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What’s crazy is while he was talking to all the people about making a special weekend, not one person mentioned that she was openly talking about killing him
Also that he even had to ask what his partner of ten years interests were
Yeah you would think that would've come up
@@tnr2217people change after a decade. Especially since they're already in trouble waters
Because they didn't take her seriously. He said that in the video. Folks say that they could "kill" someone for something they did all of the time, but no one thinks anything of it. They didn't take her seriously and thought she was venting, so why would they tell him that?
@@tnr2217lol that's what im thinking!!!! You're married but don't know what she likes like tf??!!😂😂😂
This breaks my heart. He really was trying. People need to learn to just leave instead of murdering their spouse.
Urban dictionary meaning for oof when you don't really care but should say at least something You- "I think I'm having a heart attack" Me- "oof"
Just love the definition and wanted to share. Agree with your comments 😊
Seriously. I guess she thought as the "bread-winner" who was having an affair that she would have to pay alimony and/or child support depending on custody. Guessing she was already mentally unstable. Her earlier relationships ending without her knowing why probably meant she was the problem. But damn choosing murder over divorce is just mind boggling especially if there's no abuse going on. What a horrible way to go too.
In this case it sounds like she was the bread winner. Where the woman earns more and the husband is stay at home she ends up paying alimony etc. Also since he was the primary caregiver of the child he may have had the majority access. This may well have been done so she could have 100% custody and not have to give him any of her assets. These reasons, children and money, are often motivators in these sorts of crimes.
@@leighfriedmann2706I'm fairly certain it originates from roblox, and is the noise made by your character when you die. I feel like most people use it to convey the sentiment of, "damn, that sucks".
Boy was I stunned by the reveal. My goodness, it’s inconceivable just how cruel people can be. That poor guy put weeks of effort into this getaway trying to save his marriage and his wife not only kills him but makes certain he knows she’s doing it. WTF!?
I knew she was evil when she was going to divorce him because he wanted to stay in the house and he was depressed
As someone whose husband divorced her because of her depression...thank God he left me and didn't murder me 😅
@@panjamysy your husband sucked dirtbag thing to do just like Kim
If you were stunned that means you assume and judged to quick... That's never good, next time take your time and listen everything out before doing what you did. It's not always the male.
@@Queven. Actually, you couldn’t be more wrong. It had nothing to do with his being male . It was because of the way the story was framed, emphasizing his depression, his bizarre behavior and him locking the door but thanks for the advice.
You ever noticed how John has a way of talking directly to you, even though you're not there.Great storyteller
You ever noticed that he is talking to his camera?😂
The betrayal he felt must have been as painful mentally as the physical pain he experienced. Poor man
It breaks my heart every time when a wife pretends to care for her husband while secretly concocting a plan to end his life using the tools of her profession, profession which should be used to heal, not to kill. This makes her more evil than one could possibly imagine because she used the substance which is usually used for good to perform something truly evil. America, land of the free and that of the great where emotions matter more than reason itself, for forgo all reason and embrace the emotions and irrational impulses all ye who enter here. I am all for leaving the abusive marriage but this guy was not abusive, he was a good man who paid the ultimate price for being a good man. He was just the kind of guy who did not like to go out. Just because he did not like to go out, that does not mean that he was suffering from depression. Depression is a symptom, not an illness and not every time someone feels sad means that he or she are depressed. It is just pure nonsense and an excuse for the lazy people. She was a party girl and that itself is a huge red flag and she found herself a good man after going through the plethora of bad boys and jerks who in her mind probably abused her and are a reason for her sadness when in reality, her sadness is the product of her bad decisions and emotional instability. A good man for a girl like her is always a temporary solution because to girls like her a good man becomes boring very quickly. On top of all that, by going back to college I am sure that she cheated on him more than once there. That conclusion is based on her profile and on the pattern of her behaviour. That is how things go unfortunately. Good guys always finish up last and party girls are always looking for that next fix or a shot of adrenaline which their lifestyle provided. Good man is OK for her in a short run but in a long run he is going to become boring for her and that is a fact. If she is driven solely by emotions and lack of reason, things like these will happen, for they are inevitable. Emotions over reason lead to divorce, murder and all sorts of other things and it is sad that a good man lost his life like this and a child of theirs gets scarred for the rest of its life. I say that she got what she deserved with that life sentence, although I would have asked for a death penalty because the way she killed a person is truly diabolical and her affair should be added as an extra weight to her charge because she committed a crime with that as well. This is a sad story and another life ended and the other lives were destroyed because of idiotic people and their selfish desires. This world has embraced degeneracy for a long time now, reason has been abandoned and people live out their animalistic impulses and childish emotions. What could possibly go wrong with all of that. . .?
