# The Cheapskate (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

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Podcast: [MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mrballen-podcast-strange-dark-mysterious-stories-4894842)
Published: 2026-08-17T07:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://ballenstudios.com/
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## Resource

In January 1988, the clerk of a sporting goods store in a small town in Canada looked up as a man walked into his shop. It was below freezing outside, but the man wasn’t wearing a coat. Just sneakers, ripped pants, and a thin, plastic rain poncho. The man grabbed a pair of ski pants off the rack, paid in cash, then hurried out of the store. But after he left, the clerk turned on the radio... and heard a breaking news report about a murder up the road.

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