I thank all of you who have contributed to this episode. Last month, my aunt told me that her son was sick (fever and cough) since moving to the new home. I remembered this episode and told her to check the home for mold. She told me last week that they checked the home and found mold all over the attic.
We should share this video with all those we know and love, I have mild growing in my garage wall from a leak, I’m in a hotel now, Insurance doesn’t cover, you now have to purchase a Ryder , I was never informed of this, shame on Ins company for not sharing , they don’t want to have to cover so they just don’t tell offer it to you .
My bedroom is in the basement and at least once a year, I get rain water in my room. I'm pretty sure there's a lot of mold in my room. I often have allergy problems and I'm pretty sure it's from mold.
@@heavencantwait1218I lived in a moldy short term rental in Alaska and became severely ill. I thought I had an autoimmune disorder. And doctors will not acknowledge mold, especially in podunk areas. It’s a mess.
That's my kind of jury! That insurance company is a ripoff! It didn't agree to pay for $1 million cost for clearing the mold. It didn't agree to pay $6 million for the property. I'm glad the jury hit the insurance company with $32 million. That ought to teach them a lesson!
@@xyounitedx In the end it was reduced to $4 million. So, not even enough to cover their property. Melinda ended up passing away in 2013 and there isn't much publicly available on either Ron or Reese. Hopefully they're doing okay.
Even though 99% of the episodes revolve around finding a person who's a killer, it seems like the episodes who don't have a killer in them, turn out to be some of the best ones.
G Blazem. It is sad to know she passed away. I hope the appeal went in their favor finally. May she Rest In in eternal peace always. She was a brave lady helping others with the experience she and her family went through. And THANK YOU, Sir for the update. You are very kind letting us what happened. It is appreciated 👍👍♥️♥️🙏🏻🙏🏻
Exactly, I’ve heard it happened to actress Brittany Murphy , It was in Ted Nugents home, his wife recently came out with a book, and it just happened to Tori Spelling and her children , she’s now living in an RV
Yep and drs that are clueless and dont recognize mold in any form are also part of ppl not knowing.. i figured it out after like 2 years in and out of drs offices , got labeled crazy ..i figured it was the house when after fifteen minutes of entering i got deathly ill ..walked outside i was fine after one half hour , unfortunately the air around the house is now contaminated as welll , neighbors are now having issues as well from our house mold is a living nightmare ive lost everything and all my possessions and everbody i know cause they all think im bonkers .
Have you had any relief? Mold remediation? Any doctors you have seen for mycotoxin toxicity? One of my family members is going through this and I am trying to figure out what do you do.
Unfortunately, the entire family of three are now dead (unless they arent yet its been so long or that wasn't entirely the cause of the mold since Melinda was said to have passed away by an illness not caused by mycotoxins), so literally don't take my word for it). Their son passed away in 2020. It was the same kind of mold that affected several babies in Cleveland years earlier.
Wow this is terrible 😞 I remember seeing this case for the first time during the pandemic, I actually looked for it because one of my friends is been sick for over 3 months now. No doctor has found what it could be. I mention maybe mold in his house and shared this video. Hopefully no.
@@Fatelipe between those times, probably around 2017 or 18. Or i don't know. Don't take my word for it. You have to find out the status of the Allison's family yourself i guess.
No mention of how the plumbing contractor should have been held liable. The initial ice maker water leak then 13 other water leaks discovered later - must have been the worst plumber in history.
The irony that the house of many dripping water leaks is in a town called Dripping Springs. It's amazing how an entire high end house, a mansion almost, can succumb to mold so fast and to the point where the house can never be lived in again.
That's because standards then were pretty much nonexistent and they've only gotten worse. People used to take pride in their craft, now it's all about how can we cut costs?
My dad was a contractor and always warns of the dangers of mold. A friend who was also a builder dealt with this mold with a family. He told them they had to leave everything behind for safety. The wife decided to sneak a photo album out, and put it in the barn with things they could save that were stored outside. A while later, the mold infested the barn, and she admitted to the builder that she’d put the album inside. The barn was burned down, they lost everything, so sad. She just wanted a few pictures of her kids, and thought a small thing wouldn’t hurt.
@@nathalie_desrosiers The house was burned, but at that time the barn was safe. She snuck a few items in the barn to save, and the mold infested it too. Both structures had to burned. Sad, and scary!
@@FlawlessImperfectionBeauty Sorry, my first post was not clear. Reading your story, it was clear the house was burned. I should have asked : it seems burning a moldy house is the safest thing to do. Why the Allison's house was not burn ASAP? Instead, people went inside the condemned house and may have spread the mold elsewhere. That's irresponsible.
@@nathalie_desrosiers I agree, I just think most people don’t there are really dangerous molds out there. I think it was Chicago where all those kids died years ago? Then there’s the family who all died after an insane insurance battle over fixing a leak that caused mold they couldn’t see. They had a multi million dollar mansion, the son started having severe neurological symptoms the doctors couldn’t figure out. Then the husband got early onset Alzheimer’s, the wife was crying on a flight, right next to a mold specialist. He flew out, discovered the mold it’s so sad. There’s at least one Forensic file episode on UA-cam, but all three people have sadly passed since it aired. The house was boarded up with warning signs, it’s a nightmare. 😞
The 32-million-dollar jury award was reduced to 4 million. Later the insurance 4 million settlement was raised to an undisclosed amount. Most likely the original 6 million dollar amount the property was appraised at in 2001. Still there should have been an additional 2 or 3 million for personal injury. Sadly, Melinda Ballard passed away in 2013 at age 55. The toxic mold eventually took her. Strangely, today that 72 acres of hills and lakes North of Austin Texas is worth 50 million with no house.
Bravo to a the doctors and scientists involved in this heartbreaking case including Mr. Holster, the man in the airplane, they all were the true heroes in this tragic case. Hats off to all of them. BRAVO BRAVO for a job well done. I give them a standing round of applause to all of them. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
When my apartment developed mold due to an air conditioner which was leaking-the air conditioner was NOT mine, it was the owner’ that came with the apartment-and I saw the nasty green mold all over the living room, I called the landlord to let him know what was happening, and the response I got was “place a bucket where is leaking, it will solve the problem.” I was appalled and incensed as to his response having my 93-years-old Mom in the living room watching TV and breathing that mold. I argued strongly and was very feisty with the landlord to no avail, then the next day I called The Board of Health of my city, explained the mold situation to them, told them what the landlord had said, and they said they will send an inspector the next day which they did. Upon arrival and looking at the mold and the floor that was getting higher and higher due to the water underneath, the inspector said, “Oh my God!” I remember those 3 words clearly and I told him that I had my Mom living with me, she was 93-years-old, in a wheelchair and we shouldn’t have to breathe that mold because the landlord didn’t want to spend money fixing it. To make a long story short: upon knowing what I did, the landlord started threatening me saying, “I will get even with you,” to which I responded “try anything you want, and I you will see how fast I you will wind up in prison!” He bragged to me about connections he had with the Italian Mafia since he was Italian born, blah blah blah….. but to his surprise and disappointment, I wasn’t afraid of him nor anyone else’s, and told him “F” the Mafia, I don’t give a rat ass about YOU OR THEM!” Then I added “You do not intimidated me nor I am afraid of anyone including your so-called “connections with Mafiosos.” And I got the problem solved when the landlord had no other choice but to fix the problem. I bet he was fined for his negligence not fixing the problem. Later on, I moved out from the premises. He (the landlord) was barking at the wrong tree because one thing I know is that I am not afraid of anyone nor I am intimidated that easily by anyone, and I will take action faster than the speed of light. That’s my temperament what can I say. I get very aggressive especially when I am rightfully correct, and in my case, I was having the Law on my side. Moral to my story: Report problems as soon as they start, otherwise the situation will get worse. And don’t be afraid of landlords, insurance companies, etc. etc., they love to tell threats! 🙄 Stand strongly and you will win.
