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MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries

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Language: en True Crime
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Ep. 95 | Two Hearts Beat As One

29 Jul 2025

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After sitting down for a nice meal with her husband, a woman becomes violently ill and has to be hos...

Listen Now: Lawless Planet

28 Jul 2025

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It’s not that hard to kill a planet. All it takes is a little drilling, some mining, a generous he...

Ep. 94 | The Leftovers

22 Jul 2025

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After giving birth, an ambitious lawyer struggles through an avalanche of health issues that won’t...

Ep. 93 | Gut Check/Sleeping Beauty

15 Jul 2025

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“Gut Check”: When a 16-year-old girl starts experiencing constant and severe stomach pain, her f...

Listen Now: Flesh and Code

14 Jul 2025

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Travis never thought he’d meet someone like Lily Rose. She was kind, passionate, beautiful. The wo...

Ep. 92 | Trigger Point

08 Jul 2025

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After an uneventful flight, a college professor suddenly experiences severe pain in his cheek. The e...

Ep. 91 | The Mad Gasser

01 Jul 2025

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During World War 2, the small town of Mattoon, Illinois erupts into a panic. Some of its residents a...

Ep. 90 | Walk Like the Birds

24 Jun 2025

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One day at the park, a mother notices her young son is walking strangely – almost like Frankenstei...

Listen Now: Liberty Lost

Mon, 23 Jun

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In Evangelical homes across the United States, sex outside of marriage is a sin against God. So, whe...

Ep. 89 | Half a Face

17 Jun 2025

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A teenage girl panics when clumps of hair start to fall off the right side of her head. From there, ...

Ep. 88 | 15,000 Coughs/The Putrid Smell

10 Jun 2025

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“15,000 Coughs”: When an 11-year-old girl develops a worrisome cough, her workaholic mom drops e...

Ep. 87 | 99th Percentile

03 Jun 2025

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After a difficult pregnancy, a woman is delighted to give birth to a baby girl. Her new child is per...

Wondery Presents: How to Survive Against the Odds

Mon, 02 Jun

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Inspired by Wondery’s hit podcast Against the Odds—learn how to survive whatever nature can thro...

Ep. 86 | Out of This World/A Good Scrub Down

27 May 2025

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“Out of This World”: In 2003, a treasure hunter in Chile makes a shocking discovery: a tiny, 6-i...

Ballen Studios Presents: A Twist of History

Wed, 21 May

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The course of history never follows a straight line. These are the epic stories that have shaped the...

Ep. 85 | Maximum Volume

20 May 2025

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After a successful overseas tour, an American rock guitarist comes home with a troubling affliction....

Ep. 84 | The Sick Snowbird/A Spoonful of Sugar

13 May 2025

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“The Sick Snowbird”: After a lovely winter in Southern California, an older woman is excited to ...

Ep. 83 | The Disappearing Girl

06 May 2025

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When a vivacious preteen girl with Down syndrome suddenly becomes shy and withdrawn, her mother worr...

Ep. 82 | Running on Empty

29 Apr 2025

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A young, active mother is dismayed when she starts feeling weak and exhausted – with small childre...

Listen Now: Death County, PA

Mon, 28 Apr

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Lamont Jones leaves Dauphin County Prison for the last time, a free man ready to move on with his li...

Ep. 81 | Unraveling Bolero/Crossing Over

22 Apr 2025

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“Unraveling Bolero”: When a middle-aged scientist experiences unexpected success as an artist, i...

Ep. 80 | Stigmata

15 Apr 2025

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When a little girl in Vietnam starts mysteriously bleeding from her scalp and hands, her doctors won...

Ep. 79 | The Shining

08 Apr 2025

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In the early 1900s, a young woman gets a coveted job at a clock factory. But her work is interrupted...

Listen Now: Don’t Cross Kat

Mon, 07 Apr

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Kat Torres has the insta-perfect life. She is rich, gorgeous and not ashamed to share it. Her posts ...

Ep. 78 | The Unbearable Itch

01 Apr 2025

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A recovering heroin addict wakes up one morning with an odd sensation on one side of her head: a nag...

