Following the epic crossover between MrBallen?s Medical Mysteries and Redacted: Declassified Mysteries, hosted by Luke Lamana, we?re revisiting some of our favorite episodes where the line between medical mystery and dark conspiracy becomes blurred.

In the 1940s, the people of Donora, Pennsylvania fall prey to a deadly epidemic that destroys their lungs. Doctors suspect it has something to do with the fog that is constantly blanketing their town? but why now? They need to find an answer fast ? before the darkness claims more victims.

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Following the epic crossover between MrBallen?s Medical Mysteries and Redacted: Declassified Mysteries, hosted by Luke Lamana, we?re revisiting some of our favorite episodes where the line between medical mystery and dark conspiracy becomes blurred.

When a quiet town in Oregon is beset by a dangerous Salmonella outbreak, health authorities are baffled by where the toxic bacteria came from. What they find isn?t just surprising ? it?s sinister.

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Following the epic crossover between MrBallen?s Medical Mysteries and Redacted: Declassified Mysteries, hosted by Luke Lamana, we?re revisiting some of our favorite episodes where the line between medical mystery and dark conspiracy becomes blurred.

In September 2007, a meteor strike leaves a massive crater in the high Peruvian desert, drawing curiosity seekers from miles around. Shortly after, people from the nearby town of Carancas start becoming violently ill. Some residents fear a curse has befallen them, but the truth might be much more frightening.

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Following the epic crossover between MrBallen?s Medical Mysteries and Redacted: Declassified Mysteries, hosted by Luke Lamana, we?re revisiting some of our favorite episodes where the line between medical mystery and dark conspiracy becomes blurred.

When an elderly man in New Brunswick, Canada, dies from what seems to be rapid-onset dementia, his doctor believes he had a rare condition called Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. But then, dozens of people around the area start experiencing the same awful symptoms, making the doctor fear he?s dealing with something entirely new? and completely terrifying.

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Following the epic crossover between MrBallen?s Medical Mysteries and Redacted: Declassified Mysteries, hosted by Luke Lamana, we?re revisiting some of our favorite episodes where the line between medical mystery and dark conspiracy becomes blurred.

A little girl falls prey to a disease so deadly and rare, the CDC fears it might be an act of bioterrorism. Investigators scramble to find the source, but the answer comes from somewhere nobody was expecting.

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Following the epic crossover between MrBallen?s Medical Mysteries and Redacted: Declassified Mysteries, hosted by Luke Lamana, we?re revisiting some of our favorite episodes where the line between medical mystery and dark conspiracy becomes blurred.

When a woman?s five-year-old son in Niagara Falls, New York, suddenly develops epilepsy, she becomes determined to figure out what made him sick. What she finds leads her to one of the biggest cover ups in American history.

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Following the epic crossover between MrBallen?s Medical Mysteries and Redacted: Declassified Mysteries, hosted by Luke Lamana, we?re revisiting some of our favorite episodes where the line between medical mystery and dark conspiracy becomes blurred.

Throughout the United States, the summer of 1976 is a celebration of two hundred years as a nation. That is, until attendees of a veterans? conference in Philadelphia start dying of a frightening new disease. As the CDC scrambles to stop the outbreak, the country?s joy turns to terror. Will they stop the spread before a new pandemic emerges? 

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Following the epic crossover between MrBallen?s Medical Mysteries and Redacted: Declassified Mysteries, hosted by Luke Lamana, we?re revisiting some of our favorite episodes where the line between medical mystery and dark conspiracy becomes blurred.

One night in 1944, over 300 patients at a mental hospital in Oregon become violently sick after eating dinner. Many of them die. An investigation is quickly launched to determine the source of this deadly illness. Was there something wrong with the food itself? Or could it have been the work of a deranged killer?

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Following the epic crossover between MrBallen?s Medical Mysteries and Redacted: Declassified Mysteries, hosted by Luke Lamana, we?re revisiting some of our favorite episodes where the line between medical mystery and dark conspiracy becomes blurred.

In September of 1998, people throughout Malaysia start dying of a disease that attacks their brains. The authorities think they know what it is, but one scientist believes they are making a dangerous mistake. It?s up to him to convince his superiors before the outbreak spirals out of control.

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Following the epic crossover between MrBallen?s Medical Mysteries and Redacted: Declassified Mysteries, hosted by Luke Lamana, we?re revisiting some of our favorite episodes where the line between medical mystery and dark conspiracy becomes blurred.

