MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
Oct 12, 2026 · 37 min · 17 segments
In 2013, a police sergeant in northern France called the local telephone company, and asked to set up a tap on a suspect’s phone. He had a warrant in his hands and was ready to read off the details…
And then when he saw what the date was, he typed the date into a search bar on his computer.
So Dominique liked to collect things like coins and guns, and he was also kind of a small-time treasure hunter.
He would go out into the woods quite a bit with his metal detector and search for buried bits of history.
This coin he was looking at now was actually something he had found on his last trip.
And like most of his discoveries, it actually did not appear to be particularly valuable.
There was really only one time recently when he had actually found something that was worth quite a bit of money.
So until a couple of years ago, Dominique had been in a long-term relationship with a woman named Vero Pierret.
She was a decade older than him and also happened to walk with crutches due to a physical handicap.
Things between Vero and Dominique had always been very chaotic, and they'd finally broken up after a big fight over some jewelry that they had found in the woods together.
But after they did some research and found out that this jewelry was literally ancient and worth thousands of euros, Vero had tried to claim all of it for herself so she could sell it.
And eventually, the argument reached a breaking point, and Dominique told her that this was it.
And in fact, Dominique, by this point, did actually have a new girlfriend, whose name was Miriam Bernard.
Dominique had actually known Miriam all the way since high school, but they had finally connected shortly after his breakup with Vero.
During the week, Dominique worked as a special needs teacher for children and teens with family problems.
And while it was very important work for him and he cared deeply about it, it was also pretty stressful.
And then when he saw what the date was, he typed the date into a search bar on his computer.
So Dominique liked to collect things like coins and guns, and he was also kind of a small-time treasure hunter.
He would go out into the woods quite a bit with his metal detector and search for buried bits of history.
This coin he was looking at now was actually something he had found on his last trip.
And like most of his discoveries, it actually did not appear to be particularly valuable.
There was really only one time recently when he had actually found something that was worth quite a bit of money.
So until a couple of years ago, Dominique had been in a long-term relationship with a woman named Vero Pierret.
She was a decade older than him and also happened to walk with crutches due to a physical handicap.
Things between Vero and Dominique had always been very chaotic, and they'd finally broken up after a big fight over some jewelry that they had found in the woods together.
But after they did some research and found out that this jewelry was literally ancient and worth thousands of euros, Vero had tried to claim all of it for herself so she could sell it.
And eventually, the argument reached a breaking point, and Dominique told her that this was it.
And in fact, Dominique, by this point, did actually have a new girlfriend, whose name was Miriam Bernard.
Dominique had actually known Miriam all the way since high school, but they had finally connected shortly after his breakup with Vero.
During the week, Dominique worked as a special needs teacher for children and teens with family problems.
And while it was very important work for him and he cared deeply about it, it was also pretty stressful.
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