Update

Hello. I have not touched this blog in quite some time, due to other stuff but all also somewhat lack of motivation (sorry). However, I do plan on doing some updates to all the music breakdowns (which will be done over time, and in no particular order of episode).

In September 2023 and a couple instances in 2024, I did separate music breakdowns for the UK/European prints of certain episodes, which contain additional scenes not found in the U.S. prints. However, I will be deleting those in the coming days. Instead, I will add the music that plays in international-exclusive scenes to the main music breakdown of each episode but color-coding them (as well as certain scene descriptions if a track that plays in a scene in the U.S. print continues playing into a scene exclusive to international prints). This way I will be able to reduce clutter and not have so many links on my blog. I will also be re-arranging the order of the episodes via production order rather than U.S. airdate order.

This is also largely because I have found out that Latin America & South Asia have their own international prints with their own exclusive scenes. Their prints contain some of the scenes that the UK/European prints have, but not all of them.

This is the color code that scenes exclusive to certain prints will follow, with the following descriptions in their matching color code:

- Found in both the UK/European and Latin American/South Asian prints.

- Found only in the UK/European prints.

- Found only in the Latin American/South Asian prints.

- Found exclusively to the South Asian prints of episodes from season 2; this is a really weird case, but I have found the South Asian prints of season 2 (both TV recordings I have found on Bilibili and the prints I found on Discovery+ India) have all the scenes from the UK/European prints (except for one instance in Stowaways) AND additional scenes exclusive to their prints, meaning each episode from this season averages around 47 minutes in their prints. The Latin American prints I found on their HBO Max only appear to contain certain scenes.

- Found in the UK/European and South Asian prints of episodes from season 2, but not the Latin American prints.

- Found exclusively in the Latin American prints of season 2 from HBO Max (of whom are no longer on the service as of December 2025; this only applies to Shape Shifters, as I haven't found any other scenes in the other season 2 episodes that are like this).

Some notes about the availability of these prints.

- These prints have fewer commercial breaks and some of the scenes immediately after the commercial breaks missing in these versions are absent, but I will refrain right now from noting these.

- I have the UK/European prints of all episodes (seasons 1-8). Seasons 1-7 were ripped from Discovery+ UK (they no longer have seasons 5-7 for some reason, and never had season 8) and Season 8 is ripped from Discovery+ Germany (they no longer have that season either). Currently, Discovery+ Norway and Sweden have all seasons except for season 5. If anyone wants these rips please email me at ilovededede2@gmail.com as I have uploaded them to MEGA for preservation purposes.

- For the Latin American/South Asian prints, I currently have seasons 1-4 and 6. The first two seasons I ripped from Discovery+ India and seasons 3-4 and 6 I ripped from the Brazilian HBO Max. Unfortunately, seasons 5 and 7-8 are not available on the Brazilian HBO Max yet, Discovery+ India only has the first two seasons (I am aware that Discovery+ Brazil, before it shut down in February, had all 8 seasons, which is making me beat myself in the head for not ripping them before it went down) T̶h̶e̶ ̶o̶n̶l̶y̶ ̶p̶l̶a̶c̶e̶ ̶I̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶b̶e̶e̶n̶ ̶a̶b̶l̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶f̶i̶n̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶L̶a̶t̶i̶n̶ ̶A̶m̶e̶r̶i̶c̶a̶n̶/̶S̶o̶u̶t̶h̶ ̶A̶s̶i̶a̶n̶ ̶p̶r̶i̶n̶t̶s̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶s̶e̶a̶s̶o̶n̶s̶ ̶5̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶7̶-̶8̶ ̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶M̶a̶i̶n̶l̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶C̶h̶i̶n̶e̶s̶e̶ ̶B̶i̶l̶i̶b̶i̶l̶i̶ ̶w̶e̶b̶s̶i̶t̶e̶ ̶(̶l̶i̶n̶k̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶s̶e̶a̶s̶o̶n̶ ̶5̶ ̶=̶ ̶h̶t̶t̶p̶s̶:̶/̶/̶w̶w̶w̶.̶b̶i̶l̶i̶b̶i̶l̶i̶.̶c̶o̶m̶/̶b̶a̶n̶g̶u̶m̶i̶/̶p̶l̶a̶y̶/̶e̶p̶2̶5̶3̶7̶1̶9̶?̶f̶r̶o̶m̶_̶s̶p̶m̶i̶d̶=̶6̶6̶6̶.̶2̶5̶.̶e̶p̶i̶s̶o̶d̶e̶.̶0̶)̶,̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶p̶r̶e̶m̶i̶u̶m̶ ̶m̶e̶m̶b̶e̶r̶s̶ ̶o̶n̶l̶y̶,̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶b̶e̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶C̶a̶n̶a̶d̶a̶,̶ ̶I̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶f̶o̶u̶n̶d̶ ̶n̶o̶ ̶w̶a̶y̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶p̶a̶y̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶a̶ ̶m̶e̶m̶b̶e̶r̶s̶h̶i̶p̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶y̶ ̶s̶e̶e̶m̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶o̶n̶l̶y̶ ̶a̶c̶c̶e̶p̶t̶ ̶c̶r̶e̶d̶i̶t̶ ̶p̶a̶y̶m̶e̶n̶t̶s̶ ̶f̶r̶o̶m̶ ̶C̶h̶i̶n̶e̶s̶e̶ ̶c̶o̶m̶p̶a̶n̶i̶e̶s̶ ̶l̶i̶k̶e̶ ̶W̶e̶C̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶A̶l̶i̶P̶a̶y̶,̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶I̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶h̶a̶d̶ ̶n̶o̶ ̶l̶u̶c̶k̶ ̶f̶i̶n̶d̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶a̶ ̶g̶i̶f̶t̶ ̶c̶a̶r̶d̶/̶v̶o̶u̶c̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶M̶a̶i̶n̶l̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶C̶h̶i̶n̶a̶ ̶w̶e̶b̶s̶i̶t̶e̶.̶ ̶H̶e̶l̶p̶ ̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶w̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶m̶u̶c̶h̶ ̶a̶p̶p̶r̶e̶c̶i̶a̶t̶e̶d̶!̶ ̶I̶f̶ ̶a̶n̶y̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶k̶n̶o̶w̶s̶ ̶h̶o̶w̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶r̶i̶p̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶s̶e̶ ̶p̶r̶i̶n̶t̶s̶ ̶f̶r̶o̶m̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶B̶i̶l̶i̶b̶i̶l̶i̶ ̶w̶e̶b̶s̶i̶t̶e̶,̶ ̶t̶h̶r̶o̶u̶g̶h̶ ̶a̶n̶y̶ ̶m̶e̶t̶h̶o̶d̶,̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶ ̶h̶e̶l̶p̶ ̶m̶e̶ ̶o̶u̶t̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶g̶i̶v̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶m̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶p̶r̶i̶n̶t̶s̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶s̶e̶a̶s̶o̶n̶s̶ ̶5̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶7̶-̶8̶ ̶i̶f̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶a̶b̶l̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶,̶ ̶a̶t̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶e̶m̶a̶i̶l̶ ̶(̶i̶l̶o̶v̶e̶d̶e̶d̶e̶d̶e̶2̶@̶g̶m̶a̶i̶l̶.̶c̶o̶m̶)̶,̶ ̶u̶n̶l̶e̶s̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶L̶a̶t̶i̶n̶ ̶A̶m̶e̶r̶i̶c̶a̶n̶ ̶H̶B̶O̶ ̶M̶a̶x̶ ̶e̶v̶e̶n̶t̶u̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶r̶e̶l̶e̶a̶s̶e̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶o̶s̶e̶ ̶s̶e̶a̶s̶o̶n̶s̶.̶  I managed to find a site that has these rips, so scratch that.

This will be a work in progress, so don't expect everything to be done immediately. It might take a while.

UPDATE (1/23/2026): I should note that some scenes that are in both the UK/European and South Asian/Latin American prints (the scenes marked in green) are play at different times in both parts; a part that's present in both prints may play earlier or later in the UK/European prints than in the South Asian/Latin American prints. I am ordering the scenes based off the South Asian/Latin American prints because most of these seem to be where the scenes should be going (don't me ask why this happens, maybe whoever edits the scenes was clueless and put them in a weird spot :|)

UPDATE (1/24/2026): Finally added all the international-exclusive scenes for every episode! It's done! Obviously not every track has been identified but I'll still be working on that.

There Are Twigs In My Urine

 - Inner Space - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (episode intro)

CASE 1

- According to Plan - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Torrance, California)

- Investigate - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Miles Hankins [Ah2 Music] (Barrett Orteg is a former paratrooper who loves to travel, and is dating Tammy Dengi)

- Aftereffect - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (one December morning, after returning home from a trip abroad, Barrett is in bed sleeping/Barrett wakes up to see multiple bites on his legs)

- Urgency 3 - Helen Jane Long [Audio Network] (Tammy tells Barrett to see a doctor, but Barrett decides not to worry)

- Life or Death - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (but 3 days later, the bites are still there/while doing some yard work, Barrett starts to feel a burning sensation on his bites)

- The Rat Race - Christophe Boutin [APM Music] (the next day, Barrett goes to see his primary care physician, who gives him a pain reliever)

- Uncovered (a) - Jay Price [APM Music] (after three days of taking the medication, Barrett's bites disappear)

- ? (but two weeks later, while at a martial arts class, Barrett notices a new mark on his wrist)

- Hidden Truth - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (when Barrett returns home, Tammy notices the red mark)

- Critical Tension - Philip Guyler [Audio Network] (Tammy tells Barrett to get his wound checked out, but Barrett again decides not to worry)

- ? (but over the next three weeks, the spot on Barrett's wrist continues to get worse)

- Mainframe - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams (eventually, the worsening growth affects Barrett's workout routine)

- ? (while at the gym, Barrett develops an excruciating pain in his arm)

- Hypnosis - Helen Jane Long [Audio Network] (a few days later, Barrett's growth hasn't healed, and his father, who comes for a visit, notices it)

- Lost - Laurent Sauvagnac, Stephane Zidi [APM Music] (Barrett returns to the doctor)

- Investigation - Bruno Pilloix, Lionel Wendling [APM Music] (doctor believes the wound could be skin cancer)

- ? (doctor refers Barrett to a dermatologist)

- For Whom the Bell Tolls - Oliver Ledbury [Audio Network] (dermatologist, however, doesn't believe it's skin cancer)

- ? (Barrett becomes concerned though, as the cause of the growth is still a mystery)

- ? ("For the past few months, Barrett Orteg has had a mysterious growth on his wrist, but his doctors are baffled, and Barrett's beginning to panic."/dermatologist orders a biopsy of the growth)

- ? (for the next week, Barrett tries to go about his normal routine, but is constantly anxious, and his growth keeps getting bigger)

- ? (a week later, Barrett gets a call from the dermatologist, who says that the results of his biopsy are inconclusive)

- ? (Barrett's case is taken over by infectious disease specialist Dr. Aric Gregson)

- Ferro Ignique 2 - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock, Ellie Kidd [Audio Network] (Dr. Gregson instantly recognizes what Barrett's infection might be)

- Hell on Earth - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (cutaneous leishmaniasis)

- Hanging On - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (the leishmania parasites are feeding on Barrett's white blood cells and causing the growth on his wrist)

- Intentional Concealment - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] ("There are over 20 species of leishmania parasite.")

- ? (Dr. Gregson believes Barrett has a dangerous species of the parasite called leishmania braziliensis)

- ? ("Barrett and Tammy are horrified.")

- Mission Aborted - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] (the leishmania parasite is spread by sandflies)

- Barren Desert No Pluck Syn - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Barrett likely contracted the parasite while on a backpacking trip to Peru four months prior)

- No Keys to Get In - Olivier Topart, Timothee Zephir [APM Music] (Dr. Gregson prescribes Barrett pentostam, a special medication not widely available in the U.S.)

- Night Turns Day - Brian Reidinger, Ryan Leach, Darren Drew [KPM Music] (the CDC finally approves the treatment approximately two months after Barrett's visit to Dr. Gregson)

- ? (today, Barrett is still undergoing the medication, but is positive he will get better, and it isn't going to stop him from travelling)

- Source Code - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Miles Hankins [Ah2 Music] (how to avoid the leishmania parasite)

- Creepy Feeling Str - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Jonathon Beers [Ah2 Music] ("Some microscopic parasites, like leishmania, need a vector, like a sandfly...")

CASE 2

- ? ("...in order to infiltrate our bodies...but others can infect us all by themselves, as one woman is about to find out."/case intro)

- Warming Trend - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (San Diego, California/Jackie Dean works as a registered nurse)

- Wishing Star - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Jackie also loves looking after animals, and is close to her mother, Sue)

- Hoffmans Risers Tutti 1 - Robin Hoffmann [Upright Music] ("But this caregiver is about to have a medical emergency of her own.")

- Forward Thinking - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (one day in October, Jackie is heading with a group of doctors and nurses to Mexico on a medical mission)

- Covert Affairs - Bob Bradley, Steve Dymond, Matthew Sanchez [APM Music] (midway through the journey, Jackie develops abdominal cramps, but she blows them off)

- ? (but as the journey continues, the pain in Jackie's stomach only gets worse)

- ? (Jackie remains in the van for a few hours, before getting a ride back to San Diego)

- Problem - Bruno Pilloix, Lionel Wendling [APM Music] (Jackie heads to the emergency room)

- ? (doctor believes Jackie may have kidney stones)

- Thriller Underscore - Laurent Juillet [APM Music] (doctor orders an X-ray, but finds no kidney stones, believes Jackie may have passed it already, and gives her medication)

- ? (Jackie takes the medication for the next few days, and it appears to work)

- ? (the following week, Jackie is working a shift at the hospital)

- ? (while preparing to discharge a patient, Jackie starts to feel dizzy)

- Never Easy - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] ("For the past few weeks, Jackie Dean has been suffering from excruciating pain in her abdomen...and now she's started to have fainting spells at work.")

- ? (over the next several days, Jackie continues to feel dizzy, and her abdominal pain returns)

- Other World - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Jackie schedules an appointment with a urologist)

- Injury - Bruno Pilloix, Lionel Wendling [APM Music] (doctor finds blood in Jackie's urine)

- ? (urologist diagnoses Jackie with interstitial cystitis)

- Ultimate Decision - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] ("I felt pretty devastated."/doctor gives Jackie medication)

- Critical Tension - Philip Guyler [Audio Network] (that night, Jackie calls her mother, Sue, who lives in Canada)

- Enter the Catacombs - Ron Riddle [KPM Music] (over the next several weeks, Jackie faithfully takes her prescribed medications)

- ? (then one night, as Jackie is trying to sleep, her pain becomes intense, and she rushes to the bathroom to urinate)

- ? (Jackie looks over into the toilet and sees blood and twig-like pieces in her urine)

- Half Life - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (that afternoon, Jackie brings one of the twig-like pieces to her urologist, but thinks the pieces are simply from her toilet not being clean)

- Next Up - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (doctor believes Jackie's continuous symptoms are from her interstitial cystitis)

- Behind the Night - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Jackie feels her doctors are going straight to interstitial cystitis instead of investigating further)

- Dark Times No Dr - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Jonathon Beers [Ah2 Music] (over the next few years, Jackie's condition spirals downwards, and feels isolated and lonely/Jackie's mother comes down from Canada to take care of her)

- ? (finally, Jackie becomes so desperate she researches her symptoms online)

- ? (the next morning, Jackie makes an appointment with her primary care physician, who tests her for different pathologies at Jackie's request, and one test comes back positive)

- ? ("Following years of severe abdominal cramps, Jackie Dean was diagnosed with interstitial cystitis...but she became convinced it was something else, and now a physician might have identified the true case of her agony.")

- Eerie Cave - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Miles Hankins [Ah2 Music] (schistosomiasis)

- A Timely Matter - Brian Reidinger, Ryan Leach, Darren Drew [KPM Music] ("I never thought in a million years it could be a parasitic infection...I was terrified.")

- ? (schistosoma parasites are releasing eggs that are lodging in Jackie's bladder and intestines)

- ? ("When schistosoma eggs become lodged in organ tissues, the immune system responds by encasing them in a hard shell of specialized cells called a granuloma.")

- ? ("Dr. Patrick Okolo is a gastroenterologist who's done extensive research on schistosomiasis...and knows how hard it can be to diagnose.")

- Past Burdens - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (Jackie placed on praziquentel)

- ? (Schistosoma parasites are found in freshwater lakes across Africa, Asia, and the Americas/Jackie believes she became infected wile cave-tubing in Belize during a cruise she went on)

- Quality Control - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Miles Hankins [Ah2 Music] (schistosomiasis is sometimes called snail fever because schistosoma larvae incubate in many different species of freshwater snail)

- After Tomorrow No Pno Hrp - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (today, Jackie is still dealing with the residual effects of her infection, but is improving, and is back to her old self)

- Intentional Concealment - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] (how to avoid contracting schistosomiasis)

- Creepy Feeling Str - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Jonathon Beers [Ah2 Music] ("Some monsters can make life a living hell...")

CASE 3

- ? ("...while others threaten to take away the most precious thing we have."/case intro)

- American All - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Philip Symonds [Ah2 Music] (Fishers, Indiana/Dave Paciorek works as a logistics manager, and his wife Michelle is a store manager at a national chain)

- Hoffmans Risers Tutti 2 - Robin Hoffmann [Upright Music] ("But an unexpected threat will throw this couple's finely tuned life into chaos.")

- Determined - Jody Jenkins [Audio Network] (September 2011 -- Michelle is 6 months pregnant with their second child)

- Laying in Wait - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (one evening, while watching TV with Dave, Michelle starts to feel cold)

- ? (Michelle puts a sweatshirt on, but can't stop shivering)

- Algorithm - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard (the following morning, Michelle wakes up on time as normal)

- Uncovered (a) - Jay Price [APM Music] (Michelle wakes up drenched in sweat/Michelle believes her sweats were caused by wearing extra layers of clothing)

- ? (at work, Michelle sees a shelf that needs rearranging)

- Rural Prison* - Doug Bossi, Doug Beiden [KPM Music] (Michelle starts to feel unusually fatigued/Michelle is forced to take a break despite it being early in the day)

- ? (two days later, Michelle's symptoms have gotten worse)

- ? (that night, Michelle feels an intense pressure in her head)

- Anticipation (a) - Anselm Kreuzer, Michi Koerner [APM Music] (after dinner, Dave checks on Michelle)

- Threat Level - Matt Hill [Audio Network] (later that evening, Michelle and Dave are watching TV in their bedroom)

- Hanging On - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] ("Then suddenly, Michelle starts feeling a strange sensation.")

- Into Darkness - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Michelle's legs start to hurt)

- ? (Dave massages Michelle's legs to try and help her feel better)

- ? (over the next two days, Michelle continues to have flu-like symptoms)

- ? (Michelle starts to have night sweats)

- Brain Drain - Bob Bradley [Audio Network] (instead of going to the hospital, Michelle decides to wait for her next doctor's appointment in a few days' time)

- Predators - Daniel Diaz [Cezame Music Agency] (the next morning, Michelle goes to work)

- Rises and Swells - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock, Ellie Kidd [Audio Network] (Michelle feels a sharp pain in her abdomen while working)

- ? ("For about a week, Michelle Paciorek has been suffering extreme flu-like symptoms...and now, 6 months pregnant, she's also experiencing disturbing abdominal pains.")

- ? (Despite her discomfort, Michelle finishes her day at work)

- ? (a few days later, during a prenatal checkup appointment, Michelle expresses all her concerns, and her doctor believes she's been experiencing a phenomenon known as Braxton Hicks)

- ? (explanation of Braxton Hicks contractions)

- ? (doctor diagnoses Michelle with a case of the flu)

- Against the Clock - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (doctor performs an ultrasound exam, which comes back normal)

- Shadow Heart - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (over the next week, Michelle continues to experience intermittent flu-like symptoms)

- ? (in the middle of the week, Michelle decides to take a day off work and spend time with her firstborn daughter, Madison, who stays home from school)

- The Mine - Bob Bradley [Audio Network] (Michelle and Madison go to their local nail salon to get their nails done)

- ? (Michelle starts to feel intense contraction-like pain)

- ? (Michelle calls her doctor's office, who tells her to go straight to the E.R., so she calls Dave to bring her there)

- ? (doctors realize Michelle is in early labor, but are baffled by what's triggering it)

- ? (Michelle's case is assigned to pediatric specialist Dr. Christopher Belcher/doctors determine Michelle's infection is so bad her baby has to be delivered)

- ? ("It was probably the hardest moment of my life to tell you that you might lose your child.")

- ? (within 10 minutes, the baby is delivered, but doesn't cry)

- ? (the medical team immediately places the newborn baby in the neonatal intensive care unit)

- Rises and Swells - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock, Ellie Kidd [Audio Network] (briefly plays before commercial break)

- ? ("Michelle and Dave Paciorek's daughter has been born ten weeks prematurely."/Dr. Belcher orders a round of blood tests, which reveals a bacteria)

- Lunar Eclipse - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Michelle and Patrick name their newborn daughter Kendall)

- ? (the next day, Dr. Belcher tells Michelle the diagnosis)

- Listed Seveso - Jean-Philippe Dutheil [Cezame Music Agency] (listeria)

- ? (the listeria bacteria have triggered Michelle's premature labor)

- ? (Michelle can't recall how she contracted the bacteria)

- Levels of Violence - Barrie Gledden, Steve Dymond [Audio Network] (listeria is found in many agricultural environments, and if they get onto food products, can be very difficult to get rid of)

- Tense Strings Rise - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (Dr. Belcher believes Michelle's case of listeria is part of an outbreak tied to cantaloupes)

- Victims Memory - Lois Blanca [Cezame Music Agency] (Michelle remembers eating cantaloupe)

- ? (an investigation confirms Michelle is part of the outbreak/Dr. Belcher prescribes a combination of antibiotics to treat Kendall's infection)

- Hanging On - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (for the next week, Michelle and Dave watch anxiously from the sidelines as their newborn daughter battles for survival)

- Vistas Unknown - Simon Lambros [Audio Network] (Kendall amazes everyone by making steady progress, and by the time she's finished the medication, she's able to come home)

- Little Lights - Terry Devine-King, Tom Jenkins [Audio Network] (today, Kendall is a healthy and happy 5-year-old girl)

- Thoughts - David Michael, Lee Pomeroy [Audio Network] (the experience has given Michelle and Dave a new perspective on the world)

- Investigation - Bruno Pilloix, Lionel Wendling [APM Music] (how to reduce the chances of contracting listeria)

All I Got For Christmas

 NOTE: Like "Backyard Killers" and "Holiday from Hell, this episode looks back at three past cases...with a Christmas theme placed on it. Most of the tracks replaced are the ones from Universal Production Music.

- God Rest You Merry Gentlemen - Paul Mottram [Audio Network] ("The holiday season is a time for surprises...a time for giving...and receiving...but not all gifts are welcome.")

- Inner Space - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (episode intro)

CASE 1

- Thoughts - David Michael, Lee Pomeroy [Audio Network] (Orland Park, Illinois)

- Marindie - Kevin Browne [Audio Network] (Dante Autullo and his partner Gail Glaenzer have four children)

- Double Play - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Dante works in construction, and in the winter, also does snow plowing/Dante gets a lot of moral support from his mother, Gerri)

- ? (one Tuesday morning in January, Dante is on a contracting job doing some carpentry)

- Surveillance - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock, Ellie Kidd [Audio Network] (one hour into the work day, Dante inadvertently stands on a hose)

- ? (Dante accidentally whacks himself in the head with a nail gun he was holding)

- Nevada Snakebite - Dan Skinner, Adam Skinner [Audio Network] (Dante carries on with his work/a few hours later, Dante starts to get a headache)

- Heart of Mystery - Greco Casadesus [Cezame Music Agency] (Dante pushes through his pain for the rest of shift, and heads home/Dante shows Gail his gash)

- ? (a few hours later, Dante wakes up from his sleep with his head still pounding)

- ? (Dante starts to feel dizzy while driving the snow plow)

- ? (Dante heads home and goes to bed, choosing not to see a doctor)

- Life or Death - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Dante's mother, Gerri, phones him, but Dante, wanting to sleep, ignores her)

- Unacceptable Acts - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] (but Dante can't fall asleep, and tells Gail he's nauseous)

- Forensics - Bob Bradley, Michael Bradley [Audio Network] (Gail takes Dante to the clinic/doctor encourages Dante to go to the hospital to get a cat scan of his head)

- Bloodwork (a) - Bradley Farmer [APM Music] (Gail rushes Dante to the hospital, despite Dante not wanting to go)

- Access Development - Brian Reidinger, Ryan Leach, Darren Drew [KPM Music] (doctor returns with the results of Dante's cat scan)

- ? (neurosurgeon Dr. Leslie Schaffer takes on Dante's case)

- Hell on Earth - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (scan reveals a nail in Dante's brain)

- ? ("A 3/¼-inch nail is embedded in Dante's brain.")

- Avoiding Detection - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Dante's family rush to his bedside)

- Jingle Bells 3 - Paul Mottram [Audio Network] ("Christmas is the season of surprises...")

- Hanging On - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] ("...and Dante Autullo certainly gets more than he bargained for when he finds out there's a 3/¼-inch nail embedded in his brain."/the nail pierced the brain in a way that caused Dante minimal weakness)

- ? (the real risk to Dante, however, is in removing the nail, and the chances of success in removing the nail are only 5%)

- The Unknown - Michael Vickerage, Andrew Phillips [KPM Music] (Dr. Schaffer takes Dante into the O.R.)

- Time Critical - Takeshi Furukawa (Dante's family waits anxiously in the waiting room)

- Unsettling Terrain - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (two hours later, Dr. Schaffer comes out of the O.R. with a status update)

- ? (the nail was successfully removed without incident/Dr. Schaffer explains how Dante's skull was opened)

- ? (a few hours later, Dante wakes up in the I.C.U.)

- Bright Young Thing - Adam Drake [Audio Network] (two days later, Dante is released from the hospital, and he continues his work as a contractor)

- ? (the brain lacks pain receptors, explaining why Dante never felt the nail in his head)

- The Arrival - Cody Westheimer [SOURCE NOT KNOWN] (today, Dante lives a normal life)

- Partridge in a Pear Tree - Simon Anderson [Audio Network] ("The holiday season is full of surprises...most are gratefully received...")

CASE 2

- Apocalypse - Chris Blackwell [Audio Network] ("...but not the threat lurking inside one unsuspecting little boy."/case intro)

- Take a Break - Drew Lerdal [KPM Music] (Orange County, California/Ken and Rachael Franklin met in college at a Halloween party)

- ? (the couple have two boys, 4-year-old Luke and 7-year-old Paul)

- Bioluminescence - Drew Lardel, Brian Reidinger, Darren Drew [KPM Music] (one day in July, the family is enjoying a day at the beach during a camping trip along the central California coast)

- Presumed Unbiased - Doug Bossi, Doug Beiden [KPM Music] (Paul trips over a rock and scrapes his knee)

- Laying in Wait - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (Ken takes Paul over to Rachael, who cleans up the blood and puts a bandage over the wound)

- Sixth Sense - Orlando Jopling [Audio Network] (for a week, Rachel and Ken treat the wound on Paul's knee, but it doesn't seem to be healing)

- Reversed Reality - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock, Ellie Kidd [Audio Network] (a couple days later, Ken takes Paul ice skating at the local ice rink)

- Nowhere to Go - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Paul falls on his wounded knee, and Ken takes him to the locker room to check the wound)

- Urgency 3 - Helen Jane Long [Audio Network] (at home, Ken dresses the reopened wound)

- Waiting Game - Helen Jane Long [Audio Network] (Ken puts liquid bandage on the wound)

- Prison Sewer - Didier Rachou [KPM Music] (the next morning, Rachael wakes up Paul, and notices his knee has swollen)

- Nocturnal Attack* - David Vanacore, Brandon Thompson [KPM Music] (Rachael notices Paul limping)

- Bells of Christmas - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Inside the Monster)

- ? ("7-year-old Paul Franklin has a swelling the size of an orange on his knee.")

- ? (Rachael takes Paul to urgent care)

- ? (doctor is agitated at the fact that Paul has a liquid bandage over his wound)

- Determination - Simon Lambros [Audio Network] (doctor believes it could be MRSA/doctor explains the potential complications and lays out a treatment plan/"The doctor was concerned that you're dealing with something that's very very difficult to treat.")

- Abandonment - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (doctor prescribes a combination of antibiotics)

- Shocking Truth - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (six days later, the doctor determines the wound is healing)

- Prison Sewer - Didier Rachou [KPM Music] (explanation of pus)

- Mirror Image 4 - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (the next day, Rachael notices the wound has turned black)

- Numbered Days - Jason Pedder, Ashley Barnes, Douglas Brown [Audio Network] (explanation of gangrene)

- Journeying - Simon Lambros [Audio Network] ("Paul could lose a leg.")

- ? (Rachael begins squeezing the wound)

- ? (Rachael proceeds with squeezing the wound, despite Paul not wanting her to touch it)

- Brought to Life - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (sting that plays after the previous track)

- Deliverance - Bill Bruford [Audio Network] (a mysterious black object flies out)

- Pluck the Halls - Patrick Hawes [Audio Network] ("Surprises come in all shapes and sizes...")

- ? (...but when Rachael Franklin tries to squeeze the pus out of her son Paul's infected knee...an unwelcome gift pops out."/Rachael examines the object)

- ? ("And this object has peculiar characteristic.")

- Adrenaline Addiction - David Vanacore, Brandon Thompson [KPM Music] (Rachael realizes what the object is -- it's a snail!)

- Apocalypse - Chris Blackwell [Audio Network] (the snail that came out of Paul's knee is known as littorina scutulata)

- Puppy Love - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [KPM Music] (Paul, in typical boy style, thinks it's cool a snail popped out of his knee)

- The Search Continues 4 - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] ("Littorina scutulata is a sea snail that can survive in a wide variety of temperatures and salt levels, and can even live out of water for several weeks by retreating inside its shell.")

- Times Past - Kathryn Tickell [Audio Network] (Paul thinks it's crazy/Paul tells his father a snail came out of his knee/Rachael tells Ken/Paul affectionately names the snail "Turbo.")

- The Search 4 - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (The littorina scutulata snail is commonly found along the Pacific coast of North America)

- ? (the snail likely got inside Paul's wound after he scraped it on the beach)

- Believe in Miracles (a) - James McWilliam, Nick Crofts [KPM Music] (Paul's knee immediately starts healing/Paul thinks it's extremely cool a live snail came out of his knee/unfortunately, the snail didn't last long, but the family still has the shell)

- The Men In Suits - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (how to treat open wounds properly)

- Pluck the Halls - Patrick Hawes [Audio Network] ("The holidays are a popular time to shop...celebrate...and eat...")

