MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries
Episodes
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, his own eyes frighten him. A sense of doom washes o...
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 curiosity seekers from miles around. Shortly after, pe...
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. That is, until attendees of a veterans’ conferen...
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 application. The results are shocking: they say she is...
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. The authorities think they know what it is, but o...
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 fatigue. But everyone she talks to says it’s al...
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 Carolina. His predecessor is no longer running the...
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 disease that fills their lungs with so much fluid that...
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 matter what she tries to keep herself awake, she con...
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 sensations in her body. She believes she’s going...
Ep. 7 | The Shadow/The Experiment
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“The Shadow”When a woman’s unexplainable heart condition threatens her life, surgeons turn to a rare and dangerous operation. They have less tha...
Ep. 6 | Blood Feast
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One night in 1944, over 300 patients at a mental hospital in Oregon become violently sick after eating dinner. Many of them die. An investigation is q...
Ep. 5 | Silent Scream
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In September 2004, a 15-year-old girl is suddenly struck with fatigue and blurred vision. When she’s rushed to the hospital, she’s given a grim di...
Ep. 4 | Sanju’s Belly/One by One
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Sanju’s Belly”For decades, a 36-year-old Indian man has been plagued by a mysterious swelling in his belly. He refuses to see a doctor, until o...
Ep. 3 | A Change in Fortune
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On a hot September day in 1986, a family in Goiania, Brazil, suddenly begin feeling sick after a celebration. The symptoms are horrific: vomiting, dia...
Ep. 2 | Tigers on the Ceiling
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 1951, dozens of people in the small French town of Pont St. Esprit fall ill with nausea, chills, and stomach pains. At first, the local doctor susp...
Ep. 1 | Ashes to Ashes
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the Spring of 1986, a man discovers that his elderly father has been trapped inside his home that was devastated by a fire. But no one can figure o...
Introducing: MrBallen's Medical Mysteries
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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