Forensic Files

Season 1, Episode 7

Episode Title: Legionnaires' Disease

Air Date: 1996-11-07

Overview:

Legionnaires' disease is one of the most famous medical detective stories, especially irritating for its missteps and frustrations. When 180 Legionnaires contract pneumonia-like symptoms after a Philadelphia Convention and 29 of them die, doctors and scientists are mystified. The determination of one scientist helps to determine the cause and likely vector of this deadly disease.