@@orsat.ursus.strazicicboss level yapper
Remember America home of the free is the only reason you're allowed to even make this comment. Keep in mind most of the time women are the victims. Women are brutalized and murdered or systematically beat down both physically and emotionally by men and nobody feels they should receive the death penalty. Your comment is a perfect illustration of thinking with one's emotioms. She did not commit a capital offense therefore not eligible to be executed by the state of MD. I guess in your utopia Eve should have been executed. Depression is not a symptom. It is a bona fide illness/disease. You are correct in saying her husband wasn't depressed; no he wasnt. He check out of their marriage long ago and it was a grand gesture that was a little too late. I certainly do not under any circumstances condone taking the life of any living being unless it is absolutely necessary but lets not put this woman on trial because she is a woman that harmed a man that was in love with her. She is a woman that took the life of another human being with no cause. That's it. That's where it ends. Using tools of ones profession to commit a murder is not a capital offense. Captial Murder laws are not written based on out-dated draconian beliefs. Otherwise the majority of men would have capital offenses. Men can cheat on their wives and murder them because they're bored with her or her body has changed after having children, or whatever idiotic reason based on emotion he comes up with And I guess that is ok. You are correct about one thing. Just reading your comment we do clearly embrace degeneracy and reason is abandoned. I just hope you are neither married nor have daughters.
@@orsat.ursus.strazicicbruh there’s no way in hell you’re not off the meth pack geez man get some sleep
@@durtydann There is nothing wrong with being hyperactive :) By the way, I am a night shift worker XD
So sad for the husband, he was trying his best to spite his depression. What a horrible woman!! 😡
Did you miss the part where she was having an affair? Doesn't matter if he gave her the universe, she already decided that she wanted nothing to do with him. The fact that the matter is she's a psychopath. All she has to do is divorcing. She didn't have to go back with him it makes no sense. Why kill him.
Despite.
Couldn't agree more 😢 this is to sad
@@user-uz9cw1dg3z It might be because she didn't want people to think she dropped her longtime commitment for a younger stud, in other words reputation
I searched the web a bit… this sorry excuse for a human being has been complaining about the conditions of her incarceration (e.g. no longer being allowed to touch her granddaughter and not being allowed to read Game of Thrones). She can cry me a river, her husband is dead because of her selfish and evil act. Any inconvenience she suffers in prison pales in comparison. (The reason why GoT is banned in the prison is funny though… not because it's full of stories of moral corruption as you might suspect but because it contains maps and maps could help someone escape a prison in the state's logic … even if they're of fictional countries 😄.)
That’s so sad! R.I.P. Steve, fly high you beautiful Angel! 🕊️
this one had me in tears by the end. i have the same experience having a really big man being the father of my kids and seeing him hold those tiny babies is something else entirely. from the moment i heard that he chose to be a stay at home dad i knew he was gona be the victim. no man that pure would be capable of turning on someone they love. don't wana believe that poor girl lost the special father she had at only 8 😭
This is the only story that made me cry too and I've heard almost all of MrBallen's. It hurts my heart that people take advantage of good hearted people and see them as weak when it takes immense strength to still be a good person in a world like ours. I hope she rots in h£!!.
Imagine repaying loving effort with murder. Not just regular murder though, but murder in a way that leaves your victim with zero chance of self defense. What a coward.
Right! I mean what had this man done that was so horrible for her to have to torture him like that. It’s one thing to murder someone, but it takes a whole different kind of evil to murder them like this. I hope she received a life sentence without parole. Poor guy.
Nothing hurts like Putting in effort and work in order to make someone you love happy, and it goes in vain.
Especially when that person lights you on fire.
@slayerozombies While he was awake but paralized. Can't believe, seeing as he was such a large man, he was rescued by one man pulling on his leg. Dead weight at that. She would have been caught by the accelerant but telling friends and family? That's a whole different level of being caught. So sad for the son who would have been, what 8 years old at the time. Ill never wrap my head around justt divorcing. Oof
It's stories like this that make me want to marry as soon as possible.
Especially when Steve sees what her wife is doing to him. The realization must be so shocking.. And painful 😢
I mean it being “in vain” is quite an understatement in this case
Holy moly!! Shocked is an understatement!! How could she be so wicked? And then has the audacity to smile in her mug, shot pictures of her arrest. He must have felt all kinds of emotions during his last moments, knowing that the love of his life is about to kill him! I literally broke down in tears. Even my hubby is in bits! This story is so heartbreaking!
I think most men would be "in bits". We can all imagine the horror of it: the cheating, the dissolution of love, then ( as we try to improve the relationship) the ultimate betrayal -- murder. The fact it was such a horrible way of killing him only added a tiny bit more. Even if it had been a quick, painless death, knowing it was your spouse, the person closest to you in your life!-- makes it a horror. A man doesn't mind dying FOR his wife... but BY his wife?
Poor Steve he was trying so hard to make things better and put so much work into that trip. I cant imagine how betrayed and heartbroken he must have felt as well as the horrible pain she put him through.
