My Christmas from Hell

 

- Piano Steps - Mark Russell (show intro)

CASE 1

- I Remember - Christopher Franke (New York, New York)

- Andino - Nicolas Barry, Tomas Jacobi (Tara Dairman and Andy Cahill travel to South America)

- Clearer - Thornton Jenkins (six months into their adventure, they take a break to visit their families for the holidays)

- Gradalis Deo 3 - Dan Skinner, Adam Skinner [Audio Network] ("But among all the comforts of home, something unexpected is awaiting this adventurous pair.")

- Dark Tides - Anthony Phillips (the week before Christmas, the couple are visting Andy's mother's home in Terre Haute, Indiana/Tara feels a strange pain in her scalp)

- Dark Pulse 30 - Bernhard Hering, Martin Wester, Matthias Kruger (the pain returns later that night/explanation of head lice)

- Fear Never Sleeps - Tom Howe (Tara asks Andy to look at her scalp)

- Dark Pulse 27 - Bernhard Hering, Martin Wester, Matthias Kruger (Andy doesn't find any bugs, but does find two red bites)

- Ghostly - Paul Mottram [Audio Network] (the couple fall back asleep/on Christmas Day, Andy's family gathers for Christmas dinner)

- Fearful - Matthew Harris (Tara gets the stabbing pain again)

- Kept in Suspense - Baxter Poe, Josh Mobley, Stan Hope (Andy reexamines the bites on Tara's scalp in the bathroom)

- In Pursuit - Steve Rucker, Thomas Chase (Tara fears it could be malaria)

- Grisly Scene - Scott Marcussen (Andy believes it isn't serious, but gives Tara antibiotic pills anyways)

- Light in the Attic - Scott Marcussen (seven days later, the couple travel to Long Island, New York to visit Tara's family)

- Conundrum 2 - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (that night, Tara's stabbing pains keep waking her up)

- Dark Pulse 9 - Bernhard Hering, Martin Wester, Matthias Kruger (Andy is more annoyed than concerned at Tara)

- DNA Sample - Scott Marcussen (the next day, Tara starts searching the internet)

- Cracking the Surface - Scott Marcussen (Tara sees some pictures and is shocked)

- Runaway - Steve Rucker, Thomas Chase (Tara calls Andy to come over and look at the website)

- Monster Flashback - Kurt Oldman (Tara believes she has a botfly larva in her scalp)

- Puzzle Box - David O'Brien [Audio Network] (Andy doesn't believe her)

- The Informer - Anthony Phillips (Andy reluctantly agrees to put vaseline over Tara's head to see if she has botfly larva)

- Blood Thirsty - Frederick Kron, Joanna Balloonknot (after 30 seconds, something shocking happens)

- Dynasty Madness - Boris Nonte, Ronni Shaw ("Midway through the holiday season, world travelers Tara Dairman and Andy Cahill have just confirmed that something is crawling inside Tara's scalp.")

- Chased By Evil - Robert Bennett (a worm pops up out of Tara's scalp)

- Blood Thirsty - Frederick Kron, Joanna Balloonknot (the botfly larva was feeding on Tara's blood and flesh)

- Ominous Clouds - Jonas Baker (the botfly (dermatobia hominis) is native to Central and South America)

- Dark Pulse 10 - Bernhard Hering, Martin Wester, Matthias Kruger (Andy feels bad for being kind of mean to Tara about her pains)

- Under Covered - Christopher Franke (Andy decides he's going to get the larva out himself)

- Under Pressure - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Andy finds a do-it-yourself botfly extraction technique on the internet/Andy covers Tara's holes with liquid bandage)

- Something Near - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik (the next morning, Andy slowly peels off the liquid bandage; the first larva is dead, but the second one is unfortunately still alive)

- Awareness - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (Andy grabs a pair of tweezers and tries to pull the second larva out)

- Dark Threat - Bastide Donny, Bastien Roques (the maggot starts to stretch)

- Back Again - Christopher Franke (Andy manages to extract the maggot fully intact)

- Kept in Suspense - Baxter Poe, Josh Mobley, Stan Hope (the female botfly attaches its eggs to a mosquito's underbelly with a sticky substance, which then melts when the mosquito bites a human and causes the eggs to fall onto the skin)

- Tracking Fraud - Anthony Phillips (Tara believes she got infected while traveling in Belize)

- Knowledge and Process - Laurent Levesque (Tara's symptoms vanish, and the couple soon take off on more adventures)

- Stalked and Hunted - Jeffrey Cardoni (how to avoid becoming a host to botfly larvae)

CASE 2

- Samurashi - Boris Nonte, Ronni Shaw (case intro)

- Dobro Duet - Rick DiFonzo, Scott Schreer (Falls Church, Virginia)

- Investigate - Murray Munro (Ian and Julie Liu have three sons)

- Woven Web - Anthony Phillips ("But this Christmas, an uninvited guest may cripple this active family.")