When I was doing disaster evaluation with the Red Cross on homes after Hurricane Katrina, we all had " Katrina cough" from the black mold. Unfortunately, most of the people whose homes were affected would not have the kind of money that this lady did to have testing done. It's heartbreaking to think that many of those people are still living in those houses and apartments.
What a wonderful trip so far! Definitely worth the 5 year wait! Stephanie, you are a naturally gifted narrator for us all. Your descriptions are practically poetry. ❤ Thank you!
Insurance company completely at fault and even tried to challenge the court decision. Disgusting, the company should've been sued again just for this malicious behavior.
My family lived in central Kansas at the time, and I remember reading about this in the insert with the ads in the Sunday paper. I remember discussing it with Mom and her telling me the house would be condemned as the mold would be so severe that it would render it and the surrounding property uninhabitable and dangerous to be near. After reading that article, I have been opposed to the existence of mold if I knew of its existence. The idea of living in a home filled with stachybotrys is alarming.
Mold will make you stronger 💪 if your diet is strong. Weak diet, bad results. Great diet, and mold can make you super man. I love mold but only Inge's it when I'm dialed in on my diet and training. Supplementation is important too. Thanks
People ask why Melinda lived in a home this large. This home was built in the mid-1980s, the original owner had financial trouble and could not pay the mortgage, and Melinda bought it in a bank foreclosure sale for like $275K in 1990. Hell of a deal. So when the home started having water leaks, it was only 15 years old; most people with homes that new aren't really paying attention to their water lines and listening/watching for leaks. Defense witnesses testified at trial that although the home material quality was not inferior, it probably wasn't the best to be using in a humid Texas climate. While the fridge leak caused some mold behind the fridge, the major leak that caused the downstairs flooring damage was a bathroom next to the kitchen underneath the stairs overflowing in 1996. Melinda fixed the leak and replaced water-damaged boards -- but moisture remained trapped in the plywood subfloor and hardwood floor -- and it was at the flooring company's suggestion that Melinda file an insurance claim since the wood was not drying out. Farmers did not allow repairs to be made during its investigation and they wanted to argue over the home's value, whether Melinda was underinsured, other leaks that were uncovered, and the cost of the flooring. Whatever one thinks of Melinda and her lifestyle, the jury (many of whom likely made modest salaries) found that Farmers was the more incompetent party of the two, which was reflected in the amount awarded.
now imagine poor folks dealing with mold, getting denied insurance for the value of their property, jeopardized health, and cant afford to take the insirance company to court....
I’m so sorry for your loss, it’s taken my pets, and I’m sure I’ll be next . I have been living in a tent, it’s gotten so hot I’m now in a hotel but I can’t afford to stay here or afford rent, my home isn’t going to be worth anything this is awful and happens to many
My brother in law died more than ten years ago cause he had a mold infection in his lungs by living in certain places that he tried to fix up. Sudden death and it shocked me at first. He and my husband lived short lives. How tragic.
Wow that was very interesting 🤔 while staying with my granddaughter I found mold starting in her kids bedroom, I talked to her about it and about how dangerous molds can be, we cleaned that lot up with very hot water detergent and white king, so far it hasn't come back.
This unussual occurrence could be anywhere, is there any clue to track this sorts of threat right away and fast??? This is a very important case to present population
This particular video reminded me very strongly about the leaky home issues that were around during the 1980's and 1990's , which has never really been correctly dealt with, or resolved by both the building companies, and the local, and national government authorities, leaving the residents extremely disappointed and also 😢 as a result 😢 😞 😕
This reminds me of something that happened to a friend and me years ago. My friend was a much older lady living in an apartment with a damp old basement. and she was telling me one day how she always felt sick and tired and just overall not good. So one day I went down to the basement of the apartment and there were damp cardboard boxes with black mold all over them and the walls had black mold all over them. I had remembered watching this forensic files episode years earlier and I told my friend about the mold. She in turn called the local health inspector and it turned out that the mold was Stachybotrys. I think the landlord got in huge trouble with fines and even had to pay for a hotel for my friend. Thanks to Forensic files I saved my friend's life.
This Episode Saved Me and my Daughter and Dog !!! I was in an Environment that has turned out to have Stachybtrys Toxic Mold… what a Nightmare it’s been !!! I’m sad to hear that those people passed 😔 Knowledge is Power !! It could heave been different for us… things weren't adding up with our sickness and mu fog and visitors that would stay with me for awhile, then lrave and feel better. im just Thankful for seeing this episode before i Actually was In a Poisoness Environment !!
That's a wonderful story I'm so happy for you that you saved your lives would you be willing to share who did your testing I'm positive with the same mold
This not the first time I've heard of Farmer's Insurance fighting payment on claims. Personally, I wouldn't buy a policy from them to even insure my cat! If they had sent a knowledgeable investigator and paid in a timely fashion much of the suffering of the family and the cost to them could have been avoided. I'm sure none of the jury members would ever choose to be covered by Farmer's.
I remember when the Melinda Ballard story broke. I bought 20 copies of the USA Today headline story and mailed most of them to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome researchers. But for a few which I hand delivered to them, explaining that toxic mold is actually what started "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome" Including Dr Daniel Peterson and Paul Cheney, who started this syndrome but overlooked the mold. They did not respond. No researchers responded. To this very day, they have not responded, even after they realize that this is the truth.
@@nathalie_desrosiersthe entire medical industry denies mold illness, and they deny that things they do to patients cause more deaths and sickness than anything else.
I recently got over valley fever which took a while to diagnose they first thought it was tuberculosis. Almost an entire year of coughing up blood sucks. Mold is no joke.
