Ep. 10 | Sin Nombre

MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries

Wondery | Ballen Studios

True Crime

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

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 they suffocate. The CDC’s best scientists scramble to uncover what’s causing it before it spreads – and the answer might lie in a story from ancient Navajo legend.

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0:09.4	Download the app today. In June of 1993 a doctor for the Centers for Disease Control stood on the Navajo Nation Reservation in the
0:25.3	southwestern United States.
0:27.6	He was dressed in a heavy hazmat suit and he was desperate to take off his helmet and
0:31.8	drink some water. But he couldn't afford to take off his helmet and drink some water.
0:33.7	But he couldn't afford to take that risk.
0:36.0	A fatal disease was spreading throughout the area and no one knew what it was.
0:41.2	But Navajo Elders, who lived here, said the disease was caused by a deadly
0:45.2	creature known from their ancient legends and as strange as that sounded this
0:49.6	doctor was actually inclined to believe them. He knew he had to find this creature and
0:55.1	catch it before more people died.
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1:50.0	From ball in From Ballin Studios and Wundry, I'm Mr. Ballin, and this is Mr. Ballin's Medical Mysteries. Where every week we will explore a new baffling mystery originating from the one place we all can't escape,
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