Ep. 90 | Walk Like the Birds

MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries

Wondery | Ballen Studios

True Crime

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

One day at the park, a mother notices her young son is walking strangely – almost like Frankenstein. At first, she writes it off as an oddity. But soon, her son’s legs stop working altogether… and the rest of his body starts shutting down with them.

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0:00.0	Wondry Plus subscribers can listen to new episodes of Mr. Bollins Medical Mysteries early and ad-free right now.
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0:13.6	In 2015, a young mother sat in a hospital exam room clutching her hands nervously in her lap.
0:23.7	She took deep calming breaths, but it was barely working. On the other side of the room, a social worker
0:28.9	from Child Protective Services was barraging her with questions. 15 minutes earlier, this mother
0:34.6	had watched as her two-and-a-half-year- old son was wheeled out of the room, screaming and crying.
0:39.6	The doctor had told her they were going to see if his leg was broken and that she, the mom, could not come with them.
0:45.7	And now, this social worker wanted to know had the mother hurt her child.
0:50.8	The mother didn't know what to do because she knew she hadn't hurt her son,
0:57.9	but she had no idea how she was going to convince anyone.
1:15.1	From Ballin Studios and Wondry, I'm Mr. Ballin, and this is Mr. Ballin's Medical Mysteries,
1:22.3	where every week we will explore a new baffling mystery originating from the one place we all can't escape, our own bodies.
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