Dying Abroad

 

- Piano Steps - Mark Russell (show intro)

CASE 1

- Dobro Duet - Rick DiFonzo, Scott Schreer (Fort Collins, Colorado/26-year-old Christie-Anne Edie loves to travel)

- Luscious Dream - Boris Nonte, Greg Lehrman (Christie-Anne's mother Melody is not surprised by her desire to travel)

- Acoustic Twilight - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (Christie-Anne is accepted into the Peace Corps)

- Puzzle Box - David O'Brien [Audio Network] (Christie-Anne heads to Burkina Faso)

- Thumb Piano - Evelyn Glennie [Audio Network] (Christie-Anne teaches young kids in a remote village how to wash their hands)

- Crime Scene - Anthony Phillips (but two months in, Christie-Anne starts to feel ill)

- Uncertain Fate - Gary Kuo (Christie-Anne vomits into her latrine)

- Dark Pulse 30 - Bernhard Hering, Martin Wester, Matthias Kruger (Christie-Anne takes anti-nausea medication, to no avail/Christie-Anne notices she's lost weight)

- Stalked and Hunted - Jeffrey Cardoni (Christie-Anne has a friend deliver a stool sample to doctors in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou)

- Coming Up - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik (Christie-Anne sends her mom a text message)

- Strange Meeting - Murray Munro (seven days later, Christie-Anne receives antibiotics from doctors in Ouagadougou)

- Ball of Stress - Kurt Oldman (two months later, Christie-Anne's symptoms return)

- In Pursuit - Steve Rucker, Thomas Chase (Christie-Anne tries to contact doctors in Ouagadougou)

- Dark Pulse 24 - Bernhard Hering, Martin Wester, Matthias Kruger (Christie-Anne texts her mother)

- Stalked and Hunted - Jeffrey Cardoni (Peace Corps doctors text Christie-Anne that they're sending someone to pick her up and take her to the capital)

- Troubled - Ian Clarke, Simon Painter (Christie-Anne decides she isn't going to wait to be picked up)

- Build to Bang - Steve Everitt (Christie-Anne rides her bike out of village)

- Core of Corruption - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Christie-Anne arrives in Bobo-Dioulasso, and takes a bus ride to Ouagadougou)

- Doing the Deal - Mark Sayer-Wade (doctors believe Christie-Anne may have appendicitis)

- Core of Corruption - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] ("When left untreated, it can rupture...and be fatal.")

- The Vote - Jonas Baker (doctors run multiple tests on Christie-Anne)

- Futurism - Christian Telford (Christie-Anne video chats with her mother)

- Treacherous Waters - Jonas Baker (one week later, the test results come back)

- Mental Disorder - Arnaud Rozenblat, Daniel Finot [Cezame Music Agency] (doctor tells Christie-Anne she has a parasite)

- Rebels Uprising (c) - Baxter Poe, Matt Novack, Stan Hope (entamoeba histolytica)

- Dark Void - David Edwards ("An estimated 50 million cases of entamoeba histolytica infection occur worldwide each year.")

- Invisible Enemy - Xavier Jamaux ("These parasites are lethal.")

- Vortex - C Simonetti ("In West Africa, the deadly entamoeba histolytica parasite is attacking Peace Corps worker Christie-Anne Edie.")

- Black Plague - Anthony Phillips (Christie-Anne phones her mother about the news)

- Celestial Pulses - Matthew St Laurent (doctors give Christie-Anne metronidazole)

- Dark Pulse 18 - Bernhard Hering, Martin Wester, Matthias Kruger (doctors decide to send Christie-Anne back to the U.S.)

- In the Fullness of Time - Paul Mottram [Audio Network] (Christie-Anne returns to the U.S.)