I hope that the appeal finally went on Melinda’s side. Time has passed, but hoping they got the $32 million dollars awarded to them. They could certainly use that money for Melinda’s husband and son care. They were victims of GREED, simply put. This was a very heartbreaking story where two members of the family got sick and couldn’t recover from their illnesses. especially the husband. And all that the insurance company did was to deny their claim. GREED is a deadly sin but this is how business are.: nothing but greedy people running them , and in this case, at the cost of someone’s else health. I read a comment where it was said that Melinda died in 2013. So very sad and tragic. I don’t know if the husband and son are still living. But as far as Melinda goes, she was a very strong lady who was determined that no other family will go through what they went through. Hats off to Melinda, a courageous, strong, determined, brave and kind human being. Bravo bravo for her. May Melinda’s soul Rest In Peace always. 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Had a pipe burst in a wall in my house and ever since I've been fighting to get rid of the mold, unfortunately I'm too broke to hire any help and my health has been declining. Mold is such a pain in the behind.
Imagine being hypersensitive to "industrial pollution". Not quite the same as allergies. Actually much worse. Gasoline, paint thinner, nail polish, hairspray, black marker, dryer sheets on and on. When exposed the reaction is instant. Inflammation begins throughout the body. Internally as well as externally. At 28, the appendix becomes inflamed. It its removed. A few months later, a urethral stricture causing urinary infections due to inflammation. Another surgery. Then an inflamed prostate. "Exploratory surgery" followed up with medication. Then inflamed sinuses. Antibiotics for a year then major surgery. 4 1/2 hours. When exposed to anything toxic (even a whiff), the neurons in the brain begin rapid-firing. Causing a chemical imbalance. Serotonin, a vital neurotransmitter is affected. Running on low levels causes many problems. Memory, concentration, mood swings. chronic insomnia. high anxiety, chronic depression, chronic fatigue, ADHD, hormone imbalances, swollen joints, poor balance, widespread pain and I know there's more but I just can't think of them. Oh yeah low potassium too. That was ICU for a day and a half. This is an autoimmune disease and it is closely related to lupus according to the Mayo Clinic. Most doctors know very little about it. Most people with this dreaded syndrome live in agony for many years until they are properly diagnosed. This condition is genetic. My mother and my two older sisters have it as well. As well as my two children. Well I wonder how many people can figure out what I'm talking about. If you thought Fibromyalgia you are right. I'm on a mission to make people aware of this. I had black mold in my house and it had to be gutted twice because they didn't get it all the first time. Two bathrooms, were gutted and everything thrown. It cost over 20,000 I know that. And that's been quite a few years ago. I had to live in my garage and I really couldn't go in the house at all. It got me pretty sick. An air purifier with a HEPA filter does wonders. I have one right next to my bed. We live in a world that is full of toxic crap. I'm kind of like the canary in the coal mine. What I'm telling you is it's getting worse. Poor quality air and man made chemicals leads to many health problems. This is just one.
I usually watch this show to sleep, but now I’m wide AWAKE… worried about the water damage to my bathroom aka bedroom closet wall. I’ve been having a bad headache every night abojt the same time. I’m worried now lol
@@annaess3844please move. I stayed at a short term rental in Alaska for nearly 5 months and was severely sickened by mold from a roof leak and poorly-designed bathroom exhaust fan system that blew into the ceiling cavity instead of to the outdoors.
As soon as the settlement was issued, she dumped her suffering husband, took his child, most of the money, and married another millionaire. She was a viper.
We all have mold in our lives. Some are toxic ending up killing us if we don`t make a move. The reason why some don`t move is because of fear or stubbornness not wanting to lose everything yet still ending up dead. Mold are like some criminals they do not have any heart for those around them and will poison them with each point of contact.
I know they showed farmers as the insurance company but didn’t say. If so wow they were so wrong on this one!! There commercials act like they are the best thing
Melinda and Ron divorced due to the stress of the situation Ronald and Melinda divorced on December 4, 2003. He then married Michele L. Harle on May 28, 2010. Melinda remarried to. So sad.
Ok well I'm screwed because I've just been cleaning it the best I can and it looks just like the examples shown being cut out that they said not to clean 😢
I believe I have watched this episode before without reading any of the comments. I'm so sorry for this family of three loosing their life's, Mrs. Ballard being first, what an tragedy I believe they did show the insurance company about after into the 3 minutes of FF.
Why did this family of three need to live in such a large mansion? 22 rooms!? They could have had water leaks that would have gone unnoticed for who knows how long. So silly.
Because they’re nouveau riche. Esp her! We have someone in our neighborhood like that. Near retirement age, kids gone, live in a large house on the lake plus have a weekend property close by. They are our neighborhood and town’s political bullies. I think they keep the house because they need to feel important and for people to think they’re important.
I've seen this one before, but forgot the cause. I still came to the same conclusion: get out of the house. With 80 acres, they had room for a trailer as far away from the house as possible. Also, any architect or realtor would know that this was balloon construction, why on earth not rip the walls and remove the fire risk? (Thus explosing other issues.) As for the family, their choices and actions all point to lack of common sense.
To be completely fair, the father at the very least was losing his mental faculties. I don't think he had much in the way of common sense available to him.
my son got sick due to black mold in his apartment that was caused by a water leak. The drs kept telling him that he was just having mental issues, which caused him to look i to getting a attorney to have the apartment management take care of cleaning up the mold. He couldn't take the pain he was in so he took his life. iv been looking for a attorney and its so hard to get oneto take my sons case. the apartment management painted the apartment walls and moved someone else in.
Wow, this was some case. Insurance companies are all the same: making profits. And policy holders pay their insurance payments religiously but when you need them, they are no where to be found……they tell you this and that but will not help you. I am glad the jury awarded Melinda and her husband 32 million dollars for all that they went through. And as far as Melinda’s husband is concerned, my heart goes to out to him for having an impaired memory because of the mold. That house was really infested with mold. My goodness! I hope that the appeal goes in favor of Melinda and her husband for their sake. It is good to know about these cases so people open their eyes about how insurance companies can be and how they work. Hoping and praying that this family’s health Problems are behind for them. In the apartment that I used to live, mold develops when an air conditioner who was the owner and came with the apartment, didn’t work at all and the landlord didn’t want to repair it but when it rained , water got inside of it and a leak developed. And soon, I saw all that green mold all over the living room floor to the point that the wooden floor was up, and I knew it was mold alright, and that is when I called the landlord . I didn’t want to breath it because is not good to breath that nasty mold, it is a health hazard. So when I called the landlord it was in vain, he didn’t want to take care of the problem; as a matter of facts, he told me to put a “bucket” where the leak was coming from and that’s it. And that was when I hit the roof. I called the Board of Health in my city, told them what was going on, and asked for an inspector to come to my apartment to see for himself the mess that my living room was. They did. They sent a gentleman who saw the mold and was appalled as to what my landlord had said to me about putting a “bucket!” On the leak! He had some friggin nerve to say that to me. Besides, I was not living alone, my Mom and I were living together and Mom was 90 years old. And I said, “ I’ll be damn if I am going to let this POS landlord get away with this, no fucking way!” To make a long story short: the landlord had no other choice but to fix the problem since he was giving a limited to get things done right by the Board of Health because they will comeback to my apartment to see if the owner had made the necessary repairs . Then, this man (the landlord) when the Board of Health called him or when in person to notify him about the problem with mold, he threaten me with increasing the rent and that’s when I had a very heated argument with him when he raised his voice to me. I told him to go ahead to do whatever he wanted to do BUT that I will see him in court because I will file a lawsuit about everything that was wrong in that apartment. His response was “I will get even with you!” Hey, nothing happened to me physically and he did not raised the rent. His wife was the one to apologize to me on behalf of her husband. This man had no idea who he was dealing with because when I am right as in this instance I was, I will not going to stop until a problem is fixed whatever the problem might be. Thank God Mom did not develop any of the symptoms that this man had in this story of Forensic Files…..but one thing was for sure: I was determined to have this landlord fix the leak and get rid of the mold, and he had no other choice than to do it, whether he wanted or not or whether he liked it or not. He didn’t want to spend money? Not my problem, it was his; it was NOT my property, it was his! And I was not intimidated by him with all his threats. I am a woman but in my case, he had to respect me, and he had no right to raise his voice to me …..he had no other choice since I demand respect especially when I do respect others. Finally I moved out and I am now very happy where I lived. Mom passed away 9 years ago, and I miss her every single day. Someday I will see her again. End of the story.
