Hey, Medical Mysteries fans, it's me, Mr. Ballin. Back when I was just getting started as a storyteller,

I often looked for inspiration from other creators in the storytelling world, and one of those I kept

coming back to was a YouTube channel called Bedtime Stories. When we launched Ballin Studios,

Bedtime Stories was one of the very first shows we turned into a podcast, hosted by the brilliantly

creepy Richard Weil, a British

storyteller with a knack for making even the most ordinary moments feel utterly sinister,

the bedtime stories podcast brings you the kind of narratives that stick with you long after

you finish listening. From unsolved mysteries to crypted legends to chilling paranormal encounters,

every episode delivers not one, but two stories. That means

twice the thrills and twice the terror. I'm about to play you one of my personal favorite

bedtime stories podcast episodes. It's called Dark and Abandoned, and it takes you inside an

eerie, supposedly empty hospital where truly bizarre and unsettling things unfold. After you listen,

please go follow and start binging bedtime stories wherever you get your podcasts.

New episodes drop every Wednesday.

Story 1.

The Hospital That Never Was.

There are numerous instances in which facilities originally intended to provide care and

support have instead become places of darkness and suffering.

In the capital of Russia, there is just such a place.

A building designed to be one of the country's leading medical facilities, but destined to become a source of misery.

The Thank you. I'm sorry. When the doors which led from the street outside into the front office opened, the duty sergeant didn't even bother to look up from his newspaper.

The sensors situated up above the entrance were so sensitive, they were often triggered by passing cars rather than people entering the building.

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