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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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Season 210 of 10 Episodes

  • 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.

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

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

  • A 3-year-old girl loses a third of her body weight due to extreme bouts of vomiting and diarrhea.

  • A cat scratch leads to a horrifying result for a veterinary volunteer; strange liquid oozes from a college student's arm.

  • Stories of parasites that reside inside their traveling hosts; an Iraq war veteran pulls a foot-long worm from his body.

  • Daily stomach cramps reveal some of the most common parasites in nature.

  • A man tries hookworms to cure his allergies; a bloodsucker gets into a writer's nose.

  • Thousands of silent monsters are discovered living in a mother's intestine tissue, but she's never left the country; Three stories of parasitic infection with one thing in common, they all originate in America.

  • A factory worker begins to go blind; a local restaurant starts an outbreak involving a parasite.

Record to Watch Later

4 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    Stowaways
    Double Agents
    Homegrown Enemies
    Shape Shifters
  • Stowaways

    Stories of parasites that reside inside their traveling hosts; an Iraq war veteran pulls a foot-long worm from his body.
    Upcoming
  • Double Agents

    A man tries hookworms to cure his allergies; a bloodsucker gets into a writer's nose.
    Upcoming
  • Homegrown Enemies

    Thousands of silent monsters are discovered living in a mother's intestine tissue, but she's never left the country; Three stories of parasitic infection with one thing in common, they all originate in America.
    Upcoming
  • Shape Shifters

    A factory worker begins to go blind; a local restaurant starts an outbreak involving a parasite.
    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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