Diagnosis: Unknown

2003 2 Seasons

This scripted reality series follows top doctors and scientists as they tackle medical mysteries. Each hour-long episode reveals the intense journey of a dedicated team, working to solve baffling cases from crisis to cure.

Genre: Documentary

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10 Episodes

1 - Lethal Dosage 51 min

Nurse Genene Jones kills at least 47 patients using a muscle relaxant at Bexar Medical Center. Obsessed with emergency "code blues," she goes undetected until a new test reveals her deadly use of succinylcholine.

2 - Dangerous Contact 51 min

A meningitis outbreak in Massachusetts sends 900 kids home, with 4 hospitalized. A lip gloss shared on a bus trip exposes thousands to the deadly disease, and a 10-year-old girl loses her fingers and legs.

3 - Death Shift 51 min

Nurse Donald Harvey kills dozens of patients from 1970-1987. Claiming mercy, he uses cyanide and other poisons. His rampage ends when a coroner smells almonds, the telltale sign of cyanide, on a fresh corpse.

4 - Deadly Medicine 51 min

Dr. Harold Shipman, a trusted physician, kills over 230 patients over 24 years. The town undertaker notices a strange pattern of elderly patients dying suddenly in their chairs, leading to Shipman's shocking arrest.

5 - A Taste of Poison 51 min

Reverend Dwight Moore's mysterious illness leads doctors to discover arsenic poisoning. Investigators link it to his wife Blanche, who had already killed two husbands with arsenic-laced food. She is sentenced to death.

6 - Seeds of Destruction 51 min

Cardiologist Mike Farrar suffers severe illness and finds castor beans in his wife Debora’s purse. He realizes he’s been poisoned with ricin, likely due to their upcoming divorce. His discovery changes everything.

7 - Toxic Takeover 51 min

Phil Rouss' mystery illness stumps doctors until he discovers his business partner's betrayal. His partner has ruined their company and taken a life insurance policy on him, pointing to a deadly scheme.

8 - Silent Death 51 min

Electrician Robert Curley falls mysteriously ill and dies from thallium poisoning. Investigators find his wife, Joann, has been poisoning him for a year, slipping the toxin into his daily iced tea.

9 - Cruel Deception 51 min

Donna Boley's illness worsens as doctors discover she’s being poisoned. Investigators suspect her husband Jim, who confesses to using rat poison bought on their vacation to slowly make her sick.

10 - Silent Poison 51 min

Two kids in Idaho fall ill from food poisoning, but within days, 200,000 people are affected in the nation's largest single-source food poisoning case. Health officials scramble to find the source.