Braced for Death

 

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

CASE 1

- Dust Off and Go - Will Musser [KPM Music] (Memphis, Tennessee/Cicely Odom-Rose has a 16-year-old daughter, Kennedy)

- ? (Cicely and Kennedy also share a special bond with Kennedy's godmother, Tamara)

- ? (one quiet Sunday morning in November, Cicely notices Kennedy not feeling well)

- Black Gold Blood! - Greco Casadesus [Cezame Music Agency] (the family went to a party the night before, so Cicely figures her daughter is just tired)

- ?; Tension - Bob Bradley [Audio Network] (a couple hours later, Cicely goes up to Kennedy's room to check on her)

- Life or Death - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (Cicely notices Kennedy has a slight fever, and that her lips are red and swollen)

- Melting Point No Pad - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (the following morning, Kennedy's condition hasn't improved/Cicely takes Kennedy to a local clinic, where Kennedy starts complaining about her throat)

- ? (doctor takes a swab from Kennedy's throat to test for infection)

- Life or Death - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (explanation of strep throat)

- ? (doctor prescribes antibiotics)

- Hanging On - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (but one morning later that week, Kennedy runs to the bathroom and starts vomiting)

- ? (Kennedy violently vomits)

- ? (Cicely sees sores in Kennedy's mouth)

- ? (Cicely realizes she needs to take Kennedy back to the E.R.)

- ? (at the hospital, doctors perform an initial round of tests, revealing Kennedy is still suffering from strep throat, but the cause of her other symptoms remains a mystery/Tamara arrives at the hospital)

- ? (Kennedy kept in the hospital for one week, but the test results reveal nothing unusual, and doctors believe it's a virus that contributed to her strep throat)

- ? (for the next several weeks, Kennedy's symptoms come and go, and she starts losing weight)

- ? (Kennedy continues to see more doctors, but none of them are able to identify the cause of her illness)

- ? (then, five months after her symptoms began, during one of her doctor's visits, Kennedy complains of a new problem)

- ? (Kennedy complains of her side hurting/ultrasound reveals Kennedy's spleen is enlarged)

- ? (explanation of the spleen)

- ? (doctors believe Kennedy may have leukemia)

- ? ("I wanted them to be wrong, but she wasn't getting any better.")

- ? ("For the past several weeks, 16-year-old Kennedy Odom has been experiencing severe headaches and painful sores on her mouth.")

- Thriller Underscore - Laurent Juillet [APM Music] (Tamara questions the diagnosis of leukemia)

- Lunar Eclipse - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] ("I see Tamara, and I can see her sitting there thinking "This is wrong.""/Tamara asks the doctors if the issue is in Kennedy's mouth)

- ? (a team of specialists, including Dr. Mitchel Godat, is brought in to examine Kennedy's case)

- ? (over the next 72 hours, doctors test a variety of potential allergens on Kennedy's skin)

- Hackers Penetrating - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] (plays in between the previous and next tracks)

- ? (Kennedy diagnosed with systemic nickel allergy syndrome)

- ? (Dr. Godat suspects because of Kennedy's strep infection, her allergic reaction is particularly severe)

- Circling Menace - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] ("In the U.S., it's estimated that up to 15% of people suffer from some form of allergic reaction to metal.")

- Lunar Eclipse - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] ("I thought, "This is a nightmare."")

- Barren Desert No Pluck Syn - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Kennedy's braces are the cause of her condition)

- Stasis - Paul Mottram [Audio Network] (Kennedy's braces are immediately removed)

- Crime Scene 3 - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (over the next few days, Kennedy's symptoms start to fade)

- Mysterious Game - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (today, Kennedy has made a full recovery)

- ? (how to prevent a nickel allergy from developing)

- Creepy Feeling Str - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Jonathon Beers [Ah2 Music] ("Allergens can be avoided if you know where to look...")

