The Monster in My Mouth

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


CASE 1

- Light as Air - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (Griswold, Connecticut/Darrell and Desiree Phillips have been married for five years, and live on a farm)

- Sparklers - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (November 2016 -- Darrell and Desiree have two young boys, 3-year-old Earl, and baby Liam)

- Determined - Jody Jenkins [Audio Network] (one afternoon, Darrell and Desiree are relaxing at home with their sons)

- ? (Darrell and Desiree notice Liam is starting to get sick)

- Betrayed - Igor Dvorkin, Ellie Kidd [Audio Network] (the next day, Liam's condition gets worse)

- ? (Liam starts to vomit)

- Prediction - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock, Ellie Kidd [Audio Network] (Darrell and Desiree discover Liam also has a fever)

- Final Chime - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (the next day, Darrell and Desiree take Liam to a pediatrician)

- ? (X-ray of Liam's lungs suggests pneumonia)

- Cyber Intelligence - Nick Bardoni, Stephen Warr [APM Music] (doctor believes Liam's pneumonia is mild, and prescribes him a 10-day course of antibiotics)

- Valley of Tranquillity - Chris Egan, Trystan Francis [Audio Network] (Liam appears to respond well)

- ? (for the next few days, Liam appears to be back to normal, but then one day, Desiree notices something is wrong)

- ? (Liam goes into a blank stare and becomes unresponsive)

- ? (Darrell and Desiree rush Liam to the E.R.)

- Cyber Intelligence - Nick Bardoni, Stephen Warr [APM Music] (doctor believes Liam had a febrile seizure)

- Critical Tension - Philip Guyler [Audio Network] (doctor believes Liam's fever and pneumonia triggered his febrile seizure)

- Threat Level - Matt Hill [Audio Network] (over the next two days, Darrell and Desiree give Liam an over-the-counter fever medication, which seems to work)

- ? (then, one morning, a week after he first got sick, Desiree goes to wake Liam)

- ? (Desiree sees Liam laying in his crib in a trancelike state)

- ? (Liam comes out of his trancelike state, but shortly after falls into another one)

- Listed Seveso - Jean-Philippe Dutheil [Cezame Music Agency] (Darrell and Desiree rush Liam to the E.R.)

- ? (pediatric infectious disease specialist Dr. Nicholas Bennett takes on Liam's case)

- Hanging On - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Dr. Bennett and his team order an MRI)

- ? (MRI reveals encephalitis)

- Hostile Rants - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] (what's triggering Liam's encephalitis, however, remains a mystery)

- ? (Liam goes through a variety of tests and treatments)

- ? (Liam's seizures still show no signs of easing)

- ? (24 hours after being admitted to the hospital, Dr. Bennett, through information from Liam's parents, discover he had a tick exposure)

- ? (through this information, Dr. Bennett thinks he knows the virus responsible for Liam's condition)

- ? ("Five-month-old Liam Phillips is suffering from uncontrollable seizures, putting him at risk for permanent brain damage.")

- Rises and Swells - Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock, Ellie Kidd [Audio Network] (tests one a sample of Liam's blood reveals the virus responsible for his condition)

- Listed Seveso - Jean-Philippe Dutheil [Cezame Music Agency] (briefly plays upon the shot of the "POWASSAN VIRUS" text)

- ? (Powassan virus)

- ? ("We had never heard of the Powassan virus before.")

- Injury - Bruno Pilloix, Lionel Wendling [APM Music] ("Compared to other tickborne diseases, Powassan virus is especially dangerous because of the speed with which it can be transmitted from the tick to the host.")

- Strive 2 - Mark Petrie, Andrew Prahlow [Audio Network] ("My biggest fear was that, you know, that this virus was gonna kill Liam.")

