Welcome back to the Campfire! Tonight, I’m sitting down with a legend of the outdoors, Steven Rinella from MeatEater. We swap stories in the Montana wilderness, including an experience from my own life that I truly cannot explain.

Be sure to WATCH this episode on my YouTube channel on Friday, September 11th!

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Today’s podcast will feature 4 stories about how a single decision changed the lives of the people in these stories, as well as millions of others’ lives around the world. The audio from all four stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel, which is just called "MrBallen," and has been remastered for today's podcast.

Story names, previews & links to original YouTube videos:

• #4 -- "The Four Dollar Crown" -- A shy kid leaves a lasting impression on a studio owner (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gGIgbHF51U)
• #3 -- "Money On The Line" -- A man takes a gamble to save his business (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1qXHn2O7cY)
• #2 -- "One Drink, Two Drink" -- A young man is kicked out of his prestigious position at his school's newspaper, what happens next changed millions of people's lives forever (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXUyvt2tUGQ)
• #1 -- "The Stripper’s Advice" -- An aspiring actor takes a leap of faith in Hollywood (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad9hnxRPFkc)

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Today, I'm going to tell you three stories about people who tried really hard to be something that they were not. And not only do they get caught, but they also face extreme repercussions. 
 

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In the fall of 2009, a college student sat in a crowded lecture hall in Southern California, listening to his professor. Suddenly, the doors swung open and three campus police officers walked in, followed by a man in a suit. The officers went over and whispered something to the professor, who leaned into his microphone. And before the professor even said a word, the student’s stomach dropped – because he’d just realized what was about to happen.

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Welcome back to the Campfire! Tonight, I have two very weird and equally creep stories to share... perfect stories to be told at the fire.

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One summer day, a man named John Randolph was hiking through a remote forest in Colorado when he began to smell something terrible. Intrigued, he followed the smell until it brought him to this clearing, and in the clearing John saw what looked like an old campsite. Now, John is out in the middle of nowhere, so the idea that somebody was camping out out here, in what looked like a long term settlement, was pretty bizarre to John. John walked into the clearing to see what was going on, and when he turned the corner, he saw something in the middle of the campsite he just couldn’t even process... it was so horrible, it just looked fake. But eventually, he realized what he was looking at was real, at which point John turned around and began sprinting out of there screaming for help.

Story name, preview & link to original YouTube video:

• #1 -- "The Clearing" -- A man was hiking through a remote forest in Colorado when he smelt something terrible, when he followed the smell it brought him to a clearing where he stumbled unto a horrifying discovery (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHmmd6rGRSw)

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Today, I'm going to tell you three stories about people who thought they'd come up with the perfect plan, but instead, they actually planned out their own demise.
 

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Today’s podcast will feature 4 stories that prove the line between life and death can disappear in an instant. The audio from all four stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel, which is just called "MrBallen," and has been remastered for today's podcast.

Story names, previews & links to original YouTube videos:

• #4 -- "This Is It, Baby" -- They found the final recording from inside the cockpit (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCAXfw9MDxg)
• #3 -- "Don’t Touch The Water" -- A seemingly innocent looking body of water (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDJ8_VFtexw)
• #2 -- "Out Of Bounds" -- A boy jumps a fence to retrieve a basketball (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JtAN6PS59o)
• #1 -- "The Knocking" -- A nature photographer faces a nightmare situation (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQROGpQqsQI)

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Today, we have three stories about people who found a really amazing pastime that they thought had changed their lives for the better, but ended up realizing that actually, it was for the worse.

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In the fall of 2010, a detective dug through a dresser in a bedroom near Paris. He was looking for evidence, and when he pulled open the last drawer, he found five cell phones hidden inside. He powered one of them on and checked the call history and messages – then he opened the photos app and froze. He swiped to the next photo, then the one after that. There were dozens of them – and they all showed the same thing.

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Welcome back to the Campfire! I have a great story to tell. It's a classic ghost story – and not only are the elements in the story quite unnerving, but it also has a high degree of believability. There are quite a few people in this story who, independently, witnessed and experienced these events.

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