MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries

The human body is a miracle. But when it’s not working, it can be the stuff of nightmares. On this new series from master storyteller MrBallen, we’re sharing medical horror stories and diagnostic mysteries that are surgically calibrated to make your blood run cold.


From bizarre, unheard-of diseases and miraculous recoveries to strange medical mishaps and unexplainable deaths — you’ll never hear the phrase “heart-stopping” in the same way again. MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries is a first-of-its-kind collaboration between MrBallen and Wondery, the award-winning company behind Dr. Death.


Follow MrBallen's Medical Mysteries on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes publish for free every Tuesday. Prime members can binge episodes 73-80 early and ad-free on Amazon Music.

Wondery+ subscribers can listen ad-free--join Wondery+ in the Wondery App or on Apple Podcasts.

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Recent Reviews
  • KarolinaEB
    Obsessed
    Fully obsessed with this show- wish we got two a week!!
  • smile on cam
    AMAZING
    When you start an episode you can’t stop,And they are so entertaining🎙
  • Jason Markinson
    MrBallen is the GOAT!
    If you happen to be someone that doesn’t know MrBallen, then, now is your chance to listen to one of the greatest story (re)-tellers of all time! Lol Sit back, get comfortable, and binge your little tushy off! Lol
  • Autumn Brymer
    Great Podcast!!
    So good at story telling and portraying the different characters in these stories!
  • so cool kid!
    Good!
    Ignore only smells. He doesn’t know how much this helps people and how cool it is.
  • LilGram61
    MrBallen
    Great stories! I love MrBallen ❤️
  • Black box down
    Not true crime
    Don’t know why it is a true crime definitely but still a great podcast
  • UrFavMonker
    Wow.
    My friends and family all love this podcast and the strange dark and mysterious one, we all listen to it. I love listening to Mr. Ballen podcasts on roadtrips, falling asleep, and just relaxing. The person that reads these has a voice making the story more interesting and intriguing. Great review from me!
  • Hans-Landa-
    Far-left/Socialist perspective
    The stories are good, but they are told from the perspective of someone very far-left/socialist, so listen at your discretion
  • PinkBunna
    👍 The best
    love this show!👍👍nothing like it !!!! Me , ballen has a way of making you feel at the edge of your seat !!! great 👍
  • 🩻 X-RAY
    Listen now
    These episodes are just so interesting to figure out
  • moai man 🗿
    Mr Ballen’s is the best!
    Mr Ballen’s podcast are great to relax too or listen to while working, best voice too!
  • Edjanira
    Great show
    You are the best in talking stories, I love your voice and the way you talk make everyone pay attention every second in the story Thank you
  • OnlySmellz
    Not true crime.
    Just because your other podcast is based on true crime stories, it doesn’t mean that this one is. And stop posting this shows episodes in your more successful podcast feeds. If we wanted to hear these stories we’d just come here. You really ruined a great thing.
  • Sueeeee457
    Great show!!
    Please take off the music in the background! I can’t listen to it with the music. Not sure why
  • Ohiapo001
    MR. BALLEN IS THE BEST!!!
    I Love and appreciate the way he tells his stories, and have learned so much from him about how to build up his Big Finishes. I have actually gotten anxiety listening to some of the stories, in a Good Way. Hawai’i Lives Mr.BALLEN , please come and visit. I guarantee you could fill 3 shows, 3 nights. Mahalo and Aloha for All the entertainment!!!
  • Laurel Elise
    I need more medical mysteries!
    I love this show so much & I listen to the whole dump of episodes when it comes out in like 2 days on Spotify. I need at least weekly episodes! Please make more!
  • Slopes01
    Finally! Every drop is Xmas.
    Nothing beats this for me- if you like Mystery Diagnosis, or really, anything strange ~ huge plus if you’re a hypochondriac ~ you will plow through this so fast and be begging for more. Keep em coming!
  • Joyo404
    Love it
    This is inspiring me to become a M.D.
  • TheTrent72
    These are so much fun!!
    I love listening to this and trying to play detective. These are great for a 30 minute commute or about the same on the treadmill!
  • marksmanAntoNy
    Ep 69
    Has a typo. LOOOOKK FOOOR IT. 🥳 if u find it
  • Jsk5891
    Entertaining storytelling in a unique genre
    The host is engaging
  • SVB in CA
    Great Storyteller!
    I love all MrBallen’s content but most especially Medical Mysteries. You can’t beat learning something and being entertained at the same time. Keep doing what you and your team do so well!
  • ur_localTherian
    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
  • MacBeth
    Love!
    Love your work amd especially Medical Mysteries Only issue - please stop with stories about what to do with your show ‘Follow button / star reviews’ which are seriously annoying, too long, and not funny at all 😒
  • Frdjngesswghbvgvnnnnkjj
    Any chance we can add a super quick disclaimer to your already incredible show?!
    Why is it that shows, podcasts, and other forms of entertainment provide every possible disclaimer except for ones about animal abuse, death, etc.? I love Mr. B no matter what, and as I mentioned, he is not the only one. Literally every single show, regardless of type, fails to give a warning in advance about animals. I can’t be the only one who wants warnings like this included. That said, I love everything about you and your content, MrBallen. I love that you care about the quality of your work and are willing to listen (obviously, within reason) to what people have to say. The only thing that could make me appreciate you and your work even more would be a lovely, and super quick warning in advance about potential harm to animals! 🖤
