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Top 5 Bingeable SCARY STORIES • DEATH TRIP Edition

MrBallen

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...and we upload 2... 3... even FOUR TIMES every week!

Time Stamps:
#5 -- "It Started With a Whistle" -- 0:59 -- This sounds like an urban legend, but it actually happened
#4 -- "Black Water" -- 10:19 -- A story about a dangerous river in northern Australia
#3 -- "Scalding Caldera" -- 31:13 -- The odds of this happening are basically zero
#2 -- "Headlights" -- 35:40 -- Father & son get lost in the woods during a hunting trip
#1 -- "The Siberian Cabin" -- 45:55 -- 4 friends stay the night in a cabin in a forest in Russia

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For educational, documentary and entertainment purposes only. Based on actual events.

A quick note about our stories: They’re all based on true events, but we sometimes use pseudonyms to protect the people involved, and some details are fictionalized for dramatic purposes.

Credits:

Host & Executive Producer: MrBallen
Head of Writing: Evan Allen
Head of Production: Zak Levitt
Producers: Jeremy Bohn & Cole Locascio
Production Supervision: Samantha Collins
Video Editor: Jordan Stidham
Thumbnails by: Jessica Clogston-Kiner & Robin Vane
Production Support: Antonio Manata & DeLaynna Corley
Story Music by: ‪@co.agmusic‬ / Artlist / Epidemic Sound & Matt Whyte
Theme Song: "Something Wicked" -

• ♩♫ Epic Horror Sy...
('Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License')

Theme Song by: ‪@RossBugden‬

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20 Comments

@PinchyKatie 8 months ago

I knew my passion for lack of adventure would come in handy

@kiwithefruit7 8 months ago

Jeez, the crocodile one is terrifying. Imagine seeing it eat your friend, then come back and stalk you for hours. Enduring hypothermia and exhaustion

@sleepysirenone 8 months ago

Man that first one is so so sad, I can’t imagine losing my brother like that out of no where on such a good night.

@timmacfarlane4681 8 months ago

During one of the worst times of my life a couple years ago I discovered Mr Ballin. My fiance had just died of an overdose and I was secretly living in an abandoned house in Detroit. These videos were my window out of hell. I can't express how much this channel has meant to me so I'll just say thank you, thank you very much John.

@BornIn1776 8 months ago

I grew up in northern Sweden. One day me and my siblings found a large round object with spikes on it on the beach. We were playing with it when our dad came running and shouting "Don't touch that!". It turned out that object was a WW2 naval mine.

@caroldevitt1156 8 months ago

Mr Ballen telling horrible stories with the most comforting voice. I appreciate that.

@ara7450 8 months ago

I'm requesting a yearly retelling of "DO YOU KNOW HOW TO GET TO BELLS CANYON"

@Jodiasmr 8 months ago

Thank you! 🙏 my father is 86 years old and chooses to live in Florida. You keep him company in the middle of the night! This means the world to me. ❤

@ewanuhhughes9801 8 months ago

Hi everyone back in 2012 I was privileged enough to have one of Bretts close friends as my music teacher and we were very close. She taught me a song she had written in dedication to Brett. I have the song memorized and don’t think I can ever forget his story. This tragedy touched so many lives and although I can’t share the song I hope that one day it will be shared.
As a girl from Darwin all I can picture when hearing this story it the true terror one feels when faced with a croc. Especially being 2-3m up a tree when a croc can jump vertically out of the water almost its entire length. I’m talking only the tip of its tail remains in the water. And although they wouldn’t have had to face hypothermia during the wet season (ave 35°c) they would have been facing possible lightning strikes and terrible mosquitoes and midges (biting sandflies the size of a pin head).
Although I’ve never met any of the people involved I have seen first hand how much Brett’s loss has impacted the community. RIP Brett you are loved and very much missed.

Thank you Mrballen for covering this story and so many others and being inclusive of stories and countries aside from your own. I admire how much research, respect and compassion you hold for the victims and families.

@ella-bella19 8 months ago

The crocodile one is literal nightmare fuel. RIP to Brett I’m sure he was a wonderful friend ❤

@BunnySanChan 8 months ago

"Real footage of a different crocodile" 🤣

@raimey666studios 8 months ago

When my daughter was born, she had to stay in the hospital for about a month or so I watched your channel every night that I was there with her and my wife. It was a pretty stressful time and your channel really helped me get through that stressful hard time.❤❤

@KyndalTheMeister1999 8 months ago

Me: getting freaked out by stories that I already know the ending to
MrBallen: smiles handsomely

@MyAMJourney 6 months ago

The crocodile story is literally the most terrifying thing ive ever heard

@Lavertus-w7n 8 months ago

The crocodile story must be one of the most intense MrBallen stories told.

@kristinaash1640 8 months ago

Black water was one of my 1st Mr Ballen stories, like 6-7 years ago. It was great to hear it again, remastered 😊 RIP Brett

@WelshGamer11 8 months ago

I wouldn't step in a puddle in Australia!

@michaelscholz7553 8 months ago

"Break into the Like Buttons house and fill every pocket in their wardrobe with super glue."

@Chad-b2z8i 8 months ago

I have an spinal/nerve situation where I was in nonstop severe pain for months and couldn't do anything, even sleep. Binging Mr Ballen all night was the only thing that gave me something else to focus on and get a bit of relief. Fkn love you Jon.