From getting hit by a super lethal bomb to living up to 87 after is pretty badass

@WinterMasterPocket

5 ай бұрын

and his hair grew back again probably without finasteride and minoxidil - jokes aside,becoming later a speaker activist after such trauma is wild ! Brave cool man he was

@hectorromo4240

5 ай бұрын

Fr

@Cibbic

5 ай бұрын

To be fair they didn't get hit by it but the aftermath of it. But Its definitely badass

@dibyaudhdas1978

5 ай бұрын

what's sad the old man who first warned the ship that it's a nuclear bomb and to go turn to turn the ship fast is the only one to die among them and first known casualty from H-bomb @@Cibbic

@babber2536

5 ай бұрын

don't understand, why in the world would these superpower nations do such kind of experiment, where does the all of environmentalism goes? Why no human put an end on experiments like these which are the sole reason for heart attacks and thousands of illnesses and diseases..

For how horrendous his physical condition was right after the incident, I'm super impressed that he survived and lived through until 2021.

@neferpitou3934

6 ай бұрын

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. I love you, with all my heart. If you're in pain dear, I'll move the world for you, but please don't take my sunshine away.

@adrianbenedictmendoza6818

6 ай бұрын

Divine will. Call it angel, higher self, higher intelligence whatever, everything is said to be planned as a series of cause and effects, it's no surprise hed became an author, advocate. People should start listening to messages and see the patterns. We might say they are all coincidence by randomness until you see the ideas behind patterns.. theyre all about what can we learn from our experiences - theyll keep repeating if we dont. People died in the most mundane and ridicilous way in most of Ballen's stories, but there are also many ones that like Oishi. Its like reality is already written like a book or film, and the real authors and actors were behind all these.

@neferpitou3934

6 ай бұрын

@@adrianbenedictmendoza6818 I agree. GlassesnMouthplates and I are also a part of the divine will. A love above any that humanity has ever had the privilege of experiencing. Now it must be realised.

@neferpitou3934

6 ай бұрын

@@adrianbenedictmendoza6818 How can one deny the existence of heaven when an angel like GlassesnMouthplates is right in front of us.

@nancybernard3117

6 ай бұрын

Same here, the condition those men were in I was sure they would all be found dead on this ship floating around in the ocean.

Very few things in this world terrify me as much as what high doses of radiation will do to the human body. Utterly horrifying.

@adrianbenedictmendoza6818

6 ай бұрын

But Oishi had a mission for his life and he lived.

@Gawlakman

6 ай бұрын

Reminds me of the guy who drank radium story

@penelopeanne79

6 ай бұрын

Right, the world and its inhabitants can come off purposely or not, outrageously cruel. Humans for certain.

@97_Fredo

6 ай бұрын

the fact that humans are even doing this and deems it necessary to experiment with, is what terrifies me.

@majormajor7925

5 ай бұрын

I feel one human can easily inflict more horrifying things on another than a hydrogen bomb, just my opinion

I’m from the Marshall Islands and I can tell you that the testing caused a lot of birth defects, people to leave their land, and a dome full of nuclear waste that is covered up but is now leaking. Thanks for sharing this story Mr. Ballen. Been rocking with you for 4 years now!

@miaknig3130

6 ай бұрын

I didn't hear the location initially and thought it was the French testing in French Polynesia. I was shopping for postcards while in Bora Bora and one postcard read "everything was beautiful until the neighbors moved in". It was a picture of a mushroom cloud over an atoll in the distance with the pretty beach and palms in front of the photographer's atoll . The French had conducted similar tests with DOZENS of atomic bombs and almost 200 experiments in total. Recently articles were written about how the French "grossly underestimated" the fallout and the repercussions that can still be seen currently. So horrifying and sad.

@paigeherrin29

6 ай бұрын

I was bummed he said the testing was far away from populated areas. Like say what?!?!? Ummm people should know what happened to the Marshall Islands and the Marshallese people after

@billyb5847

6 ай бұрын

What a shame! So sad!

@astrowolvez

6 ай бұрын

@@paigeherrin29so once again he says misinformation, even if small, is highly important to the story.

@paigeherrin29

6 ай бұрын

@@astrowolvez it really is very important. Many of my students are Marshallese and I see firsthand what damages have been done to the people, their homes, their culture.

If you see this John, thank you. From one vet to another you’ve helped millions.

@mirandaandrews2872

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service

@SmegMartass

6 ай бұрын

My dumb fucking brain thinking "oh does he think mrballen is a veterinarian?"

@merkelsshoes9383

6 ай бұрын

He's never helped me with anything

@DEATH-THE-GOAT

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service

@lordchristsavedus3590

6 ай бұрын

​@@merkelsshoes9383why watch his videos then? He's a great storyteller and helps me sleep... I mean at least when his stories don't induce nightmares 😂🙏

Dang! I feel like him making it to the age of 87 was a miracle in itself after going through that! Unbelievable!!!

@randallboone9375

6 ай бұрын

As your 100th like I feel the duty to comment: Yes, I thought that was quite unbelievable! Like he was spared to spread the awareness!

@neferpitou3934

6 ай бұрын

You will make it to 89.68.

@adrianbenedictmendoza6818

6 ай бұрын

And mr.Ballen is connected to the spreading of awareness. People across time teaming up to awaken humanity

@n00by1337

2 ай бұрын

not to mention going to work in dry cleaning which is maybe the second most dangerous thing he could have done

How is this not a movie, this is scarier than probably half the horror genre

@michaelsburger665

6 ай бұрын

the US wont allow a movie it will put them in a bad spot with the world

@Tw0Dots

6 ай бұрын

@@michaelsburger665you dont watch many movies then champ

@esteemedmortal5917

6 ай бұрын

Acute radiation sickness is some potent body horror

@Mimic_Gaming

6 ай бұрын

@@esteemedmortal5917 exactly, imagine a movie about the most radioactive man, just following his family for a movie would be soul wrenching

@lovie015

6 ай бұрын

They did make a movie. It's called Lucky Dragon No. 5

As soon as you said Lucky Dragon No.5 I knew it was the Castle Bravo Thermonuclear test - an absolutely horrifying story, very well told

My father served with the Navy and was 5 miles offshore of Enewetak Island during the test of the H bomb. He said the sailors were assembled on the decks and told to turn their backs during the initial detonation. He always laughed when recounting that bit. Later in life he developed an extremely rare form of blood cancer and then died of heart disease at the age of 55. From hearing this story, it is clear that there were many innocent victims.

