Thanks for the heads-up, Glenn!
Reminds me of the great book from several years back, Border Radio: Quacks, Yodelers, Pitchmen, Psychics, and Other Amazing Broadcasters of the American Airwaves by Gene Fowler and Bill Crawford.
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John M. Sullivan
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
----- Original Message ----
From: Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>
To: dxld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: swprograms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 8:57:19 PM
Subject: [Swprograms] Dr Brinkley book on Extension 720
** MEXICO [and non]. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH --- CHARLATAN
Do you ever get those e-mails for cheap Viagra or remedies that will bring back
your "youth", so to speak? Think these "miracle" remedies are new? They're most
definitely not. Tonight, weʼll talk to Pope Brock who has just written
Charlatan, the story of a man that Brock describes as Americaʼs most dangerous
huckster. Apparently, this con-man was well ahead of his time, selling
worthless remedies all across America, and eventually making quite a name for
himself by implanting goat testicles under the skin of thousands of
Americans,
to improve their "virility". (WGN Extension 720 previews, 9:05 pm CST = UT
Thursday Feb 21 0305-0500 via DXLD)
Must be Dr Brinkley --- yes, per synopsis linked at Barnes & Noble: (gh)...