

  • @theywouldnthavetocensormei9231
    @theywouldnthavetocensormei9231 24 дня назад +72

    I mean, it's like the saying about having a heart attack in a hospital, we all gotta die someday, dying in a cemetary seems like the most logical off-ramp.

    • @mrbeefy604
      @mrbeefy604 24 дня назад +16

      I work at a cemetery, back in 2016 a guy drove in to visit his wife I guess or other loved one, he parked not far from where me and my coworker were planting flowers. We heard his horn go off and it didn't cease. We look up and notice his head is resting on the steering wheel.
      He happened to park not far from the sales office, one of the workers called for an ambulance. We sat there for 20 minutes kinda watching the guy sit in his car horn blaring when the ambulance comes flying in and locates him immediately, paramedics get out and pull the guy out of the car, we're watching this. They check him over but we don't see him moving, they put him on a gurney and then drape a white sheet over him. They then stand there for approximately 45 minutes talking. Guys still on the gurney behind them with a sheet, they haven't put him in the ambulance yet. They wrap up their conversation and put him in the back of the ambulance, then without sirens or lights slowly drive away. His car remained for 4 days before a tow truck came to retrieve it

    • @SimpleLifeAlways81
      @SimpleLifeAlways81 24 дня назад +1

      @@mrbeefy604lol sounds funny

    • @bn9969
      @bn9969 24 дня назад

      Huh?😂 super funny right ​@@SimpleLifeAlways81

    • @ghostwalk2446
      @ghostwalk2446 24 дня назад

      ​@@mrbeefy604A dude slumped over a steering wheel with the horn blaring typically means "I need CPR immediately", maybe not as entertaining as "kinda watching" him die with your thumb up your ass for 20 minutes, but maybe try acting like you give a sh1t about another human from time to time

    • @robertgibbs6154
      @robertgibbs6154 24 дня назад

      Well, convenient at least

  • @L1AML0V3SDRUMS
    @L1AML0V3SDRUMS 23 дня назад +10

    As soon as he said Scotland I knew exactly where he was talking about. I've visited this cemetery a couple of times (I'm from Glasgow which isn't far from Edinburgh). And I've not experienced anything scary in there before. However even when it was just me and a friend in whatever area of the cemetery when no one else was around we'd always feel like we were being watched and could hear talking nearby. I have experienced apparitions in the Edinburgh Vaults before.

  • @Jen_Wick
    @Jen_Wick 24 дня назад +22

    Tommy Richman low-key looks like MrBallen.

  • @caseygobel1227
    @caseygobel1227 20 дней назад +2

    I've heard of this place, I will never go in or near. This is a place gives off bad energy just from the photos

  • @joey2024
    @joey2024 24 дня назад +7

    I just lost my dad yesterday morning and your video helped me occupy my mind even if it was just for a bit it relaxed me from the tortuer and pain that comes with grieving, i truly do appreciate it so much brother!

    • @Zyryne1
      @Zyryne1 24 дня назад

      Torture? Listening to a master story teller while illiterate is an interesting dichotomy. I guess. 😊❤

    • @blanquiat
      @blanquiat 24 дня назад +2

      @@joey2024 I’m so sorry for your loss!! 🙏🏼😔

    • @joey2024
      @joey2024 24 дня назад +1

      @@Zyryne1 Wow I bet your a great person, I am on PC with auto correct on, and the last thing I care about is my spelling or checking it, especially when I caint even think because I have had 4 hrs of sleep, but I fixed so I don't have to deal with people leaving rude comments like yours. Thanks for correcting me.

    • @joey2024
      @joey2024 24 дня назад +1

      @@blanquiat Thank you I truly do appreciate it.❤️

    • @blanquiat
      @blanquiat 24 дня назад +1

      @@joey2024 you’re welcome 🙏🏼💐

  • @themasterninja110
    @themasterninja110 24 дня назад +10

    this is the kind of content i love from your channel, not so much the true crime but the spooky dark and myterious... this is your best content

  • @shirleygiordano7627
    @shirleygiordano7627 24 дня назад +5

    It's okay to not be okay, Mr. Ballen. I've been there. I know PTSD. And depression. Im glad you are doing better.

