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Monsters Inside Me
Monsters Inside Me

Monsters Inside Me

—Part horror movie, part medical detective story, "Monsters Inside Me" depicts what happens when people fall prey to an infection from a parasite, those nasty microscopic creatures found in water, soil and even in the air. Victims' stories are retold, including how doctors and scientists attempt to unravel each case before it's too late. Biologist Dan Riskin, assisted by doctors and other authorities who are familiar with each story, leads the scientific discussion about the parasites.
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    What's Feeding on You?
    The Beach, the Bug and the Bite
  • What's Feeding on You?

    Revealing an extraordinary medical first, a woman pulls live worms from her eye; a hunter discovers that a tick bite has turned eating everyday food into a dangerous gamble; a woman returns from Hawaii with parasites attacking her nervous system.
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  • The Beach, the Bug and the Bite

    Unremarkable moments become medical nightmares when parasites and other hidden invaders attack the human body. Patients, loved ones and doctors retrace steps to search for answers, while experts reveal the science behind each ordeal and fight to survive.
    Upcoming

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  • A boy getting sick, upchucks his own feces; teenager contracts horrifying disease; young girl's illness is undiagnosable, so she is quarantined.
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  • A baby falls mysteriously ill and struggles to breathe; a man has something living in an embarrassing place; a woman's weight gain confounds experts.
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  • A mystery infection tackles a football player; parasites devour the eyeball of a stay-at-home mom; sea monsters attack a marina dock master.
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  • A 2-year-old swallows a horror during a family's vacation cruise; a mother of two houses a mysterious infection; lethal parasites hijack a 6-year-old boy's brain.
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  • A painful rash engulfs a man's body; a woman feels a piercing pain in her throat; a teen girl falls victim to spells of dizziness and fatigue.
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  • Three families are turned upside down by deadly monsters; a four-year-old boy is plagued by crippling pain; a college student with a small cut finds herself fighting for her life; a woman is driven to insanity by an intruder in her own body.
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  • Three infectious diseases ruin the holidays; a Christmas baby is born, but doctors find her brain was infected in utero; a woman sees a dark shadow move across her eye and believes it's a worm; a man is left with an unwanted Christmas surprise.
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3 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    Feeding Frenzy
    Cold Blooded Killers
    Suicide Attackers
  • Feeding Frenzy

    A parasite attacks a schoolteacher from the inside out; a dancer becomes concerned when her allergic outbreaks become lumpy and infected.
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  • Cold Blooded Killers

    Deadly parasites attack a 9-year-old hockey player, a computer programmer and a marathon runner.
    Upcoming
  • Suicide Attackers

    A mass of decaying worms is discovered in a dance instructor's colon; a vacationer suffers headaches and a seizure; parasites get under a scientist's skin.
    Upcoming
Monsters Inside Me

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Part horror movie, part medical detective story, "Monsters Inside Me" depicts what happens when people fall prey to an infection from a parasite, those nasty microscopic creatures found in water, soil and even in the air. Victims' stories are retold, including how doctors and scientists attempt to unravel each case before it's too late. Biologist Dan Riskin, assisted by doctors and other authorities who are familiar with each story, leads the scientific discussion about the parasites.

Starring

Dan Riskin, Jason Done, Justin Peed

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