@Likelyfairy

6 ай бұрын

May he rest in peace ❤, sad how there’s so many stories like this

@thePrussian

6 ай бұрын

My father was a part of those same tests when he was in the Navy. He got a certificate and “got to meet Ike” which he thought was pretty cool.

@terriaki1273

6 ай бұрын

So sorry

@kokomo74149

6 ай бұрын

Yes these men weren't the only ones. Our military was placed closer than that in more then one test as they tested these bomb. It's hidden history and why I will never trust our government regardless of leader.

@Orpilorp

6 ай бұрын

I'm so sorry. Your father suffered because of the reckless actions of those scientists and military leaders. Even though they thought they were safe, they were still reckless.

You left out one amazing detail about this story. The Lucky Dragon 5 event became an inspiration for one of the most famous movies of all time. Outraged by not only the Lucky Dragon 5, but also the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, producer Tomoyuki Tanaka would go on to create a film directed and co-written by Ishiro Honda along with writer Taeko Murata and effects artist Eiji Tsubaraya. The film was an allegory about the horrors of atomic weapons via a giant monster attacking Tokyo. That film released in Nov 3, 1954 as Gojira in Japan. But, two years later, it would premiere in the United States as Godzilla: King Of The Monsters. And, Godzilla would go on to become not only the longest continually-running film franchise ever with over 32 films to date, but it would cement the titular monster as one of the most iconic film characters of all time.

@robertdelaloye7865

6 ай бұрын

I was wondering if he would say anything about this

@benlevan5645

6 ай бұрын

As was I.

@kristenoliver2140

6 ай бұрын

For Godzilla‘s 50th anniversary they showed the uncut original Japanese version in a local movie theater, not the Americanized one. It was truly terrifying.

@atashgallagher5139

6 ай бұрын

It also set the stage for modern anima to later become a thing.

@emilymorgan6144

6 ай бұрын

I had no idea, this was interesting to read about

this made me cry, im glad he got to live a long life of 85, what a horrific tragedy.

Thank you John ballen for giving me a bit of peace, my mum passed away on the 17th November 2023 and we loved watching your videos together, I've been rewatching them all on repeat as it gives me a bit of comfort 💔 and I would like to think she is still here with me watching them. The pain is getting worse but watching your videos gives me an hour where I just feel ok

@inkbold8511

6 ай бұрын

You are not alone ❤️

@chadhougland658

6 ай бұрын

praying for you 🙏

@jaxnbri

6 ай бұрын

Sorry for your loss

@MsMaxine306

6 ай бұрын

He helped me thru my Mom passing Dec 2021. I absolutely know how you feel❤

@brittanydavies2193

6 ай бұрын

@@MsMaxine306 it's the worst feeling in the world, I just keep crying 💔

Oishi has a heart of gold, he was in a terrible state yet had the heart to bring his neighbour fish.

@Segotti

6 ай бұрын

He obviously just wanted a piece of ass after being stuck in a boat with only men for weeks!!!

@amandar5723

6 ай бұрын

I thought the same thing, so kind of him 🥺

@TheRedcat14

6 ай бұрын

Ngl, I was like ??? Why would he have ever kept those fish, let alone give them to someone else? But I figured it was chemical warfare, I suppose he didn’t

@austgordon1029384756

6 ай бұрын

@@TheRedcat14assuming he didn’t know… but as soon as he said he showed up at her doorstep with fish , i immediately thought oh no… the same fish that probably got rained on by the poison 🥺 i thought she was going to get sick too, and be the person that goes to hospital and they connect the dots to the fish, and the ship…

@BijinMCMXC

6 ай бұрын

A heart of gold wouldn’t have kept what happened to him secret.

This one hit me HARD!! My grandfather died when my mom was only 9 years old, and it affected her and my grandmother their whole lives. You see, my grandfather was in the army and was sent on a top secret, like treasonous if you told anyone about the mission he was going for. When he came home, they gave him instructions to go to a specific floor and section in the army base hospital and do not talk to anyone there except for the special section if he developed a list of symptoms and not tell anyone even your wife what was happening. Turns out my grandfather was sent to the Marshall Islands, where they used American ground troops from the army to test what would happen to them in a nuclear blast. The only problem was he did tell my grandma. 2 weeks after he returned, he entered the hospital with full body cancers in every organ, bones, muscles, and skin. He was ravaged from head to toe. He lived 6 weeks in the hospital when he passed away. The military actually paid my grandmother a large widows pension and paid for my mom and uncles for college. Basically, don't tell anyone what you know.

@esteemedmortal5917

6 ай бұрын

Wow. That’s awful

@inkbold8511

6 ай бұрын

Even average Americans are victims of US military complex, and yet many Americans still support this murderous regime that's in whitehouse.

@LisaMarie51968

6 ай бұрын

How very sad 🙏🏼💜🙏🏼💔😢

@viceb7

6 ай бұрын

Woah 😢

@valerie8010

6 ай бұрын

How can they do that!!! How awful

As soon as you said where this happened I knew it was the H bomb. My heart breaks for all those unsuspecting test subjects.

That's sickning that how many poeple had to suffer becz of these war experiments... These people behind it should be criminalized

@KingdomThroughSavior96

4 ай бұрын

We literally don’t even need something that powerful. Nobody should have that power but God.