  • @ruthgamble2586
    @ruthgamble2586 15 дней назад

    You have no idea how proud I was when I walked into work yesterday to find my coworker watching your channel!! I was talking to them about your clinical lycanthropy video the other day, so to find out I turned them onto your channel was a huge deal to me! 😊 ❤

  • @BoldBama
    @BoldBama 24 дня назад +10

    Happy Mr. Ballen day to all. Always look forward to Sundays because of this channel.

  • @miabutwhy
    @miabutwhy 24 дня назад +21

    omg the mrballen easteregg at 7:05 !! I remember these from your old videos

    • @Lisasanti1
      @Lisasanti1 24 дня назад +1

      What is it?

    • @moviemelody2210
      @moviemelody2210 24 дня назад +2

      @@Lisasanti1look at the gate on the floor..there is a cartoon version of Mr Ballen

    • @tinavuong8279
      @tinavuong8279 24 дня назад +1

      I see it😂❤ I remember when he used to do this.

  • @jdlsmpmj
    @jdlsmpmj 24 дня назад +13

    Thanks for uploading! I really need something to listen to while I power through these chores.

  • @Lisadoesrandomthings
    @Lisadoesrandomthings 20 дней назад +1

    By the way my mother who passed on the 17th loved listening to you.
    We even played your videos for her to hear when she was intubated.

  • @joshuayarrington9684
    @joshuayarrington9684 24 дня назад +36

    Please do videos on the following:
    -The North Hollywood shootout
    -The time a former tanker stole a tank in CA.
    -The Shiloh Inn Murders
    -The 17 Edinburgh coffins
    -Clutty's escape tools for WW2 POW's & LT Bowlings escape.
    -The sinking of the M/S Estonia.
    -The Thefts of Gilbert Bland or Forbes Smiley.
    -The remarkable trail crossing of Preacher William Kyle.
    -The Good Samaritan act and Deception of Melvin Dummar.
    -The death of Mike Malloy.
    -The Biosphere 2 experiment.
    -The inspiration of "The Blob" story.
    -Ted Serois' "Thoughtographs".
    -The Clairvoyance of Lady Wonder.
    -The Dalnegorsk Spaceship remnants.
    -The battle of Athens Tennessee.
    -The Story of the AWOL Annie Canon.
    -The Survival of Ludgar Sylbaris.
    -The invasion of Sealand.
    -The story of "La Pain Maudit".
    -The time Wagner "Wag" Dodge revolutionizes firefighting.
    -The incredible evacuation of Ba Van Nguyen from Vietnam.
    -The settlers of Poyais.
    -The Chaffin Brothers estate battle
    -Dr. Blackburn's Yellow Feaver clothes
    -The Descent of Skylab
    -The Panar Man-Eater
    -How Casmir Pulaski saved General Washington.
    -How Ronald Harris beat the casinos.
    -The kidnapping of Eichmann
    -Jose Delgado's Stimociever Stunt
    -The Surgery of Leonid Rogozov
    -The Universe 25 Experiment
    -The Beast of Bladenboro
    -The Beast of Geavudan
    -The Sea Serpent of the Monongahela
    -The story of Clifford Orji
    -The mark left by Alexander Campbell
    -The disapperance of Hell's Angels chapter President Zeke Mickle
    -The Halifax Explosion
    -The crime that inspired Iron Giant
    -The Eclipse of Thalis
    -The Prophecy of John Hendrix
    -William Foulk vs the Crips
    -The Ghost encounter of Will R. Bird in WW1.
    -The Rampage of Kesagake
    -The Story of the Great Courtaud and the wolf slaughter in Paris.
    -Fluckinger's Vampire Report or the story of Savana Savanavic.

