# The Price of Preparation (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)

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Podcast: [MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mrballen-podcast-strange-dark-mysterious-stories-6133468)
Published: 2026-04-22T07:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Today we have two stories about people who finally got to attend an event that they’d been working toward for years . But in both cases, actually going – would turn out to be the biggest mistake of their lives. 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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