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."

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."

True Weird Stuff is a podcast hosted by Sheri Lynch about... well... True Weird Stuff. We cover just about anything from Bigfoot to the things that go bump in the night. 

True Weird Stuff is a podcast hosted by Sheri Lynch about... well... True Weird Stuff. We cover just about anything from Bigfoot to the things that go bump in the night.

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