@Nptsl

2 ай бұрын

*US experiment

This chills me to my bones and makes me incredibly angry. The innocent people, not to mention the amount of damage these "experiments" have caused in the oceans, has taken decades to heal. Bikini Atoll is still showing radioactivity. It's criminal.

@mark2073

6 ай бұрын

But interestingly, these coral islands now have the most abundant marine life since people don't fish there. Sad.

@Youngberg1000

6 ай бұрын

I'm here from the government and I'm here to help. Hear that, run for your life.

@NorthernGreenEyes

6 ай бұрын

Look up atrocities that occurred all around the world.This is just one situation that we know of... There's so many other things and btw the USA isn't the only country with blood on it's hands. Hopefully, we've learned as far as that's concerned..... 😔

@camerongiles7141

6 ай бұрын

​@@NorthernGreenEyesWell yeah, still blood on the hands though. Saying "hey, that person also has blood on their hands" won't clean the blood off your own...

@mrragequickly

6 ай бұрын

@@camerongiles7141 you won’t find one country or group of people who haven’t committed some form of atrocities at sone point.

It is just sickening how many “experiments” our government has done to so many people. Be safe, all of us.

@Static-ash

6 ай бұрын

Not like we really have a choice in the matter 😬

@lordfordification

6 ай бұрын

I don't think on this specific "experiment" they targeted those fishermen. You might not want to read what the Germans did in ww2...

@susanryan3479

6 ай бұрын

Experiments are on going with our food, water pretty much everything. We are all test subjects. Lab grown meat is not digestible and has no nutritional value yet they want us to eat it. Same with bug protein.

@lordfordification

6 ай бұрын

@@susanryan3479 that's why I hunt and have a garden for all my vegetables. Sadly most people grew up in cities or suburbs and their parents didn't see it happening or didn't care.

@lordfordification

6 ай бұрын

@@susanryan3479 I also feel bad for anyone that fell for the vaccine.

Those poor people!! This story was heartbreaking! Our government should have compensated those poor fishermen. It’s horrifying that citizens of our great country could do something so evil. I’m so sorry and sad for the poor victims.

@jeje-le9oy

6 ай бұрын

Our government doesn't have money, they spend ours. So U.S. taxpayers should have compensated these fisherman

@cheeling794

6 ай бұрын

they did...eventually

@markmurphy9121

6 ай бұрын

​@@cheeling794key word eventually. It took years smh I don't understand what power does to people. It strips them of their humanity somehow.

@cheeling794

6 ай бұрын

@markmurphy9121 right idk how they had the audacity to try and not pay those poor people. money is the very least they could do

@YukonCorneliusMJH

6 ай бұрын

​@@cheeling794like imagine if the government set Maui on fire and blamed in on climate change and then gave $95 million in total for recovery funds to upwards of 12,000 people. It's like $8k a person 🤦‍♂️. And then sending Ukraine 1000 times that plus military services.

I've heard and read that Marshall Islands we're affected after these 'experiments' were made but governments pretend it never happened. Listening to this story made me feel sorry for those fishermen and the people who lived near these locations

it's insane that Oishi even survived that ordeal

@karenroot450

6 ай бұрын

Yes not to mention how long he lived. What horrors on that Island

@bunyipdragon9499

6 ай бұрын

Lordy, the eldest on the boat was only 40yrs old, it shows the human of toll ww2 (at least for this country) 😮 Edit for age correction - 40 is still young.

@FiveDrop572

6 ай бұрын

@@bunyipdragon9499MrBallen said that the oldest person was 40

@reapercrew7705

6 ай бұрын

​@@bunyipdragon9499do you listen to the actual stories he tells...he said the oldest on the ship was 40 years old

@FiveDrop572

6 ай бұрын

And also, that would be Cold War death toll, WW2 ended nine years earlier

Man hearing in the beginning of the story that he had to take on the patriarch role at 14 when his father died to support his siblings and mother really makes mr stop and realize how many things in life I take for granted and never even realize it. Having both parents alive and present in our every day lives is such a blessing that is often not talked about enough in life. Hats off to stepping up at such a young age to provide for his family 👏🏻💙

@jessicadavenport2808

6 ай бұрын

This story really puts a lot of things in perspective. That's why we need to study history.

@aesaehttr

6 ай бұрын

Not just a blessing but a rare one

@Awh0l3nEWoRLd

6 ай бұрын

I understand that the two atomic bombings were horrible, but let’s not forget all the families that the Japanese ruined all over Asia. Don’t forget about the bayoneting of babies

@felipepineda1585

6 ай бұрын

​@@Awh0l3nEWoRLd- granted. But what normal civilians have to do with it? Mostly innocent people.

@TyloRenn

6 ай бұрын

I've always been grateful to my parents :) they aren't perfect but they care and love me and I know that's worth more than all the money I could make

I must say that is amazing that man lived such a long life. I'm glad he did so he was able to tell the story for many decades and continue making people aware of the danger of bombs. Thank you for telling this mans story!!

@snicker576

6 ай бұрын

Actually, I read that owls' eyes can't really be considered "eyeballs". They're elongated and kinda rod-shaped, it helps them have incredible visual acuity

@dyawr

4 ай бұрын

​@@snicker576 What?

@snicker576

4 ай бұрын

@@dyawr Barn owls don't hoot - they screech!

@dyawr

4 ай бұрын

@@snicker576 Why are u trolling this?

You’re a man that helped raise me, scare me, and a man to help millions just like me. Thank you for all you’ve done and what you continue doing.

