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MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries

Ep. 3 | A Change in Fortune

MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries

Wondery | Ballen Studios

True Crime

4.71.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

On a hot September day in 1986, a family in Goiania, Brazil, suddenly begin feeling sick after a celebration. The symptoms are horrific: vomiting, diarrhea, and bleeding. But one family member suspects something far worse. Her hunch soon leads to a devastating discovery.

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Hey Prime members, you can binge episode 17 through 24 of Mr.

0:05.1

Bollin's Medical Mysteries right now and add free on Amazon Music.

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Download the app today. In 1987, a woman walked into a public health center in Guayana, Brazil, desperate for help.

0:25.2

She was pale and weak, and she said a strange sickness was slowly killing her family.

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The official who saw the woman thought she was exaggerating,

0:33.0

but just 24 hours later, he realized she was the key to solving one of the worst disasters in Brazil's history.

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The Queen of the Court Room is back.

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How did I know that? I have crystal ball in my head.

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New cases.

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Leave her alone.

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So this is not a so.

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This is a period.

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Classic Judy.

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You can say anything.

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1:14.4

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wherever you get your podcast.

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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

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