Ep 248 is loose! And 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!
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Sources this week include Border Radio: Quacks, Yodelers, Pitchmen, Psychics, and Other Amazing Broadcasters of the American Airwaves by Gene Fowler,
https://www.visitmuscatine.com/177/Norman-Baker
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-haunting-history-of-a-hucksters-cancer-cure
https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/norman-baker-4885/
https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/dr-norman-baker-when-quackery-kills-1257a3638419
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