The way I understood it from what I read, they bought the house at a bargain basement price. I believe it had been a foreclosure. So, the house was already in a deteriorated state when they moved in.
Whole family died. They would have survived this had the insurance company did their job. They lost enormously more than they would have from the onset had they done the right thing.
It saddens me to read all the comments saying what a "wonderful, strong woman" she was, knowing that after the settlement was paid, she took most of it, took HIS SON, moved out of state, married another rich man, and Ron Allison never saw his child again, being too sick to fight it. She was a real selfish &^%#.
his son? I thought it was *their* son. in either case, they are both ridiculous people to live in such a massive house when there are only 3 of them. there's probably miles and miles of water pipe in the house, not surprising if there are a few leaks.
What was the address of this house before they destroyed it? I can't find it anywhere on google. It says it was in dripping springs texas and thats all I can find.
I thank all of you who have contributed to this episode. Last month, my aunt told me that her son was sick (fever and cough) since moving to the new home. I remembered this episode and told her to check the home for mold. She told me last week that they checked the home and found mold all over the attic.
We should share this video with all those we know and love, I have mild growing in my garage wall from a leak, I’m in a hotel now, Insurance doesn’t cover, you now have to purchase a Ryder , I was never informed of this, shame on Ins company for not sharing , they don’t want to have to cover so they just don’t tell offer it to you .
My bedroom is in the basement and at least once a year, I get rain water in my room. I'm pretty sure there's a lot of mold in my room. I often have allergy problems and I'm pretty sure it's from mold.
etc wrg, no scuh thing as genex or etc or not
@@heavencantwait1218I lived in a moldy short term rental in Alaska and became severely ill. I thought I had an autoimmune disorder. And doctors will not acknowledge mold, especially in podunk areas. It’s a mess.
That man was an angel . The fact that out of millions of people she sits next to someone that specializes in mold
It gave me chills and a giggle 😁 It's so magical how the universe works 🙌
Nothing happens with no reason
It was a God appointment.
Such a blessing sent from God!
@mamasmurf7830 you can have your "magic," I'll stick with God.
That's my kind of jury! That insurance company is a ripoff! It didn't agree to pay for $1 million cost for clearing the mold. It didn't agree to pay $6 million for the property. I'm glad the jury hit the insurance company with $32 million. That ought to teach them a lesson!
An appeal lowered the verdict quite a bit. Forgot how much it ended up being.
The business is still running raking in money, just like Pfizer (biggest fine ever in US history).
@@xyounitedx In the end it was reduced to $4 million. So, not even enough to cover their property. Melinda ended up passing away in 2013 and there isn't much publicly available on either Ron or Reese. Hopefully they're doing okay.
They'll always find a way to wiggle their way out of responsibility or to a reduced settlement.
@@joeylamuel5828 yes like J&J, they use another company to bankrupt so they aren't required to pay as much
That was one of the best forensic files I've ever seen and that man sitting next to her was an angel wow what a story!
Even though 99% of the episodes revolve around finding a person who's a killer, it seems like the episodes who don't have a killer in them, turn out to be some of the best ones.
Yes, you can also watch Season 2, Episode 7 - Fatal Fungus
Mrs. Ballard passed away in 2013 , rip and thank you for all you did after what your family been through.
how did she die?
@@craigime Unknown. Most likely possibility was delayed complications due to this case.
G Blazem. It is sad to know she passed away. I hope the appeal went in their favor finally. May she Rest In in eternal peace always. She was a brave lady helping others with the experience she and her family went through.
And THANK YOU, Sir for the update. You are very kind letting us what happened. It is appreciated 👍👍♥️♥️🙏🏻🙏🏻
Scary ! I pray their son recovered.
is the dad and son alive?
Lesson learned: Repair water damage right away and do NOT use Farmer’s Insurance!
Makes you wonder how many people died or suffered from this type of thing without having a clue as to why.
Exactly, I’ve heard it happened to actress Brittany Murphy , It was in Ted Nugents home, his wife recently came out with a book, and it just happened to Tori Spelling and her children , she’s now living in an RV
Yep and drs that are clueless and dont recognize mold in any form are also part of ppl not knowing.. i figured it out after like 2 years in and out of drs offices , got labeled crazy ..i figured it was the house when after fifteen minutes of entering i got deathly ill ..walked outside i was fine after one half hour , unfortunately the air around the house is now contaminated as welll , neighbors are now having issues as well from our house mold is a living nightmare ive lost everything and all my possessions and everbody i know cause they all think im bonkers .
@@heavencantwait1218yep its only ppl like this that will bring awareness , cause drs are literally stupid and combative when it comes to mold
Have you had any relief? Mold remediation? Any doctors you have seen for mycotoxin toxicity? One of my family members is going through this and I am trying to figure out what do you do.
Also it’s the fact that it should be illegal for companies to basically scam people like this. It’s not insurance it’s a BIG FACT SCAM
How scary and for the one’s who looted their home took the deadly mold to their home….😳
*ones
@@January. 👍🏼😊
Karma
That's their fault...
Seems like instant justice to me
Unfortunately, the entire family of three are now dead (unless they arent yet its been so long or that wasn't entirely the cause of the mold since Melinda was said to have passed away by an illness not caused by mycotoxins), so literally don't take my word for it). Their son passed away in 2020. It was the same kind of mold that affected several babies in Cleveland years earlier.
May they rest in heaven
What year did the father die?
