Discover the true stories behind eye-invading parasites in Outbreak After Dark, the new monthly series within Infectious Dose with Dr. Heather McSharry. Hear about Loa loa, river blindness, eye-eating amoebas, and more in this chilling, science-based medical horror episode.

A neurologist lectures on encephalitis lethargica—the real “sleepy sickness”—until science and nightmare blur in this Month of the Macabre episode from Infectious Dose.

The R@VN: Requiem for the Antivaxxers — a dark reimagining of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, where a vaccine denier’s smart-home AI bears witness to his paralysis from polio. A gothic warning about science denial in the age of technology.

Did a hallucinogenic fungus fuel the Salem witch trials? This Infectious Dose episode explores the ergotism theory—and why the truth remains uncertain.

A deadly pneumonia outbreak strikes a downtown hotel. No clear cause. No time to lose. Step into a 1970s public health mystery in this Halloween special: Pneumonia Noir.