A Menace in My Own Backyard

 

- Piano Steps - Mark Russell (show intro)


CASE 1

- Green Tuesday - Ronni Shaw (Rochester, Massachusetts/Wendy and Scott Ashworth work at the fire department, and have a 23-year-old son, Derek)

- Country Folk - Richard Beddow (Derek's family is the most important thing to him)

- The Informer - Anthony Phillips (one morning in late May, Wendy and her crew get an emergency call about a person having a seizure)

- Clock Stab - Martin Lawrence ("I was stunned.")

- Cybertex 3 - James Brett [Audio Network] (Wendy discovers the person who had the seizure was Derek)

- Panic Stricken - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik ("For Derek, the work day started like any other.")

- Trailerism - Igor Dvorkin, Ellie Kidd [Audio Network] (Derek recalls collapsing and having a seizure)

- Tense Strings Rise - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] ("It seems that Derek has suffered a grand mal seizure.")

- Pressure and Time 5 - Igor Dvorkin, Tim Garland [Audio Network] (Wendy and her crew load Derek into the ambulance and take him to the hospital)

- Mystery Train - David O'Brien [Audio Network] (doctors are unable to explain the cause of the seizure, and send Derek home)

- Toxic Element - Arnaud Rozenblat, Daniel Finot [Cezame Music Agency] (in the dead of night, Derek calls his mother and tells her he feels like he's going to have another seizure)

- Head to Head - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Wendy rushes to Derek's apartment)

- ?; Perilous - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (Derek has another grand mal seizure)

- Harpeggio - Lee Groves, Peter Marett (an ambulance rushes Derek back to the hospital)

- ? (Derek slowly loses the ability to speak and drifts in and out of consciousness)

- Viral Evolution - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik [Cezame Music Agency] (Derek's father Scott rushes to the hospital)

- Mind Game - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik (Ashworth family left waiting for five hours for an on-call neurologist to arrive/Wendy and Scott demand Derek be transferred)

- Time Critical - Takeshi Furukawa (Derek transferred to Boston Medical Center, where critical care specialist Dr. Michael Ieong takes on his case)

- Crime Scene - Anthony Phillips (MRI reveals Derek's brain is extremely swollen)

- Scared of Nothing - Christopher Franke ("Derek Ashworth is suffering from a mysterious ailment that has led to dangerous inflammation throughout his brain.")

- Crime Scene - Anthony Phillips (Derek placed on life support)

- Tension in Tarzana - Daniel Heath, Joey Peters (Derek's temperature rises to 107.6)

- ? (Derek wrapped in cooling blankets to reduce his fever)

- The Calling - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik [Cezame Music Agency] ("For three days, Derek clings to life."/the lab results come back)

- District 10 - David Edwards ("We could see by the expressions on the doctors' faces that they didn't have a lot of hope for us.")

- In Pursuit - Steve Rucker, Thomas Chase (eastern equine encephalitis)

- Floating Above - Michael Levine (doctors tell Wendy and Scott Derek will probably not survive)

- Dark Threat - Bastide Donny, Bastien Roques ("Eastern equine encephalitis is a condition that typically infects horses, hence its name, "equine encephalitis."")

- Mental Disorder - Arnaud Rozenblat, Daniel Finot [Cezame Music Agency] (there's no treatment for eastern equine encephalitis)

- Last One - Alex Kovacs [Audio Network] (for five days, Derek silently fights the triple E virus/after seven days, Wendy and Scott face taking Derek off life support)

- Memory Montage - Kurt Oldman (but the following morning, Derek miraculously wakes up)

- Clock Stab - Martin Lawrence ("But how did Derek contract the triple E virus in the first place?")

- Break In at Headquarters - Gerrit Wunder [Audio Network] (the triple E virus is spread by mosquitoes)

- Guesswork - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik (Derek recalls being bitten by mosquitoes at a football game a few days before he fell ill)

- Birds Arrive - Bryce Jacobs [Audio Network] (after three weeks of rehabilitation, Derek makes a remarkable recovery/Derek is now 29 and engaged)

- Frames of Motion (Part 1) - Andrew Britton, David Goldsmith (how to avoid the triple E virus)


CASE 2

- Swat - Steve Everitt (case intro)

- Wake Up World - David Rolfe (River Edge, New Jersey/Michael DeStefan and Frances Estevez have differing personalities -- Frances is quiet and reserved, while Michael is a hard-edged "tough guy.")