Melinda: 2013
Son: 2020
Ron: ?
Wow this is terrible 😞 I remember seeing this case for the first time during the pandemic, I actually looked for it because one of my friends is been sick for over 3 months now. No doctor has found what it could be. I mention maybe mold in his house and shared this video. Hopefully no.
wow
@@Fatelipe between those times, probably around 2017 or 18. Or i don't know. Don't take my word for it. You have to find out the status of the Allison's family yourself i guess.
Good information to have. I’m sure mold is not the first thing that comes to people’s mind when people start getting sick.
Exactly
I now think of vaccines as well
@@kcmaldonado3948 I don't think of vaccines but u might be right
I’ve seen every FF episode and still come back every night to watch
Ne too!!
Same here
@@ashleystiles5385 ditto
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Me too!
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No mention of how the plumbing contractor should have been held liable. The initial ice maker water leak then 13 other water leaks discovered later - must have been the worst plumber in history.
Well said. Some people only do what they are told, others go the extra mile and shine like stars.
The irony that the house of many dripping water leaks is in a town called Dripping Springs. It's amazing how an entire high end house, a mansion almost, can succumb to mold so fast and to the point where the house can never be lived in again.
Excellent observation.
In Texas?
That's because standards then were pretty much nonexistent and they've only gotten worse.
People used to take pride in their craft, now it's all about how can we cut costs?
And because it’s been looted, the mold is probably spreading to others too
21:50 She is forgetting the man on the plane who guessed what was wrong before doctors could!!!! Credit where credit is due.
Yes! What a stroke of divine intervention that she sat next to him that day!
Instead of naming she used titles not saying each person name's... Forensic made sure he was shown during her thx u
@@cathywithac3793 What are the ODDs?
If I was going through this I’d IMMEDIATELY grab any lifeline!
@@cathywithac3793 nothing happens by accident.......
Wow so sorry for little boy and his dad. What a nice huge house.
That jury got it right. God bless this family. 🙏
They have all since died. The son being the last survivor in 2020.
Heartbreaking. This FF has always stood out!
This was a very different episode. I liked it!
Ever since I heard about this, I constantly check behind my refrigerator to make sure it’s not leaking
My dad was a contractor and always warns of the dangers of mold. A friend who was also a builder dealt with this mold with a family. He told them they had to leave everything behind for safety. The wife decided to sneak a photo album out, and put it in the barn with things they could save that were stored outside. A while later, the mold infested the barn, and she admitted to the builder that she’d put the album inside. The barn was burned down, they lost everything, so sad. She just wanted a few pictures of her kids, and thought a small thing wouldn’t hurt.
I wondered why they did not burn the house instead of putting everything down. It seems more safe.
@@nathalie_desrosiers The house was burned, but at that time the barn was safe. She snuck a few items in the barn to save, and the mold infested it too. Both structures had to burned. Sad, and scary!
@@FlawlessImperfectionBeauty Sorry, my first post was not clear. Reading your story, it was clear the house was burned. I should have asked : it seems burning a moldy house is the safest thing to do. Why the Allison's house was not burn ASAP? Instead, people went inside the condemned house and may have spread the mold elsewhere. That's irresponsible.
@@nathalie_desrosiers I agree, I just think most people don’t there are really dangerous molds out there. I think it was Chicago where all those kids died years ago? Then there’s the family who all died after an insane insurance battle over fixing a leak that caused mold they couldn’t see. They had a multi million dollar mansion, the son started having severe neurological symptoms the doctors couldn’t figure out. Then the husband got early onset Alzheimer’s, the wife was crying on a flight, right next to a mold specialist. He flew out, discovered the mold it’s so sad. There’s at least one Forensic file episode on UA-cam, but all three people have sadly passed since it aired. The house was boarded up with warning signs, it’s a nightmare. 😞
The 32-million-dollar jury award was reduced to 4 million. Later the insurance 4 million settlement was raised to an undisclosed amount. Most likely the original 6 million dollar amount the property was appraised at in 2001. Still there should have been an additional 2 or 3 million for personal injury. Sadly, Melinda Ballard passed away in 2013 at age 55. The toxic mold eventually took her. Strangely, today that 72 acres of hills and lakes North of Austin Texas is worth 50 million with no house.
Not strangely. That's what happens,, land always increases in value the bigger the population grows
Bravo to a the doctors and scientists involved in this heartbreaking case including Mr. Holster, the man in the airplane, they all were the true heroes in this tragic case. Hats off to all of them.
BRAVO BRAVO for a job well done. I give them a standing round of applause to all of them. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I despise insurance companies
When my apartment developed mold due to an air conditioner which was leaking-the air conditioner was NOT mine, it was the owner’ that came with the apartment-and I saw the nasty green mold all over the living room, I called the landlord to let him know what was happening, and the response I got was “place a bucket where is leaking, it will solve the problem.” I was appalled and incensed as to his response having my 93-years-old Mom in the living room watching TV and breathing that mold. I argued strongly and was very feisty with the landlord to no avail, then the next day I called The Board of Health of my city, explained the mold situation to them, told them what the landlord had said, and they said they will send an inspector the next day which they did. Upon arrival and looking at the mold and the floor that was getting higher and higher due to the water underneath, the inspector said, “Oh my God!” I remember those 3 words clearly and I told him that I had my Mom living with me, she was 93-years-old, in a wheelchair and we shouldn’t have to breathe that mold because the landlord didn’t want to spend money fixing it.
To make a long story short:
upon knowing what I did, the landlord started threatening me saying, “I will get even with you,” to which I responded “try anything you want, and I you will see how fast I you will wind up in prison!” He bragged to me about connections he had with the Italian Mafia since he was Italian born, blah blah blah….. but to his surprise and disappointment, I wasn’t afraid of him nor anyone else’s, and told him “F” the Mafia, I don’t give a rat ass about YOU OR THEM!” Then I added “You do not intimidated me nor I am afraid of anyone including your so-called “connections with Mafiosos.” And I got the problem solved when the landlord had no other choice but to fix the problem. I bet he was fined for his negligence not fixing the problem. Later on, I moved out from the premises.
He (the landlord) was barking at the wrong tree because one thing I know is that I am not afraid of anyone nor I am intimidated that easily by anyone, and I will take action faster than the speed of light. That’s my temperament what can I say. I get very aggressive especially when I am rightfully correct, and in my case, I was having the Law on my side.
Moral to my story:
Report problems as soon as they start, otherwise the situation will get worse. And don’t be afraid of landlords, insurance companies, etc. etc., they love to tell threats! 🙄 Stand strongly and you will win.
You go. I wanna be your friend lol
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When things like this happen I wonder how people that work for an insurance would feel if this happened to them
That would be too big of a pill to swallow! Literally and figuratively
When I was doing disaster evaluation with the Red Cross on homes after Hurricane Katrina, we all had " Katrina cough" from the black mold. Unfortunately, most of the people whose homes were affected would not have the kind of money that this lady did to have testing done. It's heartbreaking to think that many of those people are still living in those houses and apartments.
