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MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

Shipwrecked (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

MrBallen

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

4.930.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In the early morning hours on a Saturday in 2013, a man dressed all in black hid in the shadows on a side street in downtown Antwerp, Belgium. The man had lost track of how long he’d even been there, but he didn’t care. He’d hide in the shadows for as long as he had to, waiting patiently for the right moment. Finally, he heard stumbling footsteps, and he felt a jolt of energy run through his body, and he crouched down, ready to lunge.

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0:00.0

In the early morning hours on a Saturday in 2013, a man dressed all in black, hidden the shadows on a side street in downtown Antwerp, Belgium.

0:10.3

The man had lost track of how long he'd been there, but he didn't care.

0:14.1

He'd hide in the shadows for as long as he had to, waiting patiently for the perfect moment that he knew was going to arrive eventually.

0:21.3

And then finally, stumbling footsteps approached, and the man crouched down and got ready.

0:27.8

But before we get into today's story, you may be wondering why you're getting a new episode

0:32.7

on a Wednesday. Well, I am now going to be uploading four episodes to the Mr. Ballin podcast each week.

0:39.7

Now, Mondays and Thursdays won't change. But beginning today, you're also going to get new

0:45.0

slash exclusive episodes on Wednesdays. And on Fridays, you'll get a mix of new stories and also

0:51.1

fan favorites. And these Wednesday stories, they aren't just going to be true crime.

0:55.6

In fact, many of them will be based on the kind of stories that you already love if you're a fan of

1:00.1

my YouTube channel. I call this series, places you can't go, and people who went there anyways.

1:05.5

Or maybe more accurately, things you really can't do, but people who did them anyway, and here's their

1:10.8

story. These stories are insane, and here's their story.

1:11.6

These stories are insane, and I'm telling you, if you've not heard this series before,

1:16.3

you're really going to like it.

1:17.6

So make sure you check them out here each Wednesday, and you can also watch me tell

1:21.6

these stories on my YouTube channel each week.

1:24.7

So, if you're a fan of the Strange, Dark, and Mysterious delivered in story format,

1:29.2

then you come to the right show because that's all we do. So, if that's of interest to you,

1:34.0

please sneak into the Follow Button's house and lay hundreds of mouse traps inside of their bed.

1:39.4

Okay, let's get into today's story.

2:11.2

Thank you. Let's get into today's story. After midnight on Saturday, October 19, 2013, a 23-year-old man named O'Day Egilus stood at the bar in a packed dance club in Antwerp, Belgium.

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