King Of Quacks

True Weird Stuff

King Of Quacks

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Published on Sep 8, 2024, 12:53:22 AM
Total time: 01:16:45

Episode Description

Today's True Weird Stuff - King Of Quacks

 

Curtis Howe Springer was a radio evangelist, self-proclaimed medical doctor and minister. In 1944, he laid claim to 12,000 acres of land in California's Mohave Desert and created his own town. The only problem? The land wasn't his. He was also a medical fraud who used his radio show to sell fake miracle potions. Springer was the ultimate con man known as the "King of Quacks."

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