CASE 3

- ? ("...but for one man, an everyday food...becomes a living nightmare."/case intro)

- Marindie - Kevin Browne [Audio Network] (Brewster, Massachusetts)

- Frontier 2 - Helen Jane Long [Audio Network] (one night, Ron doesn't feel hungry)

- Dangerous Knowledge - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Ron's appetite declines over the next two weeks)

- Malady - Kurt Oldman; Awareness - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (Ron develops a bad cough)

- Threat Level - Matt Hill [Audio Network] (Ron's coughing steadily becomes worse)

- One Down - Scott Marcussen (Nancy fears Ron's coughing is his emphysema progressing/Ron starts feeling unusually tired and finds himself unable to do regular activities or leave the house)

- ? ("And before they know it, Ron's condition takes a nosedive.")

- ? (Ron's sister and her husband come to visit)

- ? (Ron's condition spirals out of control)

- Answers and Questions - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Nancy calls 911/Ron's blood pressure is extremely low)

- Bells of Christmas - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Inside the Monster)

- ? ("For nearly a month, Ron Sveden's been plagued by a loss of appetite and violent coughing attacks.")

- ? (explanation of pneumonia)

- Under Pressure - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (enter Dr. Scott Slater)

- Lost Oracle - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Dr. Slater performs a bronchoscopy on Ron)

- Time Passes - Barrie Gledden, Steve Dymond, Jason Pedder [Audio Network] (Dr. Slater sees a mass/Dr. Slater believes it may be lung cancer)

- Under Pressure - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] ("Waiting for the results from the lab was probably the hardest part.")

- Depressed Drone No Drum - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (Ron gets anxious waiting for the biopsy results to come back)

- Under Pressure - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (results of Ron's biopsy come back clear/Dr. Slater takes another sample of the mass)

- ? (result of the second bronchoscopy also comes back clear)

- ? (Ron taken into the operating room for a third bronchoscopy)

- ? (Dr. Slater gets a phone call from the surgeon)

- ? ("For nearly two weeks, Ron Sveden has been hospitalized with pneumonia and a collapsed lung.")

- Cunning Plan - Tim Garland [Audio Network] (doctor comes in to reveal the culprit)

- No Leads - Debbie Wiseman [Audio Network] (it's a pea!)

- ? (doctors tell Ron and Nancy they removed the pea)

- ? (explanation of the epiglottis/Ron's immune system attacked the pea)

- ? ("It's just amazing...it's just amazing.")

- Pick and Choose - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (doctors believe the pea Ron inhaled was raw)

- Confer and Fire Syn - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (Ron makes a quick recovery)

- Change Is Coming - Darren Drew, Ryan Leach, Brian Reidinger [KPM Music] (today, Ron and Nancy look back and laugh at the whole experience/Ron still eats peas)

- Deck the Halls - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] ("This holiday season...as you unwrap your presents...spare a thought for the unfortunate souls with...")

- Enflamed Opinion - Denis Levaillant [Cezame Music Agency] ("...Monsters Inside Me.")

My Lungs Are Rotting

 

- Inner Space - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (episode intro)

CASE 1

- Dawn of Victory - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Miami, Florida/Masandra Gayagoy is an analyst for a tech company going to graduate school, and in her spare time, enjoys spending time with her dog and playing fit)

- Best Friends - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, James Sale [Ah2 Music] (Masandra also likes to spend time with her mother, Eleanor)

- ? ("But Masandra's bustling life is about to be brought to a standstill by an unwanted invader.")

- Ever Finding - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, John Kaefer [Ah2 Music] (one spring morning, Masandra gets up early to get a jump on a busy day)

- Trapdoor (a) - Doug Bossi, Doug Beiden [APM Music] (Masandra sees several bumps all over her face)

- Mainframe - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams (two days later, Masandra notices the bumps have spread to her chest and arms)

- Floating Orbs - Gary Robinson, Voodoo Don, Christopher Gilbert [APM Music] (the bumps are painful)

- Rural Prison* - Doug Bossi, Doug Beiden [KPM Music] (Masandra calls her mother for advice)

- Investigation - Bruno Pilloix, Lionel Wendling [APM Music] (Eleanor takes Masandra to the hospital)

- ? (doctor believes Masandra has chickenpox)

- ? (doctor prescribes Masandra antivirals and a steroid cream)

- ? (Masandra is forced to quarantine herself in her apartment for two weeks)

- ? (one morning, as she is catching up on schoolwork, Masandra starts feeling really hot, so she turns the AC down)

- Covert Affairs - Bob Bradley, Steve Dymond, Matthew Sanchez [APM Music] (Masandra then feels like she's freezing)

- ? (that night, Masandra struggles to fall asleep/Masandra experiences sleepless nights and temperature fluctuations for the next few days, and because she's quarantined, no one can help her)

- ? ("It's really bad when you wanna take care of your child, and you cannot."/"But as the two-week quarantine comes to an end, Masandra's condition suddenly takes an alarming turn.")

- Dangerous Source - David Vanacore, Brandon Thompson [KPM Music] (but after the quarantine ends, Masandra's bumps become inflamed)

- ? (Masandra takes a shower to try and sooth herself)

- ? (the water puts Masandra in pain, and her blisters pop and ooze liquid)

- Amber Blast - Gregoire Moreau [APM Music] ("I felt like I was being attacked.")

- ? (Masandra calls her mother)

- ? (Masandra sees a dermatologist)

- Lost World - Keith Mansfield [APM Music] (tests fail to provide any answers, so the doctor diagnoses Masandra with adult-onset dermatitis)

- Intentional Concealment - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] (explanation of adult-onset dermatitis)

- ? ("That news felt like a cop-out to me."/doctor gives Masandra topical and oral steroids, which seem to help at first)

- Blue Water Encounters - Kenneth Vandevrie [APM Music] (a few days later, Masandra goes out for a walk with her mother)

- It Is Coming Orchestra Mix - Kenneth Vandevrie [APM Music] (Masandra sees the spots on her arms have returned)

- ? (Misandra sees Dr. Zurik Waxenghiser)

- ? (Dr. Waxenghiser orders a comprehensive round of skin tests, which come back negative)

- Hackers Penetrating - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] (Dr. Waxenghiser tries to find a more obscure cause of Masandra's condition, and discovers Masandra had just been to Europe with her mother)

- ? (specialized blood tests come back positive for something unusual)

- ? ("For over a month, Masandra Gayagoy has been plagued by excruciating skin lesions."/Masandra has parasites)

- ? ("There were so many things racing through my head.")

- ? (toxocara)

- Nightmare Vision - Pierre Langer [APM Music] ("I sat there thinking..."Oh my God, there are these little things moving inside of my body...and eating away at me."")

- Cyber Intelligence - Nick Bardoni, Stephen Warr [APM Music] ("One of the scariest things about toxocara is that it can infect a wide range of organ and tissues, from the intestines, to the liver, and even the eyes.")

- Eerie Cave - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Miles Hankins [Ah2 Music] ("The illness can progress, and a patient can die from this infection.")

- ? (life cycle of the toxocara parasite)

- ? (Masandra believes she got the parasite from a pizza she ate in Italy with her mother)

- Aeolus - Michael Sajic [APM Music] (Masandra placed on albendazole, and after a few days, she finally improves)

- ? (today, Masandra has made tremendous progress)

- ? (how to avoid contracting the toxocara parasite)

- Creepy Feeling Str - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Jonathon Beers [Ah2 Music] ("While some monsters can only be detected with the help of a microscope...")

CASE 2

- ? ("...others are big enough to be seen with the naked eye."/case intro)

- Consolation Prize - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Jonathon Beers [Ah2 Music] (Long Beach, California)

- Aftereffect - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Samantha Knox and Eric Johnson have a baby son named E.J.)

- Pick and Choose - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (one day in summer, Samantha arrives at the home of a relative who's been looking after E.J.)

- Dark Side - Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (Samantha notices E.J. looks withdrawn)

- ? (when Samantha and E.J. arrive home, Eric notices E.J. isn't his usual self)

- Brought to Life - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (briefly heard before changing to the next track)

- ? (the next day, Samantha discovers E.J. has a temperature of 103)

- Landmines - David Vanacore, Shinyub Pyo [KPM Music] ("For the past two days, 7-month-old E.J. has been acting strange...and now he's developed a frighteningly high fever of 103."/Samantha takes E.J. to his pediatrician)

- Life or Death - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (pediatrician believes E.J. may have roseola)

- Bottom Dweller - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (pediatrician tells Samantha E.J. should be fine, but E.J. continues to have a fever for two days)

- A Waiting Game 3 - Jody Jenkins [Audio Network] (while Eric is watching him, E.J. develops a new symptom)

- Lost Oracle Synth - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (E.J. becomes reluctant to swallow his food)

- ? (Samantha takes E.J. back to the doctor, who administers more medication to him)

- ? (Samantha asks the doctor to do some tests, but the doctor deems it unnecessary)

- ? (for the next two days, E.J.'s fever and lack of appetite continue, and then one morning, Samantha hears E.J. wheezing)

- Safari - Christopher Ashmore [Audio Network] (five days later, Samantha notices E.J.'s cough is getting worse)

- ? (Samantha rushes E.J. to their local urgent care)

- Investigation Tension - Bruno Pilloix, Lionel Wendling [APM Music] (doctor believes E.J. has croup)

- Waiting Game - Helen Jane Long [Audio Network] (doctor prescribes medication for E.J., and for the next couple of days, Samantha and Eric keep a close eye on E.J. to make sure he doesn't get worse)

- Awareness - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (but one afternoon, Samantha returns home to E.J. struggling to breathe)

- Death Star - Nick Ingman, Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (given that E.J.'s symptoms have been present for more than 2 weeks, Samantha fears E.J. has something serious)

- ? (Samantha takes E.J. back to the E.R.)

- Landmines - David Vanacore, Shinyub Pyo [KPM Music] (doctor believes E.J. could have pneumonia)

- Cardiac Arrest - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] ("I was definitely afraid.")

- ? (doctor orders an X-ray of E.J.'s chest, which reveals the cause isn't pneumonia)

- ? ("7-month-old E.J. has been suffering from a high fever and barking cough.")

