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S6 Ep7: "Dr." Linda Hazzard's Starvation Grift

August 13, 2026 · 45 min

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Conning people into buying bogus "cures" is nothing new. In the early 1900's Linda Hazzard put her own spin on the age-old practice. Her patients would find themselves out much more than the price of her "treatment."

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