{"podcast":{"title":"Astonishing Legends","slug":"astonishing-legends-750015","podcast_index_feed_id":750015,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4322549.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4322549","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/37374824.jpg","author":"Scott Philbrook","episode_count":446,"summary":"The world is more mysterious than most people are comfortable imagining. We cross paths with the mystical from time to time and may not even notice it. If we do, we quickly return to our usually mundane daily existence. But what if we not only acknowledged the unknown, we investigated it and spoke with those in the know? That's what co-hosts Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess, and co-executive producer Tess Pfeifle do at Astonishing Legends. Over 100 million downloads and hundreds of thousands of listeners have discovered the thrill of exploring the mysteries of our world, showing that the unknown can be both captivating and intriguing. Welcome to Astonishing Legends!","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/astonishing-legends-750015"},"episode":{"title":"The Strange Death of Gloria Ramirez","slug":"the-strange-death-of-gloria-ramirez","published_at":"2026-05-10T18:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/astonishing-legends-750015/the-strange-death-of-gloria-ramirez","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/astonishing-legends-750015","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8901585","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/arttrk.com/p/ABMA5/clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8901585.mp3?modified=1778369215&sid=4322549&source=rss&rssua=transcribr","summary":"In 1994, Gloria Ramirez, a 31-year-old mother of two dying from cancer, arrived at a Riverside ER with strange odors, an oily sheen on her skin, and crystalline particles in her blood — then doctors and nurses around her began collapsing, vomiting, burning, and struggling to breathe. The ER was evacuated and HAZMAT suits came out. Gloria died in the chaos, and the official explanation still leaves troubling questions. Behind the nickname “The Toxic Lady” is a human being whose final night remains one of the most haunting medical mysteries of our time. Visit our website for a lot more information on this episode.","meta_description":"In 1994, Gloria Ramirez, a 31-year-old mother of two dying from cancer, arrived at a Riverside ER with strange odors, an oily sheen on her skin, and cryst…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7436,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/astonishing-legends-750015/episodes/the-strange-death-of-gloria-ramirez/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/astonishing-legends-750015/the-strange-death-of-gloria-ramirez.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}