This former Navy SEAL with strange stories is a podcast sensation
nypost.comYouTube channel has 5.4 million subscribers, and his new podcast, Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories, has skyrocketed to the number one spot on Spotify’s true crime podcast chart.
In doing so, it surpassed established hits like Crime Junkie and Murder, Mystery & Makeup. Allen, 33, was raised outside of Boston in Quincy, Massachusetts.
His dad was a journalist, but Allen wasn’t initially drawn to storytelling himself. After graduating from high school, he “didn’t really have a direction,” and decided to join the military.He went to bootcamp in December 2010 and trained to become a Navy SEAL.
In 2014, he was deployed to Afghanistan, where he was nearly killed by a grenade that detonated near him. The shrapnel hit his arms and legs, according to The Patriot Ledger.“I remember having the thought, ‘This is the end of my life,’” Allen told The Post.He continued serving in the military until 2017, then went on to work in fundraising for veterans.
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