Jonathan Bartlett Allen (born October 1, 1988), known professionally as MrBallen, is an American internet personality and a former United States Navy SEAL.

[3] However, as of February 2024, the podcast is freely available across multiple platforms including YouTube, Amazon Music, TikTok, and Spotify, among others.

In 2014, his team was attacked in Afghanistan and a grenade hit Allen, with shrapnel impacting his hips and legs.

The video gained 5 million views the same day it was posted, prompting him to make additional TikToks about other unsolved mysteries.

[11] Additionally, Allen and his nonprofit organization, MrBallen Foundation, was nominated for the creator for Social Good Award.

[15] The studio focuses on scaling existing ventures into new media forms and creating advertising streams.

[17] In October 2022, Allen and Nick Witters signed a licensing deal with Amazon Music to make the podcast exclusive to their platform.

It covers a range of topics from unheard-of diseases and miraculous recoveries to strange medical mishaps and unexplainable deaths.