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I tell stories

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HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT! We wrote a book!! It’s a gorgeous graphic novel containing 9 stories, 4 of which are feature length and brand new! It comes out October 1st BUT if you pre-order now we could potentially make the NYT best seller’s list! Check it out:
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No big deal, my sister @EvanMAllen just won one of the most prestigious journalism awards in the country. Put this one next to your two @PulitzerPrizes 😎
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Just announced -- @EvanMAllen @BostonGlobe @ is the 2022 #BergerAward winner for her story “Under the Wheel” about generational racism and violence.
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@elonmusk *cue MrBallen intro theme song*
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@BaileySarian I may or may not be currently drinking coffee with @BaileySarian 👀
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Update— We terminated the brand partnership. We have received no money from it, and we will receive no money from it in the future. Today’s video has been pulled down so we can edit out the sponsored segment. We will re-upload the video tomorrow morning without a sponsor.
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Pretty cool to be featured in the @nypost !
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This former Navy SEAL with strange stories is a podcast sensation

Former Navy SEAL John Allen has parlayed a viral TikTok video into a successful YouTube channel and new podcast under the name MrBallen.

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#4 on trending!
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Teaching my son how to deliver the strange, dark and mysterious in story format #Halloween #skeleton #mrballen
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My legendary half-Viking manager @TheMrWitters just sent me this custom gift commemorating our YT channel crossing 1B views!! Crazy!!!! Thank you Nick, Giac, TK and the rest of the crew over at @NightMedia_ for keeping me sane/on the right path! #1Billion
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Next video
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4 million. Wow! 🙏🙏🙏
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Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates! I hope you all have a beautiful day spent with those you love. ❤️🌲
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What!?!? Spotify rankings just came out, insane! Thank you for tuning in!! Link to my podcast on Spotify:
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Meaning, no YouTube video this weekend. Podcast is still on its normal schedule. Thank you for understanding 🙏 - John
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BIG NEWS!!! We are excited to announce the launch of The MrBallen Foundation!! The foundation is dedicated to honoring victims and supporting families impacted by heinous crimes through education, training and financial support. (Cont’d in the comments)
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Happy 2022 everybody! Wishing you and your families a happy and healthy new year.
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Life update 😃 (FYI— the screenshot was pulled from the community tab update I did on our YouTube channel earlier today. I post schedule updates on there regularly)
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Awesome NEW YouTube video tomorrow 😃
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Huge bummer… working on a video right now, but unless I win an appeal, I cant post it for 7 days (see image). I am speaking to a rep at YouTube to try to get 1 or both removed (since both make no sense) which would allow me to upload this week. Check this thread for updates 😔
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Life update — The house we were under contract with and we’re about to move into literally this week, fell through at the last second in a painful and awful way, and so this week we had to pause everything and go house hunting all over again. (Cont’d)
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Have you heard of the Yellowstone Murder Zone? It's a mysterious 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone National Park where, because of a loophole, if you committed murder there, you couldn’t be prosecuted. 😧
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Ran into legal issues with todays video. Was going to go out at 10am EST, but may have to delay 30-60 min while lawyers figure this out. Thank you for patience!
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Yesterday’s YouTube video is trending… people are VERY surprised by the ending 😉
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What is happening!?!
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Creator of the Year Nominees 🔹 @whoisaddison 🔹 @airrack 🔹 @blogilates 🔹 @charlidamelio 🔹 @Dream 🔹 @Jidion6 🔹 @LoganPaul 🔹 @MarkRober 🔹 @MrBallen 🔹 @MrBeast #streamys
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Hey everyone, I’ve decided to take this week off to go on vacation with my family. It’s been over a year since I’ve taken any REAL time off (even on the days we don’t post, we are working pretty much constantly). We’ll be back to posting regularly next week, see you then!
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The bodies buried beneath John Wayne Gacy's house were crammed together so tightly, the bones fused together and it took over TWO YEARS to separate all of the skeletons.
