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MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

Ballen Studios

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

4.9 • 27K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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It was a frigid December day in a small logging town in Maine, roughly an hour’s drive from the US-Canadian border. And despite the falling snow, Christmas shoppers were out in full force. While most of the shoppers hurried from store to store, a small crowd had gathered in front of the police station. The shoppers watched as an officer stapled a poster to a telephone pole. Then, when he was done, they shuffled closer for a better view. The poster contained a forensic artist’s sketch of a middle-aged woman. She had a narrow face, thin nose, glasses, and bangs. And according to the text above the image, the police were looking for this woman in connection with a recent double homicide. The murders were shocking, but they were also the most exciting thing to happen in this part of rural Maine for as long as anyone could remember. So despite the cold, the shoppers stood there studying the sketch and discussing whether it looked like anyone they knew. They were so caught up in their conversation, no one noticed a bundled-up figure hurrying past on the sidewalk. This figure slowed just long enough to glance at the poster and recognize the face in the sketch, which bore a striking resemblance to their own. Then, before anyone could notice them, the figure turned and hurried off into the falling snow.

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0:10.2	It was a frigid December day in a small logging town in Maine, roughly an hour's drive from the U.S. Canadian border.
0:16.7	But, despite the falling snow, Christmas shoppers were out in full force.
0:22.5	While most of the shoppers hurried from store to store, a small crowd had gathered in front of the police station. The shoppers
0:27.6	watched as an officer stapled a poster to a telephone pole. Then when he was done and stepped aside,
0:33.3	they all shuffled closer for a better view. The poster was a sketch of a middle-aged woman.
0:39.4	She had a narrow face, thin nose, glasses, and bangs. And according to the text above the image,
0:44.9	the police were looking for this woman in connection with a recent double homicide. The murders were
0:49.9	horrible. But they were also the most exciting thing to happen in this part of rural Maine for as long
0:56.0	as anyone could remember. So despite the cold and the need to go buy Christmas gifts, these shoppers all
1:02.3	stood there studying the sketch and discussing whether it looked like anyone they knew. And these
1:07.5	shoppers were so caught up in their conversation that they didn't notice a bundled-up figure hurrying past them on the sidewalk.
1:14.5	And this figure slowed down just long enough to glance at the poster and recognize the face in the sketch,
1:20.4	which bore a striking resemblance to their own face.
1:24.0	Then, before anyone could notice them, the figure turned and hurried off into the falling snow.
1:30.1	But before we get into that story, if you're a fan of the Strange, Dark, and Mysterious, delivered in story format,
1:35.9	then you've come to the right podcast because that's all we do and we upload twice a week, once on Monday and once on Thursday.
1:42.9	So, if that's of interest to you,
1:44.8	please give the follow-button's phone number
1:46.4	to as many telemarketers as you can.
1:49.3	Okay, let's get into today's story. Let's talk about something that might be keeping you up at night. Cybersecurity. According to Vantar's latest
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