Top 3 photos with DISTURBING backstories | Part 13

[@montyjarvis5247]

Mr Ballen this is my original poem to you: (from the perspective of the like button) At first it was little and nothing to fear However one day this ordeal became increasingly severe. Abuse turned to torture it became a streak Now posting up to 3,4 even 5 times a week Those words still haunt me not this nor that The strange, dark and mysterious delivered in story format.

[@christopherquintero6910]

This is the best comment I've read in my entire life

[@YenMov]

@Christoper Quintero I agree

[@AdultToons]

Underrated comment

[@vincentlf3954]

😂😂

[@ihateeverything3972]

That last stanza got me

[@ambermatos9514]

"He is dead, right now, in this picture. He just doesn't know it yet." Chills. Fucking chills

[@mazamatov]

Straight up

[@brooksiet1555]

Do you think john is at all frightened of these stories and it ever takes a toll on him?

[@Sterase94]

Idk man... have you seen those graphic images of the poor guy... that is the true definition of disturbing. I regret googling it

[@brooksiet1555]

@@bruh-jk1sv yea true he's a beast

[@GamingDerped]

These videos are soooo creepy XD idk why I’m watching them at night.

[@yxnghalo8472]

Can we all just appreciate that he never clickbaits

[@christophermiller9516]

He has no need to clickbait. His storytelling is already interesting enough on its own. The guy could tell a story about an ant carrying a crumb across the sidewalk and I’d tune in lol

[@nightkillerna1954]

@@WoodysAR ay buddy graphic the picture is probably just a dead body KZbin doesn't like copses

[@Zetala]

yeah!

[@nishisalott1839]

@@WoodysAR Actually, I looked up the pics and they are too graphic for KZbin and I'm sure his video may have gotten flagged. He literally stated that they were too graphic and you can look them up yourself. How is that clickbait?

[@yxnghalo8472]

@@WoodysAR yo yo yo i wouldent want to put a deceased body on yt just out of respect for the man who died and his family and if I did put it on yt it would be the equivalent of Logan paul showing that man who took his life in japan so don't you dare say that he has no 'balls' to post it on the internet

[@katjohannessen6009]

More info about Ouchi: while he did hate the amount of pain he was going through, he kept agreeing to treatments because both he, the doctors, and his family believed he would survive. Eventually when he stopped responding, either due to the pain being too high or him being completely brain dead, his body would still occasionally show signs that it /might/ revive itself (ex. Stomach mucosa linings returning, some of his skin regrowing, his sisters bone marrow transplant taking, his platelet count going up) and this sliver of hope made the doctors and his family hopeful that he'll recvover. Eventually though, most of his organs would fail and get replaced with machines. After dying 2 times for 45 minutes, he essentially went 100% brain dead and the lead doctor decided that he couldn't keep trying to keep a man alive who was more machine than man. Amazingly though, despite loosing almost all muscle matter in his body, loosing almost 2 liters lf fluid a day through his skin, and having almost all of his organs fail, his heart was completely unharmed and healthy. Which is weirdly poetic in a sad way.

[@thedemolitionmuniciple]

I was hoping someone would know this. I don't blame MrBallen, he is probably saying what he read somewhere else, but yeah most sources completely botch the story.

[@yourresume373]

Yeahhh bummer he went with the version of the story that demonizes the doctors, when in reality he was grateful for the treatments and asked them to continue.

[@superbarbiegirl4]

surprisingly it wasn't two litres it was around 10 but holy shit 2 litres is still to much

[@frozenrose84]

thank you for this additional information :)

[@formansredforehead]

And the image that he's talking about was revealed to actually not be of him, it was a victim of another kind of accident (burning, maybe? I don't remember). Wendigoon has a really good in depth video explaining the situation, including how involved his family was in the decision making process (not just doctors and nurses).

[@ravent2631]

If I ever found out that I had been cooking my food in a previous crime scene, I'd sue the owner of the property.

[@aTexasPickle]

How is a stove that was used to cook a body in not considered EVIDENCE?! Like wtf

[@jonhartley7445]

Yeah, there's no way that's true, that's the most ridiculous thing I've heard in a while...

[@BlooMule]

@@jonhartley7445 it's true. I have friends that live in New Orleans. Death is a big part of the culture.

[@jonhartley7445]

@@BlooMule someone was murdered in an oven and the oven went on to be used to cook the meals of the new tenants...... No, it is not true.... 😂

[@BlooMule]

@@jonhartley7445 I'll take the word of a close friend that is a lifelong NOLA resident. Remember, they left the body of the worker that died in the Hard Rock Hotel collapse in the structure with only a tarp hiding him for over a year. He became part of the Segway tour.

[@natalieb7654]

Shouldn’t that be illegal and against health guidelines to use the exact oven that a dead women was placed in?

[@nashvilletennessee4391]

@Estelle Johnston nah it’s the same thing

[@timmuth4232]

It’s the same oven I did a tour it’s not being rented out it’s connected to what is now a haunted museum and you can do ghost tours

[@leahmcbain3773]

@@timmuth4232 wtfff thats so creepy

[@eclypsaqueen7013]

i mean... the deader the better... for hoomans at least. Cooking in an oven that has come in contact with all those little germies and nasty bacteria would not be good for the food... or the ppl who eat it.

[@Tovish1988]

Umm, ovens kinda get dead animal flesh in them all the time. They're designed for it. A goat leg, a chicken, a human, a chunk of pig's ribcage . . . All have bacteria on them when raw, that gets killed when the oven heats up. Dead human is more upsetting, but not more dangerous.

[@flowerpower4065]

As a landlord I couldn’t even imagine keeping that same stove , the thought of anyone using that stove would eat away my brain, that landlord must be one dark and frugal person.

[@princezuxo1788]

Tbf the place used to be a voodoo temple kinda gives me the creeps

[@nourbodon4707]

The place isn't being rented out. It became kind of a museum. That's why they kept the stove AND fridge (some of her body parts were in the freezer). Some of the details where changed I guess in Mr. Ballen's story for the dramatic dark effect lol.

[@gremadj]

It's New Orleans - The Big Easy. A well deserved and earned moniker.

[@TASmith-ou3is]

Wasn't that apartment above some kind of voodoo shop? That's enough to scare me off. Also, I would be afraid that apt was haunted. I would be furious if I rented that place and cooked on that stove or baked something in that oven and then found out the murder. I wonder if the landlord makes people aware of what happened there, and has found a market of freaky people who want to stay there because they get off on creepy things. Seems so disrespectful to the victim.

[@seanc6468]

It should have been taken as evidence. Weird.

[@samanthafairweather9186]

Andrews story is famous here in Australia. He was repeatedly told that it was extremely dangerous but he didn't listen. When his wife and son went to Auckland to wait for him at the dock, the media were also there. I think that he might've been hallucinating due to hypothermia and thought he could see land, jumped into the ocean to try to swim, then drowned. I feel so bad for his wife and son, never knowing what happened to Andrew.

[@dragonmaster9360]

He was a selfish jerk who, because of his ego, betrayed both his wife and child. Instead of "I'm a husband and father now, time to grow up and accept my responsibilities, it was all about "look at how wonderful I am...." Too bad he died but he was a loser. No different then a parent who abuses drugs and alcohol and neglects their spouse and children.

[@IsraelCountryCube]

Be more realistic he was attacked. That's so idiotic. None imagines what isnt there. How do you hallucinate land? I know one for sure when you see a demon you're not hallucinating.

[@meganixi5282]

@@IsraelCountryCube Hallucinations are weird and insane, you can really hallucinate something that isn't there. But I don't think its due to hypothermia.

[@tai52002]

@@IsraelCountryCube yah, is so "idiotic" and makes no sense someone hallucinating but for sure was a demon, that makes sense. A demon.