Ep. 77 | The Sliver/Killer Style

25 Mar 2025

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“The Sliver”: After a man survives a terrible car accident with only a cracked vertebra, he...

Introducing: Law & Crime’s LUIGI

Mon, 24 Mar

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When Luigi Mangione allegedly gunned down UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, the media called it a senseless ...

Ep. 76 | Stage Fright

18 Mar 2025

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When a high-achieving teenager suddenly starts to freeze up in social situations and her grades plum...

Ep. 75 | Death from Above

11 Mar 2025

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In the town of Oakville, Washington, chaos erupts when mysterious blobs start falling from the sky –...

Ballen Studios Presents: Late Nights with Nexpo

Wed, 05 Mar

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From Ballen Studios, welcome to Late Nights with Nexpo, the official podcast of Youtube creator, Nex...

Ep. 74 | Sudden Insanity

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:01:00 -0000

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When an elderly man in New Brunswick, Canada, dies from what seems to be rapid-onset dementia, his d...

Ep. 74 | Sudden Insanity

04 Mar 2025

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When an elderly man in New Brunswick, Canada, dies from what seems to be rapid-onset dementia, his d...

Ep. 73 | Darkness in Donora

Tue, 25 Feb 2025 08:01:00 -0000

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In the 1940s, the people of Donora, Pennsylvania fall prey to a deadly epidemic that destroys their ...

Ep. 73 | Darkness in Donora

25 Feb 2025

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In the 1940s, the people of Donora, Pennsylvania fall prey to a deadly epidemic that destroys their ...

Ep. 72 | 17 Doctors

18 Feb 2025

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During the COVID pandemic, a boy starts experiencing sudden, inexplicable bursts of pain. At first, ...

Ep. 71 | A Clean Break/Look, Don’t Touch

11 Feb 2025

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“A Clean Break” When a night out in Nepal leaves a tourist weak and hungover, he figures he...

Listen Now: Bedtime Stories

Mon, 10 Feb

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From Ballen Studios, welcome to Bedtime Stories. From the paranormal to the supernatural, ...

Ep. 70 | It Comes Back

04 Feb 2025

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For his entire adult life, a successful businessman deals with a bizarre problem: whenever he bends ...

Ep. 69 | Too Much of a Good Thing

28 Jan 2025

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When a recovering alcoholic nearly dies after falling down his basement stairs, it seems like the tr...

Ep. 68 | Just Like the Movies/Headache from Hell

21 Jan 2025

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“Just Like the Movies”A popcorn factory worker comes down with a painful, frightening rash on hi...

Ep. 67 | The Endless Cry

14 Jan 2025

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The parents and grandmother of an infant boy are beside themselves when the baby starts crying, and ...

Ep. 66 | The Nest

07 Jan 2025

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Following the birth of her second child, a woman comes down with what appears to be a serious case o...

Ep. 65 | Brain Freeze

31 Dec 2024

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A heroin user wakes up one morning, feeling strangely stiff. At first, his symptoms are mistaken for...

Ep. 64 | No Reservations/The Bitter End

24 Dec 2024

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No Reservations:A Spanish marathon runner develops a mysterious obsession with gourmet food. But wha...

Ep. 63 | The Broken Sequence

17 Dec 2024

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A couple’s young sons both experience sudden reversals in their physical development, leaving doct...

Ep. 62 | Watch Out for the Worms

10 Dec 2024

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A mother is terrified when her five-year-old daughter suddenly develops obsessive compulsive disorde...

Ep. 61 | The Speckled Monster

03 Dec 2024

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In the late 1700s, a doctor in the English countryside battles to save his village from the devastat...

Ep. 60 | Godmother Knows Best/The Game

26 Nov 2024

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Godmother Knows Best: A 15-year-old girl develops mouth sores that are so painful, she can bare...

Ep. 59 | Monsters in the Wind

19 Nov 2024

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After a young man suffers devastating injuries from a tornado, doctors race against the clock to sav...