Seriously, Steve treated her with respect, gave her stability, and took care of their baby allowing her to finish college and work, yet she threatened to divorce him just because Steve went through a hard time for a year. What is wrong with people? Relationships have ups and downs, they require commitment.
Women be trippin’ 🤷♂️
Remember she had problems with previous boyfriends. There's no telling what she was doing to them. She sounds like an evil predator!
A woman coworker just did the same thing to her husband. Left him flat after he got laid off. Bad move on her part, he’s doing great now 2 years later with a new gf.
Women be like that sometimes
You treat them like queen; they’ll treat you like a peasant
I'm a pretty jaded and hardened 50 year old man who's seen a lot of bad things in my life but this story nearly brought tears to my eyes. How horrendously heartbroken and frightened then in agonizing pain physically he must have been it's almost beyond comprehension.
I know it really got to me this story 😞😞 Absolutely horrendous.
Well put. Unbelievable.
Reading the comments to get a feel for what happened…. I’m not watching it now. Thanks for the heads up. I’m out
@@backagain5216 You missed a great storyteller telling a sad story.
@@Joanla1954 He is a great story teller but cruel stories bring very bad thoughts out in me. All the best however and stay safe in this sometimes evil world of ours.
Dude, I’m so happy to see how much his channel has progressed over the years. I remember when he wasn’t even at a million yet and posting multiple videos a week. Love to see you’re flourishing
Agree my freind! When I occasionally watch his old videos, you can see how much he has learnt and flourished its so cool!
FACTS !!!
I still miss the “3, 4 even 5 times a week” days
@@indialaidlaw7775 Me too but these stories aren't infinite so I imagine it would be hard to keep coming up with 3, 4 or 5 new stories every week.
I can’t imagine the pain of betrayal Steve must’ve felt. RIP ❤️
What a sad story. It definitely shows how Steve was doing his best to refresh his marriage but instead of love he received a horrific death from an evil person. My condolences to Steve's family and friends. R.I.P 🖤
I can finally understand why he grew distant and silent with his wife....
not to mention while he was planning none of the people or friends she had talked to bout killing him, that apparently thought she was joking, didnt think to warn him as he gushed about his plans for her?? smh
I feel for the guy and his family. I have experience with crazy women and they can really mess things up. She could have gotten away with this. I'm sure it happens a lot.
Plus, they had a kid together, who now has essentially lost both parents. So sad. Divorce is always a much better option, even if you're too short-sighted to see it.
@@luke144All women are carriers of the crazy gene, it’s simply a matter of the degree at which it manifests.
I watched this case on forensic files several years ago and Kim was quick to get caught because she went to the local convenient store to get a pack of cigars to make it look like a accident, she became rude to the store clerk when the store clerk asked her “if her red hair was dyed” 😂 …. The store clerk remembered her and the police was able to put the case together
So sometimes, asking totally inappropriate questions to your customers isn't always a bad thing 🤗.
She bought cigars and made it look like he died from smoking in bed. But people that knew him, knew he didn't care for smoking and had once declined a box of pricey cigars as a gift
@@Johnny.1965 I saw that too on Forensic Files.
@@JessicaMiller-pc4djasking someone if their hair is dyed is "totally inappropriate"? Wow. Sounds like you're part of the problem
@@briansickboy what problem
this poor man he completely deserved so sooo much better to say the least. if you hear somone talk about something like that please please tell authorities. this could have been avoided.
Wow I did not expect THAT! I thought he was going to be the culprit!! How heartbreaking 💔
I did as well. She was a very evil human being.
Same!! Just terrible.
Me too!
She was so evil. He literally could do nothing to help himself, while fully awake. What an agonizing death for him on several levels. Poor guy. This really hurts my heart.
Me too, there was no need for her to choose such a horrific method. And I wonder how dumb she must be because I'm pretty sure even if they didn't drag the body out there would have still been a lot of evidence pointing to foul play and she would be top of the list of suspects.
This really hurt me too people can be so cruel sometimes
The horrible thing is that she probably had access to drugs that could have killed him quickly but she chose to make him suffer 😢
@GreatestCornholio a bit off topic here but I was wondering if you need teepee for your bunghole?....bunghole....
@@sweeneytodd011 if I'm not mistaken, that drug paralyzes the muscles you need to breathe, so he very quickly suffocated, most likely. It's horrible in itself, but at least he was spared the pain of being set on fire, esp on his face. What a cruel witch
Definitely one if the most evil, cruel and heartless ways I have ever heard of someone murdering their spouse. How awful for that poor man. He loved her and watched her paralyze him, douse him in gasoline and literally burn him alive whilenhe was conscious and feeling everything he could do nothing to save himself and has to just wait to die for the agent to end. 😢I'm shook by this one. She's not human, she's a true monster!
