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MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

Fan Favorite - "The Man in the Bowler Hat"

MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

MrBallen

Strange, Mysterious, Dark, True Crime, Storytelling, Mrballen, True Story

4.930.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

This story is a fan favorite that was previously published as Episode 50. In the late 1800s, a very strange hotel was constructed in Chicago, Illinois. From the outside, it looked perfectly normal, but the inside of the hotel was anything but. Hallways were a maze of twists and turns, and there were trap doors, sliding walls and secret stairwells everywhere. But the shock factor of this hotel was part of its allure. Walking around and getting lost could actually be kind of thrilling. But, what guests didn't know was that every time they got lost in that hotel, they might never find their way out again... For 100s more stories like this one, check out my YouTube channel just called "MrBallen" -- https://www.youtube.com/c/MrBallen If you want to reach out to me, contact me on Instagram, Twitter or any other major social media platform, my username on all of them is @MrBallen

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey Prime members, you can binge eight new episodes of the Mr Ballin podcast one month early

0:05.0

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0:08.0

Download the Amazon Music app today.

0:10.3

Hey fans of the Strange Dark and Mysterious, today's episode is a fan favorite.

0:14.6

It comes from episode number 50,

0:16.5

which is titled The Man in the Boiler Hat.

0:18.8

In the late 1800s, a very strange hotel was constructed in Chicago, Illinois.

0:25.8

From the outside, it looked perfectly normal, but the inside of the hotel was anything

0:30.5

but.

0:31.5

Hallways were a maze of twists and turns and there were trap doors sliding walls and secret

0:36.8

stairwells everywhere but the shock factor of this hotel was part of time they got lost

0:43.7

could actually be kind of thrilling.

0:46.1

But what guests didn't know was that every time they got lost in that hotel,

0:51.2

they might never find their way out again.

0:54.0

But before we get into today's story,

0:56.0

if you're a fan of the Strange Dark and Mysterious

0:58.0

delivered in story format,

1:00.0

then you come to the Wright podcast

1:02.0

because that's all we do, and we upload twice a week once on Monday and once on Thursday

1:06.4

So if that's of interest to you please offer to house sit for the five-star review button and when're there, cut all the drawstrings on their sweatpants.

1:15.4

Also, please subscribe to the Mr. Ballin podcast, wherever you listen to podcasts,

1:19.6

so you don't miss any of our weekly uploads.

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