High Expectations

On the night of November 8th 2010, a 24-year-old woman named Jennifer walked downstairs into the living room of her parents' house to say goodnight to her mother. But before she walked over to the couch where her mother was to give her a hug, Jennifer noticed something moving outside on the dark street. Jennifer stopped where she was and looked out the window, but she couldn't see anything unusual. So she walked over to the front door and looked out the little window on it, and after staring out into the street for a few moments, she decided she must not have seen anything at all. So she walked back over to her mother, who had noticed her looking outside and had a look of concern on her face, and Jennifer just said, "Oh, I thought I saw something moving out there, but it was nothing." Then the 2 women said goodnight, and Jennifer headed up stairs and went to sleep. It would turn out, there actually was something moving around outside the house. And about 30 minutes after Jennifer had gone back upstairs, the thing she saw made its way across the street, up their stairs, and into their house... right up to Jennifer's room.

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[Graycy]

Lost my 98 year old grandma during a home invasion. Its the terrible gift that keeps on giving! Not only did i grieve for her loss, but i grieve to this day over the terror she lived in her last moments. Then theres the overprotective mom i became because i was 5 month pregnant with my son at the time and the long lasting safety issues i have still. And as a final bonus i can extrapolate any situation out into every possible outcome with focus on the bad ones of course, in seconds. Losing the ability to have a place you feel safe is always fun too. People invading your home and causing violence to a loved one has got to be one of the worst crimes a criminal can commit, it takes so much from so many people, directly and indirectly. My heart goes out to this family, i hope they are able to find a safe place again someday.

[kaileylanoie]

I just lost my sweet guinea pig Jeffrey and am having a hard time sleeping. Thank you Mr. Ballen for helping provide comfort with your beautiful narrating skills 🙏🖤

[gpxoooo]

Love waking up to true crime delivered in story format!!

[duvessa]

Good Morning Everyone from Connecticut 🍀🍀🍀

[DesTCAllday]

Good morning Mr Ballen & fellow lovers of the strange, dark, and mysterious 🖤

[markbaker]

I was familiar with this story. after the first 30 seconds I knew the names. I like to listen to how he weaves the story. Mr B is a legend

[Moonman]

I dont usually like to rewatch/listen to a video or movie i've already watched/listened to but MrBallen stories just hit different 🙌 I also just like learning from other people's mistakes and playing out different scenarios in everyday life. Thank you for your content and the time and effort you put in to each video ! Tuning in from Syd, Australia 🫶

[Ruezu_k]

Good evening from Nairobi, never been this early, top tier content❤

[Jokay]

Good Morning to all Mr Ballen listeners..❤❤

[AlonzoWilson-uy]

Hey Mr.B I just wanted to say keep going brother, 💯💪🏿❤️ I'm proud of you 💪🏿💯💪🏿

[kluaoha]

I remember this case from JCS. Great retelling, though!

[hannavihdanmaki]

Everyone have nice day ❤ Listening MrBallen 👍

[windymatheo]

Afternoon where I am...Hi everybody from Athens, Greece 👍

[rbffbvs]

What a horror story! Those poor parents had no idea she was capable of such a thing. What a monster she is!

[IK_]

All that energy she put into lying, she could have used towards actually doing the work.

[LanVSworld]

After watching so many of your videos I have already guessed that Jennifer was behind all of it, with introduction of her my brain just goes "there's gonna be something about her that is going to happen" and when it turned out that she lived I was like, "yeah, she's the villain"

[liscatcat]

Theres quite a few stories about education obsessed controlling parents that put so much pressure on their children, i used to work in a school and the overseas Asian kids who boarded used be terrified about their grades and what their parents would say, often in tearful and tired due to not sleeping 😢

[KealynWOODLIFE]

Just Realized When This Was Released… No Notification. Just Vibes Got Me Here😂

[labreeskalies]

😢 I just read this and was reminded about humanity in the capability of people it would never occur to me to hurt the ones that I love most in this world. To be a compulsive liar like that is beyond my capabilities personally. 10 years to Liie every single day is just beyond my comprehension ! I would have busted myself 9 and 3/4 of a year into it

[Dina-ewpk]

Great way to start my Monday morning ❤