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Happy Birthday John!

Thank you for another year of great stories and for your generosity and kindess; the show in NYC truly gave me something to look forward to at a very hard time and my trip there will forever be one of the most memorable and special experiences of my life ❤️. Wishing you a wonderful day surrounded by your loved ones and I hope these messages remind you how continuously loved you are by your strange, dark and mysterious community too! May this new year of life for you be even more blessed than the last 💛🎂!

Lily ❤️🥳x

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Wishing you a wonderful Strange, Dark, and Mysterious Birthday! Here's to many more amazing years and memories ahead!🎉🥳🎂

-Smalls- Community Helper

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Hope you have a wonderful birthday! wishing you the best!

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I've been a non commenting follower of your brand of Strange, Dark & Mysterious for quite a while now, and I- like many others- love your work! I'm retired Army; 17y active & 5y Guard, so I can relate to a lot of the things you've experienced as well. Anyway, enjoy your cake day, good sir!

-Tom

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I’m a forensic pathologist and huge fan for years! Lots of my coworkers are too. We’ve even been involved in a case or two that you’ve covered!

I hope you have a great birthday and I’m looking forward to getting another signed copy of your newest graphic novel soon!!

We’d love to have you visit our office if you ever tour the western US!

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Hey there John. I wanna wish a happy birthday for my bro in arms and I wish to live forever to tell us the greatest stories in the dark and mysterious format. Btw I hope u like storms too. So yeah have a good one John. Imma drink rn a glass of gin for ya 🍻

Nica Alex

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Hoping you have a great day! I'm sitting here watching reruns of your awesome stories! I always find something new in them!

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Your stories first pulled me in years ago, but what’s kept me here is the community you’ve inspired. Meeting you twice and serving on the Discord team has been a true privilege. Here’s to another year of connection, storytelling, and surprises. – Elle Enchanted

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Happy birthday! You're awesome.

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May your day be a strange but happy one!!!

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May your day be a strange but happy one!!!

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Sincerely! Cara M from Alabama!!!

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Happy Birthday to the God of "Strange, Dark & Mysterious delivered in Story Format!"

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Happy Birthday to the God of "Strange, Dark & Mysterious delivered in Story Format!"

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Thank you for being born and turning into this amazing story teller and keeping us hooked, I'm grateful that I came across your channel.

I wish you a long, happy, healthy, wealthy and blessed life MrBallen.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! ITS BEEN GREAT WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS AND TALKING TO YOUR COMMUNITY YOU’VE GIVEN ME SO MUCH YOU DONT EVEN KNOW IT LOVE YOU THANKS!!

JAKE

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Hi Mr.ballen first and foremost I just want to say happy birthday!!!

this is Carlos or CJ on ur discord server I just wanna thank you for all the years and dedication you’ve dedicated to the mr.ballen channel, you are the main reason I look forward to Saturday’s you are the best storyteller out there ,I’ve been watching you sinse ur first video before you posted anymore and before the video blew up so I’m an OG OG thank you seriously for all the years I’m wishing you the best health possible for both you and ur family thank you again~CJ ur biggest fan

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I hope you have a wonderful and beautiful Birthday 🎂🎉✨

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Been watching you since 2023, Every story you tell is surely top notch.

Wishing you a prosperous and healthy life ahead.

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Mr. Allen (that feels so weird, you will always be Mr. Ballen), you are a very special phenomenon. You tell dark stories and at the same time bring so much joy and happiness to people all around the world in their dark moments. Storytelling is a skill but you, sir, took it to the next level and turned it into art. I hope you know how much your whole community appreciates you, your wonderfully talented sister Evan and the whole crew of Ballen Studios. I started watching you around 2021 and fell in love immediately. Your talent is so profound that if you had a lecture on the most boring topic on the planet, I would listen to 4 hours of it without missing a single second. Happy Birthday sir. I hope you’ll have a wonderful day with your closest people and that it will bring you as much joy as you bring to others every day.

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Happy 37th Birthday MrBAllen!!!! hope your day is filled with peace and love. Ill use your birthday as a great excuse to re watch some of your older episodes. Congratulations on where you are in life, i bet it feel surreal sometimes, you should be as proud of yourself as us fans are of you!

-Amy - from UK

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It's John's birthday, which reminds me to send a happy anniversary to my ex-husband, which makes him laugh.

And I'm really appreciating you this year! After 10 days in bed with Covid - I'm just 24 hours Mr. Ballen!