[@enforcerridley158]

@@IsraelCountryCube *"How do you hallucinate land?"* Are you unaware what a hallucination is? *"Be more realistic"* Because… demons are more realistic than hallucinations… according to you… riiight…! *"None imagines what isn't there."* Ah, I see! You are one of those NPCs: people which make up 30% of the human population who are unable to imagine and visualize things in your mind that I've been hearing so much about a few years ago.

[@stanleyclark1213]

For the first story, as someone who has spent there whole life sailing, it was very stupid of him to not ask for help when there were 30ft waves. Ive seen them, and they are genuinely terrifying, he should have had the coastguard on at all times.

[@klaykid117]

It's crazy that Casper contraption he made to go over a store-bought kayak looks like something that a child would make to play imagination for a day or two and then get bored of

[@wonderwend]

It was stupid of him anyway imho

[@honkykong610]

Yessir, those three story tall waves are fucking insane, thank fuck submarines stay under the water.

[@zoe.lilith]

i don't know if i missed anything or i am dumb - but i was wondering what the white stuff on his face was (the last photo)? it really creeps me out, is it sunscreen?

[@stanleyclark1213]

@@zoe.lilith it’s most likely suncream or the salt got so cold it just stuck to his skin and made it white would be my guess

[@kayvee5286]

Having both a wife and kids are good reasons not to risk your life

[@fenderbenders4255]

🙌🏼 I was thinking the same thing.

[@papirtrane]

I was thinking the exact same thing!!! I would never have allowed him to do that if I were the wife, esp after having his kid!!He should AT LEAST have used the safety equipment everyone else was using, smh

[@yvonnemacmilla-kittredge6154]

The photos were so unsettling he looked so sick.

[@SNP-1999]

@@papirtrane All he had to do was to have a boat escort him for the journey, to intervene and save him in an emergency. What he attempted was criminally negligent to the extreme and while not finding it in me to pity him for his idiocy, I do pity his wife and son.

[@memecream5834]

Instructions unclear, home intruder got my wife and kids

[@Artahe]

Andrew's last picture is so haunting.

[@alkha4711]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@RazorHeartbeat]

Yeah

[@marvellglory5642]

when you put to much sun screen

[@dookiepossum]

Yep, man does something insanely dangerous and possibly fatal and ends up dying. That’s sad…that is why I don’t take my boring ass and do shit like this

[@poopystoopywoop8308]

@@marvellglory5642 lol

[@alexcampain6947]

I love how MrBallen puts that scary sound just right underneath his story telling, Not to high in volume but just enough to get into your subconscious and freak you out!😱😲

[@itsgrace717]

The "walking ghost phase" is legitimately one of the most horrifying things I've ever heard. Holy shit. That poor man.

[@TheRealOfficerVi]

Yeah, just unlocked a new biggest fear…

[@MLJay]

Watch Chernobyl on HBO. It's horrifying

[@valc3822]

I'm horrified as well

[@bretthrower2940]

The pictures of him want to make you cry because it is so brutal

[@jessikatkins1173]

I cannot agree with you more. We all know radiation causes catastrophic, irreversible damage to the human body but Good God! To feel relatively well but your cell's are slowly dying. You're essentially decaying while alive! That poor, poor man's skin fell off and they STILL resuscitated him 3 times! This case will stay with me...out of sadness and anger.😢😠

[@lapislazarus8899]

I've been fascinated by Ouchi's story for so long. Depending on who is telling it, it was the hospital and medical team that kept him alive inhumanely. Others say it was his family that didn't want to let go, so against all common sense the doctors were being forced to keep him alive. With all this finger-pointing, the true villains slip through the cracks. His employer, that ordered him to bypass safety in the name of expediency. Ouchi and his co-workers should have never been put in that position. Period.

[@SupBro-ww9go]

Exactly!

[@Hoganply]

Avoidable or not, no sufficiently informed family with empathy would keep their child alive for so long.

[@ExileXCross]

Doctors were COMPLICIT in keeping him alive NOT FORCED as they had their own motives in keeping him alive. It's like that one coworker who whenever does something wrong/cuts corner knowingly but shirks responsibility because it's what their supervisor ok'd/wanted. They knew what they were doing was wrong and the relatives were a convenient shield.

[@indiatastic]

Doctors always get to that point of "we've done all we can." They resuscitated this man three times. I can't see a doctor forced into that situation by a few regular folks. But who knows - life is weird and people are weirder.

[@artur6912]

@@ExileXCross The doctors were OBLIGATED BY LAW to keep him alive until the family signed the DNR. Get your head out of your ass.

[@Matthew-Anthony]

MrBallen needs a series called, Close Calls. That way optimistic people can enjoy it without being devasted over and over again by sad endings.

[@CaptOrbit]

This absolutely does need to be a thing it would also give him another avenue to pursue stories in too.

[@wh1tevo1d90]

Yeeess

[@rome8180]

He does have a series called "Top 3 Crazy Ways People Escaped Death." Not exactly what you're asking for, but sort of serves the same function.

[@Fox2-Videos]

I like that idea!

[@Reefer-Rampage69]

Yes!

[@BunnyQueen97]

Yeah i will never say this enough: Ouchi was only kept alive for so long because his family demanded it. Doctors pleaded with them to let him go, but they were convinced they had to give him a fighting chance. This is really common with people in hospice, this was just an incredible extreme.

[@Shintigercurl]

I'd recommend watching wendigoon's vid on this topic. There is more to this that what ballen goes into and it shows that the doctors or the family were being foolish about what happened to him

[@Artephobic]

stop lying abot his poor family

[@Aoichanpiano]

@@Artephobicit’s the truth

[@amandae674]

My first thought was wtf where was this DNR 2 resuscitations ago 💔

[@Sniperboy5551]

Yeah, I hate how people demonize the doctors regarding that case

[@BridgetAshli]

why is no one talking about how they DIDN'T REPLACE THE STOVE THAT HAD A DEAD BODY IN IT???????

[@jimofaotearoa3636]

Not only did it have a body in it but it cooked a body...somewhere in that stove is human grease....what sort of inhumane fuckwit is the landlord here not getting a new oven? Sure it scrubbed up ok but c'mon....... The landlord should be prosecuted for renting this oven out....

[@SniperMan5858]

If it ain't broke don't fix it

[@rhabdob3895]

It cooked a whole person. That’s a good stove.

[@khitai8227]

Because most landlords are slumlord and cheap lazy bastards. I live in an apartment complex and they are lazy AF

[@lilithkayos6045]

Waste not want not

[@fishingsouthernstyle1379]

Just realize how this is like the only horror KZbin who isn’t clickbait

[@jgibson340]

everybody says this and i do agree he does not clickbait but they are other KZbinr's that tell horror stories that don't clickbait as well but he is one of the best for sure

[@fishingsouthernstyle1379]

@@jgibson340 that is true but he tells them straight up some add a little creativity

[@diegonatan6301]

I know about other youtuber that is also like that, his channel is called just "Horror Stories": kzbin.infofeatured His videos are never clickbait and they are very short direct to the point.

[@origamimastersgaming927]

Dori me Interimo ayapare, dorime Ameno, ameno Latire, latiremo Dori me

[@unknqwnshepherd1872]

Also Mr Creeps, who's stories are all (mostly) fictions, but still fun to listen to

[@princeskeeternoodle9229]

Radiation sickness is such a scary thing. In the ending stages it gets so bad they can’t administer any morphine so you’re just laying there rotting. Gives me chills every time

[@pumkinpatchwork]

15:57 it wasn’t just that, but also because his family refused to sign a “Do Not Resuscitate” form, so the doctors were forced to keep him alive even under all his suffering

[@FatRescueSwimmer04]

THANK YOU! idk why everyone blamed the Hospital, apparently people do not understand how that whole thing works lol

[@theexchipmunk]

@@FatRescueSwimmer04 This story states that he was supposedly conscious enough to state by himself that he did not want it anymore and that was ignored. Thats has nothing to do with the family. If the patient states he wants to finally die, its on his choice. And by most western laws what the doctors did was malpractice. You are supposed to keep the patient alive within reason. And him being untreatable and terminal just makes any act of prolonging the life even without the patients opinion an act of assault.