- Web of Intrigue - Andrew Britton, David Goldsmith (life cycle of the entamoeba histolytica parasite)

- Darkness Rising 4 - David O'Brien [Audio Network] (Christie-Anne recalls sharing food from a communal bowl with Burkinabes)

- Tender - Mark Cook (after six weeks in the hospital, Christie-Anne can finally go home)

- Frontier 2 - Helen Jane Long [Audio Network] (doctors tell Christie-Anne not to go back to Africa)

- Freefall - Helen Jane Long [Audio Network] (today, Christie-Anne's memories of Africa remain strong)

- Joker - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik (how to avoid the entamoeba histolytica parasite)

CASE 2

- Swat - Steve Everitt (case intro)

- Summertime Cocktail - Christopher Innes, Glenn Holley, Tom Caffey (Wichita, Kansas/Gayle Collins lives with her eldest daughter, Jennifer Benewiat and her three sons)

- Cold Blooded Killer - Scott Marcussen (Gayle notices Jennifer looking pale upon returning home from a visit to her father)

- Build to Bang - Steve Everitt (that night, Gayle hears Jennifer vomiting)

- The Unexplained - Frederick Kron, Joanna Balloonknot (Jennifer takes ibuprofen, but it doesn't help)

- Cumulus Morpheus - Michel Roche (two days later, Gayle takes Jennifer's temperature)

- Stalked and Hunted - Jeffrey Cardoni (Jennifer's temperature is 104)

- Dark Pulse 18 - Bernhard Hering, Martin Wester, Matthias Kruger (Gayle rushes Jennifer to the E.R.)

- Malady - Kurt Oldman (doctors discover Jennifer's oxygen levels are dropping)

- Stalked and Hunted - Jeffrey Cardoni (doctors place an oxygen mask on Jennifer)

- Fearful - Matthew Harris (the next morning, Gayle gets a phone call from the hospital telling her to come immediately)

- Troubled - Ian Clarke, Simon Painter (Gayle arrives at the hospital, where the nurses tell her Jennifer can no longer breathe on her own/"In Kansas, nurses tell Gayle Collins that her daughter, Jennifer, has stopped breathing."/Jennifer placed on life support)

- Dark Pulse 9 - Bernhard Hering, Martin Wester, Matthias Kruger (doctors tell Gayle Jennifer's kidneys are starting to fail and her lungs are starting to fill up)

- Subsonix - Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (Dr. Keck Hartman steps in)

- Dark Visions - Boris Nonte, Ronni Shaw (doctors try to drain the fluid with a needle, but Jennifer's lungs keep mysteriously filling back up)

- Invisible Enemy - Xavier Jamaux (doctors order a further series of tests)

- The Clock Is Ticking - Scott Marcussen (Jennifer's heart monitor goes off/buildup of fluid in Jennifer's chest is causing irregular heartbeats)

- Dark Pulse 24 - Bernhard Hering, Martin Wester, Matthias Kruger (doctors manage to get Jennifer's irregular heartbeats under control with medicine)

- Drone the Beginning - Baxter Poe, Stan Hope, Thomas Hirschmann (blood tests reveal hantavirus pulmonary syndrome)

- Ballistics Analysis - Scott Marcussen (the hantavirus is attacking the capillaries surrounding Jennifer's lungs)

- Palpitation - Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] ("All I could hope for is that the good Lord was gonna answer my prayers, and that he was gonna help her fight this off.")

- Underworld Drum - Anthony Phillips (hantavirus pulmonary syndrome is extremely rare, but half of all cases are lethal)

- Dark 1 - Bernhard Hering, Martin Wester, Matthias Kruger (there's no treatment for hantavirus pulmonary syndrome)

- Coming Up - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik (for 10 days, Jennifer fights for her life)

- Doing the Deal - Mark Sayer-Wade (to keep Jennifer alive, doctors must insert another, more permanent tube through the neck)

- Mental Disorder - Arnaud Rozenblat, Daniel Finot [Cezame Music Agency] (doctors prepare to perform the procedure)

- Awareness - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] ("In Kansas, Jennifer Benewiat is in a coma, suffering from a rare disease called hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.")

- Stasis - Paul Mottram [Audio Network] (doctors pull out the breathing tube)

- Remembrance - Joachim Horsley (amazingly, Jennifer is able to breathe on her own/incredibly, Jennifer beats the hantavirus infection)

- Tender - Mark Cook (two months later, Jennifer finally reunites with her kids)

- Kept in Suspense - Baxter Poe, Josh Mobley, Stan Hope (how the hantavirus infects humans)

- Sinister Angel - Christopher Ashmore, Benjamin Marks [Audio Network] (Jennifer believes she inhaled dust while cleaning)

- Sailing Days - Christopher Innes, Glenn Holley, Marc Dold (Jennifer has made a full recovery)