What a wonderful trip so far! Definitely worth the 5 year wait! Stephanie, you are a naturally gifted narrator for us all. Your descriptions are practically poetry. ❤ Thank you!
Insurance company completely at fault and even tried to challenge the court decision. Disgusting, the company should've been sued again just for this malicious behavior.
One of the best episodes, I've seen .
What a horrible situation. That house was a nightmare.
Love hearing stories that arent crime related.
My family lived in central Kansas at the time, and I remember reading about this in the insert with the ads in the Sunday paper. I remember discussing it with Mom and her telling me the house would be condemned as the mold would be so severe that it would render it and the surrounding property uninhabitable and dangerous to be near. After reading that article, I have been opposed to the existence of mold if I knew of its existence. The idea of living in a home filled with stachybotrys is alarming.
I doubt the mold gives a shit that you oppose it.
@@traceeteeter9875 LOL!!!
fungi is actually far older than us animals and is actually responsible for life on land so if it didnt exist neither would you
If there was a boxing match between you and stachybotry, I would be on your side! Just picturing it right now.
Mold will make you stronger 💪 if your diet is strong. Weak diet, bad results. Great diet, and mold can make you super man. I love mold but only Inge's it when I'm dialed in on my diet and training. Supplementation is important too. Thanks
People ask why Melinda lived in a home this large. This home was built in the mid-1980s, the original owner had financial trouble and could not pay the mortgage, and Melinda bought it in a bank foreclosure sale for like $275K in 1990. Hell of a deal. So when the home started having water leaks, it was only 15 years old; most people with homes that new aren't really paying attention to their water lines and listening/watching for leaks. Defense witnesses testified at trial that although the home material quality was not inferior, it probably wasn't the best to be using in a humid Texas climate. While the fridge leak caused some mold behind the fridge, the major leak that caused the downstairs flooring damage was a bathroom next to the kitchen underneath the stairs overflowing in 1996. Melinda fixed the leak and replaced water-damaged boards -- but moisture remained trapped in the plywood subfloor and hardwood floor -- and it was at the flooring company's suggestion that Melinda file an insurance claim since the wood was not drying out.
Farmers did not allow repairs to be made during its investigation and they wanted to argue over the home's value, whether Melinda was underinsured, other leaks that were uncovered, and the cost of the flooring. Whatever one thinks of Melinda and her lifestyle, the jury (many of whom likely made modest salaries) found that Farmers was the more incompetent party of the two, which was reflected in the amount awarded.
I thought it was the refrigerator's ice-maker leaking.
Mr.Tomas voice is my lullaby b4 going to sleep and as always my phone keep playing while im asleep
SAME! 🙋🏼♀️🙌🏻😂
👍@@sherryboudreaux8344
now imagine poor folks dealing with mold, getting denied insurance for the value of their property, jeopardized health, and cant afford to take the insirance company to court....
That’s the work of insurance companies. They don’t want to spend money for their clients.
Yep, they collect their premiums and refuse to pay out for stuff like this. I hated Farmers Insurance.
Mold is a silent deadly killer. It took my mothers life in 2016 and continues to try and take mine. I will NOT go down without a FIGHT!
I’m so sorry for your loss, it’s taken my pets, and I’m sure I’ll be next . I have been living in a tent, it’s gotten so hot I’m now in a hotel but I can’t afford to stay here or afford rent, my home isn’t going to be worth anything this is awful and happens to many
72 acres of real estate in Dripping Springs, TX would be worth a helluva lot of money these days.
Yeah this is so sad. Moulds are so bad.
*Mold is...
@@January. wait till you learn about "haemophilia" v "hemophilia"
God bless u woman, thanx for sharing. I never knew those things about mild and insurance bastards
Biggest scammers in the world (insurance companies)
Although they were awarded 32 million the family were only paid 4 million. In 2013 Melinda passed away at the age of 55. RIP 😢
No doubt she was a life long smoker. Plus, the black mold didn't help her situation
@@crystalstevens4638 *lifelong
@@January. oh I see the spelling & grammar police 🚔 have arrived. Get a hobby, Richard Cranium 🤡
Both parents died. Where's Reese?
@@steelhurricane4041 The Dad died too? Damn.
Excelente video Helena gracias por apoyar
El Salvador
The best show ever
Mold needs darkness too.
Now that is one haunted house.
It's really scary knowing this whole family died
My brother in law died more than ten years ago cause he had a mold infection in his lungs by living in certain places that he tried to fix up. Sudden death and it shocked me at first. He and my husband lived short lives. How tragic.
Wow that was very interesting 🤔 while staying with my granddaughter I found mold starting in her kids bedroom, I talked to her about it and about how dangerous molds can be, we cleaned that lot up with very hot water detergent and white king, so far it hasn't come back.
This unussual occurrence could be anywhere, is there any clue to track this sorts of threat right away and fast??? This is a very important case to present population
It’s July 2022, still my go to watch 🤗❤️
Now it's July 2023. And still my go to watch.
This particular video reminded me very strongly about the leaky home issues that were around during the 1980's and 1990's , which has never really been correctly dealt with, or resolved by both the building companies, and the local, and national government authorities, leaving the residents extremely disappointed and also 😢 as a result 😢 😞 😕
Lead pipes still in water system
This reminds me of something that happened to a friend and me years ago. My friend was a much older lady living in an apartment with a damp old basement. and she was telling me one day how she always felt sick and tired and just overall not good. So one day I went down to the basement of the apartment and there were damp cardboard boxes with black mold all over them and the walls had black mold all over them. I had remembered watching this forensic files episode years earlier and I told my friend about the mold. She in turn called the local health inspector and it turned out that the mold was Stachybotrys. I think the landlord got in huge trouble with fines and even had to pay for a hotel for my friend. Thanks to Forensic files I saved my friend's life.
This Episode Saved Me and my Daughter and Dog !!! I was in an Environment that has turned out to have Stachybtrys Toxic Mold… what a Nightmare it’s been !!! I’m sad to hear that those people passed 😔
Knowledge is Power !! It could heave been different for us… things weren't adding up with our sickness and mu fog and visitors that would stay with me for awhile, then lrave and feel better. im just Thankful for seeing this episode before i Actually was In a Poisoness Environment !!
That's a wonderful story I'm so happy for you that you saved your lives would you be willing to share who did your testing I'm positive with the same mold
Anybody who loots that house is going to be in for a real surprise!
This not the first time I've heard of Farmer's Insurance fighting payment on claims. Personally, I wouldn't buy a policy from them to even insure my cat! If they had sent a knowledgeable investigator and paid in a timely fashion much of the suffering of the family and the cost to them could have been avoided. I'm sure none of the jury members would ever choose to be covered by Farmer's.