I have heard this story many times - even studying it in a university class that was part of my nuclear engineering course. That class was called "Nuclear Energy, Weapons, and Warfare". This Lucky Dragon #5 incident was such a misfortune because they left the port to get to the fishing grounds at just the wrong time. The US Navy had made a patrol around the potential fallout "field" looking for fishermen, telling them they need to go into port, and a radio broadcast sent later warning fishermen to stay in port. Since the Lucky Dragon crew set out so early on their trip, they were still in the safe zone when the Navy made their patrol, but they were too far out at sea to hear the radio broadcast to tell fishermen to stay in port that day. Their radio did not have a tall enough antenna to pick up the broadcast due to how far out they were. The crew of the Lucky Dragon #5 were literally in the wrong place at the wrong time to either be warned by the US Navy or to hear the broadcast to stay in port. ... and they suffered greatly because of it. Yes, the US Government did pick up responsibility for medical costs as well as compensation for the victims, but really, is money going to solve the problems these men faced for the rest of their lives? No. Their families were, however, set financially so their younger kids and family did not have to work long, hard hours just to scrape by. They did work, but only due to the pride the Japanese have toward working to provide for the family, but the compensation they received did cover those costs. ... eventually. The US Government, the Department of Energy, the US Navy/Defense Department fought tooth and nail to avoid responsibility for several years until it was clear the military testing was performed with negligence.

@tracycraft

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing all of that.

@KanyeTheGayFish69

6 ай бұрын

They also severely underestimated the blast yield during the castle bravo test.

@esteemedmortal5917

6 ай бұрын

At least it’s good to know that they TRIED to keep people safe

@mooseing22

6 ай бұрын

That puts a different perspective on this incident for me. I'm really glad you put your comment up. Thank you.

@truthseeker2321

6 ай бұрын

​@@KanyeTheGayFish69Yeah, by at least 7 megatons.

Its close to midnight in Finland. Under the covers in the dark and listening the best storyteller there is. Good times.

@dawnjeanballard2874

6 ай бұрын

Mystical ❤

@1braverat1968

6 ай бұрын

V cute

@robertrosicki9290

6 ай бұрын

My grandparents moved from Finland to Canada in 1908 . Greetings from northern Canada .

@DeidreL9

6 ай бұрын

Bless you Janna-Mari, hope you’re sleeping now, with sweet dreams. Hi from Australia🤗

@santosgarcia8644

6 ай бұрын

Gayyyyye

I grew up with many Marshallese people in Texas. They suffer from many health complications. I have patients who are still dealing with health complications. The children at the time use to play in the snow like debris. It was and still is devastating.

Always loved Mr. Ballen but once i found out that he was a Navy Seal it was 1000% obsessed. He talks about these things so humble. Crazy he's a badass Seal and doesnt ever just casually throw it in there. My Dad was a Staff Sargeant with the Army. He was deployed and I've heard stories about the Seals. They are no joke super heros. They're amazing and definitely something to be proud as F of. Thanks for your service and this podcast.

Doing my favorite thing to do on a Sunday...listening to the best story teller of all time. Love you, Mr Ballen!

@MrBallen

6 ай бұрын

❤🙏

@dj.j5099

6 ай бұрын

Mr.Ballen is my safe heaven...I love listening to the way he tell stories

@alexeymakarov4840

6 ай бұрын

@@MrBallen kzread.info/dash/bejne/p5eglMFrXai4dKg.htmlsi=mBVsJVxfPXiEqIvn

@MichealMyers.

6 ай бұрын

@@MrBallenyou give me nightmares 💀

@Ruby_Villain

6 ай бұрын

@@dj.j5099 he makes the most horrible and terrible stories into well-produced white knuckle story telling genius things, with potentially some addictive chemical added in like in the fried chicken

The fishermen weren't the only ones who suffered from fallout of the bomb test. The Rongelap Atoll was a chain of small islands in the area as well which were inhabited. It was covered in almost an inch of the "grey snow" and many suffered from radiation sickness. 3 days later everyone from the island were forced to be evacuated and lost their homes. The US government never told them about the experiment and used them as test subjects.

@veronicamarrs

6 ай бұрын

Wow, so sad and tragic. Thanks for sharing.

@KanyeTheGayFish69

6 ай бұрын

They didn’t use them as test subjects. They miscalculated and the yield of the blast by a factor of 2.5. There was more fusion than expected. They almost killed their own scientists in a bunker on a different island. It was an accident really.

@ObniMan

6 ай бұрын

Just like The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis.

@yoshilulu2321

6 ай бұрын

​@@ObniManI watched a movie on that years ago. Broke my heart 😭

@phantagirlable

6 ай бұрын

This is so disgusting. And worse that the US is never held accountable for any of those crimes.

Unfortunately, as soon as I heard “Marshall Islands” and “red light in the sky”, I knew where this was going. I live in Arkansas and we have a massive Marshallese population- all people who are refugees from the modern day consequences of what the US did (because the islands, especially Bikini Atoll, have major climate issues caused by both the experiments and climate destruction by the West) or they’re descendants of the first refugees who were taken out of the Marshall Islands by the US to allow the US government to conduct their “experiments”. So many of them yearn to see their homeland and never will. Some have never seen it at all.

@sorrow2305

5 ай бұрын

That‘s honestly so fucking gross. I can‘t even put words to it. If any other country did this, they‘d be sanctioned and called out. Only Germany gets pinned for crimes against humanity. Even Turkey can massacre Armenians, Brits scramble the world and Americans and Soviets build concentration camps. God forbid anybody else does it.

Heard this story so many times during my studies of nuclear physics, but MrBallen’s storytelling skills made the reveal seem like a plot twist. He’s so good at this!

Experiments are definitely the scariest parts in history

@devino1337

6 ай бұрын

You think so? Not like War or anything?

@addytrolla2535

6 ай бұрын

This guy missed out on the Mongolian invasions.

@jebes909090

6 ай бұрын

its literally what the covid vaccines are

@dangerousxolady

6 ай бұрын

@@devino1337 war is definitely awful but the idea that we just perform experiments willingly on people knowing how human it is is just pretty disgusting. War is almost always initiated by power or money which is equally as disgusting

@assassindelasaucisse.4039

6 ай бұрын

@@dangerousxolady Wars killed billions of human beings. War is worse.

Wow what a story. I just went online to lookup more information on this story and I was just horrified with what the crew went through. Thank you for sharing this with us today.

