They followed an awful smell… | Campfire Stories with MrBallen

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Time Stamps:
#2 -- "The Cemetery" -- 1:07 -- A late-night visit to a secluded cemetery takes a turn when two friends realize they’re not alone
#1 -- "Kandahar Giant" -- 18:50 -- An elite military team searching for a missing unit comes across something they can’t explain


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@TheWhyFiles:
The First Earth Battalion: America's Strangest Military Experiment - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP3pOszdr5U
@ExploreWithUs:
7-Year-Old Girl Reveals Mom's Horrifying Secret - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXlt7HT74SE
@ScaryInteresting
They Sealed the Pit With Men STILL INSIDE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QigKXSwk5cU


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For educational, documentary and entertainment purposes only. Based on actual events.

A quick note about our stories: They’re all based on true events, but we sometimes use pseudonyms to protect the people involved, and some details are fictionalized for dramatic purposes.


Credits:

Host & Executive Producer: MrBallen
Head of Writing: Evan Allen
Producers: Jeremy Bohn & Cole Locascio
Production Supervision: Samantha Collins
Research & Fact-Checking: Abigail Shumway, Shelly Xu, Camille Callahan & Evan Beamer
Research & Fact-Checking Supervision: Steve Annear
Script Editor: Evan Allen
Video Editor: Cole Locascio
Adtl Video Edit Support: Jordan Stidham
Thumbnails by: Jessica Clogston-Kiner & Robin Vane
Production Support: Antonio Manata & DeLaynna Corley
Story Music by: @co.agmusic / Artlist / Epidemic Sound & Matt Whyte
Theme Song: "Something Wicked" -

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Theme Song by: @RossBugden

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