Killer in My Neck

 

- Piano Steps - Mark Russell (show intro)

CASE 1

- Firefly - James Jacobsen, Parthenon Huxley (Fontana, California)

- Green Tuesday - Ronni Shaw (Leslie and Patrick Abram Sr.'s son Patrick Jr. wants to be a graphic artist)

- Grave Danger - Takeshi Furukawa (one spring afternoon, Patrick Jr. arrives for a weekend of babysitting/Patrick Jr. explains he has a really bad sore throat)

- Disturbing Veil - Anthony Phillips (Patrick Sr. notices his son's face is swollen)

- The Hunted - Julia Jones, Thomas Chase, Veigar Margeirsson (Patrick Sr. notices his son's eyes are yellow)

- Find Him - Takeshi Furukawa (Patrick Sr. rushes his son to the emergency room)

- Dark City - Steve Rucker, Thomas Chase (doctors tell Patrick Sr. that Patrick Jr.'s liver is shutting down)

- Wiretap - Murray Munro (Patrick Jr.'s condition rapidly worsens)

- Dark Pulse 30 - Bernhard Hering, Martin Wester, Matthias Kruger (emergency catscan of Patrick Jr.'s chest reveals double pneumonia)

- Dark 3 - Bernhard Hering, Martin Wester, Matthias Kruger ("I had to come to terms that whatever was inside of him basically was killing him.")

- Barcelona Nights - Mike Garson (Patrick Jr. transferred to the ICU)

- Dark 4 - Bernhard Hering, Martin Wester, Matthias Kruger (Patrick Jr.'s mother Leslie arrives)

- Quiet Desperation - Michael Levine (tests don't reveal anything)

- Too Many Secrets - Steve Rucker, Thomas Chase ("The doctor said "Patrick doesn't know how sick he is."")

- A Presence Around - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik (doctor explains that the mysterious infection is taking over Patrick Jr.'s body)

- Between the Lines - Michael Lavine (Patrick Sr. remembers having a son in 1995 that only lived for three and a half weeks)

- A Presence Around - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik (doctors tell Patrick Sr. that his son will die if they don't find out what's wrong)

- Dark 3 - Bernhard Hering, Martin Wester, Matthias Kruger ("At that point, all we could was just pray for a miracle that somebody's gonna diagnose this and figure out what's wrong with him.")

- Ballistics Analysis - Scott Marcussen (enter Dr. Jeffrey Roberts/Dr. Roberts looks over Patrick Jr.'s many catscans and finds the culprit)

- DNA Sample - Scott Marcussen (Lemierre's syndrome)

- Full Impact - Dusty Grey, William Smith (what the fusobacterium necrophorum is doing to Patrick Jr.)

- Into the Depths - Andrew Britton, David Goldsmith ("At this point, Patrick was getting worse.")

- Pulse of Fear - Andrew Britton, David Goldsmith ("That was very scary. It was a deadly disease...it would kill you.")

- In Pursuit - Steve Rucker, Thomas Chase ("Leslie and Patrick Abram Sr. are in the intensive care unit with their son, Patrick Jr., who is fighting for his life.")

- Barcelona Nights - Mike Garson (Dr. Roberts starts Patrick Jr. on a specialized I.V. antibiotic)

- Crime Scene - Anthony Phillips (doctors take Patrick Jr. into surgery)

- Too Tense - Christopher Franke (Dr. Roberts carefully removes the source of the infection)

- Back Again - Christopher Franke (surgery is successful)

- Nearing Danger - Andrew Britton, David Goldsmith (four days later, Patrick Jr. complains about his head hurting)

- Head Rush - Neil Pollard, William Kingswood; Dark 12 - Bernhard Hering, Martin Wester, Matthias Kruger (emergency MRI reveals an enlarged infectious pocket in Patrick Jr.'s brain)

- The Informer - Anthony Phillips (Patrick Jr. prepped for brain surgery)

- Mounting Evidence (Underscore) - Donn Wilkerson (doctors drain the abscesses in Patrick Jr.'s brain)

- Dead of Night - Michael Levine (Patrick Sr. is worried about how Patrick Jr. will be after surgery)

- Brighter Tomorrow - Michael Levine, Scott Roewe (Patrick Jr. is OK)

- Textures - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (how the fusobacterium necrophorum bacteria enters the bloodstream)

- Subterfuge - Michael Levine ("Upon discovering that it's something that we all have, and there's nothing you that you can do to prevent it, was very scary.")

- Voyager - David Goodall, Rob Parrett ("Fortunately, the insidious disease was caught in time, and the Abrams can breathe a sigh of relief, as Patrick Jr. slowly turns the corner."/three weeks later, Patrick Jr. finally goes home)

- Clarity - Ariel Blumenthal (one year later, Patrick Jr. is back in pursuit of his dream of becoming a graphic artist)

- DNA Sample - Scott Marcussen ("Lemierre's syndrome is extremely rare.")

