In the early morning hours of September 21st, 2009, a man woke up in his bed in New Orleans with a start, to the sound of metal clinking in the dark corner of his room. The man’s heart raced as he peered into the shadows. And then he gasped – because there was someone standing in the corner, staring at him. As the figure stepped forward, the clinking sound got louder. And the man realized this person was wrapped in heavy, metal chains. And suddenly, he understood. What he was seeing was a ghost – and he knew exactly who had murdered them.

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Today’s podcast will feature 2 totally unbelievable stories from the battlefield. The audio from both of these 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:

• #2 -- "Last Stand" -- If there is the one war story everyone needs to hear at least once, it's this one... it is both absolutely horrific and utterly inspiring (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svkc8tA4bwU)
• #1 -- "Cloak & Dagger" -- There are many unbelievable stories that have come from WWII, but today's story might be the single-most influential event that happened in the entire war (Original YouTube link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfc5_s5eYyQ)
  

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On April 29, 2002, in the small town of Pataskala, Ohio, a social worker sat on the floor with a two-year-old girl. The little girl's mother had been murdered in their kitchen the night before, and police thought she might have witnessed the crime. The girl clutched a stuffed animal to her chest while the social worker asked her if anyone else had been in her house the night before. The girl nodded – and uttered a name that would turn her family's lives upside down.

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