He didn't actually burn alive, he said the dose she gave him killed him, he would have been alive only long enough to basically watch her light the match and know what's gonna happen, but still, no matter how he went out, it was cruel, heartless and evil of her to do that, especially to someone who loved her so much. That poor dude...
No, you're mistaken. He said his breathing stopped, not that he was dead. It takes several minutes from stopped breath to death. Between 30 seconds and 1 minute to pass out. He would have died in agonising pain, burning alive.
@@lorcan-quinlan-boyle once your brain is deprived of oxygen you pass out pretty quickly. He probably wasn't conscious at that point.
@@WouldntULikeToKnow. it takes about 30 seconds to a whole minute to pass out if breathing stops
And she literally could've just divorced him and moved on but no she had to take his life and throw the rest of hers away as well. There's gotta be more to the story we don't know about or something because why would someone even do that like wtf
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Our man giving us yet another good life lesson, and keeping us away from our own stupidity! I swear this guy's saved me from my own foolishness a few times.
Gives the phrase "rekindling our relationship" a very dark twist. A little more research shows she did it for the life insurance. Life in prison without parole. 2022, she's complaining that new prison rules forbid her to hold her granddaughter during visitation. No sympathy for this murderer. The child will understand when she's old enough and her mother can explain it to her.
Shocked her son brings his child to see her. Assuming the grandchild is her son’s child.
@@mariannepfly1906 Schocked her kid is visiting at all
Well if I were the daughter there's no way I could even see her!!
@@mariannepfly1906 it said at the beginning they had a daughter no mention of a son
Well, Steve doesn’t get to hold his grandchild either. No sympathy.
This...this hurt. This REALLY hurt to watch. I'm in the middle of splitting from my husband right now and while I am thoroughly checked out, have been for the last year, if he made even half this much of an effort, HALF this much of a loving gesture...I'm not sure it would fix everything, but it certainly would lead me to reconsider! How could she? How could ANYONE? Just the heartless, cruelty of it. A younger man in the marines...and you think HE'S going to show you HALF as much devotion?! Bet the relationship ended the minute she was found guilty. She killed a treasure of a man. Men who put in that much effort to make things right aren't a dime a dozen. What an awful loss...God rest him, truly.
Compassionate of you, especially during what you're going through. Warm and fuzzy vibes
A father too :(
That goes to show you how incompatible people get together. It would be my dream to only stay home and not want to socialize. I would be so happy. I hate going on trips or anywhere 😂
I feel ur pain......
Please don’t follow in her footsteps
RIP to a real one. Steve, you never deserved her, you deserved so much better. You went out like a real man, doing whatever it took to make his woman happy.
What happened to “honey, I’m in love with someone else, I want a divorce?” Why do you have to set the man on fire? I will never understand these people.
Right?! He’ll I’d even take a “fuck you lady, I hate you and I’m leaving” instead of being killed. Leave me and my kids alone and we’re good, no need to do all that smh!
Literally !! What could he have ever done to be BURNED ALIVE😮
@@hanashable95this whole story was wild. I mean I agree, she had every opportunity to ask for a divorce. That was such a gruesome death for that man to endure.
Women are the worst. 😂
Thanks for posting a comment that appears at the top and ruins the whole ending..... 🖕
Introvert and proud of it.....better to play it safe than sorry. Misanthropy is underrated.
Whenever someone calls me a sexist or a racist I politely remind them that I hate all people, even myself.
@@RubyCallicoat me too!
@@RubyCallicoat While I don't hate myself, I can understand the hatred of other people. People assume that means I wish harm on others but I don't. I hope people have good lives, I just don't think most people are genuinely good so I keep my distance besides friends and family. Being introverted makes it easy.
@@RubyCallicoatlol
So funny. I used to call myself a misanthrope. Kind of joking. But not really. Please don't hate yourself, though. 😢
I am so glad she got life in prison. No one should have died that way. She is pure evil.
Free food and shelter for life - that will show her!
@@OC-CPAYou have no idea how bad it really is …. This witch WILL suffer
@@OC-CPAFood that's barely edible and shelter she's never allowed to leave. Far from a life of luxury.
@@chickenking1753That taxpayers have to pay for. And it's still WAY TOO GOOD for her!
@@OC-CPA Free food, shelter, 0 freedom. Being kept alive in confinement is punishment enough.
The fact you somehow made this feel like a murder mystery while having a murder mystery in the story weather it's intentional or unintentional is just gold you have a natural talent keep up the amazing work 👍
Not gonna lie,after watching a lot of murder stories till now, at first,I really thought the husband was the one who's planning to kill the wife. The guy was genuinely trying 😢
I was thinking the same thing
Just finished the story, wow, this poor dude and thinking about him caring for the baby just crushes me. I hope that baby has a good life ❤
I don't think that Women respect stay at home dads.
@@1JasonIt certainly seems that way. I know several instances where this seems true.