- Rain or Shine 2 - Adam Drake, Radhika Vekaria [Audio Network] (Michael is close to his niece, Natalie Rodriguez)

- ? (the family loves to barbecue)

- Long Walk - Nik Kershaw [Audio Network] (spring has arrived)

- Carved Up - Jeffrey Cardoni (Michael starts to feel discomfort in his stomach while watching TV one night)

- Light in the Attic - Scott Marcussen (later that night, Michael's discomfort grows)

- Clock Stab - Martin Lawrence (Michael stubbornly refuses to see a doctor)

- Something Near - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik (Michael heads into his office, where his employees tell him he should see a doctor)

- Armenia - Greco Casadesus [Cezame Music Agency] (Michael's niece, Natalie, notices something is wrong with her uncle)

- The Big Decision - Daniel Pemberton (at noon, Natalie brings Michael some food, but he finds himself unable to eat it)

- Suspected One - Andrew Skeet, Luke Gordon (by the afternoon, Michael is so uncomfortable that he is forced to lie down)

- Stalked and Hunted - Jeffrey Cardoni (Michael leaves work)

- ? (Michael tries to drive home, but realizes he needs help)

- Vertigo - Jacques Cassard ("Tough guy Michael DeStefan is experiencing unbearable abdominal pain.")

- Cardiac Arrest - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (Michael goes to the hospital and waits in the waiting room)

- Hopeful 3 - Jody Jenkins [Audio Network] (Frances rushes to meet Michael at the hospital)

- Fragile Situation - Igor Dvorkin, Ellie Kidd [Audio Network] (a doctor examines Michael)

- Creeping and Sneaking - Luke Richards [Audio Network] (doctors believe it could be appendicitis)

- Take the Target Out - Luke Richards [Audio Network] (medical team runs a cat scan on Michael's abdomen/emergency trauma surgeon Dr. Sanjeev Kaul reviews Michael's scans)

- Dark 5 - Bernhard Hering, Martin Wester, Matthias Kruger (a sharp metal object seems to appear in Michael's scans)

- Minesweeping - Jean Yves Rigo ("Every year, about 80,000 people in the U.S. visit the hospital having accidentally swallowed a foreign object.")

- District 10 - David Edwards ("Whatever the object in Michael's colon is, it seems to be causing serious damage.")

- Terminate - Anthony Phillips (explanation of septic shock)

- Crime Scene - Anthony Phillips ("I'm like, "Oh my God, oh my God, I hope that he didn't come too late.")

- First Question - Baxter Poe, Stan Hope, Thomas Hirschmann (Dr. Kaul tells Michael he needs surgery, and could end up with a colostomy bag)

- ? (shot of a colostomy bag)

- No More Negotiating 3 - Alex Kovacs [Audio Network] (Michael panics...)

- Doom Drone - Anthony Phillips (...but realizes he has to have the surgery)

- Harp Palpitations - David Tobin, Jeff Meegan, Malcolm Edmonstone [Audio Network] (Michael prepared for surgery)

- Dead of Night - Michael Levine ("That was without a doubt, the scariest and the worst moment of my life.")

- Keep Going - Christopher Franke ("Michael DeStefan has a mysterious metallic object in his large intestine that is threatening his life.")

- Pepper Spray - Igor Dvorkin, Ellie Kidd [Audio Network] (Dr. Kaul performs the surgery)

- ? (Dr. Kaul removes the object, but can't figure out what it is)

- The Enquiry - Bob Bradley, Michael Bradley [Audio Network] (Michael wakes up in the recovery room)

- Mysterious World - David Kelly [Audio Network] (Dr. Kaul shows Michael and Frances the mysterious object)

- Investigate - Murray Munro (two days later, after Michael is discharged, Frances searches for clues and discovers it was a grill brush bristle)

- Pulstar - Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (the tiny wire bristle worked its way through Michael's intestinal wall)

- Welcome Home - Barrie Gledden, Kes Loy, Tim Reilly [Audio Network] (Frances claims Michael needs to chew his food better)

- Back Again - Christopher Franke (Michael no longer uses bristled grill brushes)

- Abyssal Grove - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (how to avoid accidentally swallowing a wire bristle from a grill brush)