Love your work!! PLS NOTE: I have a question/strange request! I am a former Navy brat. I’m soon to be 67 yrs old, for background sake. Long after my father passed, a Navy officer, my mother shared a story…she said she’d heard a story about an experiment such as this, around some islands (?), and before it was tested, there had been concerns about the local wildlife. There were birds that nested near there, & if they LOOKED at the “event,” they would be blinded. BUT (!), when it rained, they tucked their heads inside their wings to shield against it. SO, they built a long sprinkler system along this shore, to be activated just before the “event.” NOW, here’s the kicker (!) : it is said the human responsible for activating the sprinkler system FORGOT (?), or at least neglected to do so in a timely manner! She didn’t remember ever hearing what became of the wildlife. QUESTION: could it have been this March 1, 1954 event, and/OR have you heard of this at all? 😮😮😮. I’ve long wondered how,what,when, where, & WHO did this, or even if it’s factually accurate!

Im am totally lost right now... my longtime girlfriend who i basically lived with and who came in my life late 2021 when i had lost my 2 best friends and a partner at the time, i had no willing to be alive or nothing to lose, only your weekly updates helped me doing something other than just sleep... no she left me and im all again so lost, idk what to do, i had to take off time from job cuz im so depressed, idk where to start to build my myself or who to talk to, i have not enough money for therapy, i feel exactly the same i felt 2 and half years ago... single, dumped and lost... watching your videos... thank you for being there john, i was one of the first 5k people to sub your channel and still here😰 i am very lost but grateful for your videos and your impact on me❤️

@lisanelson302

2 ай бұрын

I hope you're doing better. My brother passed away in 2008, my husband in 2017, and my mom in 2019. Currently carrying for my father who is elderly. I read somewhere life is hard and we have to choose our hard. It's hard being depressed and it's hard pressing forward choose your hard. I've been grieving really hard for 6 years now starting when I lost my husband. It is hard not to. It is hard trying to press forward as I just don't have it in me. But I'm still here. I didn't die too. I know they'd want me to keep going. I used to think before all that happened life was hard. Now I look back and think I should have appreciated my blessings more. Then I think I will likely look back to now one day and wonder why I didn't appreciated my current blessings more. Life is never easy it's what we make of it. Hang in there. As my mom used to say this too shall pass.

@kallesoininen557

2 ай бұрын

Im so sorry... that's heartbreaking to hear... you're a strong women, with very strong mind. My issues suddenly doesn't sound so bad when hear there's ppl like you out there, who had come through so much trauma and still kicking, thank you for your words ... im really not feeling better yet but maybe i will... someday, im only 26yo, im sorry for are your losses!

@kallesoininen557

2 ай бұрын

@@lisanelson302 that was for you😅

I couldn't imagine having my hair fall out and my skin coming off and the doctor just sending me home with some cream. Thanks doc.

@astralb.2647

6 ай бұрын

Doctors really be like that... I got prescribed an ibuprofen for a herniated disk + pinched nerve combo in my neck. Thanks man, but I can't feel my fingers

@ClaytonJones03

6 ай бұрын

@@astralb.2647 I had an ACDF on C5-6. It really happened because the nerve impingement in the bulging disc was enough to render my right arm useless. I wasn't in America when it happened (thankfully), and the doctors immediately recommended surgery. A lot of doctors, especially in the military, will just give you a bunch of drugs, rather than fix the problem you are describing in detail lol

@tehfuqizg0inon588

6 ай бұрын

Medical malpractice like second leading cause of death in the us, maybe thats changed idk

One video a week is worth the wait but I wish I could experience all the videos for the first time all over again as I love MrBallen content

@sharpm0102

6 ай бұрын

Ahh the good ole days! 😅

@MsMaryPatricia

6 ай бұрын

It's not really worth the wait anymore. It used to be three stories per upload. This weeks upload felt incredibly drawn out and I actually got bored, which is something that never used to happen. I get that he's busy with other things now, but if it's only going to be one story, it needs to be quality.

@RealLifeHeroes7

6 ай бұрын

I only found him a couple months ago. so I missed the times when he uploaded 3, 4, even 5 times a week.

As someone who lives in Oklahoma, we have a lot of people from the Marshall islands because they were moved here for the tests. As soon as you said Marshall Islands I knew exactly what was gonna happen.

Glad to hear this story in your channel. I’m from the Marshall Islands I still live here till this day. Our ancestors have so many stories about this bomb how it affects our people. Even till now we have baby that are born that are effect with this radio active 😢

This was heartbreaking to think that the army could do this without making sure no boats or people were nearby.

@LoveMaskedBandits

6 ай бұрын

Being an animal lover, I also wonder what these experiments, etc. do to the sea life in the area.

@Widdershins.

6 ай бұрын

@@LoveMaskedBandits The coral sure weren't happy.

@brucelownhole

6 ай бұрын

​@@Widdershins.Those bastards are never happy.

@Widdershins.

6 ай бұрын

@@brucelownhole Damned entitled coral.

@eden20111

6 ай бұрын

@@Widdershins.they were very happy shut up

Still can’t believe I subscribed when you were at 40k! Maybe less…you & your family are truly a blessing to everyone. Not only for your content but for giving back & helping those in need! Aloha!

@MrBallen

6 ай бұрын

Appreciate the support!!! ❤🙏

@lara_young

6 ай бұрын

What's hard to believe about it?

@santosgarcia8644

6 ай бұрын

You wasn't even here

@SpydersByte

6 ай бұрын

@@lara_young lol really? whats hard to believe about it? that you subbed to a storyteller youtube channel when he had 40k subs and now he's got nearly 10 million and has become an absolute juggernaut in the space with multiple channels and podcasts, an entire publishing company, and a charity? yea I mean that happens every day......

