Episode One: The Bleeding Baby

The Bleeding Baby

ate at night, on a hot summer night, your phone rings. It's your boss, Dr. Susan Lydell.

"I'm at Mercy Hospital," she tells you. "We have an urgent case here, a child, Isabella Allinger, nine months old. She's bleeding uncontrollably from her eyes and hands. We don't know why. I need you to go back to the Allinger's apartment and investigate things there."

"What am I looking for?" you ask.

"That's just it," she rushes on, practically yelling. "We don't know. Something happened to her in the last one or two hours. Maybe she ate something. Maybe something stung her. Maybe it's a chemical. It looks like a new disease, but why would Isabella be the first to get it?"

"Who else lives in the apartment?" you ask.

"The mother and father, Carmen and Julian Allinger. They're here, and they both seem fine. But wear gloves and a mask, just to be sure." She gives you the Allinger's address. "Whatever caused this disease, it affected only the baby. See if you can find it!"

"I'm on my way," you say.

Go to the apartment

An Access Excellence Science Mystery sponsored by Genentech, Inc.

The Blackout Syndrome was written by Ken Eklund, illustrated by Candace Lourdes,
and produced by Newfront Communications.