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We hope you have the best year yet!

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Happy birthday. Wishing you another wonderful year of happiness and joy.

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Mr Ballen, I am wishing you the happiest birthday (now deemed Ballenday)! May all of your wildest dreams come true this year and may you be celebrated and surrounded by those you love the most on this very special day! Now let's work on making Ballenday a national holiday, okay?! ;)

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Thank you so much for everything that you do and for making so many people happy, myself included. My mother and I love watching your videos! I hope you have an incredibly strange, dark, and mysterious birthday! 🥳❤️🥳❤️

p.s. please tour the west coast if you can!!!

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Happy birthday 🎂 have an amazing

From Katie

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Have a very ballen hatching day and enjoy yourself on the strange, dark, and mysterious occasion. You deserve a ballen themed banjo as a present.

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thanks for bringing me so much entertainment and for being such a kind and awesome person! i hope you have a great day!

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All the best wishes from the North Pole! 👀✨🙏🍰

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All the best wishes from the North Pole! 👀✨🙏🍰

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Have a fantastic birthday John! It’s been amazing following along for all your progress this year! Looking forward to your new book and the 100 million streams on Spotify was a cool milestone! All the best, keep it tight! See you soon! ✌️✨

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Happy birthday, Mr. Ballen! Hope you have an awesome day and that you enjoy this custom lime drawn in your style.

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You were my greatest discovery during my masters! I do not like the lab that I am a part of but hearing your voice and your stories keeps me going during my experiments! You are the very reason why I am productive! I hope to become a physician and your Medical Mysteries Podcast feels like a shadowing :D I will definitely dedicate a part of earning my masters degree to you. Thank you so much for sharing your talent to the world! You and your team are greatly appreciated! -E from MTL

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Thank you for all the fun stories and the sense of company you give us 💕 You inspire me to become a good storyteller some day too! You're the best and I want to steal your mustache ❤️

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Happy birthday Mr B, hope its a wonderful one this year with lots of joy for you and the family

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I have been a fan for many many years, and have been inspired by your videos for ages. Thank you for your service and your dedication to making amazing YouTube videos, story-telling, and podcasts! I’m excited for the many more amazing memories ahead! I wish you the greatest birthday, take care! 🎉

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hey boss man! Just wanted to tell you Happy birthday for your big 37!! I’ve been watchin’ you for about six years now. You got me interested in horror stories, true crime, and investigations— and dare I say you’re the reason I write poetry, maybe even the reason I’ve met some of the best people ever.

Happy birthday man, spend it with your family and friends. Have a good day 🫶

— Callum

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I have been a fan of the strange, dark, and mysterious for a long time now, and I am happy to be able to give to you on this amazing Birthday card a happy birthday wish. Thank you for everything you do to entertain us. Please enjoy your birthday.

Andrew Bascue

Or

thehangingman.

Ps. That name was inspired by you.

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Happy Birthday Mr B! I hope you have a fun filled day 💕🎉🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂

~Queen of the Dark Doreans

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Hey MrBallen! I know you aren’t gonna read this card but if you are happy birthday. It was a pleasure seeing you live. I just wanted to tell you a little story from camp. My camp we have a Big little program where the older kids have younger camper to show them around and just to be a role model in general. I had two littles and they were awesome. Any way the little kids would let me read them and their bunk your first graphic novel that I got at the live show in NYC. They loved them. I even played some podcast episodes for them. Oh and weird enough the Make it rain story takes place near my camp in the Poconos. I’ve even seen the prison that guy was in. Anyway I’ve talked long enough. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MrBallen!!!! Stay weird, strange, and unusual. Love goes to you and your family -Jman

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Happy Birthday John aka Mr. Ballen!! I hope it's been an amazing year for you. I wish you & your family the best in the future. These last 5 years have been amazing & I cannot wait to see what you have in store for us. I do miss the 4 to 5 weekly uploads though, always will. But I get it, this world you & your team have built is amazing.

Long time fan,

Jamie Brown 💚

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Happy birthday to the Strangest, Darkest, and Most Mysterious of them all!

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Happy birthday to the Strangest, Darkest, and Most Mysterious of them all!

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Hope your year goes well!