[@arsomnes]

@@theexchipmunk "by most western laws" this was in Japan my dude

[@raenfairy]

@@arsomnes doesn't make it any less shitty though does it

[@TickleMeElmo55]

@@raenfairy It's irrelevant. Western law doesn't apply to Eastern law. Japan has is own laws and norms.

[@docairline5016]

What I love about this channel is that you can put the vids in a multi or minimized window, just listen, and still get the full experience. Dude talks in a normal voice and the ads are even placed strategically.

[@helenbunnehmummeh5154]

I read a book about #3. It’s pretty much a day by day analysis of his deteriorating state. It’s called a slow death, 83 days of radiation sickness. It’s a harrowing read, not only because of his catastrophic injuries, but also because of how his family appeared to not realise his prognosis and they kept making origami’s and wishing him to “do his best” to recover. It’s deeply affecting to read.

[@foxnb358]

book title?

[@helenbunnehmummeh5154]

@@foxnb358 it’s called; “A slow death: 83 days of radiation sickness”.

[@irenejanith2371]

Yes I’m reading this book now so sad they couldn’t hang the cranes in his room.

[@heybulldog1589]

reminds me a tiny bit of the book “A Thousand Paper Cranes” about a little girl in Japan iirc who was affected by the radiation from the two nuclear bombs the US dropped (might be getting details wrong but she suffered greatly and it described her decline from the poisoning). Read it in elementary school and never forgot. Thank you for mentioning the book you read, I have to check it out!

[@helenbunnehmummeh5154]

@@heybulldog1589 I think I found it on Amazon under the title - “Sadako and the thousand paper cranes”. Thanks for mentioning it. I will be interested to read it. I’m

[@ARorHR]

I can’t watch these. I can’t stop watching these.

[@jeremiahleasure4301]

I know!

[@mr.eugenekrabs.44]

Me too fr

[@firstnamelastname6216]

Cool name

[@siverflare9416]

I fucking know right

[@HitTheFloor16]

I have never seen a more relatable comment in my life.

[@Monochrome2004]

i know the first story most likely has a completely sane and rational explanation but i cant stop thinking that 'casper' has something to do with andrew's disappearance it just gives me a sinister vibe looking at it

[@michaelmiranda178]

The guy was tragically foolish. At multiple different points he essentially had the universe trying to slap some sense in him to check his pride and romanticized notions- but he refused to. He likely spent his last terrifying moments realizing all of that. No need to even ponder the supernatural here. His family must have been shattered and it all was so frustratingly preventable

[@jessiehogue.]

@@michaelmiranda178 He wanted it to be pure and not get any help. In a way, he got exactly what he wanted.

[@whynotyoustupidbastard2871]

@@michaelmiranda178 Reminds me of the movie Into the Wild.

[@thomasbailey293]

@@michaelmiranda178 I read an article on this guy. Somebody commented along the lines of "“It seems that if you live, then by definition you are a competent, risk-taking explorer. But if you die, it is too easy to call you a crazy suicidal"

[@daniellewieners4750]

Totally, he looked super ❄ too.. I think Casper totally needs to be questioned

[@sparkysheep]

Andrew’s story is just sad. He knew for DAYS before his distress call that he didn’t think he could make it, but instead of pushing his distress beacon and being rescued when he was still in marginally good condition he waited till he was in emergency distress and that ultimately lead to his death. It was so preventable, but his pride got in the way.

[@FiendishFatty]

I looked at the reviews of the book the wife of his made and somebody made a disrespectful review on it and it’s just so rude :(

[@FiendishFatty]

@@SpoiledMilk184 they said “Not a tragedy. Not about an adventurer or even a 'hero'. A failed and reckless adrenaline junkie who destroyed his familiy by removing himself as a father for reasons beyond all rational belief. Written by an enabler, clearly in denial, far away from all realities. All in all a bunch of self-pity, mixed with the personality of a submissive wife that desperately tries to polish up the fading reputation of her irresponsible, drowned husband. A pathetic book.”

[@pippp.4425]

@@FiendishFatty I really do hate that he consciously put himself in such a dangerous and hopeless situation knowing he was a husband and a father, that a young kid was waiting for him at home. You shouldn’t have to abandon your dreams when you start a family but god damn you need to be more careful of the consequences. Unfortunately there truly is a thin line between a tragic tale and a hero, my heart goes out to his family :(

[@FiendishFatty]

@@pippp.4425 he wasn’t the brightest but to disrespect his family in grief is just a terrible thing to do

[@pippp.4425]

@@FiendishFatty yeah…

[@JerseyDevilJerseyGirl]

“See you Sunday” is the real life phrase of saying “I’ll be right back” in horror movies.

[@legquint5616]

accurate

[@chaos.corner]

However, See you next Tuesday is something altogether different.

[@brendatomlinson]

My blood ran cold as soon as I heard that phrase.

[@Chris119.]

I work with radiation and have studied Hisashi Ouchi's story pretty well. It's mind boggling the level of radiation he was exposed to. The glow that was seen coming from the container would have been, I believe, a phenomenon called Cherenkov Radiation. This is sometimes seen in nuclear reactors.

[@RogueBoyScout]

Reminds me of the Demon Core.... The famous quote attributed to the scientist when the room glowed for a bit. "Well, that's it", or words to those affect. Basically "Well, we're scr3wed.."

[@bmad8691]

You work with radiation? Can I ask if you know anything about RAI treatments and if they are dangerous in anyway?

[@nousername7582]

@@RogueBoyScout yea that ones fucked up too lol

[@James_Sunderland_]

most horrifying thing about cases like that is they literally turn into a living decomposing body...and worse is their heart and brain are some of the last organs to die, or at least in hisashi ouchi's case.

[@unusualbydefault]

you clearly dont work with radiation in any meaningful capacity

[@MiotaLee]

For those curious about what Ouchi looked like after his skin fell off but are too scared to look it up, he essentially looks like a ghoul from fallout. I can't imagine the pain of having blood vessels, muscles and tendons all out in the open. Keeping him alive was inhumane.

[@angelyseperez2963]

He also kinda looks like a red stick figure

[@w_sanders2914]

That photo scares me. I don't think I would ever be able to live it, let alone see it in person

[@Zygoatgamer]

That a photo of a burn victim not him

[@FigConsumer]

That’s actually not him. The picture is of a burn victim

[@chanceneck8072]

Ok, I just looked up the Ouchi picture .... I never forgot about this story, it's one of the few that REALLY stook with me over the years. Well this one and the one with the "We Need To Talk About Kevin" esk story about the unbelievably violent child. But yeah, I just wanted to say thank you for not showing that picture in this video! You 100% did the right thing! 👍🤝

[@halalisanizungu4509]

Mrballen: "Company cutting costs." Me: "Uh-oh, some poor employee's getting cooked alive."

[@luigicadorna8644]

Tie the like button down to a table with piano wire and smash its testicles with a ball-peen hammer.

[@babyzilch]

Lol

[@JkAlombro]

Even worse

[@chodeshadar18]

Both the company and the doctors should suffer what Ayoshi had to. Are there no unions or advocate groups in Japan?

[@elephantassholesuit]

Hahah

[@GerflinGrunglesnop]

The last one is disturbing that they would torture him like that. It's seriously disgusting.