Ep. 58 | Down to 75 Pounds

12 Nov 2024

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An ambitious college student has to put her life on hold when she starts experiencing debilitating s...

Ep. 57 | Faces Everywhere/The Perfect Condition

05 Nov 2024

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“Faces Everywhere”A woman wakes up one morning to find terrifying faces floating above her. No m...

Ep. 56 | She Haunts Me

29 Oct 2024

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In the late 1800s, a young man in rural New England comes down with a deadly illness known as “the...

Ep. 55 | False Alarm

22 Oct 2024

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When a woman gets sick with a mystery illness during the height of the COVID pandemic, she fears her...

Ep. 54 | Root of All Evil

15 Oct 2024

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Doctors were sure they could help a man who was suffering from severe swelling in his spine. But not...

Ep. 53 | Rough Patch/ No Warning

08 Oct 2024

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"Rough Patch" When a young woman’s skin begins to break out after a wedding, she doesn’t think m...

Ep. 52 | A Dark Discovery

01 Oct 2024

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A little girl’s parents grow concerned when she develops a debilitating headache. They take her to...

Ep. 51 | Culture Clash

24 Sep 2024

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When a quiet town in Oregon is beset by a dangerous Salmonella outbreak, the health authorities mobi...

Ep. 50 | Elephant Man

17 Sep 2024

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When a routine medical study makes patients swell up like sausages, the doctors running it struggle ...

Ep. 49 | Hunger Games

10 Sep 2024

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A college student’s return to school is cut short when she starts acting erratically and has to be...

Ep. 48 | Cold Case

03 Sep 2024

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A teenage girl comes down with unexplainable abdominal pain after spending a few days at a fair. Unb...

Ep. 47 | The Tell-Tale Heartbeat

27 Aug 2024

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An avid runner is out for a routine jog when she suddenly feels dizzy and faints, dropping right in ...

Ep. 46 | Bad Blood

20 Aug 2024

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A single mother is terrified when her little boy becomes violently sick and doctors can’t figure o...

Ep. 45 | The Buried Brain/Killer Jetlag

13 Aug 2024

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“The Buried Brain”A young man barely survives being trapped in an avalanche while on a ski trip....

Ep. 44 | Needle in a Haystack

06 Aug 2024

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A little girl falls prey to a disease so deadly and rare, the CDC fears it might be an act of bioter...

Ep. 43 | Hard Case to Crack

30 Jul 2024

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A college student in Mississippi has to put his life on hold when his hips literally begin to die. F...

Ep. 42 | Deadly Tourist

23 Jul 2024

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A man vacationing in Germany becomes violently ill, and no medicine is helping. The solution may be ...

Ep. 41 | Adrian's Leg

16 Jul 2024

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A teenage boy suffers pain and embarrassment when his leg becomes grotesquely swollen and infected. ...

Ep. 40 | Glass Baby

09 Jul 2024

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A couple in Colorado is accused of child abuse when their infant daughter is diagnosed with multiple...

Ep. 39 | Family Ties

02 Jul 2024

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Seemingly out of nowhere, an otherwise healthy man’s body starts filling with a thick, lemon merin...

Ep. 38 | After the Bell

25 Jun 2024

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One night, two girls from the same school are rushed to the hospital with the same deadly disease. A...

Ep. 37 | River of Blood

18 Jun 2024

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 In late 1976, a terrifying new disease that causes eyes to bleed grips the country of Zaire. D...

Ep. 36 | A Step Too Far/Dying of Boredom

11 Jun 2024

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“A Step Too Far”A man in Scotland suffering from crippling breathing difficulty is mystified whe...

Ep. 35 | Common Ground

04 Jun 2024

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A boy in Minnesota is rushed to the emergency room with one of the worst food poisoning cases the do...

Ep. 34 | Mother or Murderer

28 May 2024

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When a young mother’s baby is suddenly hospitalized, doctors accuse her of intentionally harming h...

Ep. 33 | Sunless Burn

21 May 2024

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In December 1979, young women all over Wisconsin fall ill with a mysterious disease that starts with...