@@1Jasonif u think being an introvert means jobless there’s actually no saving you 😂
@@kegansjobihope I love when people put words in my mouth 😂
@@kegansjobihopeDid you listen to the story?
I had a feeling that Kim would be the one! How utterly evil to do that to someone who loves you so much?! He would’ve felt everything! Poor Steve R.I.P 🙏🤍
Finally a comment talking about the story instead of the constant you're such a great story teller. yes he is, but there so many comments already saying that like most people don't want to talk about the actual story. This story is so unbelievably sad and what an EVIL woman. Society needs to start realizing that women can be just as dangerous and deadly as men and stop letting them off the hook for everything. That poor guy, loved her so much and to be paralyzed seeing the woman you love killing you and knowing you're fixing to die an extremely painful death, that is a special kind of evil.
Hopefully his heart stopped from the drugs before he had to feel himself burned to death. Pure evil in that woman!
I feel for their kid. 😢
Yes and on top of that their child loses both parents
@@ITIsFunnyDamnIT EXACTLY!!! Omg I can't stand these comments lately, it's like his fans are pick me's needing validation. We all love Ballen, that's a given, now please discuss the actual case instead of singing his praise. Incredibly sad story.
What a plot twist. Wow. This story absolutely broke my heart. Poor Steve. R.I.P 😥💔
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This is one of the saddest episodes ever, poor poor Steve. I never cry at these but I'm sobbing currently.
That was not how I expected this story to go
For real, what tf she burned his face alive and everyone in the comments is suckin off mr ballen
I thought there was going to be spooky haunting stories about the cottage, after the murder, am I wrong for thinking that!?!?
Right!?!?
At the very beginning I thought Steve would be the perpetrator but when I saw the picture of him and him being called a gentle giant I just knew in my gut she did something awful..
i thought he did it because during the murder mystery his face was supposedly stone cold. i thought that might be cause he was going to kill her that night. plot twist for me
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took for granted when Mrballen posted 3,4, even 5 times a week! good ole days
To be fair he does podcasts now so it's kind of the same just in a different way.
@@YehovaFirstits really not. I can only speak for myself. But i enjoy watching him tell the story. His hand movements. The images/videos on missing people videoes ect.
@@TheDanishBully I feel the same way. Something about seeing him on video makes it 10000x better. He's still a great story teller on the podcast but I much prefer the video version.
Agreed rly loves the 3 places you can’t go coming out every few days and or the missing 401 just don’t get those as much anymore. but even without video the podcast is awesome
I'm glad he doesn't anymore. As great as his stories are, he said in a live video that he was exhausted, especially since he was doing it himself. He probably would have had to stop by now, because it wasn't sustainable. It's good he has a group to help him, and it sounds like now they are able to do even more without quite as much stress.
Definitely brings a whole new meaning to the term rekindle
Dude!! You’re a helluva storyteller 😊Damn, I can just vision all the scenes and your perfectly timed effects makes the the story come to life 🤯 It just comes to life:)) Keep rocking Dude:)))
There has got to be something completely broken inside you if you think cheating and murder is the solution to an unhappy marriage as opposed to just speaking out and leaving.
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It’s easier that way. So they tend to believe...
@@airadaimagery692 I think the insurance money is #1 especially since these two didn’t have children so breakup was relatively easy
@airadaimagery692 how? You have to keep watching out for people discovering your secrets. And you really think dealing with police and prison life are easy?
@@ziab1400 if you read my comment, in its entirety, and you understand the English language, you would know that I personally never suggested that doing anything like this is advisable. But from my experiences, and this story, it is clearly obvious that some people do believe that this is the best way for them.
Her friends could've saved his life. That's terrible. NEVER shrug that off as a joke.
Imagine wanting to leave a man for being a homebody , esp when he’s clearly depressed . I’m a homebody 100% . I love staying at home & just watching tv w my dogs . It’s my favorite thing to do . I’d love to meet a guy that likes to do the same thing .. I would def not wanna go out w a dude who always wants to go out & party & shit .
I agree absolutely! I've had my fun these day living alone coming home to a quiet (somewhat clean) empty house, kicking back in my recliner, casting a Mr Ballen episode to the flat screen and life is good!! A lucky man will come your way eventually 😊
Best channel on the KZhead. Hands down let's go let's go mrmballen
Yes! Getting my fix of the strange, dark, and mysterious delivered in story format is all I needed to make my Sunday complete.
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Yhe!
Sundays are cool days 😎
forgot it was Sunday
I took a piss on the like button to make it even better 😂🤣
Sunday’s are officially my “check KZhead” day purely because of Mr Ballen! Found ya during Covid times- and I haven’t been able to stop listening! Thank you for all that you do!
Same...Sunday is ballenday
I live in a Timezone where he uploads every Monday lol
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@@PatrickLowe271same here! Hahaha
Just Sundays? I still check during the week, hoping for a miracle...