Damn I have Farmers! Wow. Thanks for the info. I'll get someone else.
Farmers screwed me over too.
@@brandimastain7851 I know of 5 people who were screwed by Allstate, two of them being my Aunt and my late Grammie.
I remember when the Melinda Ballard story broke. I bought 20 copies of the USA Today headline story and mailed most of them to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome researchers.
But for a few which I hand delivered to them, explaining that toxic mold is actually what started "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome"
Including Dr Daniel Peterson and Paul Cheney, who started this syndrome but overlooked the mold.
They did not respond. No researchers responded.
To this very day, they have not responded, even after they realize that this is the truth.
They may even not read that. Doctors of every fields (the ones with doctorate) feel so above everybody else...
@@nathalie_desrosiers There have been a few thousand more mold stories since then
@@nathalie_desrosiersthe entire medical industry denies mold illness, and they deny that things they do to patients cause more deaths and sickness than anything else.
I recently got over valley fever which took a while to diagnose they first thought it was tuberculosis. Almost an entire year of coughing up blood sucks. Mold is no joke.
I’m so sorry.
How awful.
Heart breaking
It’s good for the insurance company for the jury’s decision. I hope the insurance company will be bankrupt so not to victimize other people!
I hope that the appeal finally went on Melinda’s side. Time has passed, but hoping they got the $32 million dollars awarded to them. They could certainly use that money for Melinda’s husband and son care. They were victims of GREED, simply put.
This was a very heartbreaking story where two members of the family got sick and couldn’t recover from their illnesses. especially the husband. And all that the insurance company did was to deny their claim. GREED is a deadly sin but this is how business are.: nothing but greedy people running them , and in this case, at the cost of someone’s else health.
I read a comment where it was said that Melinda died in 2013. So very sad and tragic. I don’t know if the husband and son are still living. But as far as Melinda goes, she was a very strong lady who was determined that no other family will go through what they went through. Hats off to Melinda, a courageous, strong, determined, brave and kind human being. Bravo bravo for her. May Melinda’s soul Rest In Peace always. 🙏🏻🙏🏻
They did not get the 32 million. The amount wasn’t disclosed if I recall correctly.
The appeal 'awarded' them only 4 millions. SMH
I was thinking how many cases we miss due to infections by mould. Scary
All my specialist did .
Had a pipe burst in a wall in my house and ever since I've been fighting to get rid of the mold, unfortunately I'm too broke to hire any help and my health has been declining. Mold is such a pain in the behind.
They ended up getting screwed on appeals on getting 4M and Melinda died in 2013. Sad ending.
The husband passed away as well.
Pretty interesting episode in this series.
How unreal sad! Praying for the family I can’t imagine 😢❤️🙏🏼
Both parents passed away.
@@parisfrancemission Oh, no! :-( How? When? Why?
@@TheMouseAvenger another commenter said all 3 are together in heaven. 2013, 2020
Imagine being hypersensitive to "industrial pollution". Not quite the same as allergies. Actually much worse.
Gasoline, paint thinner, nail polish, hairspray, black marker, dryer sheets on and on. When exposed the reaction is instant. Inflammation begins throughout the body. Internally as well as externally. At 28, the appendix becomes inflamed. It its removed. A few months later, a urethral stricture causing urinary infections due to inflammation. Another surgery. Then an inflamed prostate. "Exploratory surgery" followed up with medication.
Then inflamed sinuses. Antibiotics for a year then major surgery. 4 1/2 hours.
When exposed to anything toxic (even a whiff), the neurons in the brain begin rapid-firing. Causing a chemical imbalance. Serotonin, a vital neurotransmitter is affected. Running on low levels causes many problems.
Memory, concentration, mood swings. chronic insomnia. high anxiety, chronic depression, chronic fatigue, ADHD, hormone imbalances, swollen joints, poor balance, widespread pain and I know there's more but I just can't think of them.
Oh yeah low potassium too. That was ICU for a day and a half.
This is an autoimmune disease and it is closely related to lupus according to the Mayo Clinic.
Most doctors know very little about it. Most people with this dreaded syndrome live in agony for many years until they are properly diagnosed.
This condition is genetic. My mother and my two older sisters have it as well. As well as my two children.
Well I wonder how many people can figure out what I'm talking about. If you thought Fibromyalgia you are right.
I'm on a mission to make people aware of this.
I had black mold in my house and it had to be gutted twice because they didn't get it all the first time.
Two bathrooms, were gutted and everything thrown. It cost over 20,000 I know that. And that's been quite a few years ago. I had to live in my garage and I really couldn't go in the house at all. It got me pretty sick.
An air purifier with a HEPA filter does wonders. I have one right next to my bed.
We live in a world that is full of toxic crap. I'm kind of like the canary in the coal mine.
What I'm telling you is it's getting worse. Poor quality air and man made chemicals leads to many health problems. This is just one.
May they all RIP. They all passed away, most recent was their son on 2/8/21. 💔
Really? How did you learn of that?
@@jeshkam Google and Melinda remarried another man and took the son with her. Sad !
Aweeee... It's very scary, even the air we breathe is not safe.
For whatever reason I was just thinking about this episode. Haven’t seen this one in a while. So tragic!
Watching Forensic Files while eating a late night meal or snacks i can do for enjoyment
I usually watch this show to sleep, but now I’m wide AWAKE… worried about the water damage to my bathroom aka bedroom closet wall. I’ve been having a bad headache every night abojt the same time. I’m worried now lol
😬😬😬 hope it turned out ok
@@neykodimov2786 unfortunately with the landlords I have, that water damage is going to stay for life 😂
@@annaess3844please move. I stayed at a short term rental in Alaska for nearly 5 months and was severely sickened by mold from a roof leak and poorly-designed bathroom exhaust fan system that blew into the ceiling cavity instead of to the outdoors.
As soon as the settlement was issued, she dumped her suffering husband, took his child, most of the money, and married another millionaire. She was a viper.
I know. That’s the part you don’t hear about.
All 3 are dead.
FAKE News !!!
We all have mold in our lives. Some are toxic ending up killing us if we don`t make a move. The reason why some don`t move is because of fear or stubbornness not wanting to lose everything yet still ending up dead. Mold are like some criminals they do not have any heart for those around them and will poison them with each point of contact.
I know they showed farmers as the insurance company but didn’t say. If so wow they were so wrong on this one!! There commercials act like they are the best thing
Farmer's has a history of fighting claims. Even small ones. I read an article in the New Yorker magazine about another instance.
Me too I go back to it over and over again I was poisoned with toxic mold twice
Insurance company..
What an evil company and their evil policies?
Melinda and Ron divorced due to the stress of the situation Ronald and Melinda divorced on December 4, 2003. He then married Michele L. Harle on May 28, 2010. Melinda remarried to. So sad.
