Backyard Killers

NOTE: This episode features a look back at three past cases with extra-on screens. Two other episodes are like this (one this season and one in the next). However, there are different music tracks used, mostly replacing the ones from Universal Production Music.

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

- ? ("Many people believe you're most likely to contract a deadly disease by travelling to a far-flung corner of the globe...but truth is, that danger is lurking in our own backyard.")

CASE 1

- Hallow Bright - Adam Drake, Tom Jenkins [Audio Network] (Mountlake Terrace, Washington)

- Learning More - Didier Rachou [KPM Music] (Steve and Beth Beck have two kids, 14-year-old Alyssa and 16-year-old Tristin)

- Bright Young Thing - Adam Drake [Audio Network] (the family love to barbecue)

- Safari - Christopher Ashmore [Audio Network] (one day, Tristin calls his father and tells him he isn't feeling well)

- ? (that evening, Tristin tells his parents he's been vomiting every half hour/Beth calls the 24-hour nurse line to get suggestions on how to keep Tristin hydrated/"But Tristin's condition only gets worse.")

- Under Pressure - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Tristin's parents woken up in the middle of the night by Tristin's loud vomiting)

- ? (after a couple days, Tristin's nausea hasn't relented/Beth takes Tristin to the clinic)

- ? (Tristin confesses he's been vomiting blood/blood test results are inconclusive)

- ? (Tristin begins taking his prescribed medication)

- ? (Tristin's parents notice he's losing weight)

- Prediction - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock, Ellie Kidd [Audio Network] (Steve and Beth rush Tristan to the hospital)

- Genesis One - David O'Brien, Chris Egan [Audio Network] (Tristan kept in the hospital overnight)

- Hunted - David O'Brien [Audio Network] (the next morning, Tristan begins vomiting an unusual black substance/Steve calls for a doctor to enter the room)

- Solemnity - Paul Mottram [Audio Network] (Tristin sent for an exam)

- ? (barium liquid Tristin drank mysteriously stops)

- Brought to Life - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Dr. Kimberly Riehle takes on Tristin's case)

- Envy 7 - Dan Skinner, Adam Skinner, Simon Skinner [Audio Network] (Tristan has an intestinal blockage that's causing him to vomit)

- Outside Control - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Dr. Riehle explains the complications that can occur from bowel obstructions)

- Under Pressure - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Tristan is at risk of losing his entire small intestine and being forced to be placed on IV nutrition)

- Nevada Snakebite - Dan Skinner, Adam Skinner [Audio Network] (surgeons tell Steve and Beth that Tristin needs exploratory surgery)

- Anxious - Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (family shares one last exchange before Tristin's surgery)

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

- ? (Dr. Riehle sees something shiny on the intestine)

- Grenade Overflow - David Vanacore, Brandon Thompson [KPM Music] ("16-year-old Tristin Beck is in the middle of exploratory surgery, when doctors discover something mysterious in his intestines."/Dr. Riehle sees a piece of metal in Tristin's intestines)

- Pulse of Fear (Groove Only) - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] (Dr. Riehle shows Steve and Beth the culprit/the piece of metal is a small wire bristle from a grill brush)

- Levels of Violence - Barrie Gledden, Steve Dymond [Audio Network] ("I was just shocked that something so small could cause so much damage.")

- Black Sand - Dan Skinner, Adam Skinner [Audio Network] (the tiny wire bristle pinned several loops of Tristin's intestines together)

- Valley of Tranquillity - Chris Egan, Trystan Francis [Audio Network] ("Every year in the United States, approximately 80,000 people visit the emergency room having ingested a foreign object.")

- Reality Check - Mark Petrie, Dorian Charnis [Audio Network] (Dr. Riehle finishes the surgery)

- Accepting the Circumstances - Brian Reidinger, Daniel Burke, Darren Drew [KPM Music] (Tristin wheeled back into intensive care and wakes up, and eventually leaves the hospital with no enduring complications)

- ? (Steve believes a stray bristle landed on the grill and he unknowingly placed a piece of meat over it, which Tristin ate)

- Hallow Bright - Adam Drake, Tom Jenkins [Audio Network] (Steve now uses a pumice stone to clean their grill)

- ? (how to avoid accidentally ingesting a bristle from a grill brush/"The threat posed by a wire bristle brush is a relatively recent phenomenon.")