- ? (there's no treatment for the virus)

- ? (Darrell and Desiree watch over Liam as he remains in the ICU)

- ? (the Powassan virus is most prevalent in the deer tick)

- Trust No One - John DeFaria [Audio Network] (Darrell recalls coming back from hunting and quickly going to help Liam before changing his clothes, and he and Desiree believe a tick fell from Darrell's hunting clothes onto Liam)

- ? (Liam remains in the ICU for four days)

- Light as Clouds No Syn - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (but eventually, Liam finally starts to improve)

- Awaken - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Miles Hankins [Ah2 Music] (after seven days in the hospital, Liam undergoes physical therapy for the next several weeks, and today, he's almost fully recovered)

- ? (how to avoid contracting the Powassan virus)

- Creepy Feeling Str - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Jonathon Beers [Ah2 Music] ("While we can protect ourselves from some infections, like the ones transmitted by ticks...there's little defense when you don't know the threat is lurking right under your nose.")


CASE 2

- ? (case intro)

- By the Water - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Jonathon Beers [Ah2 Music] (Williamsburg, Virginia)

- ? (Margaret Pizer works as a science writer, and her husband John Allen is a biology professor at the nearby college of William & Mary, and they also have two sons that are 7 and 5 years old respectively)

- Aftereffect - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (one evening in September, John is working through the night preparing for an upcoming lecture)

- Source Code - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Miles Hankins [Ah2 Music] (John notices a rough patch on his mouth, but blows it off and goes to sleep)

- ? (the next day, while cataloguing specimens in his lab, John notices his rough patch has moved)

- Mindnumb - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (that night, John mentions the incident to Margaret, but she dismisses it)

- More Questions - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (for the rest of the semester, John's rough patches come and go)

- ? (nearly four months after the rough patches first appeared, while giving the final exam for his course, John notices his weird sensations have moved from the roof of his mouth to his lower lip/after the final student has finished, John heads to the bathroom with his camera)

- ? ("For several months, college professor John Allen has felt something strange creeping around inside his mouth.")

- ? (in the bathroom, John tries to snap photographs of whatever's in his mouth)

- Watchtower - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (at home, John shows the photographs to Margaret)

- The New Apocalypse - Charles Barnett [KPM Music] (later that day, John goes to an oral surgeon)

- ? (surgeon is unable to find anything in John's mouth)

- Mystery Box - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (John decides he'll have to take out this mysterious creature himself)

- ? (that night, while John tucks his kids into bed, he senses his opportunity)

- ? (John heads into the bathroom, with Margaret helping him)

- Fanatical Gangs - Doug Bossi, Sarah Schachner [KPM Music] (John digs into his cheek with forceps)

- ? (John manages to grab something)

- Vampire - Barrie Gladden, Tim Reilly, Jason Pedder [Audio Network] (John pulls a live worm out of his mouth)

- Professionals at Work No Dr - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (John has no idea what creature he just pulled out of his mouth, but is determined to find out what it is)

- Rebel Advances* - David Vanacore, Brandon Thompson [KPM Music] (John drives to his lab, and despite it being the middle of the night, he's able to convince fellow scientist Aurora Kerscher to join him)

- Pressure and Time 5 - Igor Dvorkin, Tim Garland [Audio Network] (John and Aurora take a sample of the worm's DNA and run it through a computer database, revealing it to be one of the rarest human parasites on Earth)

- ? ("Biology professor John Allen and scientist Aurora Kerscher are running DNA tests on a living worm that John just pulled out of his own mouth.")

- ? (gongylonema pulchrum)

- Cautious Steps - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] ("Gongylonema pulchrum is the only species of roundworm that lives primarily in the human mouth, so infection is incredibly rare.")

- Breeding Contention No Drums - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (Gongylonema pulchrum passes its eggs through the excrement of its host, which are then picked up and spread by insects)

- Unknown Conclusion - Eliot Pister, Lydia Ashton [APM Music] (The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) allows for a certain amount of insect parts in some of the foods we regularly eat, such as chocolate, raisins, and peanut butter/John believes he likely got the parasite from sharing food such as raisins or cereal with his sons)

- Building It Up - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (today, John has fully recovered, and is now using his ordeal to educate his students)

- ? (guidelines on safe handling of food products)

- Creepy Feeling Str - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Jonathon Beers [Ah2 Music] ("Feeling a parasite moving inside you is utterly terrifying...but what if you don't know there's a monster in your body until it's too late?")


