Stranger Than Fiction Vol. XIII
MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
MrBallen
4.9 • 30.2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. And today's podcast features three stories that demonstrate that. |
| 0:06.7 | The audio from all three of these stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel and has been remastered for today's episode. |
| 0:12.5 | The links to the original YouTube videos are in the description. |
| 0:15.6 | The first story you'll hear is called What's Wrong with Mommy? |
| 0:18.8 | And it's about a family's Christmas morning that quickly turns into a nightmare. The second story you'll hear is called What's Wrong with Mommy? And it's about a family's Christmas morning that quickly |
| 0:21.3 | turns into a nightmare. The second story you'll hear is called Stealing a Slice, and it's about a |
| 0:26.8 | standoff in a Domino's Pizza Chain that takes a wild turn. And the third and final story you'll hear |
| 0:32.9 | is called Peak Experience, and it's about a man who wakes up after an avalanche and finds himself |
| 0:38.6 | in another life or death situation. But before we get into today's stories, if you're a fan of |
| 0:44.6 | the Strange, Dark, and Mysterious delivered in story format, then you come to the right podcast, |
| 0:49.0 | because that's all we do, and we upload four times a week, Monday, Wednesday, Thursdays, |
| 0:53.7 | and Fridays. |
| 0:54.8 | So, if that's of interest to you, wait until the follow button has left for their summer vacation, |
| 0:59.8 | and while they're gone, go into their house and completely decorate the interior and also the exterior for Christmas. |
| 1:06.6 | Okay, let's get into our first story called What's Wrong with Mommy? |
| 1:10.1 | Okay. Okay, let's get into our first story called What's Wrong with Mommy? In the early evening hours of December 24, 2011, so Christmas Eve, |
| 1:36.9 | 26-year-old Zazel Preston sat on her bed in her little apartment in Anaheim, California, |
| 1:42.3 | and wrapped Christmas gifts for her children. |
| 1:44.8 | Laying next to her was her newest addition to the family, her third child, a seven-week-old |
| 1:49.5 | little boy. This Christmas was a big deal for Zazel. It was also a big deal for her husband, |
| 1:55.1 | 30-year-old William Wallace, not only because it was going to be the first Christmas with their |
| 1:59.8 | new son, but also because |
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