Light and Shadow of American Life

In almost seventy episodes chronicling bad ideas and loopy frauds through the ages one name has come up again and again. From phrenology to mesmerism to a strange ghostly bowl of molasses, he's the Forrest Gump of 19th century pseudo-science. 

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Music by:
Blue Dot Sessions
Lee Rosevere
Kevin MacLeod
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart