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MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries

Ep. 40 | Glass Baby

MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries

Wondery | Ballen Studios

True Crime

4.71.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

A couple in Colorado is accused of child abuse when their infant daughter is diagnosed with multiple fractures in her legs. The ordeal threatens to break the family apart – and there may be no putting them back together.

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0:00.0

Hey Prime members, you can Binge episodes 33 through 40 of Mr. Bollin's Medical Mysteries right now and

0:06.7

ad free on Amazon Music. Download the app today. Two social workers sat behind a desk looking looking couple.

0:25.0

The social workers tackled troubling cases all the time,

0:28.0

but this one was especially hard to stomach.

0:31.0

That day, a doctor had called the social workers about an infant

0:34.5

that the doctor was sure was being abused. He said this case was very serious and

0:39.9

he wanted the social workers to come and take custody of this child right now, before anybody else could hurt this little girl again.

0:47.0

The social workers had gone over to the hospital right away, and the evidence the doctor showed them was truly shocking.

0:54.7

From what they could see, this three-month-old baby hadn't just been hurt once, but many, many

0:59.8

times.

1:01.1

The parents denied doing anything to their child and talked about how much they cared for their child,

1:06.0

but the social workers had seen plenty of crocodile tears before,

1:09.5

and so they knew whatever happened next,

1:11.5

this couple would not be going home with their baby.

1:14.8

And frankly, if the social workers had their way, these parents would never come anywhere near

1:19.2

their baby ever again. From Wundry, I'm Indravama and this is the Spy Who.

1:29.5

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1:36.4

It's 1960 and the world's on the brink of nuclear war.

1:40.7

However, one man in Moscow is about to emerge from the shadows with an offer for the CIA.

1:47.0

His name is Oleg Penkovsky.

1:50.4

As a Cold War double agent, Penkovsky wants to supply the US with the Soviet Union's greatest nuclear

1:56.5

secrets.

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