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Dark Histories

Listen Now: MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries

Dark Histories

Ben Cutmore

History

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Follow MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries wherever you get your podcasts. You can binge the first 8 episodes, early and ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the Amazon Music app today. The human body is a miracle. But when it’s not working, it can be the stuff of nightmares. On this new series from master storyteller MrBallen, we’re sharing medical horror stories and diagnostic mysteries that are surgically calibrated to make your blood run cold. From bizarre, unheard-of diseases and miraculous recoveries to strange medical mishaps and unexplainable deaths — you’ll never hear the phrase “heart-stopping” in the same way again. MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries is a first of its kind collaboration between MrBallen and Wondery, the award-winning company behind Dr. Death. Listen Now: Wondery.fm/MBMM_DH Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey folks, get ready for a new season of Blowback, coming Monday, September 22nd.

0:05.5

This time around, we're covering the Cold War Showdown in Africa.

0:09.9

When apartheid South Africa invades the newly independent nation of Angola,

0:14.6

revolutionary Cuba sends its own army to defend its African ally,

0:19.2

while the United States backs a warlord whose only goal

0:22.6

is power.

0:23.6

Subscribe now at blowback.com. Show and get the entire season when it drops.

0:28.1

Add free.

0:29.4

Blowback.

0:29.9

Show.

0:35.7

Hello, this is Matt from the Explorers podcast. I want to invite you to join me on the voyages and journeys of the most famous explorers in the history of the world.

0:44.6

These are the thrilling and captivating stories of Magellan, Shackleton, Lewis, and Clark, and so many other famous and not so famous adventures from throughout history.

0:53.7

Go to Explorespodcast.com

0:55.4

or just look us up on your podcast app. That's the Explorers Podcast.

1:01.1

Hey everyone, I'm here to tell you about an all-new suspense-driven podcast, Mr. Bullen's

1:07.8

Medical Mysteries. It's hosted by Mr. Ballin, one of the internet's most popular

1:12.5

storytellers. Why medical mysteries? Well, we've all been there, turning to the internet to self-diagnose

1:19.7

inexplicable pains, debilitating body aches, sudden fevers and strange rashes. Though our minds

1:25.7

spiral to worst-case scenarios, it's usually nothing. But for an

1:29.9

unlucky few, these symptoms can start the clock ticking on a terrifying medical mystery. Each week on

1:37.1

Mr. Ballin's medical mysteries, you can expect bizarre, unheard-of diseases, miraculous recoveries,

1:43.7

strange medical mishapsaps and everything in between.

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