- ? (X-ray reveals E.J. swallowed a coin)

- Total Panic - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Miles Hankins [Ah2 Music] (sting that plays in between the previous and next tracks)

- ? ("I was just a wreck.")

- ? (the coin is embedded in E.J.'s esophagus and pressing against his windpipe)

- ? ("Pediatric ear, nose, and throat specialist Dr. Rafael Portela has treated similar cases.")

- Darkening - Luke Richards [Audio Network] ("As adults, the main way we identify objects is through sight and touch, but for young children, especially infants, the most developed sensory nerves are in the mouth.")

- ? (doctor tells Samantha and Eric E.J. will need to have a delicate procedure to remove the coin)

- Awareness - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (an hour and a half later, the doctor tells Samantha and Eric that E.J. has two large ulcers in his esophagus, an inflamed lung, and old blood in his gut from him trying to expel the coin on his own)

- Stasis - Paul Mottram [Audio Network] (doctor tells Samantha and E.J. the procedure to remove the coin was successful, and hands a container with the coin (a penny) in it)

- ? (E.J. is placed on I.V. medication and carefully monitored for the next 24 hours/Samantha and Eric are unable to pinpoint the time E.J. could have swallowed the penny)

- ? (finally, the next day, the doctor tells Samantha and Eric E.J. is doing well/E.J. drinks his whole bottle, indicating he's recovering)

- Lateral Motion - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (today, E.J. has completely recovered and is a happy-go-lucky toddler/Samantha and Eric have kept the penny E.J. swallowed as a symbol of hope)

- Lateral Motion No Str - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (alternates to this version after the previous track)

- Short Wear - Henri Foures [Cezame Music Agency] (people who suspect their children have swallowed a foreign object should seek immediate medical attention)

- Creepy Feeling Str - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Jonathon Beers [Ah2 Music] ("Swallowing a coin is a scary thought, especially if you have kids...")

CASE 3

- ? ("...but there are other monsters that pose a far broader threat."/case intro)

- Slow Boat - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Appleton, Wisconsin)

- Multi Tasker - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Tom Horan works in the technology sector, and lives with his parents, Anne Marie and Dave)

- ? ("But Tom will soon need the support of his family like never before.")

- ? (June 2015/Tom and his friends have a backyard barbecue)

- Pick and Choose - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Tom starts to feel chilly)

- Conundrum 2 - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Tom's chills descend downwards through his body/Tom puts on a sweatshirt to keep warm)

- ? (Tom feels the same chills the next norming/while working at his job at a local machine plant...)

- ? (...Tom starts to feel feverish and begins to cough)

- ? ("Tom Horan was at work when he started feeling unwell."/after 2 hours of trying to power through, Tom tells his supervisor he's going to urgent care)

- ? (at urgent care, Tom is looked over by a doctor)

- ? (doctor believes Tom could have pneumonia)

- Briefing Room - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Miles Hankins [Ah2 Music] (doctor gives Tom antibiotics and sends him home)

- Plot Theory - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik [Cezame Music Agency] (later that day, Tom is resting in bed when his parents come to check on him, and see he doesn't look good)

- Total Isolation - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Jonathon Beers [Ah2 Music] (for four days, Tom takes the prescribed medication, which fails to help)

- Mindnumb - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (the manager of Tom's job lets him go because he's called in sick too many times/Anne Marie and Dave rally by Tom's side, concerned for his financial future/Dave calls Tom's manager to explain the situation, but fails to get Tom's job back/Anne Marie suggests Tom go to his manager and ask if he can have his job back when he feels better)

- Traitors - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (for the next 24 hours, Anne Marie and Dave watch on as Tom's cough worsens, so they take him to the nearest emergency room)

- Life or Death - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (doctors run a battery of tests on Tom/X-ray reveals Tom's right lung is inflamed and badly full of fluid)

- Midnight - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (Tom remains in the hospital that night/for the next 24 hours, doctors continue treating what they think is a bad case of pneumonia, but Tom continues to get worse)

- ? (one of the medical staff tells Anne Marie and Dave to transfer Tom to a hospital across town)

- Mission Aborted - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] (ambulance takes Tom to a new hospital, where he is seen by infectious disease specialist Dr. David Brooks)

- Circling Menace - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Tom tells Dr. Brooks he recently went on a swimming trip on the Wolf River, which immediately raises a red flag for Dr. Brooks)

- ? ("Infectious disease specialist Dr. David Brooks has a hunch about what's causing Tom Horan's severe pneumonia, but to confirm his theory, he orders a final round of tests.")

- Creepy Feeling No Dr Bs - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Jonathon Beers [Ah2 Music] (Tom's case of pneumonia is being caused by a deadly fungus)

- ? (blastomycosis)

- ? ("Blastomycosis is particularly dangerous because its early symptoms mimic common bacterial lung infections.")

- Fanatical Gangs - Doug Bossi, Sarah Schachner [KPM Music] ("If Tom's case hadn't been diagnosed within a few days, I believe Tom would have become a lot sicker; he would have likely died.")

- ? (blastomyces spores live in moist soil and decomposing organic matter and can be inhaled into the lungs)

- ? (Dr. Brooks believes that Tom is the latest victim of an outbreak of the fungus/Dr. Brooks gives Tom a powerful anti-fungal medication)

- Anxious - Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (however, after a week of treatment, Tom shows no signs of improvement)

- In Retrospect - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Miles Hankins [Ah2 Music] (but after 18 days in the hospital, Tom starts to improve, and is eventually released from the hospital, but for a year afterwards continues to take an antifungal medication/today, Tom is back to his old self)

- Brought to Life - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (people with weakened immune systems living in endemic regions should avoid activities that disrupt the soil to reduce the chances of inhaling the fungus)

The Organ Shredder

 

- Inner Space - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (episode intro)

CASE 1

- Nine Lives - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Virginia Beach, Virginia/Tim and Emily Peterson have been married for 12 years)

- Working the Plan - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Emily runs a successfull wedding planning business, and Tim is an endocrinologist/the couple also has three children, the youngest of whom is their daughter Ellia)

- Dark Side - Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] ("But this harmoninous family is about to be broken apart by an invisible intruder.")

- Towards Daylight - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (one warm July evening, Emily is sitting down to feed 3-month-old Ellia, but struggles to as Ellia doesn't show interest)

- ? (by the next morning, Emily hasn't heard so much as a peep from her daughter, but she still refuses to nurse)

- Enter the Catacombs - Ron Riddle [KPM Music] (Emily can't explain why her daughter is acting this way)

- Melting Point No Gtr - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (Emily calls Tim, who is at the hospital, but tells her not to worry)

- Next Up - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (when putting her daughter down for an afternoon nap however, Emily notices Ellia trying to make a weak cry)

- The New Apocalypse - Charles Barnett [KPM Music] (Emily continues to try to feed Ellia, but she continues to refuse)

- ? (Emily notices Ellia struggling to move her head and arms)

- ? (Emily calls Tim again, who tells her to take to her the children's hospital)

- Envy 7 - Dan Skinner, Adam Skinner, Simon Skinner [Audio Network] (Emily takes Ellia to the children's hospital)

- Never Easy - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (Tim arrives, and sees Ellia weak)

- Argue Now - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (blood tests come back negative for a viral infection and other types of infections)

- Thriller Underscore - Laurent Juillet [APM Music] ("This was a really confusing place for me and- and really difficult.")

- ? (later that afternoon, doctors tell Tim and Emily that although they can't find any pathogens, Ellia could still have a serious infection hiding in her brain)

- ? (explanation of meningitis)

- Always Waiting - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] ("When meningitis was on the table, like, I...it scared me.")

- Breeding Contention - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (doctors perform a spinal tap on Ellia, which comes back negative/doctors tell Tim and Ellia that they'll need to expand their tests to rarer illnesses)

- Depressed Drone No Drum - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (over the next few hours, Tim and Emily helplessly watch as Ellia's condition declines)

- ? ("A mysterious illness has left 3-month-old Ellia Peterson in critical condition, and her parents Tim and Emily have all but lost hope.")

- ? (the medical team makes a potential breakthrough)

- ? (doctors believe it could be Guillain-Barré Syndrome)

- Breaking Point - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Ellia's case is turned over to pediatric neurologist Dr. Svinder Toor)

- ? (as Dr. Toor examines Ellia, he notices something strange)

- Panic Attack - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Dr. Toor sees that Ellia has a descending paralysis, rules out Guillain-Barré Syndrome, and by process of elimination, believes he knows what Ellia is suffering from)

- ? (infant botulism)

- Injury - Bruno Pilloix, Lionel Wendling [APM Music] ("When Dr. Toor first said that this is most likely infant botulism, my jaw dropped, and I said to myself "Really? No way.""/"I couldn't recall at the time what the prognosis was for somebody with botulism."/"I wanted to know what that meant.")

- ? ("The neurotoxin released by clostridium botulinum is among the world's most lethal.")

- Age of Tension - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (Dr. Toor puts Ellia on a specialized antitoxin, and for several days Tim and Emily hold vigil at Ellia's bedside as she remains unresponsive)

- Hope Awaits No Drums - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (then, more than a week after being admitted to the hospital, Ellia starts to improve)

- Investigation Tension - Bruno Pilloix, Lionel Wendling [APM Music] (clostridium botulinum spores can be easily inhaled because they attach themselves to dust particles)

- Betrayed - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Boris Elkis [Ah2 Music] (Ellia's gut was not mature enough to handle the spores)

- April Flowers - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (today, nearly 4 years later, Ellia has made a full recovery)

- April Flowers No Dr - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (ending sting of previous track)

- ? (how to prevent infant botulism from occurring)

- Creepy Feeling Str - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Jonathon Beers [Ah2 Music] ("Pathogens like botulinum hide in our food...")

