Revisiting King of Quacks: The Greatest Medical Fraud in American History

Today's True Weird Stuff - Revisiting King of Quacks: The Greatest Medical Fraud in American History

 

Curtis Howe Springer claimed to be a doctor. He wasn't. He also claimed to be a minister. That was questionable, too. Yet somehow he convinced thousands of people to trust him with their health, their money, and their dreams. Selling miracle cures from his desert empire, Springer built a fortune on deception and became one of the most successful medical frauds in American history...the self-crowned King of Quacks.