# The Invention

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Podcast: [MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mrballen-podcast-strange-dark-mysterious-stories-6133468)
Published: 2026-07-30T07:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Today’s podcast will feature 3 stories about inventions you’ve definitely heard of, but I guarantee you’ve never heard the strange reasons they were actually used or why they were created. The audio from all three 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: #3 -- "The Spectacle" -- In 1939, a bloodthirsty crowd gathered in France (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MpR4k3-edc ) #2 -- "A New Technology" -- A doctor's savage invention that helped save mother's lives during childbirth (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aviVsRAnMR8 ) #1 -- "Healing Hands" -- A doctor invents something that would change the medical industry forever (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad9hnxRPFkc ) You can WATCH all new & exclusive MrBallen podcast episodes on my YouTube channel, just called "MrBallen" - https://www.youtube.com/c/MrBallen If you want to reach out to me, contact me on Instagram, Twitter or any other major social media platform, my username on all of them is @mrballen Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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