[@Tkwngs]

Marcy Stott dang I couldn’t find it

[@AssassinDatAzz]

@@Tkwngs how do you even spell the guys name? can't find anything online

[@Tkwngs]

Ava Allen thank you for the warning it’s very thoughtful but I have seen a lot worse

[@loganmarsh8752]

Talkiestwaang S look up 17 sieverts of radiation ouchi

[@cl7510]

Talkiestwaang S it is sickening that those doctors let that man suffer so greatly in the name of research. I have seen the picture, it is awful. I can’t even begin to imagine what he went through. 80 + days of pure hell, resuscitated just so the “doctors” could do more tests. They should all have lost their licenses.

[@vulgarshudder]

At Ouchi's funeral, his father grabbed the ceo of the company and forced him to look at the body in the coffin and said "look at what you did"

[@mere2508]

Ouchi’s father = chad

[@kentonbenoit9629]

Fucking rights man

[@GamingForNow]

It would definitely become my new life purpose to hunt down every doctor and owner responsible. I doubt you could suffer a worse fate then his son

[@mere2508]

@@GamingForNow only hunt the owners, the doctors were forced to keep Ouchi alive because of his family’s wishes and because of the government’s rules (in Japan, you can’t just let someone die otherwise that would be medical neglect and you’ll be sent to prison)

[@kentonbenoit9629]

@@GamingForNow I get why you would want to and you would be just for doing that...But at that exact time and political environment this happened I believe the knowledge and chance to research this kind of thing and its effects on humans was so dam valuable, you may be aware that in the past and current time country's were not always super excited on sharing information regarding nuclear weapons...

[@zachhaywood1564]

I like how generally respectful people in the comments of his videos are. It's like this strange bond true crime buffs have.

[@J64Gamer64]

"It's a beautiful one bedroom one bath apartment and this stove is perfect it can cook an entire huma....Turkey! Yes a nice Thanksgiving turkey"

[@Yaturu]

Bruhhhh

[@andrewmartin5622]

Do you feel pain

[@ZombieSazza]

“Oh this oven has a strange aroma about it... nah, I’m sure it’s nothing”

[@Kiss_My_Aspergers]

@@ZombieSazza It'd probably just smell faintly of pork.

[@lamandapbrwnskinqueen9069]

😳😂

[@KellyBergerDeusVult]

This channel is why I don't get enough sleep. Great stories, great story telling, and more often than not I learn something new about human behavior, science, or some policy.

[@Jujubee87]

I had to force my self to stop watching 2 hrs before I go to bed and get distracted so I don't go back on and stay up all night watching his videos. The first day I started watching him I spent like 8 hrs on his videos! I was gone to the world.

[@dfurster]

"I'm gonna go to bed early and watch a few Mr Ballen videos" "Oops I need to be at work in 6 hours, so much for an early night" "I've come this far... there's no turning back!" *pushes play on the next video

[@notritz7]

this guy has a GOOD green screen, and NEVER clickbaits.

[@dababy8017]

Green screen???

[@arthurschamne9804]

@@dababy8017 I think they mean for the thumbnails

[@Nick_Lamb]

Pretty sure he filmed on location dog. Check yoself

[@obijuankenobi420]

@@dababy8017 You see the background behind him......you need a green screen for that......do all of you live under a rock ?

[@superboss3870]

Thanks, I thought it was fake

[@reganmccarthy8409]

I think listening to so many of these stories has taught me one very important thing. It doesn’t matter how proud, or confident you are, if something looks wrong, stop doing it and either turn around or get help. So many stories of people either going missing or just simply dying because they pushed themselves when they shouldn’t have. If you know something is hopeless, then seek help. It’s sad to listen to all these stories of people perishing when really they could have survived. Rest in peace to all of them. Their deaths leave a very important message behind that hopefully others will learn from.

[@prettyraddad]

I’ve heard Ouchi was kept alive due to doctors in Japan being obligated to try to resuscitate people unless a DNR is in place. There’s so many different versions of that story it’s wild

[@dryb3301]

Not only in Japan, universally doctors are mandated to try their best to revive a patient unless he has a DNR order. Otherwise doctors are faced with criminal negligence. I think his parents wanted to keep him alive , otherwise you could easily obtain a DNR in a situation like that

[@dejanbajic8797]

He was the first criticality victim in Japan, when they saw his chromosomes destroyed, they had no idea what treatment to administer, but no true doctor would like to see his patient die, of course they held hope that they could save him. So many resources were invested in him, he was losing 10 l of blood and bodily fluid every single day towards the later stages of his treatment, which all had to be replaced. They went to great lengths to save him, ask yourselves if your country would do even a tiny portion of what they did for him. 99% of the stories about this accident were maliciously made up.

[@maryturner2542]

I also read that his family members were the ones who kept holding onto hope that he would recover.

[@zikosiss]

@@dejanbajic8797 So true.

[@ScreamingLordRocky]

I heard the famous picture associated with him is not actually him.

[@pamelameckley5040]

The one about the man that was kept alive against his will after the nuclear accident was absolutely horrific, I can't even imagine the pain and suffering he endured. May he rest in peace... *FINALLY.*

[@menace901]

Do your research . The family were the ones that begged the medical team to keep him alive since they didn’t want to sign the Do Not Resuscitate papers.

[@KaiDrawsShit03]

@@menace901 He didn’t want to live though. So that is against his will. I get where the family was coming from, but he was very obviously suffering.

[@menace901]

@@KaiDrawsShit03 He said that he didn’t want to be the guinea pig. That doesn’t mean that he exactly wanted to die. Legally they had to keep him alive because without the papers signed the hospital could be sued.

[@shadowlaflame4kt]

The pictures were absolutely terrifying.....

[@libertydensinger3583]

Yeah, it's quite tragic. The truth is, no amount of treatment was going to help him. He had no chromosomes. He was the literal definition of dead man walking. The doctors really could only learn what comfort measures might be effective.

[@tinewordsmith126]

I read the book about Ouchi's case and found out that it was actually the medical team that was trying to convince his family to just let him go because its hopeless. But the family won't listen. They're not trying to keep him alive for medical experiments. The media just cooked that thing up.

[@maritzamcgill4972]

As nurse - be suprised at family wants and begs to keep them alive no MATTER level of suffering and non-viability. Usually us nurses to end up trying to listen to family and let them talk it alllllll out then try bring them around to what THEY would want. Becomes about the living not the dying lot times sadly. Make sure family knows y’all wishes ! Told my boys I’ll haunt em if do anything like that to me and mean it

[@karenedwards6713]

That's why my mom has made me promise no c p r. She had a quad bypass and the pain was real hard on her, she is a lightweight when it comes to pain. The heart doc told her that it could hurt or even break her ribs to do c p r. I have let it be known that when it's my time to let me go. Like in old age not if I get in a car wreck, but I don't want to live just to make the living happy. I prayed for my granny to die every night. She had dementia and was not living but existing. That is the hardest thing to watch your loved one go through. I got upset with my mom and aunt and uncle for continuing to give her life saving meds. My granny watched her mom die with this and asked me make sure she went quick, but she didn't leave me in charge and they couldn't stand to let her go. Hospice finally stepped in and she passed. I told my mom to put in writing exactly what she wants so nobody can stop her wishes. I also reminded her how she kept giving my granny heart meds to keep her alive. I think my sister is going to be in charge. but my hubby and son know what I want. Dieing is just part of living and I know life goes on. Too long of a story to get into that, but this is just part of a journey we all take.

[@CyberMachine]

@@karenedwards6713 broken ribs aren't THAT painful. She survived child birth but not cpr??

[@5by5Fit]

@@CyberMachine She had a quad bypass...so Im guessing they cut and broke the ribs in a severe way to perform the surgery. recovering from that was the extreme pain she went through. subsequent cpr would damage those ribs and plate again and she doesn't to go through anything resembling that part of the recovery. can't really blame her for that

[@thepapistyourmotherwarnedy752]

@@5by5Fitit’s weird the doctor said “ribs MIGHT break” they WILL break during CPR if you’re doing it right

[@KRS_5150]

I went to Jr. high school with Zack Bowen. It’s crazy to hear the 2nd story about what he did. I have pictures of him at my house for my bday when we were kids. We would play together all the time.

