104. Lovesick: A Tale of Poison

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

True Crime, Fiction, Drama, History

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🗓️ 13 February 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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In March of 2023, an office manager at a dentist office in Colorado received a package that would make her blood run cold. It was cyanide, and it was addressed to her boss, whose wife had been in the hospital with a strange illness... TW: Mentions of suicide, domestic violence If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic violence, you can find more resources at: https://acf.gov/archive/ofvps/fact-sheet/domestic-violence-resource-network-organization-descriptions Subscribe on Patreon for bonus content and to become a member of our Rogue Detecting Society. Patrons have access to bonus content as well as other perks. And members of our High Council on Patreon have access to our after-show called Footnotes, where I share my case file with our producer, Matt. Apple subscriptions are now live! Get access to bonus episodes and more when you subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Follow on Tik Tok and Instagram for a daily dose of horror. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On March 15, 2023, a Colorado man named James Craig sat by his wife's hospital bed.
0:08.4	There, 43-year-old Angela Craig, mother of six, was hooked up to machines that were gently beeping and whirring.
0:16.0	About a week and a half prior to this, Angela had started feeling strange.
0:22.7	She texted her husband James in the middle of the day that she was feeling dizzy and cold, and it was almost like her eyes couldn't focus.
0:29.2	He was concerned enough to bring her to the hospital, but once they got there, her symptoms
0:33.9	improved quickly, and then she was sent home. But just a few days later, things took a turn for the worse.
0:41.2	A wave of severe nausea and headaches washed over her, and so she was brought back to the
0:47.5	hospital.
0:48.5	The second time she was there, Angela stayed for about a week, and once again, the symptoms
0:53.2	started improving. The doctors ran a bunch of labs, and once again, the symptoms started improving.
0:58.1	The doctors ran a bunch of labs, and nothing really jumped out at them.
1:04.1	They weren't really sure why these symptoms had started, but her vitals had gotten stronger,
1:05.8	and she wasn't feeling as horrible.
1:08.3	And so, she was released.
1:14.8	But within 24 hours of her leaving the hospital for the second time, she was back. But this time, things were looking much worse for Angela.
1:19.6	She couldn't even open her eyes.
1:21.7	And yet, doctors still had no idea where this mysterious illness was stemming from.
1:28.2	In the hospital room with James and Angela was a man named Ryan, who had known the couple
1:32.6	for a long time.
1:33.6	He'd gone into business with James to start their own dental office, and they had become
1:37.8	well respected in their community.
1:40.3	James was particularly liked.
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