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Inside the 'cursed' Pokémon episode that hospitalised 12k children before being pulled from screens by panicked bosses - as lead star Rachel Lillis dies aged 46
Rachael's death is not the only tragedy that has surrounded the programme in recent years, as last year scientists confirmed that a Pokémon episode hospitalised children.
In the episode, main characters Ash, Misty, Brock, Pikachu discover something is wrong with the Poké Ball, and they journey inside it to fix it. A study by doctors Benjamin Radford and Robert Bartholomew has revealed that while many of the first batch of hospitalised children were indeed suffering from epileptic reactions, it did not affect the rest of the kids. It said: 'Media reports and publicity fuel the hysteria as news of the affliction spreads, planting the idea or concern in the community while reinforcing and validating the veracity of the illness for the initial victims.'
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