In the town of Oakville, Washington, chaos erupts when mysterious blobs start falling from the sky ? and anyone who touches them ends up in the hospital. As scientists struggle to understand what the blobs are, Oakville?s terrified residents are left to wonder if they?re the victims of a natural disaster? or a targeted attack.

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In this special MrBallen?s Medical Mysteries and Redacted crossover episode, MrBallen and Luke Lamana join forces to bring you two shocking stories of the military testing bizarre, deadly weapons of war in secret. In ?Red Menace,? a 75-year-old pipe fitter in San Francisco wakes up feeling tired and weak for seemingly no reason. Worst of all, his urine is bright red. And he?s not the only one. Doctors have to act fast to discover the true nature of this terrifying phenomenon. And on ?Weather Warriors,? the U.S. Army goes to extreme lengths to disrupt Viet Cong supply lines through a classified program called Operation Popeye. 

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After sitting down for a nice meal with her husband, a woman becomes violently ill and has to be hospitalized. But the problem isn?t her stomach ? it?s her heart. Making things even stranger, her husband ends up in the ER too. And if their doctors can?t find the common denominator between their cases? both husband and wife could end up dead.

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After giving birth, an ambitious lawyer struggles through an avalanche of health issues that won?t go away. As the years go by, she manages to power through it. But eventually, it becomes too much to bear ? and if she can?t get the problem fixed, she could miss out on the opportunity of a lifetime.

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?Gut Check?: When a 16-year-old girl starts experiencing constant and severe stomach pain, her first concern is the effect it?ll have on her social life. But when she discovers how bad the problem really is, she realizes that her social standing is the last thing she needs to worry about.

?Sleeping Beauty?: A high-achieving teenager?s grades start to plummet when she becomes inexplicably sleepy and lethargic. But as time goes by, the problem starts to be more than sleeping through English class ? eventually, she can?t remember entire months of her life. And she has no idea how to make it stop. 

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After an uneventful flight, a college professor suddenly experiences severe pain in his cheek. The excruciating spasms come on with no warning, and no explanation. No matter what his doctors suggest, the agony is unyielding ? and the only possible solution could end up making the problem even worse. 

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During World War 2, the small town of Mattoon, Illinois erupts into a panic. Some of its residents are falling prey to what seem like random gas attacks from an unidentified assailant. But who is the man known as ?the Mad Gasser?? And why is he doing this? Is he a local madman, conducting a twisted experiment? A Nazi saboteur? Or something else entirely?

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One day at the park, a mother notices her young son is walking strangely ? almost like Frankenstein. At first, she writes it off as an oddity. But soon, her son?s legs stop working altogether? and the rest of his body starts shutting down with them.

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A teenage girl panics when clumps of hair start to fall off the right side of her head. From there, the problem gets even worse - the entire right side of her face starts to crumple in. But the problem isn?t just cosmetic. It?s extremely painful? and her doctors have no idea how to stop it.

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?15,000 Coughs?: When an 11-year-old girl develops a worrisome cough, her workaholic mom drops everything to get her help. But nothing seems to work. Soon, her daughter is coughing almost constantly ? 15,000 times a day ? and doctors have no idea how to stop it.

?The Putrid Smell?: A woman spends her life dealing with an embarrassing and infuriating problem: she smells like dead fish. But she can?t smell it herself ? and she can?t fix it. It?s so bad, she can?t form any meaningful relationships or keep a job she enjoys. Isolated and alone, she begins to worry she?ll spend her life on her own?

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After a difficult pregnancy, a woman is delighted to give birth to a baby girl. Her new child is perfect ? though she has an unusually large head. Although the problem seems to be benign, the baby soon develops other problems. Desperate to help her child, the mother takes her to every specialist possible ? but will anyone be able to find the answer she needs?

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?Out of This World?: In 2003, a treasure hunter in Chile makes a shocking discovery: a tiny, 6-inch skeleton of what appears to be a human. But parts of its anatomy just don?t make sense. It?s too well-formed to be a fetal skeleton, and its skull is strangely elongated ? making some people wonder, is this a medical mystery? or an extraterrestrial one? 

?A Good Scrub Down?:

After thoroughly cleaning his apartment, a young man is ready to enjoy his weekend. A few hours later, his eye starts to itch unbearably. Is it an allergy? An irritant? A bacteria? Or something even more sinister?

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After a successful overseas tour, an American rock guitarist comes home with a troubling affliction. All of a sudden, his hearing is extremely sensitive ? like everything is turned up to 11. When it doesn?t go away, he?s forced to give up everything he loves, including music. Trapped in his own personal hell, he desperately tries to find an answer before it becomes too much to bear.

