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The Charlatan Of The Ozarks

2023/2/27
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Sara and Danny cover the story of Norman Baker, the magician who later claimed to have the cure for cancer. They start off by exploring his background as a vaudeville performer, inventor, and tramp machinist (yes, that’s a real profession). They talk about his time as the original Joe Rogan hosting his own radio broadcasting show called KTNT “Know The Naked Truth” - if only he was born 98 years later. Finally they chat about how he secured fame as well as state and federal prison terms by promoting a supposed cure for cancer.

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https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-haunting-history-of-a-hucksters-cancer-cure)

https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/norman-baker-4885/)

https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2019/apr/12/glass-bottles-date-to-38-cancer-elixir-/)

http://iagenweb.org/muscatine/obituaries/ba-obit.htm)

https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&u=googlescholar&id=GALE|A78177225&v=2.1&it=r&sid=AONE&asid=93dab8fd)

https://www.thedailybeast.com/madeline-mccann-parents-ok-dna-test-on-julia-wandelt)

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/charlatan-ozarks-still-looms-over-haunted-crescent-hotel-180973743/)

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