CASE 2

- Swat - Steve Everitt (case intro)

- Slipstream - Bruce Maginnis [Audio Network] (Damascus, Maryland)

- Firefly - James Jacobsen, Parthenon Huxley (Brittany Goff loves exploring the wilderness)

- Autumn Rush - Scott Salinas, Tobias Enhus (Brittany also plays soccer)

- Investigate - Murray Munro (one Saturday afternoon, Brittany's soccer team plays a semifinal match against their arch rival)

- Dark 3 - Bernhard Hering, Martin Wester, Matthias Kruger; Question Everything - Baxter Poe, Stan Hope (halfway through the match, Brittany starts to feel exhausted)

- Treacherous Waters - Jonas Baker (fatigue persists for the next few months)

- Investigations Have Started - Daniel Backes, Peter Moslener (Brittany's mother Patty takes her to the family physician)

- Wiretap - Murray Munro (results come back a week later)

- Lethal Run - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] ("After six months of suffering from chronic fatigue, 14-year-old soccer player Brittany Goff barely has the energy to make it off the couch.")

- Wiretap - Murray Munro (doctor diagnoses Brittany with hemochromatosis)

- Tension in Tarzana - Daniel Heath, Joey Peters (explanation of hemochromatosis)

- Treacherous Waters - Jonas Baker (Brittany put on a treatment program)

- Cardiac Arrest - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (Brittany endures the treatment)

- Dark Void - David Edwards (by her junior year, Brittany's constant fatigue is wearing her down)

- Light in the Attic - Scott Marcussen (Brittany's dreams of a normal high school life begin slipping away)

- Under Pressure - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (despite Brittany's levels of iron coming down in her blood, she's still as tired as ever)

- Valley of Tranquillity - Chris Egan, Trystan Francis [Audio Network] (Brittany forced to quit soccer)

- Too Tense - Christopher Franke (Patty continues to search for reasons for her daughter's mysterious illness)

- Invisible Enemy - Xavier Jamaux (every doctor Brittany sees believes she's making her symptoms up for attention/Patty fears Brittany may have a mental illness)

- Crystal Sequence - Xavier Jamaux (Brittany feels hurt that nobody will believe her)

- Coming Up - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik (over the next two years, Brittany trudges through high school)

- Synapse Anatomy - Laurent Levesque (Brittany enrolls in a local community college/Brittany wakes up one morning with extreme joint pain)

- The Unexplained - Frederick Kron, Joanna Balloonknot (Patty takes Brittany to a new physician)

- Black Plague - Anthony Phillips (Brittany diagnosed with Lyme disease)

- Dark Void - David Edwards ("I was really scared.")

- Textures - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (Brittany prescribed a three-week course of antibiotics)

- Dark 1; Dark 13 - Bernhard Hering, Martin Wester, Matthias Kruger (but after completing the three-week course, Brittany feels worse/for the next two years, Brittany is in and out of doctor's offices)

- Cold Planet - Anthony Phillips; Lost Sonar - Gregoire Couzinier, Tremolo Tom (Brittany wakes up one night in a pool of sweat and develops chills)

- Drama Games - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik (Brittany returns to the doctor who diagnosed with her Lyme disease/doctor tells Brittany she doesn't have Lyme disease anymore)

- A Path Not Taken - Anthony Phillips (Brittany forced to drop out of school)

- Drone Awakening - Baxter Poe, Stan Hope, Thomas Hirschmann ("She was just sitting at home, wrapped up in a blanket.")

- The Runaway - Anthony Phillips ("For nearly five years, Brittany Goff suffered at the hands of a mysterious illness that left her chronically fatigued and in constant pain.")

- Future Metropolis - Denis Levaillant (Brittany sees Dr. Daniel Jaller)

- District 10 - David Edwards (one month later, Brittany gets the results/test results reveal Brittany also has babesiosis)

- Science 11 - Bernhard Hering, Martin Wester, Matthias Kruger ("Babesiosis is caused by a protozoan parasite called babesia microti.")

- Stalked and Hunted - Jeffrey Cardoni (what the babesia parasite is doing to Brittany)

- Analysis - Philip Guyler [Audio Network] (many people don't experience any symptoms)

- Hour of Need - Anthony Phillips (Brittany and her mother become very scared)

- Out of Time - Michael Levine (Dr. Jaller prescribes a course of long-term antibiotic and anti-parasitic medications to Brittany)

- In Pursuit - Steve Rucker, Thomas Chase (both the babesia parasite and Lyme disease bacteria (borrelia burgdorferi) are found in deer ticks)

- Let Me Think - Christopher Franke (Patty recalls pulling a deer tick off of Brittany when she was six years old)

- Minesweeping - Jean Yves Rigo (both babesiosis and Lyme disease can lay dormant inside a host for years without producing symptoms)

- Insistent Rhythm - Donn Wilkerson (Patty starts to feel guilty for not believing her daughter at first)

- Question Everything - Baxter Poe, Stan Hope (Brittany recalls having angry and frustrating feelings towards her family for not believing her during her recovery)

- Autumn Rush - Scott Salinas, Tobias Enhus (Brittany finally starts to improve)

