In 1992, a young mother received a package in the mail that had no return address on it. When she brought it inside her house and opened it up, she found it contained a non-fiction murder mystery novel. She didn't know why it had been sent to her, but when she opened the novel up, she noticed someone had gone through and underlined several sections. At first, she assumed this novel must just be second hand copy and so the previous owner's notes were still inside. But when she actually read some of the highlighted sections, she immediately understood that someone was sending her a terrifying message... But this would only be the start of her nightmare. 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 SPOILERS BELOW THIS POINT: . . . . Main Sources: 1. Oxygen Network TV show "Killer Relationships With Faith Jenkins" Season 1, Episode 3, "Monster-In-Law" -- https://www.oxygen.com/killer-relationship-with-faith-jenkins/season-1/episode-3/monster-in-law 2. Accompanying write up for Oxygen TV show referenced in source 1 above -- https://www.oxygen.com/killer-relationship-with-faith-jenkins/crime-news/jelka-pesic-organized-murder-of-former-daughter 3. National Post coverage of the story -- https://nationalpost.com/news/grandmother-who-hired-hit-man-to-kill-daughter-in-law-seeking-early-parole 4. Vancouver Sun coverage of the story -- https://vancouversun.com/news/staff-blogs/jelka-pesic-spurs-more-outrage-over-her-daughter-in-laws-murder 5. Amateur blog with detailed timeline of events -- http://jelkapessic.blogspot.com 6. Wiki coverage of the story -- https://www.wiki.ng/en/wiki/where-is-jelka-pesic-now-alex-pesic-murder-story-on-killer-relationships-with-faith-jenkins-oxygen-870303 7. Show Biz Corner write up on story -- https://showbizcorner.com/alexandra-alex-pesic-murder-where-is-her-killer-step-mother-jelka-pesic-now

MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories

Episode 4 -- "You're Dead"

In 1990, two college students, who lived together in an apartment, suddenly stopped communicating with their friends and families. After a few days of silence, the police were called to do a welfare check on them. When the police knocked on the girl's door, no one opened it, so they got a key from the building manager and opened the door themselves. As soon as they were inside, they called out for the girls, but they didn't call back. The police walked forward into the living room, and at first everything looked normal, but then they noticed something horrible on the couch... DISCLAIMER: This podcast is the remastered audio from a popular video on my "MrBallen" YouTube channel (Original YT video -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTwhTjFgSKk) 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 SPOILERS BELOW THIS POINT: . . . . Main Sources: 1. Danny Rolling Wikipedia page -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Rolling 2. ATI (All That's Interesting) coverage of story -- https://allthatsinteresting.com/danny-rolling-gainesville-ripper 3. "Biography" website coverage -- https://www.biography.com/news/danny-rolling-scream-killer-gainesville 4. How the perpetrator was caught (from Oxygen) -- https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/how-danny-rolling-the-gainesville-ripper-was-caught 5. Shreveport Times article about how this case inspired Scream movie -- https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/life/2022/01/12/scream-movie-documentary-danny-rolling-serial-killer-gainesville-ripper-hometown-shreveport/9126171002/ 6. Slashfilm.com coverage of how this case inspired Scream movie -- https://www.slashfilm.com/736734/the-real-life-serial-killings-that-inspired-scream/ 7. Murderpedia page for Danny Rolling -- https://murderpedia.org/male.R/r1/rolling-daniel-harold.htm

Episode 3 -- "Scream"

In 2011, a young woman opened the door to her place of work, a sporting apparel store in Washington DC, and immediately realized something was wrong. Too afraid to investigate what she saw and heard, she ran from the store and called 911. When police arrived and entered the store, they heard a sound coming from a hallway in the back, and they began to move toward it… 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 SPOILERS BELOW THIS POINT: . . . . Main Sources: 1. TV Show "Snapped" Season 9, Ep. 19 -- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2429706/ 2. Wikipedia coverage -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lululemon_murder 3. Washington Post coverage -- https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-yoga-store-murder-the-shocking-true-account-of-the-lululemon-athletica-killing-by-dan-morse/2013/11/29/36493e46-51fc-11e3-a7f0-b790929232e1_story.html 4. Talk Murder coverage -- https://talkmurder.com/lululemon-murders/ 5. Slate coverage -- https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2011/03/lululemon-murder-a-plot-twist-reminds-us-that-most-crime-isn-t-random.html 6. Film Daily coverage -- https://filmdaily.co/obsessions/true-crime/lululemon-murder/ 7. Photos from crime scene *GRAPHIC* -- https://www.wusa9.com/gallery/news/local/bethesda/photos-bethesda-lululemon-murder-evidence/65-285709001

Episode 2 -- "The Hallway"

In 2002, a very unlikely witness came forward to give the Everett Washington police some shocking information about a missing person. It was the break investigators had been waiting for — and dreading. The information the witness provided would ultimately lead the police to uncover one of the most heartless plots ever devised. 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 SPOILERS BELOW THIS POINT: . . . . Main Sources: 1. Blog article by Kim L Pasqualini -- https://kympasqualini.medium.com/she-was-forced-to-watch-her-own-grave-being-dug-the-murder-of-rachel-burkheimer-d860d7fae2c3 2. True Crime Daily covered this story in a video on YouTube -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqlZ_RHv0MI 3. True Crime Daily write up -- https://truecrimedaily.com/2016/11/07/troubled-romance-with-bad-boys-leads-to-teens-abduction-murder/ 4. From blog who pulled form Seattle Post-Intelligencer Report -- http://scaryreality.com/all/The_trail_of_tragedy_that_led_Rachel_Burkheimer_to_her_grave.html 5. News coverage of sentencing phase -- https://komonews.com/news/local/everett-jury-convicts-man-of-2002-murder-of-rachel-burkheimer 6. "Criminal" website coverage -- https://vocal.media/criminal/teen-saw-her-grave-being-dug-before-her-murder 7. Trial coverage -- https://products.kitsapsun.com/archive/2004/05-22/479402_man_sentenced_to_life_in_ex-gir.html

Episode 1 -- "The Plot"

Hello fans of the Strange, Dark and Mysterious delivered in story format! Our first podcast episode will go live on the morning of February 14th, and from there on out we will be releasing 2 weekly podcasts! Mondays = NEW story only available in podcast form Thursdays = BONUS episode, Best of MrBallen's YouTube stories See you soon! Love, @mrballen 

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