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Aug 7
39m 30s

What's in the Basement?

Ballen Studios
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Today’s story is one I told several years back on YouTube, but in 2024 during my live tour, I brought this one back out and gave it a complete overhaul and ended up telling it live, and the audience absolutely loved it.

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