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The Strange Death of Gloria Ramirez

Astonishing Legends by Scott Philbrook

May 10, 2026123:56Society & Culture

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...

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The Strange Death of Gloria Ramirez is an episode from Astonishing Legends by Scott Philbrook. 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,...

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Published May 10, 2026, 123:56 long, audio available.

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