Very fitting that this story was uploaded before Godzilla Minus One came out in theaters in the U.S. considering this event inspired the opening scene of the original Godzilla movie

Fun Fact: The Lucky Dragon incident happened just a few months before the release of the first Godzilla movie (1954), and it was one of the major inspirations behind the film. In fact, the first couple minutes of the film was pretty much an re-enactment of the whole thing

This has to be one of the most terrifying and horrific stories that you have told. What a disturbing experience for those poor men

I find it amazing that Oishi lived until he was 87 years old despite being exposed to the radioactive substance

@Kafkaworld739

6 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing- it’s easy to imagine he could’ve lived well into his 90’s if not for that experiment.

Imagine living thru such pain. Thats a horrible torture 😢

As soon as I heard lucky dragon no.5, I knew what was going to happen. I'm a Japan scholar and I've studied the atomic bombings and wars in general, so I've heard the story a million times - but you tell it in a personal way I hadn't heard before. You made it a lot more emotionally invest-able. ❤

If weird stuff was falling from the sky I guarantee that I wouldn’t be standing there catching it in my hands 🙄

This incident was the inspiration for Gojira (Godzilla 1954). To warn people about the horrors of nuclear weapons. Many design of Godzilla were inspired by the victims of the Lucky Dragon like Godzilla's skin/ scales. Like their burned skin.

This story is infuriating. Like, how dumb are we as a species that we do stupid things like this?? As if doing it in the middle of nowhere has no consequences. Thank you for this story! Brilliant story telling, as always.

@greenwave819

6 ай бұрын

yeah imagine how much worse it would have been if we had let Russia be the only nuclear power...

@Rothbard_is_God8082

6 ай бұрын

Its the govt mate. Nobody cares if its stupid, as long as they get paid. That's the problem with socialism. Just look at how dumb the Chernobyl situation was.

@dharmafuller4331

6 ай бұрын

Even with our best scientific minds calculating the effects on the first atomic bomb test, Trinity, they underestimated the force by a big factor. Basically, as it'd never been done, they spitballed a guess. The next bombs, used on Japan, were way less. By about 2/3.

@tailsoluv

5 ай бұрын

How can you ask how dumb we are as a species when not only did Trump get elected as president once but there are still people out there who would vote for him even though he's the only criminal president who has ever tried to destroy the United States?

@Nicholas-jy4df

5 ай бұрын

I prefer the idea of mutually assured destruction as opposed to the idea of living with the aftermath of nuclear war.

You can't go wrong with Mr.Ballen. I'm addicted to his videos

As soon as I heard Japanese fishermen and orange glow I knew this was Castle Bravo. I've looked into this way too much and it's crazy that the bomb ended up being much larger than they had even expected. It blew a majority of the island apart and just left a huge crater in its wake. Extremely terrifying to think about.

Before I get into this story…I traveled hours today to my happy place (my RV in the mountains on a lake), I hurried unloading, putting everything up, walked and fed my dog…now it’s my time to listen to a strange, dark and mysterious story!! It’s a good day! 🖤

@phaedrapage4217

6 ай бұрын

Your happy place sounds perfect, right down to the most important detail of all- the canine companion!

@jacklichtner9581

6 ай бұрын

ain’t no one ask

@conchfritters01

6 ай бұрын

That sounds like a pretty freaking good day.

Love you mr ballen!! I’ve been a listener from the start! My husband showed me you during the pandemic when we where sitting around doing nothing or driving in the car we would listen to you on the way to work or school. Well my husband actually passed this last February on the 1st just two weeks before his 30th bday. He used to say all the time when I would listen to you without him “I showed you his channel!” He loved your channel and respected you. Thank you for your years of entertainment and for making the past few years memorable with your videos. Now every time I go to watch your channel I’ll yell out “Sean I’m watching mr ballen’s newest episode!” Like I did when he was alive. We have two amazing kids who also love your channel. They’ll ask for your channel by name even. I just thought I should comment this to lyk you have reached lives. Youve helped us also with our grieving. Still feels like he’s here when I listen to one of your stories. Thanks for keeping the stories going! ❤ with love from the Cousino’s

My youngest daughter and I love watching your videos every time you post for over 2 years now ! Your storytelling skills are out of this world and we appreciate the time you take to make these videos for our knowledge and entertainment 🤍😄

Dude I’ve been watching Mr Ballen for like 3 years since 2020. He literally kept me sane as I went through Christmas with Covid, and still to this day I keep binging his videos even watching a single video multiple times. Thank you Mr. Ballen

@kristineblatter9514

6 ай бұрын

Amen. I discovered Mr. Ballen during lockdown, and not only did his stories and company get me through that, but he strengthened me through chemo in 2021, and comforted me when my mom passed in 2022. He continues to bring me joy throughout 2023 as I have been healing. Thank you, Sir.

@chatop18

6 ай бұрын

Same here. He made me like story telling again.

After all these years John never fails to assault the Like button in unique and entertaining ways! 😂

@MrBallen

6 ай бұрын

😂

@1braverat1968

6 ай бұрын

I bet thats his fav part😂

@cantoualso

6 ай бұрын

I bet his favorite part of most videos is: oll segullung!

@AnAdorableWombat1

6 ай бұрын

@@MrBallencan we be nice to the like button? For once?

@kspen6110

6 ай бұрын

I literally feel bad for the like button. He's been assaulted in so many ways. But it's too funny not to laugh.

Heard this story a few years ago, but never with this much detail. Always a pleasure watching your videos MrBallen!

I can’t believe you were born only 1 month before my oldest son !! Now that’s strange , dark and mysterious 😂😂😂😂😂❤❤ love your story telling !

The Daigo Fukuryū Maru (lucky number 5) is on display now in a museum, the whole history is terrifying but I think it’s important to remember these parts of history, where we recognise the harm caused, have a physical reminder of what has transpired and a permanent reminder of what we hope to never have happen in our lives again.

@anglepsycho

6 ай бұрын

Keep in mind, this and both bombings' footage made it into the later 1954 movie about humans causing a radioactive monster to come out of hiding and why the Japanese version is so brutally honest about human consequences.

