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The Conspirators Podcast

Ep. 92 - The Smell of Death

The Conspirators Podcast

The Conspirators Podcast

History, Society & Culture

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In February, 1994, a 34-year-old cancer patient named Gloria Ramirez was rushed into the Riverside General emergency room having difficulty breathing. Soon after, more than a dozen nurses, doctors and patients began passing out from toxic fumes that allegedly came from the woman's body. But what really caused this bizarre incident? Can science explain it? Or was it all part of a deeper conspiracy that people tried desperately to cover up? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4291 http://discovermagazine.com/1995/apr/analysisofatoxic493 https://littlespyeye.wordpress.com/2012/09/09/the-toxic-lady-gloria-ramirez/ Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/ Kai Engel http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/ Alex Mason & the Minor Emotion http://freemusicarchive.org/music/AlexMasonTheMinor_Emotion/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Whether it's an under the radar genre or a proper out there podcast, sometimes it's better when you get weird, especially when it comes to switching up your soft drink, introducing new Dr Pepper Zero

0:12.6

with the same blend of 23 unique flavors,

0:15.4

it tastes just as weird as regular Dr Pepper,

0:18.9

but with zero sugar and zero calories.

0:21.7

It's a taste you can't quite put your finger on.

0:24.0

Weird. But in a surprisingly good way, try more weird with Dr Pepper Zero. With all that's been written about the bizarre circumstances surrounding her death,

0:39.7

Gloria Ramirez's life is often overlooked. We have to look back before she became national news,

0:47.0

before she became a punchline on late night talk shows, or the inspiration for sci-Fi TV shows.

0:54.0

Gloria was born on January 11th, 1963 in Riverside, California.

1:00.0

She was friendly and a good talker.

1:02.0

A nice lady with a quick smile. People liked her.

1:07.0

She was one of three children in a tight-knit Mexican-American family. Her father was an auto mechanic, and her mother was a homemaker.

1:16.3

When she was a teenager, Gloria dropped out of high school.

1:20.0

After that, she worked a number of low-wage jobs over the years before meeting the father of her children.

1:24.8

A maintenance worker named Angel Arseniega.

1:30.0

In 1978, Angel saw her swimming at a Riverside Park and the couple fell in love.

1:34.7

They remained together for the next eight years, but the relationship ended in 1986,

1:41.1

and Gloria moved into a converted garage apartment at her parents' house with her two kids,

1:45.4

15-year-old Evelyn and 12-year-old Angel Buddy Jr.

1:50.3

Gloria would eventually become involved with another man named Johnny Estrada, and the couple would become engaged.

1:57.0

But in December 1994, Gloria began feeling ill and started losing weight fast. A month later she would be diagnosed with

2:05.9

advanced cervical cancer. It was a terminal diagnosis, which is even more tragic

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