Behind the Bastards
Part One: Laetrile: The Fake Cancer Cure That Birthed The Right-Wing Medical Grifting Industry
22 Jul 2025
Robert sits down with Miles Gray to talk about Laetrile, a fraudulent cancer "cure" embraced by the John Birch society as a way to tie right wing politics to alternative medicine. (2 Part Series) Sources: Sci-Hub | Laetrile: A Lesson in Cancer Quackery. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 31(2), 91–95 | 10.3322/canjclin.31.2.91 The Controversy Surrounding Chad Green Nation: A Battle over Cancer Care - TIME Dr. Ernesto Contreras, Sr. / Oasis of Hope Hospital | Big Statues first-page-pdf Natural Cancer Cures Pioneer Dr. Ernesto Contreras, Founder of Oasis of Hope Cancer Hospital Medicine: Debate over Laetrile | TIME Ernesto Contreras' TJ laetrile clinic | San Diego Reader Laetrile in Historical Perspective | Quackwatch Dr Ernst T. Krebs - ENCOGNITIVE.COM.pdf OBITUARY -- Ernst T. Krebs Jr. The Story of Ernest Krebs, Jr., and Bunk Cancer Cure “Vitamin B17” – Patient Worthy Ernst T. Krebs, Jr. (1912-1996) The Rise and Fall of Laetrile | QuackwatchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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