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MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries

Fan Favorite | It Came From the Basement

MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries

Audible | Ballen Studios

True Crime

4.72.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Following the epic crossover between MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries and Redacted: Declassified Mysteries, hosted by Luke Lamana, we’re revisiting some of our favorite episodes where the line between medical mystery and dark conspiracy becomes blurred.

When a woman’s five-year-old son in Niagara Falls, New York, suddenly develops epilepsy, she becomes determined to figure out what made him sick. What she finds leads her to one of the biggest cover ups in American history.

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0:00.0

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0:06.0

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0:14.9

On a late summer morning in 1977, a five-year-old boy ran around the school playground with his friends.

0:24.3

It was his first day of kindergarten in Niagara Falls, New York, and the little boy was having a blast.

0:29.5

He'd just gotten over a nasty cold, and so now he was thrilled to be feeling good enough again

0:34.1

that he could actually keep up with the other kids.

0:37.1

But as he chased after them

0:38.6

over to the swings, the little boy began to feel strange. His head began to feel really heavy,

0:44.3

and also he couldn't really concentrate, and then the next thing he knew, he was waking up in the

0:48.9

school nurse's office. The nurse was looking at him with a smile on her face, but the little boy

0:54.0

could tell she was clearly worried about something.

0:57.1

She told him he'd had something called a seizure.

1:00.0

Now, the boy wasn't sure what that was, but just the way the nurse said it, he knew it had to be serious.

1:05.8

Tears began to well up in the boy's eyes, and the nurse immediately told him that his mom was on the way and she'd be there soon.

1:12.3

The boy wiped the tears away and tried to put on a brave face, but inside, he was terrified.

1:17.5

He wanted to believe his mom would show up and make everything okay again, but at the same time,

1:22.6

he had never felt so strange before in his whole life, and he knew deep down that there were some things

1:28.3

parents just couldn't fix. He just hoped whatever was happening to him was not one of those things. Searching for a romantic summer getaway.

1:48.0

Escape with Rich Girl Summer, the new audible original from Lily Chew.

1:52.7

The exquisitely talented Philippa Sue, returning to narrate her fifth Lily Chew title.

1:58.0

This time, Philippa is joined by her real-life husband, Stephen Pasquale, set in Toronto's wealthy cottage country, aka the Hamptons of Canada,

2:01.5

Rich Girl Summer follows the story of Valerie, a down-on-her-luck event planner,

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