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‘Where Sick Folks Get Well’: Norman Baker Couldn’t Cure Cancer. Period.
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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Apr 23, 2024
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Podcast episode
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Norman Baker was an entrepreneur, a pioneering radio personality, and a fake doctor. He was a masterful propagandist, and through his radio station and multiple tabloid publications, he manipulated American anxieties about everything from politics to alleged ills of vaccinations. But his biggest claim was that he could cure cancer, in just six weeks, with his own elixir -- and your money.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Apr 23, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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