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Tomorrow (finally) 9am EST/2pm UK 🙌
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Thank you for making our podcast #2 overall in USA again!
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It’s true
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Twitter handle is “mrballen” now 👍
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I forgot to tell you, but we are releasing a YouTube video today (was delayed cause of holidays). We will also be releasing a video this weekend per usual. ✌️😎✌️
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Next YouTube video comes out this Sunday. It’s a 👻 story. 😱
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Slight delay on YouTube video today. Got flagged, made a few edits, waiting for review then will post. Hoping yo have out within next 60 minutes or so! Thanks for patience!!!
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Got a WILD YouTube video today 🤯 Will be impressed if you guess “whodunnit” before end So complicated. And a long story too. 40+ min
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Boom 🔥🔥🔥
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Finally, ranked number 1 in the #Podchaser25 for hottest, up-and-coming podcasts of April 2022... "MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories" 🎚 @MrBallen 🎙️ John B. Allen Check out the full list:
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New YouTube logo. Going for a branded look on all platforms! We have a blue one for the podcast (which is #2 in USA on Spotify!! “MrBallen Podcast” go check it out!) #mrballen #mrballenpodcast
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Can you believe it's 2022? I’m excited for what this year has in store for us!
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Jeffrey Dahmer murdered and dismembered 17 men and boys in the late 1990’s. Not only that, he also gave the people in his apartment building sandwiches that could've possibly been made from his victims’ flesh.
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Reminder** our new “MrBallen Podcast” will NOT replace regularly scheduled YouTube content. We are doubling our weekly content output (built a team to be able to pull this off 😃— thanks @Reedjd 🙌)
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Tomorrow (Sunday) — Tomorrow marks our 300th episode on this channel! I can’t thank you enough for all your support, none of what we do would be possible without you all tuning in every week. Thank you!! Story name and preview: “A Carefully Laid Plan” — In the Fall of 2004, an…
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On this day 19 years ago, Armin Meiwes was arrested for EATING a man he met on the Internet. Shockingly, his victim had agreed to be eaten. This was actually the only reason these 2 men agreed to meet.
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What are the biggest lessons you've learned from watching my videos? 🤔
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A long wild story you are unlikely to hear anywhere else on the internet, is being dropped on the MrBallen Podcast in the next few minutes. Look for another tweet soon with the links. (When I say there’s a plot twist in this one… 😳)
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Our lease at our rental is up in a couple weeks and so we literally need a new place to live asap or we’ll be homeless 🤦‍♂️ As such, this week I had to step away from work and just work on getting out of the old house and searching for the new house.
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New video tomorrow! Details in photo:
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Podcast info!
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“Before he disappeared, he jokingly told his friend to take a picture… this is that picture.” 😔 😃 So, if you got something out of todays episode, please slap the like button in the teeth. Also please subscribe….
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My friend took his first trip to a different country by himself and sends me this photo before he left @MrBallen
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36+ min long YouTube video today. 10am EST release 😃
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So cool 🙏
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@MrBallen Congrats sir.
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Tomorrow morning at 11:30am EST — HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT!!! Here and on all my social media 😎
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Merry Christmas Eve! Santa's coming to town tomorrow — get ready 😉🎁
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Next video!
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As of today we have 249 YouTube episodes, 43 podcast episodes, and a total of 544 stories told 🤯 Fun fact found by one of our new employees 👉 @samigurl1977
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Tomorrow’s video
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Tomorrow 👇
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FINALLY…. Limited merch drop in 7 days!! 9/9/22 Sign up now for notifications: For more photos:
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NEW YouTube video today!!
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Another interview for those interested 🙏
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MrBallen: The addictive new true crime podcast taking over the internet

Looking for your next true crime addiction?

