Ep. 77 | The Sliver/Killer Style

MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries

Wondery | Ballen Studios

True Crime

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

“The Sliver”: After a man survives a terrible car accident with only a cracked vertebra, he feels grateful to have emerged relatively unscathed. But after undergoing surgery to fix the problem, his pain only grows worse – and soon, he’s on the verge of death. And there are only hours left to save him.

“Killer Style”: A young man in Turkey leaves his small village for the big city to chase his dreams. But soon, he finds himself so short of breath, he can’t work – let alone breathe. If he can’t work, he won’t be able to afford to stay. However, as his health gets worse and worse, his job is the least of his worries.

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0:10.5	In the spring of 2021, a man in his mid-50s crouched beside a raised bed of cherry tomatoes pulling out weeds.
0:21.8	Gardening was one of his greatest pleasures, but he'd been away from it for a few days due to a recent surgery.
0:27.2	He could feel a subtle pain creeping up his chest and up into his jaw, but he thought a little
0:31.7	gardening wouldn't make it any worse. Suddenly, the man felt like someone had stabbed him in the chest.
0:38.1	He took a seat on the ground and began breathing slowly to calm himself down and he put his hand over his heart.
0:44.0	The beat was steady, but so was the pain now washing over him in waves.
0:48.6	With difficulty, he pulled himself to his feet, staggered over to the patio, slumped in a chair, and took a sip of water.
0:54.9	But it didn't help.
0:56.6	The pain only got more and more intense until he realized he might be having a heart attack.
1:02.6	Just as his vision began to cloud, he reached across the table, grabbed his phone, and dialed 911.
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