  • sst_ther
    Mr Ballen be Ballen
    Yeh I said it
  • LavenderGhost8
    It’s okay
    I’ve been listening to it for a LONG time, and it’s good! But all the episodes feel, same-y after a while.
  • silkiestpaper
    Love this podcast!!
    I look forward to the next episode the second I finish listening to the current episode. I’m am avid podcast consumer but this is one of just a few I frequently recommend to others. Whether you’re into history, health, weird stuff, heck—almost all the other podcasts I regularly listen to are true crime, toys podcast can appeal to just about anyone.
  • Molly AnN MMM🙂
    Love this show
    Love this show so so much, so interesting and entertaining!😀
  • Meowbbbbbb
    Interesting
    Interesting stories but please have a medical professional screen your script.
  • Cheney 63
    Great medical mysteries
    I am a big Wondery fan and I was looking for more interesting topics and wander by mistake and found this one. Best mistake I made! It is very interesting and entertaining.
  • MaineAh207
    Enough of the follow button ridiculousness.
    Ripping an idea from This American Life's Tory Malitia weekly tongue-in-cheek quotes, the host insists you do something with the follow button - treat it as human, give it chicken pox, whatever. It's not humorous, amusing or funny.
  • Lune Rose666666
    Am I the only one
    At the end of the episode the credits said “the host are me, someone?, and MR. BALLEN!” so, in theory this means the host is not Mr. BALLEN. Pls fix this issue immediately!
  • Lcgoezzzz
    One of my favorite podcasts
    So good. Great storytelling
  • Isthisnametakenyet74837483
    Like totally
    Imagine someone is telling you a story about something that really happened (maybe) and 90% of it is told in a fairly journalistic fashion that tells a compelling story, 8% of it consists of unnecessary descriptions about what color a doctor’s hair is and how they shut a door and sit down and shake a patient’s hand (every episode!) and 2% consists of the words “like” and “totally.” The stories are usually compelling but sometimes the way they are written is cringe. Most of the episode is okay but these things stand out and take you out of the story. It sounds like AI.
  • crich5
    Confused
    Idk about anyone else, but it sure seems like Mr Ballen does NOT want us to “like” the show. He wants us to bully the like button. So strange. Otherwise, I love the show.
  • JaimeBlackBird
    INSUFFERABLE
    Great content; UNBEARABLE NARRATOR
  • Baileydhug
    This guys voice is the worst
    The stories are great but gosh this dude is the worst narrator. It’s like a TLC podcast. Literally awful.
  • BethListens
    Informative, fascinating and well done
    I wish there were more podcasts like this. I learn something yet it also feels like storytelling so it’s relaxing as well.
  • Pecan28
    This podcast is amazing! 🤩
    I watch the mrballen channel and listen to this pod daily. So cool. Also stop dissing the host he is an army veteran.
  • Grippsholm
    Family listening!
    My 10-year-old son and I have been enjoying this together since it started. We love trying to find clues in the details and react dramatically to gross moments or big reveals. He especially enjoys hearing what will happen to the follow button each week, and has come up with his own ideas for what should befall the follow button. In fact, he would love a place to submit ideas! (A couple are really good—like “buy the follow button a ticket on the next space flight, but make it a cheap flight with only enough fuel for the outward journey.”)
  • Spartan sauce
    😕
    Love love this podcast but I’m not trying to hear another voice besides Ballens , what is this ?
  • Doesn't Help with Alexa
    Love this podcast
    I love Mr Ballen on YouTube and his podcasts. I haven’t finished the episode but I can tell you from personal experience Salmonella can be awful. I got from rice pudding served to me by a restaurant that knowingly had several employees with Salmonella working. I already had bleeding ulcers in my intestines. I lost so much blood when I had Salmonella that I got my 1st transfusion.
  • Laine Roblox
    I love Mr.ballens medical mysteries
    I am a person who hates podcasts but when my mom showed me this I am now obsessed with I can’t stop like glass baby,jades eye so thank you Mr.ballen for making these podcasts
  • Ohmbo
    Good podcast
    Very entertaining. Mr Barnes is a very good storyteller.
  • Meliaqua11
    False Alarm
    Carbon monoxide poisoning does not cause fevers.
  • doodlehere
    Decent
    Host’s voice has an irritating cadence but the content is interesting
  • easterbunnyclan
    Great Content - Pedestrian Delivery
    This podcast has interesting stories, some of which I’ve encountered in other shows, but overall very interesting and something I’d like to follow. However, this podcast suffers, like so many others with low-production value, from unprofessional delivery. In the past, people were not allowed to get behind a radio microphone without perfecting their voice and delivery. Now with podcasts, anyone can put out content. I cannot listen to this annoying unprofessional voice in my ear buds. It’s lazy and denotes apathy towards the audience. I’ll move on to content delivered by professionals who have trained their voices to progress beyond that of a teenager.
  • Pod lover 123
    Awesome
    Best thing I’ve ever heard i listen to this podcast every day and I listen to it in the shower
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