- Insistent Rhythm - Donn Wilkerson (it's mid-December)

- Barcelona Nights - Mike Garson (Ian gives his son a bath, but his back soon starts to hurt)

- Suspected One - Andrew Skeet, Luke Gordon (Ian takes anti-inflammatory drugs)

- Minesweeping - Jean Yves Rigo (the next day, the pain is still there)

- Time Is Now - Christopher Franke (the family heads to the local supermarket)

- Pounding Riots - Boris Nonte, Gregg Lehrman (Ian's intense back pain slows him down)

- Armed Response - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Julie believes Ian is being dramatic about his back pains)

- Sixth Sense - Orlando Jopling [Audio Network] (Ian gets irritable and snappy at Julie)

- Verdict - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik [Cezame Music Agency] (Ian and Julie finish their shopping and sit down for lunch at a nearby cafe)

- Apocalypse - Chris Blackwell [Audio Network] (Ian collapses)

- Samurashi - Boris Nonte, Ronni Shaw ("As the holidays loom in Falls Church, Virginia, Julie Liu has just watched her husband Ian collapse.")

- Slam Down - Boris Nonte, Ronni Shaw (Julie calls 911)

- Subsonix - Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] ("It was really scary.")

- Crisis Matter - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Ian comes around)

- Subsonix - Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (paramedics take Ian to the emergency room)

- Grisly Scene - Scott Marcussen (doctor tells Ian there's nothing definitive as to what was wrong with him)

- Gold Days Are Over - Tom Boddy [Audio Network] (Ian given painkillers)

- The Men In Suits - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (with the help of prescription painkillers, Ian powers through the family's flight to San Francisco, California, to Julie's family's house)

- Ghostly Child - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (the family arrives at Julie's family's house)

- For Whom the Bell Tolls - Oliver Ledbury [Audio Network] (Ian's back pain is excruciating)

- Nowhere to Go - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Ian tries his best to put a smile on his face despite his pain)

- Out on a Limb 6 (30) - Tom Quick [Audio Network] (Christmas rolls around)

- Urgency - Helen Jane Long [Audio Network] (Ian's back pain prevents him from being happy/Ian develops shortness of breath and confusion/Ian's vision becomes blurry)

- Spirited Away - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Ian's distress takes a toll/"This Christmas was really becoming sort of a Christmas from hell.")

- Night Hunter - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (when the family returns home, Ian sees his doctor)

- Shocking Truth - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (doctor discovers Ian has a heart murmur)

- Slow Burn - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (explanation of heart murmurs)

- Dangerous Knowledge - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (doctors perform an echocardiogram on Ian)

- Blood Thirsty - Frederick Kron, Joanna Balloonknot (Ian's mitral valve has developed a hole)

- Conundrum 2 - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] ("All this time we were thinking it's in the back.")

- Tense Strings Rise - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] ("Are my boys gonna lose their dad?")

- Runaway - Steve Rucker, Thomas Chase ("Throughout the Christmas holiday, Ian Liu has suffered inexplicable back pain.")

- Grisly Scene - Scott Marcussen (blood tests reveal the culprit)

- Plot Theory - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik [Cezame Music Agency] (Ian diagnosed with bacterial endocarditis)

- Black Plague - Anthony Phillips (streptococcus viridans)

- Electroshock Me - Gregg Lehrman, Satnam Ramgotra (the streptococcus viridans bacteria are attacking Ian's red blood cells)

- Crisis Matter - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Ian and Julie fear the former might die)

- Urgency 3 - Helen Jane Long [Audio Network] ("Streptococcus viridans is part of a group of deadly bacteria that, collectively, is responsible for over 700,000 deaths worldwide every year.")

- Life or Death - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Ian must have heart surgery to survive)

- Abandonment - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Julie waits in the waiting room)

- Anxious Riddle - Daniel Heath, Joey Peters (surgeons replace Ian's damaged mitral valve with cardiac tissue from a cow)

- Choice - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (Ian wheeled into recovery)

- The Abduction - Mike Garson ("But how did Ian contract the streptococcus viridans infection?")

- The Informer - Anthony Phillips (Streptococcus viridans can sometimes enter the bloodstream through cuts in the mouth)

- Anxious Riddle - Daniel Heath, Joey Peters (Ian recalls having a routine dental cleaning in October)

- Time for Change - Francois Villevieille [APM Music] (after 10 days on antibiotics, Ian finally makes a turn for the better)

- Desert Moon - James Jacobsen, Parthenon Huxley (Ian's back pain finally goes away, and he eventually returns home)

- Little Flickers - Daniel Pemberton ("It may have been late in coming, but it was the best Christmas gift the family could've received.")