[@julieteaston5829]

That first story is so sad. You can see he’s near on frozen to death. What he must have been feeling in the last few hours. How frightened he must have been.

[@EricFapton]

All he had to do was activate the transponder

[@Fion355]

@@EricFapton A sad case of "To mutch pride" i would say. And when he wanted to, it was too late...

[@waitwhat1029]

I know most people say well it was their own fault but that’s where I find the greatest sadness. Imagine knowing your own bad decisions ended your life. The regret must be crushing.

[@slikk2108]

I felt cold hearing how it ended it must’ve been so scary

[@drew1807]

I think when he said his kayak is sinking he was actually just in Casper that broke off. They said the kayak worked fine and had an unpressed beacon in it

[@ShorelineHomeschool]

The ouchi story is heartbreaking. The photos are even more so, graphic and beyond heartbreaking. They should not have kept him alive, as sad as that sounds... poor man.🥺

[@theograffunder697]

@Sheou just search ouchi nuclear power plant accident.

[@kevincampbell9526]

Reminds me of the movie: The Incredible Melting Man.

[@SuperMadMardigan]

@@kevincampbell9526 Lol! An amazingly bad movie!

[@mvb88]

Back then. That's how they done study's. We didn't always have the technology we have today.

[@bonniehowell4259]

@@theograffunder697 I wish I didnt look at those. I did hear the one circulating is not really him and its a burn victim though.

[@muttdawg509]

That walking ghost story was downright horrifying.

[@moussafatrouni5577]

muttdawg509 the photo scared me

[@zystei]

Dark Temptations link me the photo

[@brookenotman4347]

Yeah do not look it up it’s terrifying

[@gagehansen4320]

Please watch Chernobyl on Netflix it’s not 100% accurate but most of it is. It will show what radiation can do to you...

[@averyg4072]

Dark Temptations what do I search to find it

[@ArmyVet82ndAbn]

Very disturbing story about Ouchi in Walking Death phase. Chilling, thanks for the video!

[@_T_R_E_V_O_R_]

Mrballen: the main thing to look forward to on weekdays

[@MrBallen]

Thank you!

[@Jaynes-Path]

And then a quick video from Chunk (The woodchuck). It helps to get the creepy out of your head all day! lol

[@IcyThrowAwa]

Fr tho i love his videos

[@andrewhoover7100]

Listen to his videos on the way home from work every day and they can turn a bad day into a good one

[@capitalp5032]

This has been my fav part of the day I caint wait to get home from work and hear a story.... Funny my dad listens to David paulides too lol, anyway love your channel bro, really great 👍 content!!!!! 👌👌👌

[@alondraarrizon5472]

CORRECTION for the last story about Ouchi: the family was desperate to keep him alive and didn't want to come to terms that he was dead no matter what, even though the doctors said so. In a documentary about his incident, the main doctor and nurses speak on the experience of having to try and help him and the doctor himself said the family was in denial, and at one point he had to sit them down and talk to them to convince them to finally let him rest, THEN the do not resuscitate order was signed, and he was able to rest. It was the family being desperate, not the doctors CHOOSING to torture him.

[@acabral2651]

We walked a pretty narrow line when my grandma got inconcious at the hospital once. I remember staying all night awake so I could put back in her nose the oxygen tubes she kept taking off. I was not shure if I was torturing her for no reason or saving her from brain damage.

[@deusvult8340]

I don’t think it’s right to say that they were in “denial”, since the doctors did say that there was a chance of him recovering, imagine a close loved one of yours is dying, and the doctors say there was a chance he could recover but at the cost of his suffering, would you kill him to end his misery or take that chance?

[@alondraarrizon5472]

@@deusvult8340 The doctor literally reached the point of having to take the family to a room, sit them down, and try to convince them to let him go because they were that adamant about NOT letting him die. Any hopes there were before we’re most definitely gone and the doctor let them know that, over and over, and reached the point where he had to drill it into their heads. I feel for the family, but they were most definitely in a painful state of denial

[@deusvult8340]

@@alondraarrizon5472 Well the doctors are also partly to blame, since they would give the family hope saying things like, “but his skin’s healing so there’s a chance his body can heal.” So the family’s situation isn’t helping with the doctors’ persistent optimism and with Ouchi getting basically international help from experts all around the world

[@alondraarrizon5472]

@@deusvult8340 yeah they gave them hope when the situation changed for the better ever so slightly, but when he worsened and it became obvious he would not get better, they let the family know over and over and they continued to deny it. To say the family wasn’t in denial is incorrect, and to blame the doctors highly, or even create stories about how they used him for testing is incorrect. A point was reached where it was obvious his cells would no longer regenerate, but the family persisted. That’s just how it is

[@Deedoof]

For the third story, I watched a mini-documentary on Hisashi Ouchi. It was the family's wishes to keep him alive until he begged them to let him go. Maybe both the family and medical team had an agreement to save Ouchi.

[@canterburytail2294]

I can't believe his last name was Ouchi. ouch.

[@BellaFinch]

@@canterburytail2294 In Japan the given name comes after the family name, so his family name is Hisashi, not Ouchi

[@VGCeilingFan]

@@BellaFinch Hisashi was his given name, Ouchi was his family name, meaning in Japan it would be Ouchi Hisashi.

[@darkhighwayman1757]

Once I knew I was a walking dead man, I would want out.

[@clon76]

The doctors certainly weren't experimenting on him as some people like to claim. I've seen interviews with doctors and nurses of his, and it was all very upsetting for them

[@williamwelsh1034]

I enjoyed this story so much..thank you Mr Ballen...you are the best!

[@NMages20]

I think the worst thing I heard from any of these is that the landlord didn't even buy a new oven

[@gardeniablossom4077]

It was a selling highlight on the ad; this oven works so well it’s literally incinerated dead bodies!

[@KH4L13D]

Simple case of “if it ain’t broke...don’t fix it” 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jot4958]

I wonder who cleaned the oven.

[@Aramis7]

Imagine being the one that had to clean that oven...

[@gw5479]

@@jot4958 If you're curious, there are channels on youtube of the cleanup done after a crime scene! It's pretty interesting. They are actual contractors that do this kind of work.

[@cassfowler8633]

Your truly the best story Teller on KZbin! Also Mr. Ballen thank you for your service to this great county USA 🇺🇸

[@MrBallen]

Wow, thank you

[@mr.madness908]

Damn that last story hit hard. Decaying alive is horrible they just should've done a mercy killing after his pain levels increased

[@brentharlow3559]

Don't look up the pictures unless you have a strong stomach, it was bad. He looked like he'd been skinned like deer, and left to rot, and he was still alive at that point. They should have never resuscitated him the first time his heart stopped.

[@mr.madness908]

@@brentharlow3559 I already have haha I've seen a lot shit but this is up there in my top 5

[@brentharlow3559]

@@mr.madness908 Yeah, it's right up there. Take care bud.

[@th3_ogsplayers546]

I can’t find the pictures and he said it was easy to find

[@vinnyvorhees]

@@th3_ogsplayers546 look up hirashi ouchi

[@elizabethfulton8988]

Ouchi didn’t take all the radiation and wasn’t the only one to die from this event. Although he received slightly less radiation(still a lethal dose) his 29 year old coworker Masato Shinohara died a few months after Ouchi. The only survivor was their 54 year old supervisor who only received 3 sieverts not the lethal 7+

[@les_5184]

Random fact: there is a woman who appears in the documentary "Zach and Addie" she was a friend of the couple and talks about their relationship. A few years later her and her partner would be arrested and charged with kidnapping and dismembering an exotic dancer from a club in the French Quarter. Strange how these things seem to work out!

[@Yuni-is-Schrodingers-Fox]

Huh, can you point me in the right direction? I'd like tor research this myself.