CASE 2

- ? ("But one surprising backyard killer has been around since ancient times."/case intro)

- Duetto - Chris Gibbons [Audio Network] (Cuero, Texas)

- Moonshine* - David Vanacore, Dylan Heming, Matt Koskenmaki, Sean Baillie [KPM Music] (Christy Baker is a single mom with two kids, 10-year-old Chandler and 14-year-old Cody)

- Under the Influence - David Vanacore, Matt Koskenmaki [KPM Music] (one late afternoon in Spring, Cody tells Christy he has a welt on his leg)

- New Dawn - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (the next morning, the welt is gone)

- Deliberation (a) - Lee Groves, Peter Marett [KPM Music] (but for the next week, Chandler notices that Cody is unusually quiet)

- Field Operatives* - David Vanacore, Brandon Thompson [KPM Music] (Cody's fatigue persists through the summer)

- Burned Earth - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (one evening, Cody shows Christy his welt is back)

- ? (Christy notices a dark red ring around the welt)

- ? (the next morning, Christy takes Cody to the doctor/doctor suggests it could be Lyme disease)

- Creeping and Sneaking - Luke Richards [Audio Network] (the potential diagnosis makes sense to Christy)

- Dark Thoughts - Clint Gomez, Michael Scherchen [KPM Music] (two weeks later, the Lyme disease test comes back negative/doctor prescribes antibiotics nonetheless)

- Field Operatives* - David Vanacore, Brandon Thompson [KPM Music] (one day in fall, Christy notices Cody with spots on his body)

- Soul Reaper Pulse - Max Concors [APM Music] (explanation of measles)

- Desert Snipe* - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] (Christy takes Cody to the doctor's office/doctor doesn't believe it's measles)

- ? (over the course of two long years, Cody sees countless doctors and is given numerous medications, to no avail)

- ? (then, one day, Chandler sees the spots on Cody's skin have opened)

- Gods Must Die - Dragas Goran, Trammell Jack [SOURCE NOT KNOWN] ("Cody Baker's body is covered with sores that are leaking pus and blood.")

- Sweet Sorrow - David O'Brien [Audio Network] (Cody breaks down)

- Hopeful 3 - Jody Jenkins [Audio Network] (Christy rushes Cody to the hospital, where Dr. Michael McLeod takes on his case)

- Why We Fight - Bruno Alexiu [Cezame Music Agency] (doctors run a battery of tests, which reveal Cody's blood, liver, and kidney counts are down)

- Life or Death - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] ("The skin is our defense against infections."/"He was dying, and there wasn't anything you could do to stop it.")

- Driver Drives - Luke Richards [Audio Network] (Cody diagnosed with leprosy)

- ? ("I just thought it was a biblical disease.")

- ? ("Mycobacterium leprae grow very, very slowly.")

- Rainbow Music - Terry Devine-King, Steve Williams [Audio Network] ("Diagnosis of leprosy was very serious for Cody.")

- ? (Cody rushed into emergency surgery)

- ? (Christy and Chandler wait in the waiting room)

- ? ("Cody Baker is suffering from leprosy.")

- Controlled Environment - Brian Reidinger, Daniel Burke, Brian Casey, Darren Drew [KPM Music] (doctor tells Cody's family the surgery was successful)

- Accepting the Circumstances - Brian Reidinger, Daniel Burke, Darren Drew [KPM Music] (Cody wheeled into recovery)

- ? (against the odds, Cody survives)

- Break In at Headquarters - Gerrit Wunder [Audio Network] (mycobacterium leprae can be spread from human to human through coughing and sneezing, but in the U.S., it's most commonly transmitted by infected armadillos)

- Calm Before the Storm - Kes Loy [Audio Network] (Cody remembers coming into contact with a dead armadillo their dog caught)

- ? (today, Cody is back home and in school)

- Southern Bottleneck - Rick Finn [Warner Chappell Music] (however, Cody still maintains the scars from his infection/"People assume that leprosy is like it was back in biblical days, and that they can catch it from anybody who has it.")

- Mysterons - David O'Brien [Audio Network] ("Only about 150 cases of leprosy are reported in the United States every year.")

- ? ("The armadillo is an innocuous-looking creature, but it carries a deadly disease.")