CASE 2

- ? ("...but other monsters hide where you least expect."/case intro)

- According to Plan - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Santa Rosa, California)

- According to Plan Mallets - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (introduction of Rob Torgerson and Brenda Gilchrist)

- ? (Rob works as a medical device engineer, and Brenda is a human-resources consultant, but the couple's real passion is travel and fitness)

- Apocalypse Alarm - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Jonathon Beers [Ah2 Music] ("But this couple's taste for adventure comes at a cost.")

- Uncovered (a) - Jay Price [APM Music] (one day in spring, Rob and Brenda go for a 2-mile open-water swim)

- Intimate Thought - Pierre Vergara, Louis Perez [APM Music] (Rob starts to feel chills after the swim)

- ? (later that day, Brenda checks on Rob, and discovers he has 104 fever)

- ? (Brenda makes Rob take a cold bath to reduce his fever)

- Access Development - Brian Reidinger, Ryan Leach, Darren Drew [KPM Music] (but the following morning, the fever comes back)

- ? (Rob also develops really bad headaches)

- ? ("After developing a high fever, Rob Torgerson is now also experiencing a piercing pain in his head.")

- Strategic Device - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Brenda takes Rob to the doctor)

- Discreet Inquiry Tension - Bruno Pilloix, Lionel Wendling [APM Music] (doctor believes Rob is having cluster headaches)

- ? (doctor sends Rob and Brenda home)

- ? (by the next morning, Rob's condition hasn't improved, so Brenda takes him back to the doctor)

- ? (doctor tells Rob and Brenda to go to the hospital)

- ? (at the hospital, a team of physicians examine Rob)

- ? (doctor orders an MRI of Rob's brain)

- ? (that night, Rob suffers hallucinations)

- ? (the next morning, doctors come to the theory that Rob may have meningitis)

- Mysterons - David O'Brien [Audio Network] (explanation of meningitis)

- ? ("I was feeling really scared for Rob."/spinal tap reveals Rob doesn't have meningitis)

- ? (Brenda notices Rob's skin looking gray, and the doctors reveal Rob has an onset of liver and kidney failure)

- ? ("Rob Torgerson has been suffering crushing headaches and bizarre hallucinations, but doctors are at a loss to explain why.")

- Amber Blast - Gregoire Moreau [APM Music] (Brenda calls as many people as she can)

- Reviewing the Evidence - David Vanacore, Matt Koskenmaki [KPM Music] (through a friend, Brenda manages to get in contact with Dr. Charlie Evans)

- Hackers Penetrating - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] (Dr. Evans explains to Brenda it's hard to determine what Rob might have without seeing his medical records and lab results)

- ? (Brenda goes over to the nurses' station and asks for Rob's medical records, but the nurse refuses to give them to Brenda)

- Circling Menace - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Brenda takes Rob's medical records when the nurse isn't looking, and gives them to Dr. Evans)

- Surrounded in the Swamp (No Guitars) - David Vanacore, Brandon Thompson [KPM Music] (Brenda tells Dr. Evans she and Rob had just gotten back from Costa Rica)

- ? (Dr. Evans reaches a diagnosis)

- Hackers Penetrating - David Vanacore, Joseph Greenier [KPM Music] (plays in between the previous and next tracks)

- ? (leptospirosis)

- ? ("I had never heard of leptospirosis.")

- ? ("Leptospirosis is a dangerous disease because it's able to avoid the immune system.")

- Feel the Darkness (b) - Adam Saunders, Mark Cousins [APM Music] ("He had a significant infection.")

- ? (Rob placed on doxycycline)

- ? (the leptospira bacteria is able to infect humans when they come into contact with urine from infected animals)

- Solar Vegetation - Doug Bossi, Evan Wise [KPM Music] (Rob recalls ziplining and then taking a swim under a waterfall in Costa Rica a few weeks before he fell ill)

- After Tomorrow - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (after being given another dose of doxycycline and two more days in the hospital, Rob is well enough to go home, and today, he has made a recovery)

- Undercover Unit - Bob Bradley, Thomas Balmforth [APM Music] (how to avoid contracting leptospirosis)

- Creepy Feeling Str - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Jonathon Beers [Ah2 Music] ("While some monsters act with terrifying speed...")