CASE 2

- ? ("...and there are other monsters lurking in the very water we drink."/case intro)

- Staying Afloat - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Kingston, New York)

- On the Way - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Bryan and Michelle Van Wagenen have an infant daughter, Julianna, and enjoy spending time outdoors)

- Building It Up - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (one summer Saturday, Bryan and Michelle head to a local softball tournament)

- Building It Up Syn Mallet - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Bryan notices a blurry spot in his eye)

- Building It Up - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Bryan rubs his eye to try and clear the spot out)

- Mindnumb - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (on the field, Bryan struggles to play due to his blurry spot, and decides not to play)

- ? (the next morning, Bryan is put into immense pain due to the sunlight)

- ? (the following morning, Bryan visits an ophthalmologist, who diagnoses him with iritis)

- ? (explanation of iritis)

- ? (ophthalmologist prescribes Bryan steroid drops, which he takes for four days and appear to work)

- ? (but two days later, Bryan wakes to irritation and pain in his eye)

- ? ("For the past week, Bryan Van Wagenen has been suffering from pain in his left eye."/Bryan goes to another doctor for a second opinion, this one diagnosing him with herpes simplex virus)

- Crime Tension - Bruno Pilloix, Lionel Wendling [APM Music] (doctor gives Bryan the same drops he received before, alongside some antiviral pills)

- ? (for the next few days, Michelle administers the drops, and keeps a close eye on her husband's condition)

- Melting Point - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (Bryan's symptoms start to affect his daily life)

- ? (Bryan's worsening health starts to impact the rest of his family)

- ? (one afternoon, while eating lunch, Bryan notices fluid coming out of his eye)

- Knee Deep - Cody Johnson [APM Music] (the fluid is like a thick, oily substance)

- ? (Bryan's treatment regime still fails to help)

- ? (then, one morning, Bryan sees a white spot on his eye)

- Cover for a Sting - David Vanacore, Brandon Thompson [KPM Music] (within 24 hours, the white spot has spread)

- Determination - Simon Lambros [Audio Network] (Michelle rushes Bryan to an ophthalmologist, who believes Bryan has a bad infection caused by something unknown)

- Drone Wars - Igor Dvorkin, Ellie Kidd [Audio Network] (Bryan decides to see a specialist, and ends up in the office with cornea expert Dr. David Ritterband)

- ? (Dr. Ritterband orders a specialized test called a confocal microscopy on Bryan)

- ? (confocal microscopy reveals something feeding on Bryan's eye/"Corneal specialist Dr. David Ritterband has just discovered something disturbing in Bryan Van Wagenen's left eye."/Bryan has a parasite)

- Hoffmans Risers Tutti 1 - Robin Hoffmann [Upright Music] ("I remember when he told me, I felt like my jaw hit the floor.")

- ? (acanthamoeba keratitis)

- ? ("It probably causes the most severe infection in the cornea that we see.")

- Alien Invader - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] ("One of the most terrifying things about acanthamoeba is its ability to completely change its body.")

- ? (Dr. Ritterband tells Bryan that his infection is serious)

- Buried Secrets - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Dr. Ritterband prescribes Bryan a course of aggressive eye drops that need to be applied every hour for the next 48 hours)

- ? (acanthamoeba is found worldwide in a variety of freshwater sources, and can infect people when contaminated water enters their eye, but 85% of cases occur in people who wear contact lenses)

- ? (Bryan believes he got the parasite on a recent trip to the Cayman Islands)

- Summer Sailing - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (after a week on the eyedrops, Bryan's vision starts to improve, and today, he's back to being a father)

- ? (how to avoid contracting acanthamoeba keratitis)

- Creepy Feeling Str - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Jonathon Beers [Ah2 Music] ("While some monsters will ravage the surface of the eye...")

CASE 3

- ? ("...others will tear our bodies apart from the inside out."/case intro)

- According to Plan No Dr - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Hawthorne, Florida)

- According to Plan - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Katie Harris is a single mother to three children, 11-year-old Kaylie, 6-year-old Elijah, and 5-year-old Liam)

- Anyones Guess - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Katie works as a nursing assistant in an intensive care unit, and is close with her mother, Jeannie, who works as an administrator at the same hospital)

- ? ("But this young mother's life is about to come to a shuddering halt.")

- Indecision - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (one August morning, Katie wakes up to go to work, but feels a tickle in her throat and a cough)

- ? (over the next several weeks, Katie's condition gets steadily worse)

- Buried Secrets - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (finally, Katie goes to see her doctor, who suggests she has bronchitis and prescribes antibiotics, which fail to help)

- ? (then, one afternoon, while at a cookout at her mom's house, Katie feels a sharp pain in her upper right side while bending over to pick up her son)

- Pressure and Time 5 - Igor Dvorkin, Tim Garland [Audio Network] (over the next 48 hours, Katie continues to experience the pain in her right side, and a few days later, goes back to see her doctor)

- Battle of Asculum - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Katie feels a horrible gnawing pain when the doctor pushes on her side)

- ? ("After several weeks of a nagging cough, Katie Harris has begun suffering sharp pains in her side."/doctor believes Katie has a fractured rib, and prescribes her medication to help with her pain)

- ? (but by the end of the course of the drugs, Katie is still in agony)

- ? (one morning, as she is preparing for work, Katie discovers she lost 14 pounds)

- ? (Katie goes to another doctor, who does an X-ray that shows no sign of a rib fracture)

- Fanatical Gangs - Doug Bossi, Sarah Schachner [KPM Music] (doctor wants Katie to do a drug test, believing she's just seeking pills, and refuses to give her more medication)

- Hypnosis - Helen Jane Long [Audio Network] (over the next several months, Katie goes to several doctors for help, but all seem to believe it's just a pulled muscle/"When you go to a doctor and, you...want to trust what they say, and something inside you just kinda tells you, that they're not right."/Katie's pain becomes so severe she's forced to send her kids to her mom's house several days a week/Katie's kids aren't able to understand why they have to go to their grandmother's house so much/"I felt as if I was pawning my kids off, constantly.")

- Misleading Path - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (Katie starts to feel like a bad mother, and fears she might die)

- ? (despite her pain, Katie must still support her family, and struggles through her shifts at the hospital)

- ? (one day, Katie feels a piercing, deep pain, and heads to the emergency room)

- ? (Katie notices her urine is discolored, and an ultrasound and CT scan reveal her gallbladder is inflamed and might have a polyp)

- Electronic Warfare* - David Vanacore, Brandon Thompson [KPM Music] (explanation of gallbladder polyps)

- Lunar Eclipse - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (""Finally," I thought "Now I have a diagnosis."")

- Dredge the Water - Cody Johnson [APM Music] (two weeks later, Katie has surgery to remove her gallballer)

- ? (surgeon tells Katie her gallbladder looked like it had been shredded and eaten by something)

- Creepy Feeling - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Jonathon Beers [Ah2 Music] ("Katie Harris has had surgery to remove her gallbladder...but afterwards, she receives some horrifying news from her doctor."/sample of Katie's gallbladder reveals the culprit)

- ? (cystoisospora belli)

- ? ("For there being an actual living thing inside my body eating it, I was just completely terrified.")

- ? ("Cystoisospora is commonly found in the small intestine, where it can cause symptoms like diarrhea.")

- ? (Dr. Ivan Guerrero has done extensive research on the parasite/cystoisospora infects human when they eat or drink contaminated food or water)

- Lost Oracle - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Katie believes she got infected two years ago, while taking care of a victim of the 2010 Haiti earthquake that had severe diarrhea throughout the day)

- Not As It Seems - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (shortly after her surgery, Katie undergoes tests to determine if the parasite has spread to her other organs, which thankfully come back negative)

- Feather Light - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (today, Katie is back to her old self)

- ? (how to avoid contracting the cystoisospora parasite)

I Can't Stop Coughing Up Blood

 

- Inner Space - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (episode intro)

CASE 1

- According to Plan - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (St. Peters, Missouri/Lisa Bricker works for the postal service, and her husband Todd is a project manager at a construction firm, and the couple have a 13-year-old daughter named Beth)

- ? (the family enjoys spending time outdoors, but Todd enjoys himself most when he's on the river)

- Aftereffect - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (one Monday morning in October, Todd is driving to work)

- Morning of the Attack - Luke Richards [Audio Network] (Todd starts feeling a pain in his chest, and while walking up the stairs of his jobsite, starts feeling out of breath)

- ? (Todd calls Lisa for advice/"She actually told me I should probably go to the E.R., or an urgent care.")

- ? (Todd heads to an urgent care center, where the doctor discovers his blood pressure is high, and believes it's probably because Todd has forgot to take his blood pressure medication)

- ? (doctor performs and EKG and chest X-ray, which come back normal)

- ? (over the next few weeks, Todd remembers to take his medication/one day, three weeks later, Todd is taking a shower getting ready for work)

- Critical Tension - Philip Guyler [Audio Network] (Todd coughs up blood and phlegm upon exiting the shower)

- ? (by the next night, Lisa notices the congestion in Todd's chest has gotten worse)

- Dangerous Prey - Barry Devorzon, Richard Hazard [APM Music] (one night a few weeks later, as he and Lisa are about to go to bed, Todd begins sweating profusely)

- Enter the Catacombs - Ron Riddle [KPM Music] (for weeks, Todd tries to shake off his symptoms, but his congested cough lingers)

- Intentional Concealment - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] (while on the jobsite, Todd coughs up more blood)

- ? (the next day, Todd makes an appointment with his primary-care physician, who suspects he may be suffering from sinusitis)

- ? (explanation of sinusitis)

- ? (doctor prescribes Todd a seven-day course of antibiotics)

- Lunar Eclipse - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (at Lisa's insistence, Todd contacts his primary-care physician, and is referred to a pulmonologist who performs a CT scan/CT scan reveals a mass in Todd's lungs)

- Threat Level - Matt Hill [Audio Network] (later that evening, Todd shares his deepest fears with Lisa)

- Foggy Night No Orch - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Todd's case is handed to thoracic surgeon Dr. Melanie Edwards/"Todd's symptoms were shortness of breath, coughing up sputum, which was blood streaked.")

- Outside Control - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Dr. Edwards must remove Todd's mass to find out whether or not it's cancerous, but the surgery could have risks)

- ? (that night, Todd explains the situation to Lisa)

- ? (a few weeks later, Dr. Edwards removes the mass from Todd's lung -- and it turns out to be eggs)

- ? ("When Todd Bricker started coughing up blood, doctors thought he had lung cancer."/surgery reveals Todd has a parasite)

- ? (paragonimus kellicotti)

- Listed Seveso - Jean-Philippe Dutheil [Cezame Music Agency] ("I had not ever heard of that...no idea what that was.")

- ? (the paragonimus kellicotti parasite is invading Todd's lungs)

- ? ("It was terrifying to realize that I actually had a creature living inside my body."/"Lung flukes can live in the human body for up to 20 years.")

- ? ("That means the tapioca-like substance Todd was coughing up in his sputum...was in fact the lung fluke's eggs."/the parasites had been in Todd for at least six months/"It's crazy to think that's why I was coughing up all that blood.")

