Norman G. Baker - 1930's Quack Cancer 'Doctor' responsible for people's death
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_G. ... t_hospital
Best article?
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ ... 180973743/
At least 44 people died at the Crescent Hotel during its era as a “health retreat” according to death records
https://www.moodymoons.com/2020/02/07/n ... ent-hotel/
Eureka Springs Photo Gallery » 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa » Ghosts
http://eurekaspringsmediacenter.com/pho ... lbum&id=11
“Doctor” Norman Baker: Separating Myth from History
https://www.moodymoons.com/2020/02/07/n ... ent-hotel/
500 Human Specimens Found Buried At Crescent Hotel In Eureka Springs
https://www.5newsonline.com/article/new ... e0e635e1de
Eureka Springs had been a hub of ill people coming by the thousands and expecting a miracle cure (where medical quacks were well accepted) and would die in large numbers. The late 1800's had buildings burn to the ground because they were made of wood, resulting in many deaths.
PDF - Page 7 get's into some details
https://arkansaspreservation.worldsecur ... g%20Street.
It was also at a time when radium was considered curative, and so the springs are actually considered toxic (and illegal to drink from due to a sewage water leak, though apparently the water was recently tested and might be pretty safe.)
https://www.eurekasprings.com/historical/springs.html
When I attended a 'Ghost Tour' they mentioned when people died at the hotel/"hospital" they would wait until nighttime to bring them to the basement and disposed of it in some way, and it was at this time that the bodies of the victims were autopsied and had the tumors removed (which purportedly was the evidence needed to indicate his cancer therapy was a success since no tumors were found.) I'm still not sure why the information regarding this time period weren't properly disclosed, as it seems apparent the guy should never have lived well into old age retiring on Jay Goulds yacht, while also after prison was close to returning to radio broadcasting to spread medical conspiracies and raising money (which parallels televangelist Jim Bakker in some way.)
http://lizzieandrewborden.com/HatchetOn ... yacht.html
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Kind of reminds me of the time period in which anyone with the title 'Doctor' was not much different from Frankenstein, and this guy was possibly worse than Dr. Mengele:
Surgeon General Shirō Ishii
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shir%C5%8 ... 20Ishii%20(%E7%9F%B3%E4%BA%95,of%20the%20Imperial%20Japanese%20Army.