Fan Favorite - "The Watercooler"

MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories by MrBallen

Sep 18, 202600:37:00Society & Culture

Today's story is a fan favorite that was previously published as Episode 361. On a morning in early 1986 in Arizona, someone sat hunched over a desk, furiously writing a letter. And almost every line of this letter inclu...

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