Summersode 4: The Diet Doctor of Death
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Linda Burfield Hazzard (1867-1938) did not go to medical school, but she called herself a doctor. In Washington state, this alternative medicine practitioner was able to get a medical license despite her lack of degree. Linda, along with her husband Samuel Hazzard, opened a sanitarium offering simple cure for all those who were ill, fasting. For many patients, this “cure” led to death. And, interestingly enough, Linda profited from her patients, especially when some died.
But who was Linda? Did she really believe the cure she professed? And where did she come from? In this episode, we cover all that and more including a nephew and niece who are in the Guinness Book of World Records. Listen to learn more about Linda’s murderous roots.
TRIGGER WARNING: In this episode we discuss issues that may serve as a trigger for those suffering from eating disorders.
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Denise Mueller-Korenek breaking the land speed record on a bicycle
Through Dakota Eyes: Narrative Accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862 by Gary Clayton Anderson
Over the Earth I Come: The Great Sioux Uprising of 1862 by Duane Schultz
38 Nooses: Lincoln, Little Crow, and the Beginning of Frontier’s End by Scott W. Berg
Massacre in Minnesota by Gary Clayton Anderson
Documentary Dakota 38
Governor Ernest Lister of Washington
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Nina Floy Bracelin brief biography
9th Infantry, Minnesota Regiment (Civil War)
Wikipedia
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