    • @DashingPunkSamurai
      @DashingPunkSamurai 24 дня назад +9

      Geez louise! Is that all? Anymore requests?!? Who requests OVER 50 VIDEOS?!?!?

    • @medic1627
      @medic1627 24 дня назад +3

      ​@@DashingPunkSamuraiwas just going to say, has he missed any?

    • @dcantrell5584
      @dcantrell5584 24 дня назад +3

      Wow, this is awesome! There is so much cool stuff just to look up in this content.

    • @generaljj71
      @generaljj71 24 дня назад +2

      And can we get it all ASAP!

    • @blessedfire365xgf
      @blessedfire365xgf 24 дня назад +2

      Shelli Wiley*killing Laramie WY arson case 1985

  • @anonyfamous9353
    @anonyfamous9353 24 дня назад +23

    Hey, MrBallen, as much as I love you and your content and am very much pro-therapy and pro-mental-health, please do more research into what BetterHelp actually is and what they do and don't promote it. It's really a bad look for you considering all the drama surrounding them and the situation being quite heated just a couple months back. Makes you look like for money you'd accept any sponsorship they throw your way.

    • @billyray2885
      @billyray2885 24 дня назад +3

      He doesn’t care. He makes money from it. That’s all he cares about

    • @Nola5427
      @Nola5427 24 дня назад +1

      Yeah it would be great if he didn' t do any ads, especially once the story has started.

    • @priscillasmith2678
      @priscillasmith2678 24 дня назад +1

      Start your own channel, then. N if u don't like it scroll on... smh

    • @anonyfamous9353
      @anonyfamous9353 23 дня назад +2

      @@priscillasmith2678 What does starting my own channel have to do with anything? I think it's wrong MrBallen is promoting something that has been exposed as quite shady and that has harmed people more than it had helped. Like I said, I love Ballen and his content, I was watching him for quite a while now and before I became aware of issues surrounding better help I thought it was awesome MrBallen was promoting such things, however now that more about them has come to light I think it's just insincere of Ballen to keep promoting them. Assuming that he's aware of their controversies of course. By the off-chance he's not I'd just like to bring his attention to it so he knows who he's associating himself with.

    • @HereComesThe-Sun
      @HereComesThe-Sun 22 дня назад +1

      He seems like a genuine guy to me so I can't understand why he would promote something if he knows it is bad, unless he just doesn't know, which I find hard to believe

  • @michelechesney3599
    @michelechesney3599 24 дня назад +54

    I have an odd story about cemeteries. When I was little like 2-3 years old every time my mom would drive past a cemetery, I would start waving, laughing, pointing and screaming my name out the window. My mom used to ask who I was talking to and I would just say the people walking and saying hi to me.

  • @talajamal4847
    @talajamal4847 13 дней назад

    Hey Mr.Ballen just wanted to say thank you so much for all the great stories you tell us about, I’m going through a dark time right now in my life where I can’t seem to find any hope but your stories and the strong people that went through them ,they give me the hope and strength to go on and move forward.
    thank you for all the hard work you do to deliver these stories to us, it really means so much more than you know. 💙

  • @jasonjuneau2948
    @jasonjuneau2948 24 дня назад +17

    In every picture where people say "you can very clearly see...." its always just a blob that vaguely resembles something. It couldve just been a homless person that broke into the church. Priest likely had a heart attack from over taxing himself.

    • @MsAubrey
      @MsAubrey 23 дня назад +3

      While I’m a believer of the paranormal, because of my own experiences, I thought the same thing.

    • @mellmurder
      @mellmurder 23 дня назад

      I dont even see a figure haha

    • @FallenAngel9979
      @FallenAngel9979 23 дня назад

      Nope. Colin definitely died from the evil McKenzie.

