Ep. 95 | Two Hearts Beat As One
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
“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
Contributed by Lukas
Travis never thought he’d meet someone like Lily Rose. She was kind, passionate, beautiful. The wo...
Ep. 92 | Trigger Point
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After an uneventful flight, a college professor suddenly experiences severe pain in his cheek. The e...
Ep. 91 | The Mad Gasser
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
One day at the park, a mother notices her young son is walking strangely – almost like Frankenstei...
Listen Now: Liberty Lost
Mon, 23 Jun
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
“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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
Contributed by Lukas
“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
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
“The Sick Snowbird”: After a lovely winter in Southern California, an older woman is excited to ...
Ep. 83 | The Disappearing Girl
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When a vivacious preteen girl with Down syndrome suddenly becomes shy and withdrawn, her mother worr...
Ep. 82 | Running on Empty
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A young, active mother is dismayed when she starts feeling weak and exhausted – with small childre...
Listen Now: Death County, PA
Mon, 28 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
Contributed by Lukas
“Unraveling Bolero”: When a middle-aged scientist experiences unexpected success as an artist, i...
Ep. 80 | Stigmata
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When a little girl in Vietnam starts mysteriously bleeding from her scalp and hands, her doctors won...
Ep. 79 | The Shining
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
“The Sliver”: After a man survives a terrible car accident with only a cracked vertebra, he...
Introducing: Law & Crime’s LUIGI
Mon, 24 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
When Luigi Mangione allegedly gunned down UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, the media called it a senseless ...
Ep. 76 | Stage Fright
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
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
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1940s, the people of Donora, Pennsylvania fall prey to a deadly epidemic that destroys their ...
Ep. 72 | 17 Doctors
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
“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
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
From Ballen Studios, welcome to Bedtime Stories. From the paranormal to the supernatural, ...
Ep. 70 | It Comes Back
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
“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
Contributed by Lukas
The parents and grandmother of an infant boy are beside themselves when the baby starts crying, and ...
Ep. 66 | The Nest
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
No Reservations:A Spanish marathon runner develops a mysterious obsession with gourmet food. But wha...
Ep. 63 | The Broken Sequence
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
A mother is terrified when her five-year-old daughter suddenly develops obsessive compulsive disorde...
Ep. 61 | The Speckled Monster
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
“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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
"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
Contributed by Lukas
A little girl’s parents grow concerned when she develops a debilitating headache. They take her to...
Ep. 51 | Culture Clash
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When a quiet town in Oregon is beset by a dangerous Salmonella outbreak, the health authorities mobi...
Ep. 50 | Elephant Man
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When a routine medical study makes patients swell up like sausages, the doctors running it struggle ...
Ep. 49 | Hunger Games
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
“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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
A teenage boy suffers pain and embarrassment when his leg becomes grotesquely swollen and infected. ...
Ep. 40 | Glass Baby
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A couple in Colorado is accused of child abuse when their infant daughter is diagnosed with multiple...
Ep. 39 | Family Ties
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
“A Step Too Far”A man in Scotland suffering from crippling breathing difficulty is mystified whe...
Ep. 35 | Common Ground
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
When a young mother’s baby is suddenly hospitalized, doctors accuse her of intentionally harming h...
Ep. 33 | Sunless Burn
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
“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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
In the summer of 1999, a mysterious outbreak rages through New York City, paralyzing and even killin...
Ep. 25 | It Moves
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
“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
Contributed by Lukas
On Christmas Day, 2008, a surfer living in Hawaii wakes up with a splitting headache and itching all...
Ep. 21 | Breathless
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
“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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
Throughout the United States, the summer of 1976 is a celebration of two hundred years as a nation. ...
Ep. 14 | Chimera
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
In September of 1998, people throughout Malaysia start dying of a disease that attacks their brains....
Ep. 12 | Dark Killer
26 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
In the spring of 2009, Dr. Benjamin Gilmer takes over a country medical practice in Fletcher, North ...
Ep. 10 | Sin Nombre
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
In 2020, a career-driven young woman in Ohio begins to hallucinate strange sounds and feels phantom ...