CASE 3

- Swat - Steve Everitt (case intro)

- Autumn Rush - Scott Salinas, Tobias Enhus (Peoria, Illinois/17-year-old high school cheerleader Marissa Adkins is close with her mother, Deb, and her grandmother, Marsha)

- Tracking Fraud - Anthony Phillips (during the summer of her junior year, Marissa visits her grandmother in Astoria)

- Minor Threat (a) - Baxter Poe, Stan Hope (Marissa wakes up one morning with a puffy and red right eye)

- Fearful - Matthew Harris (three days later, back at home, Marissa complains of extreme eye pain in the middle of the night)

- District 10 - David Edwards ("I said, "Well, let's go to the emergency room."")

- Anxious Riddle - Daniel Heath, Joey Peters (Marissa and Deb go the emergency room, where a doctor examines Marissa)

- Guesswork - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik (explanation of ocular herpes)

- In Too Deep 10 (30) - Jody Jenkins [Audio Network] (Marissa given a very painful shot to clear her herpes)

- Miles Away - Claude Samard, Vincent Leibovitz [Cezame Music Agency] (the next day, Marissa realizes she'll have to miss an important stunt clinic for her cheerleading team)

- DNA Sample - Scott Marcussen (Deb makes Marissa an appointment at a local eye doctor/Marissa, who recently got her driver's license, decides to drive herself)

- District 10 - David Edwards (Marissa hops into her car)

- Shocking Truth - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Marissa notices the sun bothering her eye while driving)

- Gathering Data - Luke Richards [Audio Network] (at her appointment, Marissa's eye doctor insists she see a cornea specialist in Iowa City)

- Broken and Abandoned - Donn Wilkerson (Marissa realizes she can no longer drive for herself)

- A Waiting Game 4 - Jody Jenkins [Audio Network] (Marissa calls her mother)

- Doing the Deal - Mark Sayer-Wade ("17-year-old Marissa Adkins has a problem with her right eye.")

- Mistaken Identity - Brad Smith (Marissa, her mother, and grandmother head to Iowa City, where they are seen by ophthalmologist Dr. Mark Greiner)

- Keep Going - Christopher Franke (Dr. Greiner examines Marissa's eye, and arrives at a diagnosis)

- Crime Scene - Anthony Phillips (Marissa diagnosed with acanthamoeba keratitis)

- Exercise Caution - Jeffrey Cardoni (the acanthamoeba parasite is devouring Marissa's right eye)

- Missing Evidence - Takeshi Furukawa (Dr. Greiner tells the family Marissa could lose her eyesight)

- Bloodlines - Lee Groves, Peter Marett (Marissa breaks down)

- Out on a Limb - Tom Quick [Audio Network] ("The acanthamoeba parasite can infect a wide range of human organs, including the liver and the brain, but it most commonly infects the eyes.")

- Paranormalyzer - Jonas Baker (Dr. Greiner tells Marissa her prognosis)

- Cybertex 4 - James Brett [Audio Network] (Marissa placed on powerful and painful antiparasitic drugs)

- Underworld Drum - Anthony Phillips (at home, Marissa begins her regimen)

- Crime Scene - Anthony Phillips ("For the rest of the summer, Marissa endures the agonizing treatment.")

- Hours Alone - Christian Krebs (Marissa withdraws from her friends and family as her condition continues to agonize her)

- Intentional Concealment - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] (acanthamoeba is found in freshwater across the world)

- CSI - Anthony Phillips (Marissa realizes she got the infection by cleaning her contact lenses with tap water)

- Treacherous Waters - Jonas Baker (after four months of treatment, Marissa's condition has not improved, and will need a cornea transplant)

- Confined - David Tobin, Jeff Meegan, Malcolm Edmonstone [Audio Network] ("Marissa Adkins is suffering from a painful parasitic eye infection that is threatening to rob her of her right eye.")

- The Informer - Anthony Phillips (Marissa wheeled into the operation room for a cornea transplant)

- Red Rock Canyon - Chris Egan, Trystan Francis [Audio Network] (the cornea transplant is a success)

- Relaxed - Jonathan Jowett, Nigel Mullaney (Marissa will likely need more transplants in the future, but is moving forward in her life)

- Mirror Image - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (how to avoid contracting the acanthamoeba parasite)

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