CASE 3

- Special Ops - Ceiri Torjussen [Audio Network] ("And many other backyard killers are similarly disguised, so it's impossible to see them coming."/case intro)

- Rain or Shine 2 - Adam Drake, Radhika Vekaria [Audio Network] (Blaine, Washington/Gregg Blomeen and Rosemary Anker have a 16-year-old daughter, Courtney)

- Northern Wildland* - Doug Bossi, Gregory Allan, Gary Guzman [KPM Music] (however, Courtney's future worries her parents, as she has dropped out of school and gone her own path)

- Outside the City Limits - Arnaud Rozenblat, Daniel Finot, Jean-François Morin [Cezame Music Agency] (one evening, Courtney is spending time with her friends smoking)

- Dark Side - Duncan Pittock [Audio Network] (Courtney coughs up phlegm)

- Boa Vista - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (while in the car with her friend, Courtney's shoulder starts to hurt)

- ? (Courtney chooses to ignore her pain)

- ?; Lost in the Dark - David O'Brien [Audio Network] (the next morning, Courtney wakes up dizzy and nauseous)

- ? (Gregg takes Courtney to the general family practitioner)

- ? (Courtney's X-ray comes back)

- Intentional Concealment - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] (X-ray suggests pneumonia)

- Ominous Sonar - Tom Smail [Audio Network] (doctor sends Courtney home with antibiotics)

- ?; Action 5 - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock, Ellie Kidd [Audio Network] (the next evening, Courtney struggles to breathe)

- Frostfield Pulse - Max Concors [APM Music] (at the emergency room, doctors show an X-ray to Gregg and Rosemary revealing Courtney's lungs filling up with fluid)

- Avoiding Environmental Danger - David Vanacore, Mikolai Stroinski [KPM Music] ("Teenager Courtney Blomeen is suffering severe body pains and nausea.")

- Tiny Shadows 3 - Jason Pedder, Ashley Barnes, Douglas Brown [Audio Network] (Gregg and Rosemary believe drugs may be to blame)

- A Waiting Game 4 - Jody Jenkins [Audio Network] (clinical immunologist Dr. Troy Torgerson takes on Courtney's case)

- Landmines - David Vanacore, Shinyub Pyo [KPM Music] (family placed in quarantine)

- Rural Prison* - Doug Bossi, Doug Beiden [KPM Music] (the family starts to become scared)

- Leading Edge - Mark Petrie [Audio Network] (Gregg and Rosemary, because of their close contact with Courtney, aren't allowed to leave the room)

- Sunda - Barrie Gledden, Chris Bussey [Audio Network] (explanation of tuberculosis/"It was really bad.")

- Gathering Data - Luke Richards [Audio Network] (doctors run numerous tests)

- ? (tuberculosis test has come back negative/doctors explain if a diagnosis isn't found soon, they'll have to go in through Courtney's back with a needle and take tissue from her lung)

- ? (Courtney continues to go downhill)

- ? ("Courtney Blomeen's lungs are on the verge of failing."/Courtney's blood tests reveal the culprit)

- ? (a fungus is invading Courtney's lungs)

- Rebel Advances* - David Vanacore, Brandon Thompson [KPM Music] (cryptococcus gattii)

- ? ("It was hopeless, it was...oh, you just...I can't...there's no way I would ever imagine having a funeral for Courtney.")

- Lockout - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] ("The cryptococcus gattii spores could travel through the bloodstream and infect internal organs, even the brain.")

- ? ("Yeah, it would -- it would destroy...yeah.")

- Frontier 2 - Helen Jane Long [Audio Network] (cryptococcus gattii is difficult to treat)

- ? ("The organism has been described for some time in tropical and subtropical regions; Australia, Papua New Guinea, and- and other places like that, where it's associated with eucalyptus trees.")

- ? ("Infection with, uh, cryptococcus gattii is quite rare.")

- Orion - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Courtney placed on antifungal medication)

- Delicate Web - Paul Mottram [Audio Network] (Courtney manages to overcome her cryptococcus gattii infection)

- ? (one week later, Courtney is well enough to leave the hospital)

- The Rat Race - Christophe Boutin [APM Music] (cryptococcus gattii is found in soil around douglas fir trees, and in the U.S., is endemic to the Pacific Northwest)

- Smiling Monster - Guy Skornik [Cezame Music Agency] (Courtney recalls painting a house, when she spilt a bucket of pain and probably inhaled the fungus while raking up the paint)

- Sun Flower - Terry Devine-King, Adam Drake [Audio Network] (today, Courtney is a now a mother, and has left her rebellious years behind her)

- Motive and Intent - Vincent Leibovitz [Cezame Music Agency] (what to do if you think you've inhaled the cryptococcus gatti fungus)

- Smoke & Mirrors - Steve Martin (ending screen)