The Bizarre Death of Gloria Ramirez - The Toxic Lady Incident

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the fact that it's theoretically possible to turn a human into a biological weapon with oven cleaner is insane

Thank you for returning Gloria Ramirez's humanity back to her instead of pointing the finger to her and making her some sort of freak show. She was a wife, mom, daughter and sister.

Honestly, spontaneously producing a nerve gas is way spookier than anything supposedly supernatural.

Even if she did put straight up oven cleaner on her skin, how heartbreaking is it that she was in so much pain that she would resort to that

This story is so sad because for once, no one did anything wrong. The paramedics, doctors, and nurses all did exactly what they would/should have done with any patient, but it just so happened to be the randomly imperfect combination that killed this poor woman.

My mum passed away from cancer over a year ago, and what I learnt is that people have no empathy for people in that situation. My mum was a smart lady, but even she bought alternative medicines because she was DESPERATE for any sort of treatment that would actually work. I remember her looking at me with tears in her eyes saying "what have I got to lose? Might aswell try anything." So people calling terminally ill patients "stupid" for trying alternative medicine make me furious, because really it shows how awful our medical system can be and the lengths people will go to survive. So thank you for showing Gloria the empathy and humanity she deserved instead of making a mockery of her struggle x

This is the most House M.D. style medical case ever. I'm almost shocked they never used this as inspiration in the show.

my dad died from cancer at the age of 37. He was diagnosed only six months before his death and in these 6 months my family tried absolutely everything to give him more time. If you had told us rubbing oven cleaner on his entire body would help, we would have gladly done that. People need to understand that Gloria was a young mother. She had kids, a family, people who depended on her. I hate that people judge her for trying desperate measures, but I love that you made sure not to do that. Thank you so much for your empathy and kindness ❤

Thank you for showing so much respect for Gloria. She wasn’t a ghost story, or a plot point, or a sideshow attraction. She was a human being who didn’t deserve what happened to her. Anyone who has seen cancer knows that nobody deserves that

Her family thinking she didn't take DMSO could easily be explained away by her just being embarrassed by how desperate she was and not telling anyone and doing it in secret. We don't tell our family every single detail of our lives especially if it's something we know we're going to get criticized over

The moment I realized what the defibrillator did, I gasped and had to pause my video to look at my keyboard. The amount of perfect accidental steps to make this exact scenario happen, when in any other situation the nurse and doctor's responses are correct and standard for ER care, is chilling.

It’s so cruel to think someone actively dying of cancer was “stupid enough” to take desperate measures to cure it. It is so easy to be a healthy person and say “Well I would never take dangerous chemicals like that I would just-“ but you honestly can never understand that kind of desperation until you are in that position yourself. I’m glad to have heard this story and as always I’m appreciative of how you handle these kind of topics wendigoon :)

The fact that she was basically terminal and tried this in a last ditch effort to save herself for her family, is absolutely heartbreaking. She tried to save herself and became a toxic weapon on accident and now, all we know her as is a sideshow attraction. That's honestly making me cry, I miss my wife.

I’m a Respiratory Therapist and work in a ER. Blood samples get disposed of in a Biohazard container that gets taken out daily. So her blood being “lost” is really just good blood disposal protocol

Terrifying to think the hospital was trying to help her but they actually made the situation so much worse

Man, I’d heard of the ‘toxic lady’ before, but never heard the actual story. I was born in the exact same hospital only five months prior to her emergency intake there. Sad to see she’d been reduced down to a title that sounds like a freakshow exhibition. Thank you for humanizing Gloria with your retelling of her tragic story, Wendi.

This is the first video that talked about Gloria Ramirez as a person and not a stupid person not wanting to die of cancer.

I feel bad for the woman that held the vial too. Her health tanked and she had no answers for what happened, while the hospital just shrugged and didn’t seem to care about the survivors.

You said cancer and garlic smell and I IMMEDIATELY thought DMSO. My organic chemistry professor told us that he was working with it in a lab, and I believe he got just a bit on his glove and it's potent enough that within minutes he could taste garlic. He also told us it's been used as a cancer treatment, usually self medicated. Also, my mother read in a magazine just this year that it's some kind of miracle cure I had to tell her it's not, and I hadn't even heard this story yet. Edit: aaaand most of what I just said gets explained lmao. I'll add what I told my mom: even if it cures ANYTHING it must be taken with doctor supervision. If you self medicate, youre missing a lot of info about dosing, interactions, etc. It's just dangerous. And really sad looking at specific cases like this one. I really feel for Gloria. I know how complex biochemistry is, and if I were diagnosed with cancer, you know... I might just try something I likely shouldn't. It's desperation, not stupidity. It's something that people put out there as an option, and it sounds like she followed it up. I can't blame her. The rest seems like a freak accident, that we can hopefully learn from at least. And sidenote, it's been a year since I graduated college and being able to predict the outcome made me feel like I haven't forgotten anything. Comforting.