Ok well I'm screwed because I've just been cleaning it the best I can and it looks just like the examples shown being cut out that they said not to clean 😢
good for her for fighting back!
I believe I have watched this episode before without reading any of the comments. I'm so sorry for this family of three loosing their life's, Mrs. Ballard being first, what an tragedy I believe they did show the insurance company about after into the 3 minutes of FF.
It was Farmers Insurance.!😮🤬
Why did this family of three need to live in such a large mansion? 22 rooms!? They could have had water leaks that would have gone unnoticed for who knows how long. So silly.
Because they’re nouveau riche. Esp her!
We have someone in our neighborhood like that. Near retirement age, kids gone, live in a large house on the lake plus have a weekend property close by. They are our neighborhood and town’s political bullies. I think they keep the house because they need to feel important and for people to think they’re important.
I was going to say the same thing. this is probably the only episode of ff where you don't feel any sympathy for the victims.
The size of the home was part of why they were unable to detect the molded areas in time.
I've seen this one before, but forgot the cause. I still came to the same conclusion: get out of the house. With 80 acres, they had room for a trailer as far away from the house as possible. Also, any architect or realtor would know that this was balloon construction, why on earth not rip the walls and remove the fire risk? (Thus explosing other issues.) As for the family, their choices and actions all point to lack of common sense.
To be completely fair, the father at the very least was losing his mental faculties. I don't think he had much in the way of common sense available to him.
When this happened, people were still ignorant about toxic mold hazards in the home. We know a lot more about it today.
what happened to episodes 35 and 36?
my son got sick due to black mold in his apartment that was caused by a water leak. The drs kept telling him that he was just having mental issues, which caused him to look i to getting a attorney to have the apartment management take care of cleaning up the mold. He couldn't take the pain he was in so he took his life. iv been looking for a attorney and its so hard to get oneto take my sons case. the apartment management painted the apartment walls and moved someone else in.
Wow, this was some case. Insurance companies are all the same: making profits. And policy holders pay their insurance payments religiously but when you need them, they are no where to be found……they tell you this and that but will not help you. I am glad the jury awarded Melinda and her husband 32 million dollars for all that they went through. And as far as Melinda’s husband is concerned, my heart goes to out to him for having an impaired memory because of the mold. That house was really infested with mold. My goodness! I hope that the appeal goes in favor of Melinda and her husband for their sake. It is good to know about these cases so people open their eyes about how insurance companies can be and how they work. Hoping and praying that this family’s health Problems are behind for them.
In the apartment that I used to live, mold develops when an air conditioner who was the owner and came with the apartment, didn’t work at all and the landlord didn’t want to repair it but when it rained , water got inside of it and a leak developed. And soon, I saw all that green mold all over the living room floor to the point that the wooden floor was up, and I knew it was mold alright, and that is when I called the landlord . I didn’t want to breath it because is not good to breath that nasty mold, it is a health hazard. So when I called the landlord it was in vain, he didn’t want to take care of the problem; as a matter of facts, he told me to put a “bucket” where the leak was coming from and that’s it. And that was when I hit the roof. I called the Board of Health in my city, told them what was going on, and asked for an inspector to come to my apartment to see for himself the mess that my living room was. They did. They sent a gentleman who saw the mold and was appalled as to what my landlord had said to me about putting a “bucket!” On the leak! He had some friggin nerve to say that to me. Besides, I was not living alone, my Mom and I were living together and Mom was 90 years old. And I said, “ I’ll be damn if I am going to let this POS landlord get away with this, no fucking way!”
To make a long story short: the landlord had no other choice but to fix the problem since he was giving a limited to get things done right by the Board of Health because they will comeback to my apartment to see if the owner had made the necessary repairs . Then, this man (the landlord) when the Board of Health called him or when in person to notify him about the problem with mold, he threaten me with increasing the rent and that’s when I had a very heated argument with him when he raised his voice to me. I told him to go ahead to do whatever he wanted to do BUT that I will see him in court because I will file a lawsuit about everything that was wrong in that apartment. His response was “I will get even with you!” Hey, nothing happened to me physically and he did not raised the rent. His wife was the one to apologize to me on behalf of her husband.
This man had no idea who he was dealing with because when I am right as in this instance I was, I will not going to stop until a problem is fixed whatever the problem might be. Thank God Mom did not develop any of the symptoms that this man had in this story of Forensic Files…..but one thing was for sure: I was determined to have this landlord fix the leak and get rid of the mold, and he had no other choice than to do it, whether he wanted or not or whether he liked it or not. He didn’t want to spend money? Not my problem, it was his; it was NOT my property, it was his! And I was not intimidated by him with all his threats. I am a woman but in my case, he had to respect me, and he had no right to raise his voice to me …..he had no other choice since I demand respect especially when I do respect others. Finally I moved out and I am now very happy where I lived. Mom passed away 9 years ago, and I miss her every single day. Someday I will see her again. End of the story.
I had the same thing almost a decade ago. Most fo the symptoms here i had.
Mostly recovered
Whoever plumbed the house should’ve been sued also. 14 leaks, ridiculous!!
Plus the roof.
The way I understood it from what I read, they bought the house at a bargain basement price. I believe it had been a foreclosure. So, the house was already in a deteriorated state when they moved in.
@@Noone9227it was a relatively new house though, so should not have had so many issues.
I gotta stop falling asleep 2 this and unsolved mysteries 😱
Me too 😆
Precious boy-this is so sad
Whole family died. They would have survived this had the insurance company did their job. They lost enormously more than they would have from the onset had they done the right thing.
At least no one got brutally murdered in this one. This episode worries be because my basement leaks like crazy.
That mold is deadly. I would want my money and I would have that home taken down.
It saddens me to read all the comments saying what a "wonderful, strong woman" she was, knowing that after the settlement was paid, she took most of it, took HIS SON, moved out of state, married another rich man, and Ron Allison never saw his child again, being too sick to fight it. She was a real selfish &^%#.
his son? I thought it was *their* son. in either case, they are both ridiculous people to live in such a massive house when there are only 3 of them. there's probably miles and miles of water pipe in the house, not surprising if there are a few leaks.
I saw the show tonight on tv, they did not get all the 32 million, I think it was 4, also it said she moved to SC and dies at 55 yrs old
@@heavencantwait1218 I saw it last night to. So sad it was.
Ron remarried as well.
What do people really be paying insurance for if at the end can't get help we need
What was the address of this house before they destroyed it? I can't find it anywhere on google. It says it was in dripping springs texas and thats all I can find.
It was demolished in 2004.
Sad horrible story. however, the insurance company can have it in the appeals court for years and not pay a dime.
What are the odds of meeting the air quality company owner ,on that flight?, God?,luck?,
Definalty not luck. Just destiny
Melinda died in 2013 at the age of 55 😢 I think that mold contributed to her passing away so soon..
Can they burn the mold?
No. Fire releases it into the air.