- Levels of Violence - Barrie Gledden, Steve Dymond [Audio Network] (life cycle of paragonimus kellicotti)

- ? ("Paragonimus kellicotti is common within the Missouri rivers.")

- Blood Work - Andrew Skeet, Luke Gordon (Dr. Edwards asks Todd about his fishing history)

- House for Sale - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik [Cezame Music Agency] (Todd recalls eating a raw crawfish on his canoe trip the previous summer)

- Briefing Room - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Miles Hankins [Ah2 Music] (Todd's surgeon removes the parasite, and he is given oral antiparastic therapy)

- Light as Clouds - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (today, Todd is parasite-free, and his experience hasn't put him off the outdoors)

- Barren Desert - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (how to avoid contracting paragonimus kellicotti)

- Creepy Feeling Str - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Jonathon Beers [Ah2 Music] ("Thankfully, infection with lung fluke is rare, and cases are isolated...but what happens when you catch a disease in the middle of an outbreak?")

CASE 2

- ? (case intro)

- Aeolian Gates - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Tucson, Arizona)

- A Days Work - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Brice Bonnett is a machinist at an aerospace firm, and his newlywed wife Nikki is a clinical researcher/the couple had their honeymoon in Jamaica)

- ? (June 2016 -- Brice and Nikki return to Arizona after their honeymoon)

- Life or Death - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Brice feels fatigued while unpacking)

- Urgency 3 - Helen Jane Long [Audio Network] (Brice struggles through the day, and by the evening, his neck and shoulders feel sore)

- Life or Death - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (the next morning, Brice returns to work for the first time in two weeks, but struggles to concentrate)

- The Rat Race - Christophe Boutin [APM Music]; Hell on Earth - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (the next morning, Brice wakes up and starts getting ready for work, but his eyes start to hurt)

- Evolution - Bob Bradley, Paul Mottram [Audio Network] (but despite his symptoms, Brice insists on going to work)

- ? (at the office, Brice's mind starts to wander/"It felt like I had...daggers in my eye."/Brice's symptoms worsen as the day goes progressed/"At this point, to be honest, I really didn't know what was going on.")

- ? (at home, Brice and Nikki are watching a funny show, but Nikki notices Brice isn't laughing/Bryce decides to call it a night)

- Verdict - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (the following morning, Brice wakes up with his whole body in pain, and has a fever of 101/despite Nikki telling him to see a doctor, Brice continues to drag himself to work)

- ? (at the office, Brice tries to manage his fever with medication, but it doesn't help/one of Brice's colleagues notices his skin is getting darker)

- ? (that evening, back at home, Brice examines his skin again, and discovers he has a rash across his body)

- ? (the rash is even worse the next morning/Nikki drives Brice to urgent care)

- ? (triage nurse refuses to let Nikki bring Brice into the building due to his symptoms)

- Lost Oracle Dr Bass Syn - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] ("For the past few days, Brice Bonnett has been suffering from a fever and a rash.")

- ? (back in the car, Nikki tells Brice they should go straight to the E.R., but Brice refuses to go/the next morning, Brice sees that he's gotten worse)

- ? (Nikki brings Brice to the emergency room/E.R. doctors run tests on malaria, dengue fever, and valley fever/hours go by without an update/tests come back negative)

- ? (doctor believes Brice has measles)

- ? (Brice has his measles vaccine, so the diagnosis comes as a surprise to him)

- ? (the next morning, Nikki goes over the paperwork they had received from the doctor, realizes it's not measles, and calls the county health department for a second opinion who transfers her to the CDC)

- ? (the next day, a representative from the CDC calls Brice with the results)

- Orion - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] ("For the past week, Brice Bonnett has been suffering from a mysterious condition with flu-like symptoms."/CDC has identified the culprit)

- ? (Zika virus)

- ? ("Zika is a terrifying virus for several reasons.")

- For Whom the Bell Tolls - Oliver Ledbury [Audio Network] ("Dr. James Nodler is an expert in reproductive medicine."/Zika virus can have devastating effects on unborn children)

- ? ("I was shocked that I had zika."/research has shown the virus can survive in the male reproductive tract for up to six months)

- ? (the virus shatters Brice and Nikki's plans to start a family)

- Feel the Darkness (b) - Adam Saunders, Mark Cousins [APM Music] (Nikki and Brice are instructed to hold off family planning for at least six months)

- A Waiting Game - Jody Jenkins [Audio Network] (Nikki thankfully tests negative for the virus, and Brice is given a treatment plan to manage his symptoms)

- Trust No One - John DeFaria [Audio Network] (Zika is spread mainly by the bite of the Aedes mosquito/how to reduce the risk of contracting the virus)

- Warming Trend - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (today, Brice is back to his old self, and he and Nikki are now able to start a family)

- Creepy Feeling Str - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Jonathon Beers [Ah2 Music] ("We can take steps to protect ourselves from a virus like zika...")

CASE 3

- ? ("...but if you don't realize the threat to your health until it's too late?"/case intro)

- ? (Saratoga Springs, New York/Josh Gaul works in the I.T. department of a local university, has a wife and two little boys, and maintains a close relationship with his parents, Tom and Lynne)

- ? ("But Josh's happy family life is about to come under attack by a foreign invader."/one summer, Josh is in Washington D.C. for a three-day work conference, but on the last day, he wakes up in his hotel room with sharp abdominal pain)

- Controlled Environment - Brian Reidinger, Daniel Burke, Brian Casey, Darren Drew [KPM Music] (briefly plays in between the previous and next track/Josh heads to the final session of his work conference/Josh watching the speaker and quickly turning to look at his notes aggravates his stomach)

- Creative Mind - Sébastien Roux [Cezame Music Agency] (Josh suffers through the remainder of the day, and when he returns home, tells his wife, who suggests he takes some tums)

- ? (the next day however, Josh isn't feeling any better)

- Ghosts of the Past (a) - James Warburton [APM Music] (Josh drags himself out of bed)

- Argue Now - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (Josh's parents arrive)

- ? (over the course of the day, it's clear that Josh is suffering from more than gas pain)

- ? (Josh suffers severe pain while attempting to pick up one of his kids)

- ? ("For the past two days, Josh Gaul has been suffering from stabbing pains in his abdomen."/Josh declines to see a doctor)

- ? (the following morning, Josh's pain is more intense)

- Intentional Concealment - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] ("It felt like I had somebody...on the inside, kind of, digging their nails into me, and then digging them deeper, deeper and kind of squeezing."/"It was getting to be a little bit unbearable in that spot in my lower abdomen."/Josh finally decides to seek medical attention)

- ? (Josh explains to the doctor his pain)

- Problem - Bruno Pilloix, Lionel Wendling [APM Music] (explanation of diverticulitis)

- ? ("I didn't know anything about diverticulitis...but it was one of these..."If that's my answer, I want it to be my answer so I can just take care of this and move on." at that point.")

- Thriller - Laurent Juillet [APM Music] (doctor orders an MRI of Josh's abdomen)

- ? (MRI reveals a possible infection near Josh's pancreas)

- Extremities (e) - James Davies [APM Music] (Josh is transported to the hospital)

- Desert Snipe* - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] (explanation of a twisted bowel)

- ? (doctor explains to Josh he needs emergency surgery)

- ? (three hours later, Josh's family gets anxious waiting for news/"We figured it was going to be kind of a routine thing.")

- ? (finally, the doctor arrives with an update)

- ? ("Josh Gaul has just had surgery on his abdomen.")

- ? (doctor reveals the shocking cause of Josh's condition)

- Agoraphobic - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Miles Hawkins [Ah2 Music] (it's a toothpick)

- ? (the toothpick perforated Josh's intestine, forcing doctors to cut out a foot-long section of it)

- ? ("In 80% of cases where a foreign object has been swallowed, it'll pass through the digestive system causing little or no harm.")

- ? (Josh remembers eating a club sandwich the day he got off the plane to Washington D.C., but swears he took out the toothpicks)

- ? ("In the U.S., some of the more common things that adults swallow are the bones from fish and chicken.")

- Mainframe - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams (Josh spends three days in the hospital, and is told to take it easy for a few weeks when he is released)

- ? (today, Josh is fully recovered, and claims he's learned he needs to slow down when eating)

- Mysterons - David O'Brien [Audio Network] (how to avoid accidentally ingesting a foreign object)

Braced for Death

 

- Inner Space - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (episode intro)

CASE 1

- Dust Off and Go - Will Musser [KPM Music] (Memphis, Tennessee/Cicely Odom-Rose has a 16-year-old daughter, Kennedy)

- ? (Cicely and Kennedy also share a special bond with Kennedy's godmother, Tamara)

- ? (one quiet Sunday morning in November, Cicely notices Kennedy not feeling well)

- Black Gold Blood! - Greco Casadesus [Cezame Music Agency] (the family went to a party the night before, so Cicely figures her daughter is just tired)

- ?; Tension - Bob Bradley [Audio Network] (a couple hours later, Cicely goes up to Kennedy's room to check on her)

- Life or Death - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Cicely notices Kennedy has a slight fever, and that her lips are red and swollen)

- Melting Point No Pad - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (the following morning, Kennedy's condition hasn't improved/Cicely takes Kennedy to a local clinic, where Kennedy starts complaining about her throat)

- ? (doctor takes a swab from Kennedy's throat to test for infection)

- Life or Death - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (explanation of strep throat)

- ? (doctor prescribes antibiotics)

- Hanging On - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (but one morning later that week, Kennedy runs to the bathroom and starts vomiting)

- ? (Kennedy violently vomits)

- ? (Cicely sees sores in Kennedy's mouth)

- ? (Cicely realizes she needs to take Kennedy back to the E.R.)

- ? (at the hospital, doctors perform an initial round of tests, revealing Kennedy is still suffering from strep throat, but the cause of her other symptoms remains a mystery/doctors worry Kennedy may have Stevens-Johnson syndrome/Cicely is familiar with Stevens-Johnson syndrome, as a former colleague of hers lost a grandson of theirs to the disease/doctors determine it's not Stevens-Johnson syndrome/Tamara arrives at the hospital)

- ? (Kennedy kept in the hospital for one week, but the test results reveal nothing unusual, and doctors believe it's a virus that contributed to her strep throat)

- ? (for the next several weeks, Kennedy's symptoms come and go, and she starts losing weight)

- ? (Kennedy continues to see more doctors, but none of them are able to identify the cause of her illness)

- ? (then, five months after her symptoms began, during one of her doctor's visits, Kennedy complains of a new problem)

- ? (Kennedy complains of her side hurting/ultrasound reveals Kennedy's spleen is enlarged)

- ? (explanation of the spleen)

- ? (doctors believe Kennedy may have leukemia)

- ? ("I wanted them to be wrong, but she wasn't getting any better.")