  • @ashlynn_bee
    @ashlynn_bee 24 дня назад +21

    It just hit me that i’ve been watching MrBallen since like 2018-2019 don’t remeber a whole lot but watched him through tiktok and fascinated my 8-9 year old self. I’m 13 now. Crazy.

  • @kidsyx
    @kidsyx 23 дня назад +30

    I ended up finding wartimestories independently from Mr ballen, and I've been listening to the channel to fall asleep to for about a year now. I can definitely recommend. 10/10 for quality and length and whatnot.

  • @user-ln9kz4xp9t
    @user-ln9kz4xp9t 16 дней назад

    I usually don’t skip over the ads in your videos because you present them in such an interesting and comedic way, which is brilliantly genius by the way…. but I especially appreciate and enjoy when you do ads advocating for mental health awareness and better mental health in general. I am myself suffer from a laundry list of mental disorders, but I don’t let them run my life. It’s very sad that even today people still don’t fully understand how serious the situation is concerning mental health and the well-being of people who suffer it’s negative affects. One of the things I’ve always loved about your channel and your foundation and what you do is that you raise a awareness for this. Hoping to make a career in entertainment myself, I too, have a dream to use the platform to raise more awareness and safety and well-being for everyone. I love you and I love your channel. I have been subbed for many years now. Keep up the great work!

  • @theterminaldave
    @theterminaldave 24 дня назад +40

    Gotta love how people think the famous dead person is the one responsible for the dark happenings,
    and not that since a darkness was created by said famous dead person, that it attracted other things.

    • @chrismerryman8512
      @chrismerryman8512 24 дня назад +1

      Good point. You sound like someone who knows a bit about the paranormal.

    • @theterminaldave
      @theterminaldave 24 дня назад +1

      @@chrismerryman8512 I'd love to agree, but it's more along the lines of not making short sighted assumptions

    • @anthonycliftonjones2564
      @anthonycliftonjones2564 24 дня назад

      Not exactly the definition of a tortured soul, referring to George McKenzie. Dark entities and demonic forces are drawn to pain, terror, fear and death.

    • @arosefortes6507
      @arosefortes6507 24 дня назад +2

      Right, I was thinking the same thing. Seems likely that the mans spirit had ether attracted an entity or had an entity attached to his spirit! Which would be the reason why it felt so dreadful to him and hindsight would've been better to address when he first entered. Seems like with this situation it would have been better to have help with him from other priests! I get it that he thought he was just dealing with a nasty spirit of a man. I'm pretty sure that's the reason why, when priests do this work they ask who they are, who they're dealing with for reasons I'm not sure of exactly. I think the demon or entity's power or position/station. Could be more of the knowledge of the name, being directed to it, being unhidden! He also may have realized knowing what he was dealing or needing more information about it that he Would need help. I don't have experience in anything like this. Just know from what I've watched and the fact he didn't head to his own intuition is sad.

    • @theterminaldave
      @theterminaldave 24 дня назад

      @@arosefortes6507 Basically, I totally disagree with you on every point you make, but hey, no big deal.

  • @Vonononie
    @Vonononie 24 дня назад +12

    5:10 he didn’t work for the King of England, he worked for the King of Scotland and England. It was Charles II of the Stewart House, the grandson of the Scottish King who was invited to also take the crown of England when Elizabeth I left the throne empty. After England got rid of the king during the civil war Scotland declared Charles II their King. He was the Scottish king for much longer than the English king

    • @ccmm
      @ccmm 24 дня назад +2

      Was just about to comment the same thing

  • @iftekhar77
    @iftekhar77 24 дня назад +11

    13:17 that ok was so accurate LMAOO

  • @IronZio
    @IronZio 12 дней назад

    Some time ago, while I was reading under candlelight, the flame began to flicker. Just after hearing haunting noises, I realized that it was my grandma from the bathroom.
    Since then, I just perform an exorcism every time she goes to take a crap.