We've all been there, turning to the internet to self-diagnose inexplicable pains, sudden fevers, and strange

rashes. Usually, it's nothing. But, for an unlucky few, these unsuspecting symptoms can start

the clock ticking on a terrifying

medical mystery. Each week on Mr. Boland's Medical Mysteries podcast you can expect

bizarre unheard of diseases, strange medical mishaps,

unexplainable deaths, and everything in between.

Like the episode, Needle and Haystack, where a little girl falls prey to a disease so deadly

and rare that the CDC fears it might be an act of bioterrorism.

Investigators scrambled to find the source as more patients felt victim,

but the answer came from somewhere no one was expecting.

With each episode, it's become more and more clear that these

extraordinary and often terrifying stories reveal just how common the

uncommon can be. Follow Mr. Boland's medical mysteries on the Wundry app or wherever you get your podcasts. In August of 2021, a young woman in Georgia stood on the street watching an amazement as people in white hazmat suits carried dozens of items

out of her house inside of plastic ziploc bags. It looked like her beloved home was now being

used as the set for a science fiction film.

But the woman knew that the unfolding disaster in front of her

was all too real.

Her daughter had recently become infected

by a deadly mysterious bacteria bacteria and nobody had any idea

where it had come from. So not only were this woman and her family at risk but

thousands of other people could be too. That's why on this warm summer afternoon

officials from the Centers for Disease Control or CDC for short were scouring

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