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What is the most memorable thing we have done to the Like Button so far? Let me know below, and then also, please gently mule kick the Like Button 😆
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Part of high school curriculum now 😂
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Love this GIF 😂
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@MrBallen Great episode 100% Also, I made this Gif, hope you all like it lol
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David Paulides aka @canammissing , just sent me a signed copy of his new book (which is currently sold out)! Thanks so much Dave! Will read this over the next couple days and try to get a new Missing 411 video up on the YT channel ASAP! #missing411
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I don’t swear at all on any of my videos…. ….Tomorrow’s video title: Most F*CKED UP interrogation ever caught on tape (*MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY*) Release is 9am EST (2pm UK)
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A very worthy cause. I just subbed! You should too!!
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🎄This is an important Christmas mission: There's a YouTuber named Kraken the Box. He's had two heart transplants and is in palliative care. His time on this earth is running out, and he has one wish: get 100k subs and a silver play button. I want to see him reach a million.
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Spooky story dropping on YT in less than 60 minutes 👻
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Todays video will be delayed due to some sensitivity around some footage we chose to use. Working the issue now and expect to release around 11am EST (4pm UK | 2am Sunday AU) Thanks!
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Doing final edits on todays video. Release within 2 hours.
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NEW YouTube video!! “This Girl is About to Live a NIGHTMARE”
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Very proud of this 🙏
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MrBallen Foundation
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Honoring Victims. Supporting Families. Introducing The MrBallen Foundation - Created in 2022 by @MrBallen Our mission is to honor victims and support families of heinous crimes through education, training and financial support.
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I want to post what you want to see! Do you guys have any content suggestions for 2022?
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New YouTube video tomorrow (Saturday)!
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It’s finally legally approved! “Female Hannibal Lecter” given HARSHEST sentence possible (*MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY*)
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YouTube video tomorrow! Will post in community tab on YouTube with details later tonight. 🙌
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Wow! Never been nominated for any award before!
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Streamy Awards
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Podcast Nominees 🔹 @callherdaddy 🔹 @theh3podcast 🔹 @impaulsive 🔹 @MrBallen Podcast 🔹 On Purpose with @jayshetty #streamys
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Out of curiosity, what do you characterize as strange, dark, and mysterious?
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What did you guys think of my new video? I want to hear your feedback 😃
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What topics do you want to hear me talk more about this year?
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Which one of our videos scared you the most? (Or caused the biggest reaction from you?) For a big collaboration coming up 😉 Thanks!
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What comes to mind when you think about the strange, dark & mysterious? (Basically, what are the things that make our community uniquely ours?) Could be an individual episode, could be a phrase from an episode, could be a location, an idea, anything. Thanks!
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Tomorrow new 30+ minute YouTube vid. Look for details in YouTube community tab ✌️😃
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On the night before Christmas in 2008, killer Bruce Pardo opened fire on his ex-wife and approximately 25 other guests at a holiday party… all while he was dressed up as Santa Claus.
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Best one yet 😂
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NEW YouTube video tomorrow, see image for details!
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Watch at 6pm PST tonight!!!!👇
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MERCH IS IN!!
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Accurate seating arrangement
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Our podcast is the #3 “Top Trailer” on Apple 🤯 (trailer was announced only 7 hours ago)
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There's 29 days left in 2021. What's been your favorite video of mine so far this year?
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One of my all time favorite storytellers is launching a new show! Bedtime Stories will be working together with Ballen Studios on a brand new podcast! Follow and listen now:
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My sister @EvanMAllen just won the Pulitzer Prize!!!
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Congratulations to @mrochele , @VernalColeman , @lauracrimaldi , @EvanMAllen and @bmccarthynews of @BostonGlobe . #Pulitzer
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Best one I’ve seen
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Gotta love the pause button. 😂 @johnballen416
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It’s because we’re all too busy looking for bell’s canyon, to be toxic 😉
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@DaveeFreshh Totally understandable. Definitely been inconsistent of late. No excuse. But truthfully, we have done a lot of work to get ahead and starting this weekend, we feel like we are back on track. Bur no doubt, actions speak louder than words, so just stay tuned! Thanks!!
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Any minute!!!
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Got a custom page on Spotify!!! Please click the link below and gently judo chop the like button on the playlist!!!
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Thank you for the nomination!
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Creator For Social Good Nominees ♦️ @BeastPhilanthr ♦️ @DrLupo • @StJude Children's Research Hospital ♦️ @invisiblepeople ♦️ @Jacksepticeye • @WCKitchen ♦️ @MrBallen • @MrBallenFnd #streamys
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UPDATE — Having technical difficulties with video. Speaking to reps to fix ASAP Follow this thread for updates. No timeline but hopefully this doesn’t take longer than an hour to sort out Thank you for your patience!!!
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Christmas party with the boys. Drip inspired by @MrBallen #Strange #Dark and #Mysterious
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Someone in this photo has an EVIL SECRET
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