They say monsters don’t always hide in shadows. Sometimes they wear expensive suits, carry a doctor’s bag, and charm everyone they meet. In autumn of 1888, as fear gripped the streets in London’s Whitechapel district and Jack the Ripper terrorized the city, a mysterious American doctor found himself at the center of one of history’s greatest mysteries.

So, break out your stethoscopes, my spooky friends. Today, you will hear the story of one of history’s strangest medical frauds whose trail of controversy went around the world.

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