mrballen

• Ballen Studios brings in Steven Cohen as head of sales
• True crime YouTuber MrBallen launches nonprofit to support victims

  The foundation will award a quarterly grant of up to $25,000 to an organization supporting victims of violent crimes and their families.

  
• YouTube storyteller MrBallen brings his “strange, dark, and mysterious” tales to new podcast

  MrBallen, aka John Allen, is a former Navy SEAL turned true-crime storyteller who’s been gaining as many as 100,000 new subscribers each week on YouTube thanks to his skill in sharing “strange, dark, and mysterious” tales.