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Radioactive Quackery: 'Doctor' Bailey and His Jaw-Dissolving ‘Energy Drink’

Radioactive Quackery: 'Doctor' Bailey and His Jaw-Dissolving ‘Energy Drink’

FromCriminalia


Radioactive Quackery: 'Doctor' Bailey and His Jaw-Dissolving ‘Energy Drink’

FromCriminalia

ratings:
Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Apr 9, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

William Bailey called himself a doctor, but his career was as a shady businessman, not a medical professional. In the early 20th century, he launched a series of start-up companies, capitalizing on the new discoveries of radioactive elements, and sold patent medicine products with lethal radioactive substances with unproven promises to cure everything from arthritis to impotence – it was said they could help you regain your youth. But instead, they were deadly.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Apr 9, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Humans have always committed crimes. What can we learn from the criminals and crimes of the past, and have humans gotten better or worse over time?