Listen Now: MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries

Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal

Jason Horton & Rebecca Leib

True Crime, Unknown, Paranormal, Weird History, Social Sciences, History, Science

3.7 • 928 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_GT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey listeners, I'm here to tell you about an all-new suspense-driven podcast.
0:04.4	Mr. Ballin's Medical Mysteries.
0:06.5	It's hosted by Mr. Ballin, one of the internet's most popular storytellers.
0:10.8	Why medical mysteries?
0:12.0	Well, we've all been there.
0:13.6	Turning to the internet, to self-diagnose, inexplicable pains, debilitating body aches, sudden
0:19.4	fevers, and strange rashes.
0:21.4	There are minds spiraled to worst-case scenarios, it's usually nothing.
0:25.2	But for an unlucky few, these symptoms can start the clock ticking on a terrifying medical
0:29.8	mystery.
0:30.8	Each week on Mr. Ballin's Medical Mysteries, you can expect bizarre, unheard of diseases,
0:35.6	miraculous recoveries, strange medical mishaps, and everything in between.
0:40.6	Like the unexplainable death of a retired firefighter whose body was reduced to ashes, even though
0:46.0	nothing around him burned.
0:47.8	With a time when, an entire town became ill with nausea and chills.
0:51.8	The local doctor initially chalked it up to being food poisoning, until people started
0:55.7	jumping from buildings and seeing tigers on their ceilings.
0:59.3	This terrifying true story will be sure to keep you up at night.
1:02.6	I'm about to play a clip from Mr. Ballin's Medical Mysteries.
1:06.2	While you're listening, follow Mr. Ballin's Medical Mysteries on Amazon Music or wherever
1:10.8	you get your podcasts.
1:20.8	On a humid summer morning in June 1999, 36-year-old Sanju Bagat was hard at work on a farm outside
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