[@CHURCHISAWESUM]

Crazy comes in groups.

[@anneliesehauber1692]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqnUgnSXdsimotk The friend of Zach & Addie

[@anneliesehauber1692]

More of their friend, M Sanchez kzbin.info/www/bejne/iobbnoWdd9mMl6c

[@adonaiyah2196]

Its really bizarre and disturbing. New Orleans got a lotta voodoo going on im not saying anything but its a factor to the energy around the area

[@d.johnson9957]

I remember reading about that man who was irradiated. Your retelling of this was way better than what I remember reading. You are very good at interjecting the feelings and emotions of the people you are talking about. Those doctors were experimenting on a human being! It doesn't matter that he was technically dead, he still felt pain and excruciating pain at that. As horrible as it sounds, I wouldn't have had any problem with it if the poor man couldn't feel anything. I've no idea how those doctors could do what they did and still sleep well at night.

[@wickerbuni]

How horrible that they let him suffer like they did. He told them no, and for them to keep him alive like they did it was actually an assault on his body. Shame on them.

[@gamingclips8133]

They should do shit like that on pedos if they wanted to figure that sort of stuff out so badly lol

[@ToastyMoldyPopTarts]

If there's one thing that Mr ballen got wrong here is that NO they did not kept him alive to study the effects. They knew he was in pain but his family insisted that they keep him alive. Misinformation like this is what makes the doctors look like horrible humans when really they were just doing what the family wanted.

[@blvt9949]

@@ToastyMoldyPopTarts MrBallen does often get things wrong, I dont blame him for that tho since he has to finish his videos in time and thats a lot of pressure.

[@ToastyMoldyPopTarts]

@@blvt9949 as much as I enjoy watching Mr Ballen he should’ve done more research.

[@dheros4011]

@@ToastyMoldyPopTarts Also, until an official DNR (do not resuscitate) order was given, they could get in more trouble for letting him die than keeping him alive.

[@Dream_Spark]

15:44 it's moments like these that define this channel, awesome storytelling by MrBallen and only the best stories to go with that.

[@jonathanmirandal.6244]

The biggest downfall of people is most of the time their ego.

[@luigicadorna8644]

I really do t understand the first guy. He called the rescue team to come get him but never turned on the beacon that would have helped them locate him.

[@venombeetle7473]

Their hubris was their downfall

[@jerrymuddtheracecardriver9097]

Facts

[@glamdolly30]

Andrew the kayaking cretin had no right to risk his life so recklessly - he had a small, dependant child, and a responsibility to raise him to adulthood. Once you bring a child into this world, you forfeit the right to make selfish choices and play fast and loose with your mortality like that. He was a lousy example to his child! I hope his widow found a better man with a big enough heart to be the father to his child that he was not.

[@rufussamsquanch_6547]

@@glamdolly30 horse ...shite.

[@tommoore5969]

MrBallen is literally trained to kill bit he is still one of the most wholesome people on the KZbin platform!

[@pandapumpkin8610]

Yaaaaaaas 💚💙💚💙

[@someonesrandomdentalfloss2523]

True

[@Aaron0911]

Unless you are the like button.

[@15perezjacob]

His understanding of that side of life probably goes him a better understanding of what it is to be wholesome probably much more so than most people.

[@tanisara5622]

Him and R/Slash are the most wholesome. Plus they're both my favs!

[@my12spoonswithrose43]

I remember when so many of us in New Zealand who were following Andrew heard he was only days from home/landing. When we heard over the news there was a search party out looking for him it felt like some kind of sick joke, especially when his kayak turned up as he was only about 80km from shore when disaster hit him. The kayak itself travelled a few more km before being found without him in it. The part of New Zealand he went missing in is notoriously dangerous. On a good day, you can get rogue waves: a two- or three-metre set that can come out of nowhere. Not big, but extremely powerful, they're very dangerous. Its just so sad he lost his life in my country, but he sure picked a great spot for it.

[@jesseeasterling4462]

Rouge waves sink many ships

[@shaunchurch9563]

Thanks again like always great job & I just love you're videos 👍

[@joolstoomey1823]

I remember when Andrew went missing. It was heart breaking to see how close he was to land after such an effort. RIP Andrew.

[@vifhkx5638]

yea but that last pic was so disturbing

[@ilikemusic8119]

@Jake Slay sunscreen

[@blaylon]

Me: **dies to radiation** Mom: it’s because of that damn phone

[@generalblue5592]

Sounds right xD

[@RoverIAC]

listen to your mom there is a warning on the box your phone came in.

[@generalblue5592]

@@RoverIAC Pepega Clap

[@TheMyrmo]

You do hold that thing right up to your head. What were you expecting?

[@dricenringer9842]

Go play fortnite

[@Darius_Crawford]

Apartment: Has a killing and spray paint all over the place Landlord: “Oh no, anyways…”

[@lilsloth2269]

Why keep the oven😭😭😭😭

[@69JuggaloMan69]

@@lilsloth2269 why waste a perfectly good oven just because of one slightly cooked corpse being stored in it, a little bit of elbow grease and it will be ready for Monday meatloaf in no time.

[@zlayne357]

@@69JuggaloMan69 You good bro?

[@nyom6378]

@@zlayne357 i think thats sarcasm

[@stuckbetweenfandoms5138]

@@69JuggaloMan69 💀

[@jordanmcmurray5785]

On story 2: That apartment was turned into a haunted museum tour because New Orleans is all about that weird voodoo spirit shit. I cannot imagine any landlord actually renting out that place with the same freaking oven.

[@why_googles]

Just got to say best horror/mystery story teller ever.

[@MrBallen]

Thank you!

[@aidenhaney1714]

Ur prof pic is great😂😂

[@whoyoubeliveiam4997]

honestly ur right

[@bloodbornlink8998]

Geez, whats better then a navy seal telling these stories absolutely nothing. Oh yeah. Thx frog man

[@larryjimbob]

@@MrBallen a strange twisted irony that a man in so much pain has the name Ouchi 😟

[@hashswap]

Two errors with the Ouchi Hisashi: 1. The medical staff were not experimenting with him. He was full code (i.e. the medical staff were ordered by his family to try and keep him alive for as long as possible). 2. The infamous picture is actually not of Ouchi. It's actually a burn victim from a medical text book

[@blackhleproductions1054]

If it’s a text book why does it have pictures???????

[@hashswap]

@@blackhleproductions1054 Most specialty medical textbooks have pictures (e.g. Dermatology, radiology, etc.)

[@blackhleproductions1054]

@@hashswap oh ok

[@janicediaz7921]

Oh my goodness. You right @Hash. I went to Google him. He was terrible burn and the doctors kept resurrecting him, because his family insisted to keep him alive. I feel so bad that he suffered so much. God Bless his soul.

[@hashswap]

@@janicediaz7921 Yeah. Truthfully, I think the family probably didn't realize at that time how incurable acute radiation poisoning is during that time. I think we forget that during the 90s, the internet and information was not as widespread back then. I also work in healthcare and sometimes some people don't want to let go one way or another. I just get very frustrated when videos perpetuate this story about the hospital staff "experimenting" on him. We're literally trained to just follow the code status which is determined by the patient's wishes and/or their legal guardian/substitute.

[@IngridBlanck]

Andrew's pics broke my heart. I'm not up to these types of extreme adventures but he seemed to be experienced at what he did and really enjoyed it. Problem is we can't control nature, all the experience in the world can't prevent an accident due to natural phenomena (like violent waves and storms). The contrast between his pic smiling and then those two last pics where it seems like he was freezing to death... that's rough.

[@ilovefish9458]

That picture legitimately scared me I don't understand why though was this just me?

[@maciekkadziela4592]

@@ilovefish9458 Gosh I am also scared to death because of these pics! I am still wondering why almost nobody here is talking about'em...