I just watched 3 of your videos and you have a new subscriber. I love how animated you are! I am invested😊
You are such great story teller, You have a genuine passion and kind spirit towards each story. 🙏🏽
The head flip and spit whenever the Like button or ol’ Seagull Lung come up cracks me up every time! 😂😂
Coworkers failed him. I paused the video on the newspaper. There were many quotes and signs that she really wanted him to meet his maker. One quote said Kim said "if I could kill Steve tomorrow and get away with it, I would" - who doesn't take that seriously??
yes i don't understand how people don't take comments like that seriously and warn the victim.
True. That poor guy.
I’m not gonna lie it would probably depend on the way she said it. I have a co-worker that flexes all the time that she’d stab her husband and he “knows it”. Apparently it’s something that regularly comes up, but I really don’t like her so I don’t really talk to her much. Dread to think what she would say if I did. That being said, the way she says it is really scary but I also have no idea who you’d even report someone saying things like that to.
@@tyler1714 Wtf. She despises her husband so much that she tells other people she'd stab him. That's a psycho right there. Glad to see you keep a distance from her - bad vibes can permeate.
@@tyler1714 I can't imagine my partner saying that about me or vice versa. It just doesn't even cross my mind. If someone regularly says it, they're normalizing it.
I’m 3 minutes in and can already tell you did a very good job cleaning this up compared to how it was told on ballentines day. Very well done sir!
Kept my interest the whole way through, even though I knew the story
The come up of Mr Ballen is unreal... been here from the start 🍾
Poor Steve. What a horrible woman. He didn't deserve such a horrible end 😔
Sadly, he did deserve it a little. You'll only understand after recalling that All her exes left out of their relationships with her, but he stayed & even begged to remain after she threatened divorce. The Exes knew exactly what was good for them, when you do not know things or people that are good for you, you are always the one paying the Price for it with your own mental wellbeing and sometimes physical wellbeing. Most of times, when we're in any kind of relationship with people that are Not good for us, all we experience is emotional abuse / trauma & we simply learn from it. But some are just unlucky like Steve, she didn't abuse & dump him, but K1lled him with no chances for him to learn from his mistake and choose better people for himself. That's the sadest part of this story
@@animetypemoon2702 That doesn't mean he deserves it. Not one bit
Evil women
I took a needle in the neck. The salamander heater didn't ignite the couch on fire despite being 2 feet away. Divine intervention.
Roughly three types of comments here 1. You’re so great 2. Binged everything, glad it’s Sunday 3. Maybe like two comments about the actual video
It's very annoying.
I sent a comment saying we need to send computer virues of Lungy and cats videos to the like buttons computer
You literally read my mind. I started getting frustrated that no one was actauuly talking aboht the vid and I came across ur comment 😆
Most of these commenters just come here to crush on Mr B.
Finally someone has said it!
I heard this on ballentines day and u set the story up brilliantly as if Steve is the one plotting something sinister with his secrecy but shockingly it was Kim, my heart is broken for him
I’ve started listening to the podcast whilst doing art to relax and it’s awesome. The medical one as well.
I have seen a rising number in single fathers who have sole custody. As a women it makes me happy to see that men are getting more fair chances at custody. Women can obviously be just as toxic as toxic men can be. I want to see children with whichever parent is safer for them to be around. If you’re a single parent, fighting for your kids against an abusive or sick ex I think it takes so much strength and love for your child. For men and women fighting for custody can be emotionally exhausting and expensive. You’re doing the best you can for your children and I hope each of you feel proud of yourself for going through such challenging times for the betterment of your children. You are amazing no matter if you’re a mother or father ❤❤❤
Yes, it's true. Men get so screwed over in custody.
I quite literally fled with nothing but 4 children under 10 after 12 years of every sort of abusive. Sober he was a wonderful man, I wouldn’t have married him otherwise, but I was too young and naïve to understand the hereditary disease of addiction. I had to plan our getaway in secret and on my own, because I wouldn’t have gotten out alive, or with our children. 18 months after our separation he broke an AVO, and nearly killed me, and I divorced him and automatically got full custody because I was working and sole provider for the kids . 3 years later he sobered up a bit, got a job and rented a house. My children only have one Dad, and it was important to me that they knew they had two parents who loved them very much. Gradually every second weekend we would meet at an open public place on Friday afternoon for him to pick them up, and on Sunday for me to take them back. Then a week of every school holidays. Leaving him made him a better father, because he had to build a proper relationship with them. We co-parented like this for 20 years, and for civility, I never spoke a word to him, or against him. It was when we became grandparents for the first time in 2014 that brought the thaw. We know spend Christmas and birthdays together as a family. He was diagnosed with cancer two years ago, and has become frail and bedridden , and I have been caring for him..I did promise for better and worse, in sickness and in health, til death do we part..and even tho the marriage didn’t work out, much to my sorrow, no one wants their marriage to fail..it seems I keep my promises lol. Adults have to adult, one way or another, and put the little lives that they brought into the world first and foremost. I cannot imagine the evil in this woman to sabotage her husband’s genuine attempt to make things work..or the thoughtlessness in depriving her child of their father. Now that child has lost two parents and will be traumatised for life. So senseless.