- Treacherous Waters - Jonas Baker (how to avoid the hantavirus)

CASE 3

- Swat - Steve Everitt (case intro)

- Crashing Tides - Gregg Lehrman (Hillsboro, Oregon)

- On the Fly - Christopher Franke (Brandi and Mark Franklin have three kids, 8-year Mellina from a previous relationship of Brandi's, 2-year old Nolan, and 18-month old Cavan)

- String Theory - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Nolan and Cavan like to play outside in the dirt)

- Grisly Scene - Scott Marcussen (one November evening, Mark notices Cavan looking dizzy)

- ? (the next day, Mark goes to work, while Brandi remains at home with her daycare)

- Horror Ramp 1 - Jonas Baker (Brandi notices Cavan's eyes fluttering)

- A Presence Around - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik (Brandi schedules an appointment with the pediatrician for the next day)

- Enduring - Olivier Renoir (the next morning, Brandi notices Cavan walking funny)

- Samurashi - Boris Nonte, Ronni Shaw (Cavan lays down and stares at the ceiling with no movement)

- Ball of Stress - Kurt Oldman ("In Oregon, Brandi Franklin looks on in horror as her toddler, Cavan, lies apparently lifeless on the floor.")

- Dramaniac - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik (Brandi takes Cavin to the E.R./Mark joins Brandi at their son's bedside/doctors order an E.E.G.)

- Fugitive Chase - Takeshi Furukawa (Cavan has encephalitis)

- Between the Lines - Michael Levine (what's triggering Cavan's encephalitis remains unknown)

- Dark Pulse 30 - Bernhard Hering, Martin Wester, Matthias Kruger (Dr. Parvez Pohowalla takes on Cavan's case)

- On the Fly - Christopher Franke (Dr. Pohowalla and his team give Cavan steroids to reduce the swelling in his brain)

- Subterfuge - Michael Levine (despite numerous tests, the cause of Cavin's encephalitis remains a mystery)

- Nocturnal Enigma - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik (Dr. Pohowalla runs an MRI on Cavan's brain)

- Build to Bang - Steve Everitt (Cavin's brain is shrinking)

- Mental Disorder - Arnaud Rozenblat, Daniel Finot [Cezame Music Agency] (Cavin is still unresponsive)

- Celestial Pulses - Matthew St Laurent (Cavin is unable to walk or talk)

- Drone the Beginning - Baxter Poe, Stan Hope, Thomas Hirschmann (doctors start Cavin on rigorous physical therapy)

- Collecting Evidence - Christian Telford, Galileo Seven (very slowly, Cavan begins to show slight signs of improvement)

- Dark Pulse 16 - Bernhard Hering, Martin Wester, Matthias Kruger (blood sample reveals what Cavan had)

- No Way Back - Michael Levine ("For three months, doctors have struggled to figure out what is behind the mysterious illness that has devastated 18-month-old Cavan Franklin's brain.")

- Iron Shells - Boris Nonte, Ronni Shaw (baylisascaris procyonis)

- In Pursuit - Steve Rucker, Thomas Chase ("Although infection with baylisascaris is rare, when a parasite migrates to the central nervous system, the damage is irreversible.")

- Saving Angels - Anthony Phillips (although the parasites are dead, it's too late to prevent permanent brain damage)

- Heart of Darkness - David O'Brien [Audio Network] (after 10 more weeks of physical therapy, doctors send Cavan home)

- Kept in Suspense - Baxter Poe, Josh Mobley, Stan Hope (baylisascaris is also known as the raccoon roundworm/life cycle of the baylisascris parasite)

- Light in the Attic - Scott Marcussen (Brandi and Mark believe Cavan got the parasite from putting contaminated dirt in his mouth)

- Time Critical - Takeshi Furukawa ("A child's instinct to put objects into their mouths helps them develop a stronger immune system, but this behavior can also make them susceptible to infection with the baylisascaris parasite.")

- Kidnapped - Luke Richards [Audio Network] (today, Cavan is 8 years old, and has made significant progress)

- A Long Farewell - Jonas Baker (Mellina and Nolan have both helped Cavan, and all three are super close)

- Ace Investigator - Ronni Shaw (how to avoid the baylisascaris parasite)

- Smoke & Mirrors - Steve Martin (ending screen)