On February 19, 1994, at Riverside General Hospital in California, 31-year-old Gloria Ramirez—a mother of two battling late-stage cervical cancer—was rushed into the ER struggling to breathe. But what began as a desperate fight to save her life quickly spiraled into one of the most baffling medical mysteries in modern history.

What happened inside the trauma bay that night would terrify even the most seasoned medical professionals and leave scientists arguing for decades. Was it mass hysteria, a freak chemical chain reaction, or something no one wanted to admit?

In this episode, we unpack the case of Gloria Ramirez—the woman the media would later call “The Toxic Lady”—and explore how one night’s chaos still defies logic and science alike.

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