CASE 3

- ? (case intro)

- Awaited Outcome No Synth - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (Milton, Ontario, Canada/Tracey Ceccarelli works for Air Canada Cargo, and when she's not working, she enjoys taking vacations with her older brother, Ralph, and their parents, Margaret and Al)

- Bright Outlook - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (Tracey is particularly close with her father)

- New Land - Terry Devine-King, Chris Warner [Audio Network] (one fall morning, Al returns home from a long hunting trip)

- Uncovered (a) - Jay Price [APM Music] (Al tells Tracey and Margaret he's been having diarrhea)

- ? (a few weeks later, Tracey is helping her parents renovate their basement)

- ? (Tracey and Margaret notice Al running back and forth to the bathroom throughout the day, and when they ask him why, he reveals he's had blood in his bowel movements)

- Hostile Rants - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] ("I was panicking then when he told me he had the blood.")

- Stealthy Activity - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] ("For weeks, Tracey Ceccarelli has watched her father, Al, struggle with acute diarrhea.")

- Hacking - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik [Cezame Music Agency] (Tracey and Margaret take Al to the nearest emergency room)

- Forensic Intuition* - Didier Rachou [KPM Music] (doctor diagnoses Al with acute ulcerative colitis)

- ? (doctor prescribes Al steroid medication)

- Aeolian Gates - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (over the next several weeks, Al's condition steadily improves)

- Aftereffect - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Tracey decides to stay home with her parents while Al recovers -- but then, one night, at the end of the week, Tracey is awoken by a noise from her parents' bedroom)

- ? (Tracey witnesses her father having what appears to be a seizure, and calls 911)

- ? (paramedics rush Al to the E.R., where doctors perform a spinal tap)

- ? (spinal tap results reveal Al has meningitis)

- ? (Al placed on I.V. antibiotics)

- Hypnosis - Helen Jane Long [Audio Network] (medical team brings in a variety of experts to help identify the cause of Al's condition, including Dr. Andrea Boggild)

- Electronic Warfare* - David Vanacore, Brandon Thompson [KPM Music] (endoscopy reveals thousands of tiny holes throughout Al's stomach and small intestine)

- Viral Evolution - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik [Cezame Music Agency] ("The entire medical team is mystified.")

- ? (Dr. Boggild discovers a diffused rash on Al)

- ? (Dr. Boggild takes samples of Al's saliva, and places them under a microscope)

- ? ("For months, Al Ceccarelli has suffered from a bizarre illness that mystified his doctors.")

- ? (Al's saliva test reveals his body has been taken over by parasitic worms)

- ? (strongyloides)

- Dirty Planet - Bob Bradley, Paul Mottram [Audio Network] ("When I heard the diagnosis of worms in his body, I was baffled.")

- ? ("One of the scariest things about strongyloides is that an infection by just a couple of worms can quickly turn into an infestation.")

- Breeding Contention - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (doctors place Al on ivermectin, but after several days of treatment, he continues to decline)

- Abducted - Helen Jane Long [Audio Network] (ultimately, Tracey and Margaret decide Al has fought for long enough and let him go, and tragically, Al passes away)

- Nowhere to Go - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (strongyloides is found in tropical regions across the world, and infects humans when they step in contaminated feces barefoot/"Anyone who has walked barefoot on a tropical beach could be infected...and not even know it.")

- Suspense Rising - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Miles Hankins [Ah2 Music] (because of their travel history, Tracey and Margaret are also tested for strongyloides, and the former is also revealed to be infected as well/Tracey is given several doses of ivermection, and after a few days, she is parasite-free)

- Submergence - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (today, Tracey and Margaret are still dealing with the loss of Al, with Tracey trying to get the word out about strongyloides as much as she can)

- ? (how to avoid contracting the strongyloides parasite)

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