- The Abduction - Mike Garson (people with a pre-existing heart condition should take preventative antibiotics before undergoing certain dental procedures or surgeries)

CASE 3

- Blood Thirsty - Frederick Kron, Joanna Balloonknot (case intro)

- The Old Lighthouse - Eric Muller [APM Music] (Tucson, Arizona/Diana Wilkinson loves photography, and her closest friend, Maggie Pearson, is a huge fan of her work)

- Vampire - Barrie Gladden, Tim Reilly, Jason Pedder [Audio Network] ("But one evening in October, something wedges between Diana and her passion for photography.")

- Chrysalis - Xavier Jamaux [APM Music] (one evening, Diana prepares to take her portfolio to an art show)

- Why We Fight - Bruno Alexiu [Cezame Music Agency] (Diana starts to hurt all over)

- Blizzard - Bruno Alexiu [Cezame Music Agency] (Diana makes it through the show)

- Viral Evolution - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik [Cezame Music Agency] (the next morning, Diana starts to feel lethargic at work)

- Dark Skies - Debbie Wiseman [Audio Network] (the following week, Diana flies to New York for a conference)

- Build to Bang - Steve Everitt; Strange Town - Brian Lock (Diana's balance feels off)

- Black Gold Blood! - Greco Casadesus [Cezame Music Agency] (Diana starts to feel nauseous)

- Apocalypse - Chris Blackwell [Audio Network] (Diana dry heaves)

- Dynasty Madness - Boris Nonte, Ronni Shaw ("Photographer Diana Wilkinson is on a business trip to New York City, when a constant cough overwhelms her.")

- Tense Strings Rise - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network]; Battle of Asculum - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (briefly plays in between the previous and next track)

- The Hive - Christian Telford, David Edwards (the next day, Diana flies back to Tucson, and goes to the doctor/X-rays reveal pneumonia)

- Sixth Sense - Orlando Jopling [Audio Network] (Diana given prescription antibiotics)

- Head Rush - Neil Pollard, William Kingswood (three weeks later, Diana wakes up in a pool of sweat)

- Slam Down - Boris Nonte, Ronni Shaw (Diana's stomach starts to hurt)

- Pounding Riots - Boris Nonte, Gregg Lehrman (Diana sees boils on her stomach)

- Attempted Escape - Christian Telford, Galileo Seven (Diana calls her friend Maggie/Maggie rushes to Diana's house and notices Diana is unable to take a full breath/Diana is frustrated she isn't healing and is unable to do her favorite activities)

- Concrete and Chalk - Jeffrey Cardoni (Maggie takes Diana to the doctor's office)

- Drone Awakening - Baxter Poe, Stan Hope, Thomas Hirschmann (lung scans reveal it could potentially be lung cancer)

- Cold Blooded Killer - Scott Marcussen (the lymph nodes around Diana's heart are flared up, which is an indicator her potential lung cancer is at stage 3B)

- Black Moon - Dave Hartley [Audio Network] (that evening, Diana must tell her friends and family the news)

- Darkening - Luke Richards [Audio Network] (one week later, just two days before Christmas, Maggie takes Diana to the clinic for her lung surgery/enter Dr. Douglas Lowell)

- The Men In Suits - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (Dr. Lowell performs the surgery)

- Subsonix - Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (Dr. Lowell finds pus behind Diana's lung)

- Rising Mercury 2 - Nick Ingman, Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (sting before commercial break)

- Iron Shells - Boris Nonte, Ronni Shaw ("Two days before Christmas, surgeon Douglas Lowell has found an unusual-looking growth in Diana Wilkinson's left lung.")

- Hypnosis - Helen Jane Long [Audio Network] (Dr. Lowell decides to remove a section of Diana's infected lung)

- Sixth Sense - Orlando Jopling [Audio Network] (Dr. Lowell sends tissue samples to the pathology lab)

- Determination - Simon Lambros [Audio Network] (Diana diagnosed with valley fever)

- Apocalypse - Chris Blackwell [Audio Network] (the coccidioides immitis fungus is invading Diana's lungs)

- Safari - Christopher Ashmore [Audio Network] ("For Diana, being told that she doesn't have lung cancer should be welcome news...but it isn't."/the coccidioides immitis fungus can also spread to the brain)

- Heart of Darkness - David O'Brien [Audio Network] (Diana placed on fluconazole)

- A Path Not Taken - Anthony Phillips ("I was so afraid."/Christmas Day rolls around)

- Build to Bang - Steve Everitt (the coccidioides fungus is found in the dry soil of the southwestern United States, and can be inhaled into the lungs if contaminated soil is disturbed)

- Ghostly Child - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Diana recalls inhaling some dirt from a dust storm while outside taking pictures)

- Reversed Reality - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock, Ellie Kidd [Audio Network] (10 days later, Diana finally recovers)

- Moonwish - Christian Marsac [Audio Network] (after a full year, Diana returns to her normal self)

- Inner Dream - Barrie Gledden, Kes Loy [Audio Network] (Diana still likes exploring the Arizona desert)

- Build to Bang - Steve Everitt (how to avoid the coccidioides fungus)

- Smoke & Mirrors - Steve Martin (ending screen)