I would volunteer to be the "like button" for the past 5 years, if it meant my storyteller won't ever stop. Love it. Keep killing it 🤙

@lindseylindberg6287

6 ай бұрын

Best way to be sick in bed is watching Mr Ballen!😊😊

@terricox3559

6 ай бұрын

Surely the NEXT five years

@juneyshu6197

6 ай бұрын

😂

@societyizbroken9723

6 ай бұрын

Tyler, why do you need these "likes" to make you happy? Why must you ask others for dopamine?

@EandJenius

6 ай бұрын

I see what ya did there!

Wow. This is one of the best I’ve heard in a while. Sent chills down my spine.

Love your story telling. Thank you 👏👏

I look forward to this every single Sunday! Thank you, Mr. Ballen!😁💜🫶🏼

@terrellshilo630

6 ай бұрын

Pretty Self 💯

What I love more than your story telling is that you encourage people to get counseling. I'm so glad you came out of your depression, thank you for being real! ❤

This reminds me of the story where the guy’s jaw fell off because he drank radium.

I’m so glad to see you getting the recognition you deserve Mr.Ballen been a fan for a while now keep on keeping on boss 🤝

Oh my god! The part about him delivering the extra fish to his neighbor hit me hard. It just sucks to hear that he was such a sweet and caring person that, even though he was having all this happen to him, he still took the time to do something nice for his neighbor. 🥺

Sunday is usually so sad because I have school but since discovering you it's one of my favorite days Church+Mr ballen =peace and joy 😂❤

You've convinced me to get on the waiting list for the counseling office in my super small mountain town. The constant grumpiness and being miserable to be around... perfectly described me for the last couple of years. And I don't want to be that person anymore...my family deserves better from their mother/wife. 😢❤

@pauulkubasek1815

5 ай бұрын

At least you’re smart enough to id the problem and are seeking a solution. You’ll be ok :)

@Nanee907

5 ай бұрын

Good for you ❤🙏

So great to see you do your storytelling. I love your gestures as you tell the tales. 😊

@adamchristner007

6 ай бұрын

Yea screw the podcast

From one veteran to another, thank you for sharing your gift of storytelling with us all.

Before television and radio, story tellers were the best and only form of entertainment. You do those past story tellers proud. Keep up the great work! Also, more paranormal stories please and thank you. 😊

@baileythomas9635

6 ай бұрын

I'm really glad you mentioned why story tellers are so important. My dad was always real big on telling stories because that's our way of keeping our past alive. I like it when others point it out. I like to believe he would have enjoyed MrBallen

Your storytelling is the best. I look forward to it every week. I hope you never stop.

@madamluis2537

6 ай бұрын

He’s telling it like he’s a primary school teacher lol

I haven't seen you in a year, and im glad you still do them the old way you do your videos. They're the best... and im Glad im back here again

As someone that has worked on reactors (and through the course of learning about reactor physics also read about nuclear weapons), I instantly recognized all of the signs of radiation sickness and was terrified for all of those young men.

@hudabeautyftjacqui

6 ай бұрын

I have never had any dealing with nuclear tech, nor did I study physics, but I instantly knew it was radiation poisoning when he mentioned bloody gums, sloughing skin and hair loss

@tyarnold4088

6 ай бұрын

As soon as the fallout started occurring i immediately knew what it was. I was thinking get inside out of the fallout. That's a nightmare.

@aliceg1212

6 ай бұрын

@@tyarnold4088 that's exactly what I thought... thought they were testing them for insanity and it was staged, or they were given mushrooms, LSD, some new drug and were having collective hallucinations with lights, clouds going against the wind and plasma like rain... nightmares literally.... I had NO IDEA they were experiencing radiation sickness. Maybe someone who have or know someone who went through chemo would know but I thought they were tripping until the photos started popping up once they were back to shore.... bizarre!

@quinnh4313

6 ай бұрын

When he said that humans had only experienced it two times in the beginning I guessed that it was being nuked lol. Wasn’t too far off

Idk why he’s so amazing at telling stories, even my dad who doesn’t like anything but zombie movies say there’s something special about your storytelling

@inactiveaccount657

6 ай бұрын

Simple… his gestures, his eloquence, emotion in and tones of his voice, his facial expressions

@marietighe6328

6 ай бұрын

That's so true . My dad is 94 and has no tolerance for me showing him ANYTHING ON MY PHONE. He will actually sigh if I even ask him to look at a photo on it. My dad was in the merchant navy and he grew up around shipyards ( in ireland) he had a colourful life in ships all over Europe n south and north America ( still have this amazing old deportation certificate from when he was 19 from and deported from Boston. He was born in 1929 so the date is 1948 I believe, Has his fingerprints on it, and a gorgeous photo taken of him on it. it looks so cool. He was just deported becsuse he'd no money. stories of old shipyards or ANYTHING MARITIME he loves and he remembers EVERY ship he was on. I remember watching MR. BALLEN about the Baltic Fleet. I knew my dad would love this story so he begrudgingly agreed to listen. My dad is a man of few words but I knew he was loving the story ( is that a Japanese torpedo boat😂) at the end he was laughing and he said wow that guy tells the stories so well. And he even remembered some of the stories. I was thrilled to have something to bond with him over. I will still randomly put on that video as I love it, and my dad is still here but it makes me smile that he enjoyed it so much.... ❤

@chrissutherland9828

6 ай бұрын

Mr ballens parent won an award as an author and his sister has also won awards. I guess you can say it runs in the family. not sure what parent it was nor the award

@kencarpenter1363

6 ай бұрын

@@inactiveaccount657 He has a real gift of story telling. I still like stories that I have already seen on other posts.

Thank you for being open about your mental health struggle. Love your stories and story!

Thank you for your stories! It got me through work today, listening to you while working makes work better!

RIP Oishi! You lived a very long and peaceful life and battled for the worst traumatic aftermath of that explosion and my condolonces go out to the other crew members and family as well!

