Ep. 95 | Two Hearts Beat As One

MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries

Wondery | Ballen Studios

True Crime

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

After sitting down for a nice meal with her husband, a woman becomes violently ill and has to be hospitalized. But the problem isn’t her stomach – it’s her heart. Making things even stranger, her husband ends up in the ER too. And if their doctors can’t find the common denominator between their cases… both husband and wife could end up dead.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members. You can listen to new episodes of Mr. Ballin's medical mysteries early and ad-free.
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0:13.9	In the spring of 2016, an older woman lay in a bed in a cardiac ICU, talking to her sister on the phone.
0:21.9	The woman had been in the hospital for three days. She was still feeling weak, but her sister's call was a welcome distraction.
0:27.8	Their laughter filled the room as they relive some past memories. But then suddenly, the woman
0:32.9	stopped laughing. Pain began to creep around her back and then shot through her chest. She took in a deep
0:39.6	breath, but couldn't let it out again. And then she couldn't take another one. Her hand shook
0:44.6	and she dropped the phone. She could hear her sister calling her name over and over, but she couldn't
0:49.4	answer. Seconds later, a team of doctors and nurses surrounded her bed. Bells rang and lights flashed around her.
0:57.0	She could hear a doctor calling her name, but she couldn't make out what he was saying.
1:01.0	And then everything began to fade away.
1:03.0	Her vision blurred and the loud beep sounded distant.
1:06.0	And for a few peaceful seconds, all she could remember was being a little girl, laughing along
1:11.7	with her sister. Then everything went black.
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