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MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries

Ep. 24 | Blood on Their Hands

MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries

Wondery | Ballen Studios

True Crime

4.71.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In the summer of 1846, a young doctor is thrilled to join Austria’s prestigious Vienna General Hospital. But he soon discovers that new mothers in one of the hospital’s maternity wards are dying at a disturbing rate. He desperately seeks an answer for why it’s happening… and what he finds changes the field of medicine forever.



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Hey Prime members, you can binge episode 17 through 24 of Mr. Boland's medical mysteries right now and

0:07.5

add free on Amazon Music. Download the app today. In the summer of 1846, a young woman screamed in pain and fear as a pair of orderlies carried her

0:25.1

through the doors of Vienna General Hospital. The woman was about to give

0:29.0

birth and even though she'd been taken to one of the best hospitals in all of Austria, she was still afraid of what would happen next.

0:36.2

The Orderlies carried her stretcher down a hallway, and the woman craned her neck to see where they were taking her.

0:42.0

But a moment later, she was struck by a painful

0:44.2

contraction and had to close her eyes. The woman heard the Orderlies burst through

0:48.7

another set of doors and then she heard the cries of other women growing

0:52.3

louder and louder.

0:53.7

The woman opened her eyes and tried to get her bearings, but everything was a blur.

0:57.7

Then the Orderlies picked her up and settled her into a bed in a big room full of women delivering babies.

1:04.0

The second the Orderlies left, the woman shouted out for a doctor.

1:08.0

A young man ran over and when he asked how he could help,

1:11.0

the woman grabbed his white coat and she asked him which ward is this.

1:15.7

And when he told her, she burst into tears. Because she knew there was a very good chance

1:20.7

she'd never leave this room alive. I'm Hannah and I'm Sirooty and we are the hosts of Red-handed a weekly true-crime

1:34.2

podcast every week on Red-handed we get stuck into the most talked about cases from

1:38.7

Idaho student killings the Delphi murders and our recent rundown of the Murdoch saga.

1:44.0

Last year we also started a second weekly show, shorthand,

1:48.0

which is just an excuse for us to talk about anything we find interesting

1:50.0

because it's our show and we can do what we like.

1:52.0

We've covered the death of Princess Diana, an unholy Quran written in Saddam Hussein's blood,

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