[@Tw1zzl3rs]

It wasn't Nature that killed him, it was his pride. He had safety, back up, people on shore ready to rescue him, experience, supplies, GPS signals...etc He was fully aware of the danger, the storms and how unforgiving the sea is. He was battered by a wicked storm for 28hours and all he did was make fun of the matter, "laugh in the face of danger" sort of thing. He just pushed a little too much and didn't hit the button in time cause he got cocky when he was close to the finish line.

[@corinnewolfe963]

@@ilovefish9458 i don’t think I’ll ever be able to get the image of his skin peeling off his face out of my head. Absolutely haunted.

[@electrictroy2010]

The skin is still attached. It’s just salt-encrusted from the seawater

[@lisalaughlin5479]

Thanks for sharing Andrews story. He was a true pioneer who had an amazing lust for life. He was also extremely kind (he gave us a car). Twas very sad what happened ro him. RIP Andrew

[@cosmicsweatergod6792]

Almost a month on the water and he goes missing on the home stretch. That's just sad

[@sarahhelenharris]

the last one sent shivers down my spine, just plain disgusting.

[@karmaclanton5544]

Me too!!!

[@SG-qn6bd]

@@karmaclanton5544 I googled the last picture and holy crap it’s disgusting

[@pissingoffracists4268]

@@SG-qn6bd what’s it like I’m too scared to look

[@sleepy.150]

@@pissingoffracists4268he looked like a skeleton with only some flesh attached to it. It's very very disturbing please don't search it up if your weak hearted like me.

[@gonzisonsbc]

@@pissingoffracists4268 Yeah it's bad.

[@cameronmoyer8060]

the picture he mentioned but didn’t show us absolutely awful. i feel so bad for how much that man went through.

[@katievaughn9952]

these strange dark and mysterious story's always is the best part of my week your the best scary story teller wish you luck keep uploading

[@BeatleScorpion1]

I've watched plenty of these videos so far, but god, that last photo of Andrew, the one of him looking straight into the camera with no smile on his face, that one's just terrified me so much more than all the other photos you've shown us so far. I can't look at it for more than a couple seconds without getting freaked out and looking away, I don't know why.

[@CodeNameCheese_]

Really creepy

[@lunos5026]

the sun cream and the context behind it just gives me the creeps. i feel terrible on his and his family’s behalf but it’s his expression. it’s so empty

[@heathernicol3026]

Same. I’m sure part of it’s creepy-factor is our knowing his fate, but his expression is so… well, like he’d already died, in some very important way. It’s eerie.

[@jacquelinej4162]

i think i know why.. because he looks exactly like those victorian pictures of families with their deceased. it almost looks like he was already dead and somehow was propped up/sat up for the picture and as though someone else took it. the low quality of it and the pixelation makes it look like that.

[@briandaniel8096]

Same here. I had to keep looking away so it didn't get burned in my brain. I think it still did. It's almost like he died as he took it. I think the smile is what does it for me.

[@ConnerJohn1993]

I couldn't imagine the hell Hisashi went through. I hope that the plant he worked at was sued and shut down and hope that people were charged with negligence and murder. Like, what the actual hell.

[@123n0nam3]

Tbh he didn’t die just how truly awful the full story really is. It was basically a tl;dr. If you’re interested I would recommend finding another video that really digs more into it.

[@DarkZolmis]

I hope the drs got radeo posing

[@Thesouljourney7]

@KBTV thats the truth but these youtube guys never research and tell the people the exact truth

[@stoiccrane4259]

@@Thesouljourney7 It's a story channel to entertain. Not a news site. Appreciate it for what it is but do your own digging for specifics if you're interested.

[@rabbit3337]

@@Thesouljourney7 do it on your own then...you don't like his video?..never watch them again

[@tckc9880]

The weekends are soooooo long without these videos 🤣🤣 I actually love Mondays for this hahaha

[@jaclynlavey5296]

Thank you for making these videos. You do amazing work!

[@ashleyemerson4032]

I have tried watching other strange, dark, and mysterious stories delivered in story format, but Mr.Ballen is the absolute best; literally no one else even comes close. I feel like he’d make a great teacher. I love this man. 😩❤️

[@nousername7582]

protect this guy at all cost!

[@ashleyemerson4032]

@Implosion Shorts hahahah, I honestly don’t know. It was like “awwwww, I love this dude so much, I can’t stand it” kind of face. 😂😂

[@carrotpotato0923]

Man with the 😫

[@greyscalejedi2151]

If you really like Mrballen, I recommend checking out Mr. Nightmare. He has some really good stories and he has great narration. Him and MrBallen are my two favorite horror channels on KZbin

[@cherrycane]

the last story was so sad.. he told him to stop but they just continued to put him through so much pain

[@kruews]

The doctor’s kept him alive because his family expressly asked them to save his life “at any cost”. In interviews of the hospital staff, they cry, and talk about how desperately they wanted to save his life. Those levels of radiation poisoning weren’t something that had been seen before by these doctors, so they didn’t know he was beyond the point of saving. And some of the treatments, namely the stem cell transplant, did actually work, and Ouchi was the first person to prove it was a viable treatment option. So many articles online claim that the doctors experimented on him, and while i think it was awful how he was kept alive, it was bc they genuinely thought he could be saved :(

[@NotChefCook]

@GooseEgg - No . You really have no idea how modern medicine , in both offices and hospitals , actually works. Also .... exactly how many times to folks have to inform you it was the FAMILY that ( however wrongly ) insisted on that before you get it ?

[@sputnick1]

@@NotChefCook dude. They were just following the fucking law man

[@arctical3421]

I just searched the picture up, now I can't unthink about it. I definitely will be scared for the rest of my life.

[@NinjaKhaos74]

@Jokutällane Vaa ever heard of vegetative state? yeah, thats your brain being dead and kept alive by machines and modern medicine, but the family wont pull the plug.

[@melissapalazzi3767]

Being a nurse I had to look up the picture of the walking ghost. Horrific picture, he never should have been resuscitated after he told them not to.

[@noturavxragejo721]

Where do you find this picture?

[@TheGreatBambi]

@@noturavxragejo721 ouchi radiation on Google then go to images

[@melissapalazzi3767]

Click on that and the story and pictures are there. Just let me know if you can see it. On one pic it say it's too graphic there's an uncover photo, click that if you have a strong stomach....

[@jessicasherman5392]

Agreed! The link is in the description Cavemancircus.com but I will say, when he says he won’t post bc it’s too graphic...I’ll never let my curiosity and obsession with the strange dark and mysterious override Mr. Ballen’s judgement again...truly horrific and nobody should ever be forced to endure such immeasurable amounts of pain and suffering...

[@melissapalazzi3767]

@@jessicasherman5392 you're 100% right!! I had to do a paper on a man with over 70% of his body was burned. He fought the docs, his parents, and the government to let him die. He won his lawsuit but it was too late, he recovered by then. They used to give him bleach baths, back when they thought it might stop infections. Talk about horrific. They never gave him pain meds either, it was thought that they would not be needed!!!!

[@Garychips22133]

Found the picture online and it’s so bad, things like this make you think about your live and how lucky you are.. thank you mrballen for all your videos I can’t stop watching

[@pooksterbrown]

Drops everything to go flush the toilet while the like button is taking a shower.

[@lcan3231]

😂😂😂

[@pooksterbrown]

Soski in a lot of households if you flush the toilet when someone is showering it will make the water run cold for a bit.

[@aprils5881]

@Soski haha. I live in a 120yo old house. And even in some newer homes it can be an issue...usually when there's low water pressure or well water (is when I've noticed it being an issue). Basically when the toilet is flushed, the toilet takes all of the cool water.. Hence scalding the person (or like button) in the shower. There's been many a side stepping, squealing shenanigans in our home. Hope this helped you understand a little more, if nothing else give you a giggle. Have a great day

[@werroloco3112]

@@pooksterbrown in mine it makes the water burning hot. Hm weird

[@pooksterbrown]

Timothy Wells yeah, I just mean it definitely has a negative impact in a lot of homes ...At least every one I have lived in.