One of the reasons men historically didn’t get custody is because they didn’t look after their kids during the marriage, they left everything to the mother. I guess more men are being more involved with their kids, like more than just playing with them, so that’s good.
I had a close friend that couldn't hold a job for a variety of medical reasons. He was a SAHD, and he'd never been really happy until he started taking care of his kids. His wife had a good job, and was career oriented.
Thanks
This has become my comfort channel-I am a single mom to my amazing one year old daughter and live with my mother who has Alzheimer’s. Life is often crazy and chaotic but I always look forward to lying down and getting swept away in a Ballen episode. Thank you for the strange, dark and mysterious break from reality ❤️
It could be worse. At least your family is alive.
@@rationalbacon5872what's that gotta do with how ballen makes this single mother feel?
Wow, I bet you are super busy a lot of the time, well done! I'm glad that you found something to enjoy and relax to 😊
That's tough. Been there. All I can say is I'm grateful for my family and they would have done the same for me I'm sure. Hang in there. Ur kiddo needs ya ❤️
Single Mom here too. My daughter turns 45 on the 20th. She has 3 grown kids. We didn't do too bad! Our fam is dwindling tho. As is life. I'm now the oldest on this side.😳 I wish continued love and laughter for you Mom. And ps...dude 6 mins above you is a single DAD. Maybe it's a sign. Lol😉💕
This guy is a really good story teller
Thankyou for making the podcast available on other platforms
LMAO - I love Mr. Ballen’s “angry spit!!” 🤣🤣
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I die with laughter every time he does something unhinged 😂💕
Especially when he talks about ol Lungy! 😂😂 my fiancé and I look forward new MeBallen anything lol
@@letrisewallace4799 hahaha yeees Lungy 😂
Mr Ballen got the best special effects on KZhead 😂😜
This is heartbreaking. Poor Steve.
Mr. Ballen’s dedication to the story is amazing even though his room is filling with smoke! He doesn’t miss a beat! I love your stories! Thank you so much for all of the great work that you do and thank you for your service as well!❤
That has to be one of the most heartbreaking stories, Mr. Ballen told us…💔 what a monster!
I’m just happy for Mr.Ballen he gets to tell a story in a comfortable warm Cottage and not in a thunderstorm or on some weird snowy Russian mountain
cottage be smokin'
As a Marylander I love how you told this story. ...I was in high school when this happened. 😢
You don't need an alibi... they already pinned it on Kim...
@@nobody7817😂😂😂😂😂
What year did this happen? I live near this place and never heard about it until now
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Thank you SO MUCH for making the podcast available in spotify!
Not even 3 minutes in, I said to myself “she’s getting murdered”. Just shows you never know what to expect with Mr. Ballen. Very sad story. I can’t understand not just getting a divorce.
I have my Marine vet daughter hooked & she got her fish eating, ball bouncer hubby & his boat crew hooked. There are some of your brothers that respect what you do.
this is so wholesome 🥹 imagining the whole group on a boat hanging out and listening to mr ballen makes me happy. thank your daughter & the whole crew for their service 🥰🥰🥰 - random stranger on the internet
Gotta love military people: it's all they hear. I think there was line about a marine (about how she was fucking one on the side). Literally not what this video was about... Like, at all. And you should never have the word "daughter" and "hooked" right next to each other. Kinda cringe. But in all reality, I hope they have a happy marriage. No sarcasm. It's a tough gig nowadays and most don't see a need to finish it out.
😎 wholesome and sarcasm.... brought me here...😂
@@cainmathewson1857I believe he’s more referring to Mrballen’s military background, hence the whole “brothers who respect what you do” comment. But okay.
@@cainmathewson1857What are you talking about lol, I think you misunderstood
this really hurts and hits right at home I’m so sorry for Steve and I hope Kim never sees the light of day bury her under the jail, that’s where she belongs 100 percent
You know I am a fan of the strange, dark and mysterious, delivered in story format and it's because of you 😀
WOW!!! What a Twist at the End!!! I though it was gonna be the other way around.
This story literally made me weep. I feel so bad for Steve he thought that he was rekindling his marriage only to be brutally murdered by his wife. She had no right to kill him and cause him such a painful death.
Now that was so sad to hear the heart ache he was going through, he sounded like a big teddy bear. I am so glad to hear that she got life.👍
What a plot twist. Mrballen still one of the best storytellers in the business 💯
Wow it's always amazing how out of touch we are with each other and our hopes outway reality.