Ep. 32 | Scourge of the South

14 May 2024

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A doctor in the early 1900s is tasked with discovering the cause of a sometimes-fatal disease ravagi...

Ep. 31 | Jade’s Eye

07 May 2024

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A 9-year-old girl in Hawaii suddenly loses vision in one eye, and nobody knows why. And by the time ...

Ep. 30 | Look Closely/Burning From the Inside

30 Apr 2024

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“Look Closely”A teenage boy suddenly falls into critical condition while on vacation with his fa...

Ep. 29 | It Came From the Basement

23 Apr 2024

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When a woman’s five-year-old son in Niagara Falls, New York, suddenly develops epilepsy, she becom...

Ep. 28 | Dead Tired

16 Apr 2024

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A mother in Fresno, California races her young son to the emergency room after he goes limp and his ...

Ep. 27 | Deadly Cramp

09 Apr 2024

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A semi-pro tennis player nearly drowns in the pool when she suffers sudden, cramping pain in her mid...

Ep. 26 | The Birds

02 Apr 2024

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In the summer of 1999, a mysterious outbreak rages through New York City, paralyzing and even killin...

Ep. 25 | It Moves

26 Mar 2024

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A young woman working on a fishing vessel in Alaska begins experiencing a strange burning sensation ...

Ep. 24 | Blood on Their Hands

19 Mar 2024

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In the summer of 1846, a young doctor is thrilled to join Austria’s prestigious Vienna General Hos...

Ep. 23 | Gut Instinct/Into the Woods

12 Mar 2024

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“Gut Instinct”In the summer of 2021, a doctor celebrates his retirement with a rafting trip in t...

Ep. 22 | Surf’s Up

05 Mar 2024

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On Christmas Day, 2008, a surfer living in Hawaii wakes up with a splitting headache and itching all...

Ep. 21 | Breathless

27 Feb 2024

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In 2012, a healthy high school volleyball star suddenly has to fight for every breath she takes. Wit...

Ep. 20 | The Mist

20 Feb 2024

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In 2007, a worker at a pork processing plant in Minnesota suffers nerve damage so severe that he can...

Ep. 19 | Life in Paradise/The Stranger

13 Feb 2024

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“Life in Paradise”In 1993, a man living in a retirement community in Tennessee falls ill with wh...

Ep. 18 | Man With the Blue Skin

06 Feb 2024

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In 1944, nearly a dozen men show up at a hospital in New York. All are violently ill and passing out...

Ep. 17 | The Curse of Veneto

30 Jan 2024

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In 1983, an Italian man finds himself completely unable to sleep, and when he looks in the mirror, h...

Ep. 16 | The Carancas Curse

23 Jan 2024

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In September 2007, a meteor strike leaves a massive crater in the high Peruvian desert, drawing curi...

Ep. 15 | The Philly Killer

16 Jan 2024

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Throughout the United States, the summer of 1976 is a celebration of two hundred years as a nation. ...

Ep. 14 | Chimera

09 Jan 2024

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In late 2002, a 26-year-old single mother and her children take a DNA test as part of a welfare appl...

Ep. 13 | Village of Death

02 Jan 2024

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In September of 1998, people throughout Malaysia start dying of a disease that attacks their brains....

Ep. 12 | Dark Killer

26 Dec 2023

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In 1998, a new mother begins experiencing intense full-body aches, unstoppable itching, and crushing...

Ep. 11 | What’s Wrong with Vince?

19 Dec 2023

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In the spring of 2009, Dr. Benjamin Gilmer takes over a country medical practice in Fletcher, North ...

Ep. 10 | Sin Nombre

12 Dec 2023

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In the spring of 1993, young, healthy people of the Navajo nation start dying from a mysterious dise...

Ep. 9 | Sleep Addict

05 Dec 2023

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In 2005, a high-powered attorney starts falling asleep for dangerously long periods at a time. No ma...

Ep. 8 | A Rare Bird

28 Nov 2023

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In 2020, a career-driven young woman in Ohio begins to hallucinate strange sounds and feels phantom ...