- ? ("For the past several weeks, 16-year-old Kennedy Odom has been experiencing severe headaches and painful sores on her mouth.")

- Thriller Underscore - Laurent Juillet [APM Music] (Tamara questions the diagnosis of leukemia)

- Lunar Eclipse - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] ("I see Tamara, and I can see her sitting there thinking "This is wrong.""/Tamara asks the doctors if the issue is in Kennedy's mouth)

- ? (a team of specialists, including Dr. Mitchel Godat, is brought in to examine Kennedy's case)

- ? (over the next 72 hours, doctors test a variety of potential allergens on Kennedy's skin)

- Hackers Penetrating - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] (plays in between the previous and next tracks)

- ? (Kennedy diagnosed with systemic nickel allergy syndrome)

- ? (Dr. Godat suspects because of Kennedy's strep infection, her allergic reaction is particularly severe)

- Circling Menace - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] ("In the U.S., it's estimated that up to 15% of people suffer from some form of allergic reaction to metal.")

- Lunar Eclipse - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] ("I thought, "This is a nightmare."")

- Barren Desert No Pluck Syn - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Kennedy's braces are the cause of her condition)

- Stasis - Paul Mottram [Audio Network] (Kennedy's braces are immediately removed)

- Crime Scene 3 - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (over the next few days, Kennedy's symptoms start to fade)

- Mysterious Game - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (today, Kennedy has made a full recovery)

- ? (how to prevent a nickel allergy from developing)

- Creepy Feeling Str - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Jonathon Beers [Ah2 Music] ("Allergens can be avoided if you know where to look...")

CASE 2

- ? ("...but other monsters hide where you least expect."/case intro)

- According to Plan - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Santa Rosa, California)

- According to Plan Mallets - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (introduction of Rob Torgerson and Brenda Gilchrist)

- ? (Rob works as a medical device engineer, and Brenda is a human-resources consultant, but the couple's real passion is travel and fitness)

- Apocalypse Alarm - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Jonathon Beers [Ah2 Music] ("But this couple's taste for adventure comes at a cost.")

- Uncovered (a) - Jay Price [APM Music] (one day in spring, Rob and Brenda go for a 2-mile open-water swim)

- Intimate Thought - Pierre Vergara, Louis Perez [APM Music] (Rob starts to feel chills after the swim)

- ? (later that day, Brenda checks on Rob, and discovers he has 104 fever)

- ? (Brenda makes Rob take a cold bath to reduce his fever)

- Access Development - Brian Reidinger, Ryan Leach, Darren Drew [KPM Music] (but the following morning, the fever comes back)

- ? (Rob also develops really bad headaches)

- Ambiment - Sammy Burdson, Jean-Claude Madonne [APM Music] ("After developing a high fever, Rob Torgerson is now also experiencing a piercing pain in his head."/"Rob gets up to find Brenda...but suddenly his headache becomes too painful to endure.")

- Confer and Fire - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (Brenda sees Rob reeling in pain)

- Strategic Device - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Brenda takes Rob to the doctor)

- Discreet Inquiry Tension - Bruno Pilloix, Lionel Wendling [APM Music] (doctor believes Rob is having cluster headaches)

- ? (doctor sends Rob and Brenda home)

- ? (by the next morning, Rob's condition hasn't improved, so Brenda takes him back to the doctor)

- ? (doctor tells Rob and Brenda to go to the hospital)

- ? (at the hospital, a team of physicians examine Rob)

- ? (doctor orders an MRI of Rob's brain)

- ? (that night, Rob suffers hallucinations)

- ? (the next morning, doctors come to the theory that Rob may have meningitis)

- Mysterons - David O'Brien [Audio Network] (explanation of meningitis)

- ? ("I was feeling really scared for Rob."/spinal tap reveals Rob doesn't have meningitis)

- ? (Brenda notices Rob's skin looking gray, and the doctors reveal Rob has an onset of liver and kidney failure)

- ? ("Rob Torgerson has been suffering crushing headaches and bizarre hallucinations, but doctors are at a loss to explain why.")

- Amber Blast - Gregoire Moreau [APM Music] (Brenda calls as many people as she can)

- Reviewing the Evidence - David Vanacore, Matt Koskenmaki [KPM Music] (through a friend, Brenda manages to get in contact with Dr. Charlie Evans)

- Hackers Penetrating - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] (Dr. Evans explains to Brenda it's hard to determine what Rob might have without seeing his medical records and lab results)

- ? (Brenda goes over to the nurses' station and asks for Rob's medical records, but the nurse refuses to give them to Brenda)

- Circling Menace - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Brenda takes Rob's medical records when the nurse isn't looking, and gives them to Dr. Evans)

- Surrounded in the Swamp (No Guitars) - David Vanacore, Brandon Thompson [KPM Music] (Brenda tells Dr. Evans she and Rob had just gotten back from Costa Rica)

- ? (Dr. Evans reaches a diagnosis)

- Hackers Penetrating - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] (plays in between the previous and next tracks)

- ? (leptospirosis)

- ? ("I had never heard of leptospirosis.")

- ? ("Leptospirosis is a dangerous disease because it's able to avoid the immune system.")

- Feel the Darkness (b) - Adam Saunders, Mark Cousins [APM Music] ("He had a significant infection.")

- ? (Rob placed on doxycycline)

- ? (the leptospira bacteria is able to infect humans when they come into contact with urine from infected animals)

- Solar Vegetation - Doug Bossi, Evan Wise [KPM Music] (Rob recalls ziplining and then taking a swim under a waterfall in Costa Rica a few weeks before he fell ill)

- ? (Rob begins to improve)

- After Tomorrow - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (after being given another dose of doxycycline and two more days in the hospital, Rob is well enough to go home, and today, he has made a recovery)

- Undercover Unit - Bob Bradley, Thomas Balmforth [APM Music] (how to avoid contracting leptospirosis)

- Creepy Feeling Str - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Jonathon Beers [Ah2 Music] ("While some monsters act with terrifying speed...")

CASE 3

- ? ("...others wreak havoc over time."/case intro)

- ? (Kingwood, Texas/Charlye Hebert is close to her mother, Tonya)

- Even Steven - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (one of Charlye's friends is her longtime pal Taylor Sappington)

- Aftereffect - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (one Friday night, Charlye and Taylor return home from a local bar)

- ? (at Taylor's house, Charlye starts to feel nauseous)

- ? (the next day, Charlye feels better, and that evening goes out with friends again/the morning after, Charyle wakes up nauseous again)

- ? (Charlye goes to bathroom and vomits)

- Morning of the Attack 2 - Luke Richards [Audio Network] (for the next two weeks, Charlye's symptoms seem to fade/then, while at a restaurant with Taylor, Charlye's symptoms suddenly return)

- Tension - Bob Bradley [Audio Network] (Charlye takes some antacid)

- Stalking - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik [Cezame Music Agency] (the antacids fail to help, and the next morning, Charlye wakes up with vomiting and diarrhea)

- ? ("I was concerned.")

- ? (that afternoon, Charlye phones her mother, who believes her symptoms are connected to drinking on the weekends)

- ? (for the next few weeks, Charlye cuts back on the drinking, and her symptoms eventually go away)

- Double Back - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (two months after her symptoms first appeared, Charlye feels her life is back on track and gets a job working for a local logistics company, and goes out with her friends on the weekend to celebrate)

- Emerging Image NoOrch - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Charlye indulges herself at the restaurant/Charlye's heartburns begins to return, but refuses to turn in early on her special night)

- ? (but the following Monday morning, Charlye's symptoms return while at work)

- Cover for a Sting - David Vanacore, Brandon Thompson [KPM Music] (later that afternoon, a troubling new development occurs)

- ? ("Over the past few weeks, Charlye Hebert has been vomiting and suffering from severe bouts of nausea.")

- ? (Charlye sees a black substance in her vomit that's probably blood)

- ? (the next day, Charlye makes an appointment with a gastroenterologist)

- ? (gastroenterologist believes Charlye may have stomach ulcers)

- Life or Death - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (doctor prescribes Charlye an over-the-counter heartburn medication)

- Time Passes - Barrie Gledden, Steve Dymond, Jason Pedder [Audio Network] (but over the next two weeks, Charlye continues to experience her digestive symptoms)

- ? (following a business trip, Tonya stops in for a visit, and notices her daughter has lost weight)

- ? (Charlye returns to the hospital, where Chad Burch is part of the medical team that takes on her case/doctors analyze blood and stool samples and perform an endoscopy on Charlye's digestive tract, which don't reveal anything)

- Sinister Angel - Christopher Ashmore, Benjamin Marks [Audio Network] (Charlye is sent home)

- ? (Charlye becomes reclusive/"I was absolutely worried about her.")

- ? (three weeks after her last doctor's visit, Charlye gets a call at work from her doctors telling her they found something in her stool samples)

- ? ("For several weeks, Charlye Hebert has been suffering from severe weight loss, nausea, and vomiting.")

- ? (entamoeba histolytica)

- Edge of Night - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] ("When it gets into the bloodstream, the entamoeba histolytica infection can actually kill somebody within 12 to 72 hours.")

- Levels of Violence - Barrie Gledden, Steve Dymond [Audio Network] ("Entamoeba histolytica typically attacks the large intestine, but can also penetrate the intestinal wall and spread via the blood...to the liver, the brain, and other organs.")

- Lambs to the Slaughter - Cody Johnson [APM Music] (doctors place Charlye on an intense course of antiparasitic drugs/the treatment gives Charlye migraines and vomiting)

- ? ("Then, three weeks after she begins taking the medication, Charlye notices a change.")

- Back to Life - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Charlye's symptoms start to improve)

- Theft (a) - Henri Poch [APM Music] (life cycle of the entamoeba histolytica parasite)

- ? (Charlye believes she probably picked up the parasite while dining out)

- Blooming Daisies - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (today, Charlye is parasite-free)

- Investigation - Bruno Pilloix, Lionel Wendling [APM Music] (how to avoid contracting entamoeba histolytica)