This episode is one of five Mr. Ballin podcast episodes that we are currently offering for free on all podcast platforms.

But the story I'm about to tell has a medical twist to it.

And if you like what you hear hear you should search for my new

podcast mr. Boland's medical mysteries available wherever you get your

podcasts today's podcast features three unique stories about medical mishaps. The audio from all three of these

stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel and has been remastered for today's

episode. The links to the original YouTube videos are in the description. The first story you'll hear is called Side Effects, and it's about a healthy young man whose life was turned upside down after a minor pain in his leg revealed a big problem.

The second story you'll hear is called traffic,

and it's about a seemingly harmless mistake

that caused problems 40 years later.

And the third and final story you'll hear is called

16 minutes and it's about a man who experienced something truly horrific for

16 minutes and in fact it actually drove him insane. But before we get into those

stories if you're a fan of the Strange Dark and Mysterious Deliberton Story

format then you've come to the Right Podcast because that's all we do and we upload twice a week,

once on Monday and once on Thursday.

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Okay, let's get into our first story called Side effects. On the night of October 25th, 2009, a fit, healthy 30-year-old man named Alex was at home in

San Diego watching TV in bed.

At some point, he noticed there was a slight pain in his left Achilles

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