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EP. 275.5 — Fraud Friday: The Con with the “Cure” for Cancer (w/ Caleb Hearon)
Comedian Caleb Hearon (Jurassic World Dominion) returns to discuss Norman Baker, a vaudevillian, business-owner, and radio-show host in the 1800’s who claimed to have a cure for cancer. Plus, a Hong Kong student has been arrested after participating in an elaborate kidnapping to scam her parents out of ransom money. Stay schemin’! (Originally Released 10/24/2022)
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Research by Kaelyn Brandt.
SOURCES:
https://fsuspecialcollections.wordpress.com/2022/06/01/norman-baker-and-the-naked-truth/
https://historycollection.com/norman-baker-man-claimed-cure-cancer/
https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/norman-baker-4885/
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