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Happy Birthday John. Thank you for providing us with all the Strange, Dark and Mysterious content over the years. I hope your Birthday is as incredible as your story telling and that Lungy makes you a beautiful Birthday dinner fit for the king of the strange, dark and mysterious himself. 🥳🐸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Happy Birthday to the best story teller ever there ever was!! 🥳🎉

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Happy Birthday to the best story teller ever there ever was!! 🥳🎉

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Happy birthday, Mr. Ballen!! I hope your day is filled with cheer, gifts, and good stories! Don’t let the like button smash any cake into your face, lol!

You’ve been a massive inspiration to me and so many others, and I hope you never forget how special you are in the YouTube community! Your stories aren’t just sensations to cash in, but actual retellings. The victims and families had lives in your stories, and they aren’t just another name for people to sensationalize. That’s a rare ability, a great one, and you do it best! Thank you for all you do!

Love from Louisiana!! ❤️

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I just realized you're only 2 days older than me 😊 At least I'm pretty sure you were born in 88 too...based on the date on the one t-shirt you sold...not to sound creepy lol.

Anyway Happy Birthday hun!!!! I hope you have an amazing day!!

I've only been watching your content for a few months (because YouTube sucks at recommending creators that I would enjoy 😁), but I'm so glad I finally found your channel!

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Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag! 🥳🎉🎈

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Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag! 🥳🎉🎈

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Forgot to say, make sure you invite the like button to your birthday celebration, but don't allow them to eat any cake or ice cream 😁🎂🥳

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You're so great, you make the frogs happy!

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𝓗𝓪𝓹𝓹𝔂 𝓑𝓲𝓻𝓽𝓱𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓜𝓻𝓑𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓮𝓷!

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𝓗𝓪𝓹𝓹𝔂 𝓑𝓲𝓻𝓽𝓱𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓜𝓻𝓑𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓮𝓷!

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And you make your listeners and viewers so happy too. We are glad to have you.

P.S. Please visit the Discord-server some day!

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I’ve been following you for a few years now and love your stories!Keep doing what you’re doing and have a great day!

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Hope you have a great day with your family

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Happy Birthday from a salty ol' Marine!! Have a day as amazing as your stories, Buddy!

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Happy Birthday from a salty ol' Marine!! Have a day as amazing as your stories, Buddy!

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My fiancé and I watch all of your videos. I hope your birthday is as amazing as your storytelling is!

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Introduced to you by my little brother and been with you since August 2021! Your channel is the only YouTube channel I have been this loyal too! Love your content, love your voice! Enjoy your day to the absolute fullest!

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Happy birthday Mr.Ballen thank you for filling the silence with the strange, dark, mysterious, you are the best!

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Happy birthday Mr Ballen! From myself (Matthew Greenwood) and the rest of the United States Storm chasers out of Joplin Missouri!!!! I hope this year is more special than any of the last years!

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I hope this is a great one :) and many more to come :)

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Wishing you a very good day and lots of new happy memories!🎉

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Happy Birthday Mr. Ballen!

I hope you get all the strange, dark, and mysterious presents you could ever want.

May your celebration be phenomenal!

Keep doing what you do best! 🤩

Your newest mod,

LawstInTarnation

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It was wonderful to meet you during the tour! I enjoy your stories so much and look forward to each video and book.

Happy Birthday!! I hope all your wishes come true.

Paula W

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Happy Birthday Mr B, I hope you have a good one 🎉🥳💗

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best YouTube channel of the strange dark and mysterious I hope you have a great day

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Thanks for always showing up with tons of Strange, Dark, and Mysterious content. You’ve accompanied me on many a late work night and on tons of my walks/adventures trying to get my 10k steps. We are basically best friends , you just don’t know it. Haha. But seriously, happy birthday!

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I have about an hour and 15 minutes commute to and from college every day (cosmetology school) I listen to your videos during this time and it makes the drive so much less mundane, and i actually look forward to listening to your videos on my drive. I have yet to find another storyteller to listen to with content I enjoy as much as yours. I've listened to every single podcast on amazon music, every single video, so I get super excited when a new one comes out. I really appreciate you for making content that just makes going through the motions of my day more fun. I hope you have a great birthday!! <33

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Hey Mr. Ballen! Thank you so much for creating videos that made my work days always go by quicker. I have been a long time fan of yours and am thankful that the first server on Discord I ever joined was none other than yours. Hope you have the best birthday today! Every day given is a blessing! <3 CTRL ALT DEL

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Happy birthday to the goat!

We love you!!

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Happy Birthday! Long live the strange dark and mysterious! 

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Happy Birthday! Long live the strange dark and mysterious! 

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Happy bday old man, from a true fam❤️