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?The Sick Snowbird?: After a lovely winter in Southern California, an older woman is excited to enjoy the spring in her native New Jersey. But when she starts experiencing inexplicable nausea and headaches, she ends up in the hospital. With her baffling symptoms appearing and disappearing seemingly without reason, her condition seems inexplicable ? but it turns out, her doctors just aren?t asking the right questions.

?A Spoonful of Sugar?: When a successful real estate agent starts acting confused and erratic at work, her colleagues wonder if she?s getting drunk on the job. In reality, she?s suffering from extremely low blood sugar. Or at least, that?s what her doctors think. But when her condition only gets worse, the woman desperately seeks an answer ? before she passes out and never wakes up.

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When a vivacious preteen girl with Down syndrome suddenly becomes shy and withdrawn, her mother worries her precious daughter is getting depressed. But soon, it becomes clear that something else is wrong. With every passing day, the girl withdraws deeper into her shell. Her mother is determined to figure out what?s wrong before she loses her daughter forever.

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A young, active mother is dismayed when she starts feeling weak and exhausted ? with small children and a business to run, she can?t afford to get sick. But none of her doctors can offer an explanation. And when she finally does get an answer? it feels like a betrayal of everything she?s worked to accomplish.

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?Unraveling Bolero?: When a middle-aged scientist experiences unexpected success as an artist, it seems like little more than a surprising career change. But then, she becomes obsessed with interpreting a repetitive orchestral piece called ?Bolero.? As her obsession deepens, her health takes a turn for the worse ? and the cause has a surprising connection to her favorite piece of music.

?Crossing Over?: A few days after arriving in Boston, an immigrant from Mexico starts coughing up blood and experiencing horrible stomach pain. As doctors scramble to save his life, they have to contend with their patients? reluctance to share his background. But when they finally learn the truth, it unlocks the key to everything.

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When a little girl in Vietnam starts mysteriously bleeding from her scalp and hands, her doctors wonder if she?s faking it for attention ? to make it seem like she?s experiencing stigmata, the wounds experienced by Jesus Christ in Christian scripture. The blood on the girl?s skin is real enough, but nobody is ever around when she starts to bleed.

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In the early 1900s, a young woman gets a coveted job at a clock factory. But her work is interrupted when she feels terrible pain in her mouth. Soon, her whole jaw is rotting away. It?s up to her dentist to try and stop it. But his misguided moral judgements about the young woman?s life send him in the completely wrong direction.

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A recovering heroin addict wakes up one morning with an odd sensation on one side of her head: a nagging, constant itch. No matter what she tries, it won?t go away. And eventually it gets so bad? she literally starts to lose her mind.

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?The Sliver?: After a man survives a terrible car accident with only a cracked vertebra, he feels grateful to have emerged relatively unscathed. But after undergoing surgery to fix the problem, his pain only grows worse ? and soon, he?s on the verge of death. And there are only hours left to save him. 

?Killer Style?:  A young man in Turkey leaves his small village for the big city to chase his dreams. But soon, he finds himself so short of breath, he can?t work ? let alone breathe. If he can?t work, he won?t be able to afford to stay. However, as his health gets worse and worse, his job is the least of his worries. 

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When a high-achieving teenager suddenly starts to freeze up in social situations and her grades plummet, her mother tries to get her help. But doctors can?t explain why the girl is suddenly struggling to do ordinary things like talk. Before long, she?s a shell of herself? and her mother fears that soon there may be nothing left.

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In the town of Oakville, Washington, chaos erupts when mysterious blobs start falling from the sky ? and anyone who touches them ends up in the hospital. As scientists struggle to understand what the blobs are, Oakville?s terrified residents are left to wonder if they?re the victims of a natural disaster? or a targeted attack.

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When an elderly man in New Brunswick, Canada, dies from what seems to be rapid-onset dementia, his doctor believes he had a rare condition called Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. But then, dozens of people around the area start experiencing the same awful symptoms, making the doctor fear he?s dealing with something entirely new? and completely terrifying.

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In the 1940s, the people of Donora, Pennsylvania fall prey to a deadly epidemic that destroys their lungs. Doctors suspect it has something to do with the fog that is constantly blanketing their town? but why now? They need to find an answer fast ? before the darkness claims more victims.

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During the COVID pandemic, a boy starts experiencing sudden, inexplicable bursts of pain. At first, his symptoms seem psychological ? but then doctors say he may need brain surgery to fix the problem. That?s when the boy?s mother turns to a cutting edge technology to help her figure out what?s wrong with her son.