You're really one of a kind. The greatest storyteller on KZread by far. You're so incredibly descriptive, so much so that I can easily imagine the scenes you're talking about in my mind, and it's definitely one of my favorite parts of listening to you paint the picture so to speak 😅 thank you for all you do, John. You're an icon. That's terryfying, I'm surprised that there was only one casualty out of the whole crew. The amount of radiation they were exposed to was more than enough to wipe them all out before they even made it back to dock the boat 😮 not sure if surviving that for 30+ years would be much better than it killing you immediately not only that but the fact that they passed it down to their children as well is also terrible. This story really is the definition of "wrong place at the wrong time"

@abc-wv4in

6 ай бұрын

It's worse than "wrong place, wrong time." This should not have happened with so little regard for those who would be affected.

Thanks for another amazing story.

Thx for being a hero to all of us sir. I owe my upmost gratitude.

Those poor guys, glad you were able to share their stories

@michaelsburger665

6 ай бұрын

and the truth

@Huobaojiqi

6 ай бұрын

Those poor guys that died in Unit 731 to the evil Japanese…

After a rough day at work, so glad to unwind listening to Mr Ballen ❤

@Who_amI57

6 ай бұрын

Amen to that ❤

@Ruby_Villain

6 ай бұрын

Right? Listening to a tale of someone who has it way worse off than you can reset the brain in a weird but welcome way

@GenXfrom75

6 ай бұрын

@@Ruby_Villain great point 💞

@santosgarcia8644

6 ай бұрын

I hope you get fired

@GenXfrom75

6 ай бұрын

@@santosgarcia8644 aww, thanks 🤣

We all love you and your family MrBallen. Keep the good stuff coming.🥰

Take the like button to an extremely expensive restaurant and when its time to pay, say you forget your wallet and leave

My dad was a vet. And I know he’d love and appreciate what you do if he was still here today ❤thank you!

@chet-hy2js

6 ай бұрын

Thank your dad for a stranger who appreciates this.

@ShawnaNaNa90

6 ай бұрын

@@chet-hy2js thank you! I’ll send him up good vibes, friend 🙏🏻🫶🏻

@chet-hy2js

6 ай бұрын

@@ShawnaNaNa90 really appreciate that, thanks.👍

@chet-hy2js

6 ай бұрын

Also, my condolences for your loss

Much respect to the fishermen.

I dont think ive ever been so drawn into a history lesson in my life. Its a horriffic story but as always, facinating to listen to.

Thank you so much. This video helped me with a school project

The fact the army isn't providing advice or support to leaving soldiers when they're well aware of what happens aswell as how simple it'd be even just to forewarn soldiers just shows me how much they couldn't give a sh!t

@316lvmnoneofyourbusiness7

6 ай бұрын

It's the military - all branches of the military - not just the Army. The military owns the enlisted and their families. I grew up in the military - father was career Air Force. One brother was 82nd Airborne and the other brother was a Navy Combat Medic. And in my case, my father did a lot of secret or special ops. I'm 63. Every time we moved be it overseas or inland, we would get shots. Specifically gamma globulin shots. That's why none of us have ever gotten seriously ill. Yes we did get childhood illnesses, but they weren't as severe or long lasting as the civilians kids. Even to this day, my brothers and I and our families are periodically monitored.

@corinnepmorrison1854

6 ай бұрын

@@316lvmnoneofyourbusiness7 God bless you family…❤️🇺🇸💝

i seriously cant focus when someone else talks and tells stories to me. the way you move your hands and say your words helps me focus so well. i love watching your videos so much, thank you for the informational and entertaining content john i appreciate your work!

Absolutely awesome channel. 100% love the story telling ❤

Absolutely love your stories and the way you tell them

I met a Ww2 Vet who was a guinea pig for the Hydrogen B 7 yrs earlier than the History books claim. He said they were behind a several ft concrete wall 7 miles or so from the Det site. His skin would turn very yellow and as a dumb kid I asked why, but thankfully he was glad to tell the story. Glad he did

@vanjamenadzer

6 ай бұрын

There isn't any amount of money that would convince me to participate in such tests. And this is coming from a suicidal, depressed person. If I am to die suddenly, it will be my decision. No thanks to dying slowly from cancer or long and painful death caused by radiation and such.

@Mike_MFn_Jones

6 ай бұрын

@@vanjamenadzer And then become a shadow person , LA Sonora O LA Noche ? BEFORE you do anything Rash .. dig this : DMT will open the eyes into the spirit world for 30 - 45 min. Friends all report seeing the same thing ... the shadows sitting in the chair beside them and quite angry. You wanna join them waiting for the fire cause the frying pan was to hot. I lost my wife , had to go work 2 cat 5 hurricanes sat through trains of tornados. My ex husband did what your talking with a shotgun ..His daughters had to go to the mental ward. Right after that she found out she has cancer, all good Duke said she was cancer free in May turns out she was 3rh stage. Got her back where she needs to be no longer growing but getting smaller. I'm sure you've had it just as bad, but tour the child of the living God able to command more than you think. YOU are not alone my friend and no matter how bad this side is you do NOT wanna go to that next side without Christ Jesus in ya heart. Easy as riding a bike. Repent confess forgive to get forgiveness REPEAT daily. Prayers for you.

@abc-wv4in

6 ай бұрын

Many of them did not know they were being used as guinea pigs. @@vanjamenadzer

@1A_B_C1

5 ай бұрын

​@@vanjamenadzereasy to say but during decisions making in life it's hard and lot of times suddenly unexpected.

Its impossible to use a mind that's so confused that it just doesn't work. Imagine the strangeness of that situation. Where's the danger? is there danger? Incredible story, expertly told.

Insane that they figured it could have been a nuclear bomb and they still went out to play in the ash.

Not been on for a while but my goto is this guy🙂missed his stories alot im glad he is still here❤❤❤