Halloween may be approaching, but this is no ghost story.

This episode's unusual case takes us back in time to Paris, 1882.   It is based on a patient known as Mademoiselle X, who was brought in for evaluation by a French neuropsychologist, Dr. Jules Cotard to discover the reasons for her seemingly strange behavior.  What follows in this episode is an exploration of a rare condition in the annals of medical history--something known as Walking Corpse Syndrome (aka Cotard Syndrome).

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