[@OTDSports]

When I realize that we're all in "walking ghost phase".

[@MrBallen]

thats heavy

[@jamesmcdonald3054]

That sounds a lot like John 5;24: "... whoever... believes... has passed from death to life." I.e: Jesus seems to be asserting that everyone is already dead, and only when someone believes are they given life.

[@rylee_dads_bestie69]

Well not really since the walking ghost phase is when you don't have any more cells to grow so you just start decaying alive. We all constantly have cells growing.

[@metalmike570]

@@minutemanjnc4552 Wow

[@connorjohnson3159]

@@jamesmcdonald3054 the point of John 5:24 "that whosoever believeth in him, has passed from death to life," is a spiritual reference. It means passing from the cruel deathly world to everlasting life in Heaven.

[@minedoimperija]

Andrew: I'm dying out here... Help, i don't have much time left... Rescue team: good joke.

[@ithinkweregoingtoneedabigg8525]

I unknowingly visited Zack and addys apartment while visiting Nola. It’s of course presented as a spooky setting but there’s definitely a very dark vibe about the place. So dark that I felt the need to cry. Keep in mind at that point I had no idea of the back story. It wasn’t until after that mama voodoo (the current owner of the property) told us the story that I found out.

[@lisahinton9682]

@I think we're going to need a bigger gun I love that you are sensitive to energy. I am, too, and it's rare that someone else reveals themselves to be as such. One day some thirty years ago when I was a young adult, I walked into my apartment. I _immediately_ could sense someone had either been there or was there. I backed out and used the neighbor's phone (no cell phones back then - or just the super-rich had them) to call the police, who came over and found a note on the kitchen table from the previous occupant saying they came by to check out the old place. What the hell!? The landlord got yelled at that day. Maintenance came and changed the locks that evening. Smh. NOTHING looked different (save for the note, which I had not even see at the point that I left) but I could FEEL the energy left by the intruder. Anyway, cheers!

[@brendatomlinson]

@@lisahinton9682How creepy! Who in their right mind would think that’s acceptable?! Thank goodness you had them change the locks immediately.

[@averagetexan9930]

I love this series so much,no matter how disturbing,sad or scary the story’s are,they are really intriguing and I can’t stop watching them

[@lostpuppy9962]

Imagine ignoring this dieing man's wish and putting him through hell. The doctors should be in prison.

[@jessittajoji3015]

True. Dying*

[@paschall517]

Does anybody know where I can find a picture of that guy he talking about.... Radioactive injury.☮️

[@marinahernandezmusic]

I actually googled the picture and OMG... How could they keep him alive? That's just plain torture... Seeing the picture of how they had him is just heartbreaking

[@Guttlegob]

@@marinahernandezmusic Yeah, the photo is horrendous. You have to be psychotic to do that to someone

[@sauviel6296]

@Charles Crawford damn, dude looked fried. He is red and have no skin left, that hurts, even winds could hurt him because of how sensitive it would be

[@Alani1317]

Just wanna say I love how you don’t jump straight into the story’s but you give everything that happens before the incidence. 👍🏼

[@jamesbuckner6980]

Thank you for your service

[@postfaceliftsaxo3728]

Yes, yes I am a fan of the strange, dark, and mysterious delivered in story format.

[@skeems1111]

@mrcleandoesit yup

[@vczesty2104]

mrcleandoesit yes it is necessary

[@navytex3743]

mrcleandoesit don’t complain

[@haddonfieldradio666]

this is one of the funniest comments out here

[@gIacier-]

mrcleandoesit yes

[@fawnhogg8400]

The person renting the apartment watching this: 😳🤢

[@yellow2238]

I’m pretty sure they already knew

[@gachayuki367]

@@yellow2238 Yeah. They get a lease when they move in saying “If you want to know the history call 38493” or something (I put random numbers) And they can learn. If there was a death or murder they are told straight away

[@thecrickfamily7977]

They would say:ok im gonna live in a ball called casper

[@juliecroak7054]

The doctors in #3 were awful. The man is suffering and they're studying him. Horrible people

[@thepinkestpigglet7529]

Actually the doctors wanted to let him die but the family wouldn't consent to a dnr or euthanasia.

[@Ares-hi2hw]

@@thepinkestpigglet7529 sorry didn't get it can you go simple

[@hinata1ize]

@@Ares-hi2hw They wouldn't consent to letting the doctors let him die or mercy killing him

[@Ares-hi2hw]

@@hinata1ize o' thanks for reply

[@hinata1ize]

@@Ares-hi2hw No prob

[@skylerhawthorne7090]

Wow I love that you have standards and won't show pics that are traumatizingly graphic! You tell the most horrible stories but honestly seem like a good hearted person 💗

[@sphakamisozondi]

I don't know what compelled me to look up *Hisashi Ouchi's hospital pictures. Oh my god they are soo graphic, heartbreaking and disturbing.*

[@isabellemehm9565]

The pictures with Casper were so sad... he looked so wholesome and cute...

[@Yaturu]

He was so happy too

[@tyrekecantrell5941]

That was a sad tale.

[@shinobinokami3462]

That last story is really disturbing. I feel really bad for how they made him suffer.

[@carissaseal2134]

There was a documentary made about Zack and Addie. I was in NOLA in April 2019 and took a ghost tour. They told their story and there are claims that his ghost still haunts the hotel he jumped off of. I love your stories!

[@andrewpratten]

The canoeist was pure arrogance and put his wants before his family's needs.

[@Hadria7777]

Not to speak ill of the dead but agree 100%. Once you have a family and people depending on you it's pretty selfish to put your wants above their needs. I mean it's one thing to risk your life helping others but to do it just to feed your ego

[@emsadventures1154]

Exactly. No disrespect to the dead but holy shit. My mom wants to go sky diving but she at least cares about me and my brother enough to wait until we are out of the house and don't rely on her.

[@AgingGamer1977]

I agree. It sucks he paid the full price for his arrogance, and I feel for his family. But geez, how do you look your wife and kid in the eyes before you leave?

[@2bczar4u]

@@emsadventures1154 tell her to try tandem first. Very safe. I did it and I don't know what all the fuss was about. Yes it was fun, I can say I did it but now I am over it.

[@lucidlyonn1358]

@@emsadventures1154 let her do it.. its not dangerous as long as you got someone professional to help.

[@Kimberly....]

Those images of Ouchi really damage the soul and knowing he was aware of all of it is unimaginable. There's a documentary on it that I can't bring myself to watch.

[@thomaswhytock3180]

What makes it more discusting is how they wanted to keep him alive and studdy him

[@mofo6907]

@@thomaswhytock3180 disgusting* and study*

[@garionaolinger8752]

@@mofo6907 ah yes Grammar and spelling issues The true issue with this

[@garionaolinger8752]

Hey kim Please can you link the documentary I have been googling and researching and never came across any documentary about him and id like to see it

[@willeanalien31]

Keep in mind I'm mo expert, but from what I understand, seeing clips from some interviews a lot of the people who tried to help him seemed distressed and legally had to do their job, and had to try to keep him alive, they might have "experimented" on him, by trying to find ways to keep him alive, it wasn't in a for science kind of way

[@Lyddie_Bug]

I spent hours trying to find you channel after hearing your voice in multiple makeup storytimes Finally I found this incredible channel with these stories that give me nightmares and creep me out I love these videos keep up the wonderful channel!

[@MrBallen]

so glad you found it and thank you!

[@teresajohnson6419]

Thank you for these stories. Unbelievable as they may seem you narrarate them very well. I enjoy and like your site. Keep up the good work, your passion for this is true