CASE 3

- ? ("...others wreak havoc over time."/case intro)

- ? (Kingwood, Texas/Charlye Hebert is close to her mother, Tonya)

- Even Steven - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (one of Charlye's friends is her longtime pal Taylor Sappington)

- Aftereffect - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (one Friday night, Charlye and Taylor return home from a local bar)

- ? (at Taylor's house, Charlye starts to feel nauseous)

- Morning of the Attack 2 - Luke Richards [Audio Network] (for the next two weeks, Charlye's symptoms seem to fade/then, while at a restaurant with Taylor, Charlye's symptoms suddenly return)

- Tension - Bob Bradley [Audio Network] (Charlye takes some antacid)

- Stalking - Guy Skornik, Elisabeth Skornik [Cezame Music Agency] (the antacids fail to help, and the next morning, Charlye wakes up with vomiting and diarrhea)

- ? ("I was concerned.")

- ? (that afternoon, Charlye phones her mother, who believes her symptoms are connected to drinking on the weekends)

- ? (for the next few weeks, Charlye cuts back on the drinking, and her symptoms eventually go away)

- Double Back - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (two months after her symptoms first appeared, Charlye feels her life is back on track and gets a job working for a local logistics company, and goes out with her friends on the weekend to celebrate)

- ? (but the following Monday morning, Charlye's symptoms return while at work)

- ? (later that afternoon, a troubling new development occurs)

- ? ("Over the past few weeks, Charlye Hebert has been vomiting and suffering from severe bouts of nausea.")

- ? (Charlye sees a black substance in her vomit that's probably blood)

- ? (the next day, Charlye makes an appointment with a gastroenterologist)

- ? (gastroenterologist believes Charlye may have stomach ulcers)

- Life or Death - Terry Devine-King [Audio Network] (doctor prescribes Charlye an over-the-counter heartburn medication)

- Time Passes - Barrie Gledden, Steve Dymond, Jason Pedder [Audio Network] (but over the next two weeks, Charlye continues to experience her digestive symptoms)

- ? (following a business trip, Tonya stops in for a visit, and notices her daughter has lost weight)

- ? (Charlye returns to the hospital, where Chad Burch is part of the medical team that takes on her case/doctors analyze blood and stool samples and perform an endoscopy on Charlye's digestive tract, which don't reveal anything)

- Sinister Angel - Christopher Ashmore, Benjamin Marks [Audio Network] (Charlye is sent home)

- ? ("I was absolutely worried about her.")

- ? (three weeks after her last doctor's visit, Charlye gets a call at work from her doctors telling her they found something in her stool samples)

- ? ("For several weeks, Charlye Hebert has been suffering from severe weight loss, nausea, and vomiting.")

- ? (entamoeba histolytica)

- Edge of Night - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] ("When it gets into the bloodstream, the entamoeba histolytica infection can actually kill somebody within 12 to 72 hours.")

- Levels of Violence - Barrie Gledden, Steve Dymond [Audio Network] ("Entamoeba histolytica typically attacks the large intestine, but can also penetrate the intestinal wall and spread via the blood...to the liver, the brain, and other organs.")

- Lambs to the Slaughter - Cody Johnson [APM Music] (doctors place Charlye on an intense course of antiparasitic drugs)

- ? ("Then, three weeks after she begins taking the medication, Charlye notices a change.")

- Back to Life - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams, Kenneth Eberhard [Ah2 Music] (Charlye's symptoms start to improve)

- Theft (a) - Henri Poch [APM Music] (life cycle of the entamoeba histolytica parasite)

- ? (Charlye believes she probably picked up the parasite while dining out)

- Blooming Daisies - Jeffrey Lippencott, Mark Williams [Ah2 Music] (today, Charlye is parasite-free)

- Investigation - Bruno Pilloix, Lionel Wendling [APM Music] (how to avoid contracting entamoeba histolytica)