31 episodes
MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries Wondery
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4.8 • 109 Ratings
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The human body is a miracle. But when it’s not working, it can be the stuff of nightmares. On this new series from master storyteller MrBallen, we’re sharing medical horror stories and diagnostic mysteries that are surgically calibrated to make your blood run cold.
From bizarre, unheard-of diseases and miraculous recoveries to strange medical mishaps and unexplainable deaths — you’ll never hear the phrase “heart-stopping” in the same way again. MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries is a first-of-its-kind collaboration between MrBallen and Wondery, the award-winning company behind Dr. Death.
Follow MrBallen's Medical Mysteries on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes publish for free every Tuesday. Prime members can binge episodes 25 - 32 early and ad-free on Amazon Music.
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Ep. 30 | Look Closely/Burning From the Inside
“Look Closely”
A teenage boy suddenly falls into critical condition while on vacation with his family in Orlando, Florida. When his doctors find out what’s wrong with him, they fear the worst – this disease is almost always fatal. In order to save him, they’ll have to act faster than they ever have before.
“Burning From the Inside”
After a young woman crushes her hand in a workplace accident, she begins experiencing debilitating pain throughout her entire body. Will she be able to endure it long enough for her doctors to save her?
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Ep. 29 | It Came From the Basement
When a woman’s five-year-old son in Niagara Falls, New York, suddenly develops epilepsy, she becomes determined to figure out what made him sick. What she finds leads her to one of the biggest cover ups in American history.
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Ep. 28 | Dead Tired
A mother in Fresno, California races her young son to the emergency room after he goes limp and his eyes roll back in his head. It turns out, the boy was poisoned. And the true culprit was something no one ever saw coming.
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Ep. 27 | Deadly Cramp
A semi-pro tennis player nearly drowns in the pool when she suffers sudden, cramping pain in her midsection. Her doctors fear she has cancer, but then they realize that other people are showing the exact same symptoms.
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Ep. 26 | The Birds
In the summer of 1999, a mysterious outbreak rages through New York City, paralyzing and even killing its victims. Doctors scramble for a solution, not realizing the answer is lying at their feet.
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Ep. 25 | It Moves
A young woman working on a fishing vessel in Alaska begins experiencing a strange burning sensation in her eye. What she finds inside her eyelid makes her skin crawl.
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Customer Reviews
maybe I want to be a doctor
Every mr. ballen medical mystery’s episode I really like and maybe when I’m older I’ll be a doctor because whenever I am listening to a episode I like to try to guess on what is going to happy I always get excited when I get my guess right!
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Love it
The Mr Ballin podcast is awesome. This is just an extension of that so it is also awesome.
Look forward to every episode!
I love this show so much. Hands down one of my favourites and I can’t wait for new episodes to be released!