Ep 248 - Norman Baker & The Quack's Cure for Everything
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This week we have the tale of an inventor, performer, broadcaster and conman Norman Baker.
Who was this boisterous chap from Iowa? Did he really have a cure for cancer? And what trained animals do you send through the mail?
The secret ingredient is...watermelon!
Sources this week include:
Border Radio: Quacks, Yodelers, Pitchmen, Psychics, and Other Amazing Broadcasters of the American Airwaves by Gene Fowler,
www.visitmuscatine.com/177/Norman-Baker
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/charlatan-ozarks-still-looms-over-haunted-crescent-hotel-180973743/
www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-haunting-history-of-a-hucksters-cancer-cure
encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/norman-baker-4885/
medium.com/lessons-from-history/dr-norman-baker-when-quackery-kills-1257a3638419