What, this story was 20 minutes, I seriously didn’t realize, thank you for your stories and hearts out to the families of the stories you tell and it’s nice that you always manage to stay respectful
Yeah me neither, when he said "This is what police believed happened..." I was thinking "You're going to the conclusion already? You just started". Only then did I realize we were 15 minutes in.
It was even shorter due to intro/outro and Ballen's ads....
I don't think i could ever get tired of listening to you tell a story.
Dude. Thank you for making your podcast available on spotify again! Used to listen to it all the time before the amazon music switch.
I've been watching your stories for years and you finally talk about one from my area that most people in this area know well so thank you for telling it so well and I'm thankful for your story telling of true crime and mysteries I thoroughly enjoy them
This was such a tragic story...poor Steve...may he rest un peace.. Also its a great reminder to all those who think that introvert people are mostly suspicious and are likely to commit something awful is not always the case...u may never know a person's true intention by just knowing his nature..
I'm a quiet introvert and people have been suspicious of me all of my life. Like they think I'm secretly plotting against them or something. I never was, and I've never harmed a soul. Most introverts just want to be left alone.
Plenty of extroverts commit murders and other atrocities too. Hitler was an extrovert. VERY friendly. Being a people person has nothing to do with it.
@ZekeMan62…Same here! I get criticized a lot, but the truth of the matter is that I have had my fair share of people and found myself happier being alone.
@@taydestiny38 Solitude is paradise as far as I'm concerned. I have to have copious amounts of it to recharge my batteries.
I remember watching an episode of Forensic Files about this case. Got the scientific side of it there. But your storytelling of this case is so superb! I know some of your videos are about known serial killers but i still love hearing you talk about them because your storytelling is so engaging and so informative!!
YES! I remember this too. She staged the scene so that it looked like he fell asleep drunk while smoking a cigar. Except he had no alcohol in his system and the bedding was flame resistant. She was also caught on security camera buying the cigars a couple weeks before
I KNEW Steve looked familiar! That is EXACTLY where I saw it! Forensic Files is the best
@@laniexoxshe was rude to the store clerk and the clerk specifically remembered Kim came in to buy cigars because of her attitude 😂
That crazy heart-shaped ring of fire at the end said it all. Perfect.
Mr.Ballen I love your videos so much I’ve been watching since 2019-2020 and your videos are the only thing that keep me occupied when I need to get something done. Thank you for making this videos and for your service 🫶♥️ You’ve kept me sane through so many dark spots and I don’t know where I’d be off to if I didn’t discover you while being homeschooled. I know it’s a little dramatic but thank you.
Dude, As soon as this video ends, I’m on my way over to Mrballen podcast to binge on those episodes I’ve missed out on since 2022 !!!! Thank you Mrballen ❣️❣️❣️
Same
get a life
I'm in Australia so I get to listen to your episode while I'm doing my Monday morning chores. Somehow dishes and laundry are infinitely more fun when the strange, dark and mysterious is unfolding around you!
I adore Aussie men. 👍
i’m so happy i discovered this channel. i love how you deliver each and every ones of these stories! great job.
Love this channel. Have loved listening to these stories for the past few years. Plus, it’s fun going on long runs while listening to stories. Keep it up man 😁
The fact no one is as good as a story teller as mister ballen is makes him a national treasure, i live in Ethiopia, thousands of km away from him, and english is not even my second language and i wasn't a listener of any English dubbed story tellings, but after i learned about his channel in 2020 my standard went up and i dont listen to any body else anymore, simply put i dont know any one who as good at story telling as he is in my country or anywhere else, Ballen is truely the 👑.
Try That Chapter. Irish guy, very funny.
@@squirrelmanning7889 thank you for the recommendation.
Truly heartbreaking, she is a monster. Thank you again for amazing sunday 👏👏👏👏
I’ve been wondering what specifically stands out about your content and draws me in, and I think it’s your skillful use of embellishment; adding tiny details nobody could possibly know but that ring so true in the arc of the story. Appreciate your content brother 🤘
I love how you tell everything in detail. About the edge of the sliding door, for example. I can totally see what happened. Thank you for the stories.Greetings from the Netherlands.
Really pleased the podcasts are available on all platforms. Thank you Mr Ballen to opening them up to everyone
Well dang , I wasn’t expecting that !!! I thought for sure it was going to be Steve doing something to Kim .. wow !!!
I'm absolutely enjoying your Channel... I have gotten into the habit of listening to Mysteries and Crime stories while I work..I've listened to two of your videos so far and I'm not changing my Chanel until I've seen them all .. We went to KZhead about two years ago now because of the Rates for our wi-fi and satellite TV going up and honestly I don't miss it.. ❤❤❤ Keep up the great work ❤and Ty
I appreciate the fact that although you are the only one presenting the show you say “that’s all we do”. Keep un the good job :)