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Ep 248 - Norman Baker & The Quack's Cure for Everything

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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.smithsonianmag.com/history/charlatan-ozarks-still-looms-over-haunted-crescent-hotel-180973743/

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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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!

Get cocktails, poisoning stories and historical true crime tales every week by following and subscribing to The Poisoners' Cabinet wherever you get your podcasts. Find us and our cocktails at www.thepoisonerscabinet.com

Join us Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepoisonerscabinet

Find us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thepoisonerscabinet

Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepoisonerscabinet/

Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePoisonersCabinet

Listen on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoisonersCabinet


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.smithsonianmag.com/history/charlatan-ozarks-still-looms-over-haunted-crescent-hotel-180973743/

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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