- Ace Investigator - Ronni Shaw (how to avoid babesiosis and Lyme disease)

CASE 3

- Swat - Steve Everitt (case intro)

- Wildflowers - Chris Neeser, Christopher Innes, Glenn Holley (Modesto, California)

- All Together - James Jacobsen, Parthenon Huxley (Candy Negrete is in a relationship with Dewie Schwinn)

- Strange Meeting - Murray Munro; Dark 5 - Bernhard Hering, Martin Wester, Matthias Kruger (Candy gets ready for a long hike on a rare day off/Candy notices her breast feels weird)

- Imminent Doom - Matthew St Laurent (Candy visits her doctor and undergoes a series of X-rays, which reveal cysts in her breasts)

- The Unexplained - Frederick Kron, Joanna Balloonknot (a week later, Dewie drives Candy to the hospital for her surgery)

- Dark 1 - Bernhard Hering, Martin Wester, Matthias Kruger (surgeon removes the cysts)

- Lost in the Lake - Anthony Phillips (two hours later, Candy's doctor tells her she'll recover quick)

- Sense of Emotion - Boris Nonte (while watching TV, Candy feels heat in her right breast)

- Sweltering Night - Donn Wilkerson (Candy notices her breast is getting red and large)

- Dark 5 - Bernhard Hering, Martin Wester, Matthias Kruger (the next morning, Candy wakes up to feeling cold and wet)

- Panic Stricken - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik (Candy sees blood on her bed)

- Treacherous Waters - Jonas Baker ("Less than 24 hours after a procedure to remove cysts from both her breasts, Candy Negrete is waking up to a living nightmare.")

- Dark 1 - Bernhard Hering, Martin Wester, Matthias Kruger (Candy's breast is huge and purple)

- Head Rush - Neil Pollard, William Kingswood (Candy can't understand why her right breast is like that, but not her left)

- Find Him - Takeshi Furukawa (Dewie rushes Candy back to the hospital/doctors discover fluid leaking out of Candy's breast)

- Concrete and Chalk - Jeffrey Cardoni (doctor drains and cleans the infection in Candy's breast)

- Pulse of Fear - Andrew Britton, David Goldsmith (Candy stays home from work to recover)

- Little Flickers - Daniel Pemberton (Candy slowly begins to feel relief from her constant pain/Candy's biopsies come back clear)

- All's Fair - Christopher Franke (Candy returns to work)

- Dark 1 - Bernhard Hering, Martin Wester, Matthias Kruger (Candy feels a lump around her right breast)

- Light in the Attic - Scott Marcussen ("What is growing inside me now?")

- Pulse of Fear - Andrew Britton, David Goldsmith (Candy returns home that night and tells Dewie about her strange new symptom)

- Minesweeping - Jean Yves Rigo (over the course of eight weeks, the lump continues to grow)

- Troubled - Ian Clarke, Simon Painter (finally, Candy makes a last-ditch appointment with a new doctor)

- Treacherous Waters - Jonas Baker (doctor tells Candy there's something inside of her)

- Search Lights - David Edwards (doctor tells Candy he's going to call the surgeon who performed her first surgery)

- Grave Danger - Takeshi Furukawa (Candy becomes hysterical)

- Dark Threat - Bastide Donny, Bastien Roques (Candy sent to the hospital where her first surgery was performed)

- Quiet Desperation - Michael Levine (surgeon carefully removes the strange lump)

- Dark 3 - Bernhard Hering, Martin Wester, Matthias Kruger (three hours later, Candy wakes up in the recovery room)

- Dark Threat - Bastide Donny, Bastien Roques (doctors tell Candy they removed the problem)

- Sweltering Night - Donn Wilkerson ("After a procedure to have cysts in both her breasts removed, Candy Negrete was left with a mysterious infection that left her right breast swollen and oozing pus."/doctors explain to Candy that two surgical sponges were left inside her from her first surgery)

- In Pursuit - Steve Rucker, Thomas Chase (explanation of surgical sponges)

- Percussion Breaks - Anthony Phillips (Candy's immune system tried to attack the sponges)

- Mind Movies - Daniel Backes, Peter Moslener ("Retained surgical sponges often cause no symptoms at all and can remain unnoticed for decades.")

- Dark 1 - Bernhard Hering, Martin Wester, Matthias Kruger ("To me, it was unbelievable, very unbelievable.")

- Floating Above - Michael Levine ("I felt sorry for Candy, because she had went on so long with this thing.")

- Concentric Strings - Andrew Blaney ("Surgeries involving the chest, stomach, or pelvis usually require between 250 and 300 tools.")

- Dark 10 - Bernhard Hering, Martin Wester, Matthias Kruger (Candy is relieved because it wasn't cancer or anything else extremely scary)

- Revolving Circles - Andrew Britton, David Goldsmith (Candy has recovered, and is now married to Dewie)

- Vortex Empire - Boris Nonte, Gregg Lehrman (1 out of every 9,000 surgeries end with a medical instrument being left behind inside a patient after surgery)

- Smoke & Mirrors - Steve Martin (ending screen)