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?A Clean Break?

 When a night out in Nepal leaves a tourist weak and hungover, he figures he?ll feel better after some rest and rehydration. But his stomach pain becomes unbearable, and he heads to the hospital. That?s when a doctor discovers a secret that the man didn?t even know he had.

?Look, Don?t Touch?

When dozens of children contract salmonella after visiting the Denver Zoo, doctors assume something there caused the outbreak. But when they investigate further, the answer turns out to be something that was supposed to be impossible.

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For his entire adult life, a successful businessman deals with a bizarre problem: whenever he bends over, he throws up. On top of that, he struggles with asthma-like symptoms. But no matter what techniques he tries or medicine he takes, the man can?t shake his symptoms, sometimes with embarrassing results.

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When a recovering alcoholic nearly dies after falling down his basement stairs, it seems like the tragic result of alcohol withdrawal symptoms. But when he starts seeing people who are not there at his bedside, doctors realize the man has even bigger problems.

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?Just Like the Movies?

A popcorn factory worker comes down with a painful, frightening rash on his arms ? and then, he struggles to breathe. He and his wife are convinced something at his job is triggering these seemingly unconnected symptoms. But nobody believes them? until other workers start getting sick, too.

?Headache from Hell?

When a man in Orlando, Florida begins experiencing severe headaches, he figures it?s the same chronic migraines he?s dealt with for years. But this time, the pain won?t go away, and it turns out he?s dealing with something much more serious ? and more revolting ? than a headache.  

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The parents and grandmother of an infant boy are beside themselves when the baby starts crying, and won?t stop for hours on end. They know something has to be wrong, and they?re skeptical when the doctor says it?s just gas. As the boy weakens by the day, doctors realize that something is putting the baby?s life in danger, but what?

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Following the birth of her second child, a woman comes down with what appears to be a serious case of the flu. Though she gets better, the illness comes back every six months or so, like clockwork. The symptoms get worse over the years, but her doctors are no help, pushing the woman to the limits of her endurance. 

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A heroin user wakes up one morning, feeling strangely stiff. At first, his symptoms are mistaken for drug intoxication. But within days, the man is completely unable to move ? and completely terrified. His doctors realize they?re dealing with something much more serious than a bad trip, but they have no idea what.

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No Reservations:

A Spanish marathon runner develops a mysterious obsession with gourmet food. But what seems like an innocent new passion may be more dangerous than he thinks.

The Game:

After going through her normal morning routine, an otherwise healthy woman finds herself at death?s door. In a mad rush to save the woman?s life, her doctors try to understand why her body is suddenly shutting down with no explanation.

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A couple?s young sons both experience sudden reversals in their physical development, leaving doctors scratching their heads. Nobody understands what?s wrong, because on the surface, the boys seem perfectly fine. But to find the answer, they have to look much deeper.

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A mother is terrified when her five-year-old daughter suddenly develops obsessive compulsive disorder, that leaves her completely unable to eat. Desperate to save her child, the mother embarks on a heart-pounding quest to find an answer before it?s too late.

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In the late 1700s, a doctor in the English countryside battles to save his village from the devastation of smallpox. Then, almost by accident, he stumbles upon a perplexing mystery that helps him revolutionize medicine forever.

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Godmother Knows Best:

 A 15-year-old girl develops mouth sores that are so painful, she can barely eat. Her mother takes her to every doctor imaginable, but nobody knows what?s wrong. Ultimately, the answer doesn?t come from an exam room, but from those who love her the most.

The Game:

A man in Australia has no idea what to do when his young son becomes violent and aggressive. It turns out the boy?s blood is dangerously poisoned? and the cause is something nobody expected.

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After a young man suffers devastating injuries from a tornado, doctors race against the clock to save his life. But the real danger isn?t from his wounds? it?s what?s inside them.

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An ambitious college student has to put her life on hold when she starts experiencing debilitating stomach pain that leaves her dangerously unhealthy. Forced to feed herself through a tube, the young woman wonders if she?ll ever be able to accomplish her dreams, or if she?ll be stuck with this pain forever.

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?Faces Everywhere?

A woman wakes up one morning to find terrifying faces floating above her. No matter how hard she tries to escape them, the faces follow her everywhere. But does the woman need a doctor ? or an exorcism?

?The Perfect Condition?

When an elderly man with emphysema starts to have trouble breathing, it seems like his life is coming to an end. But his wife refuses to give up on him ? and what the doctors find inside the man?s chest is something straight out of an urban legend.

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