In general, these people actually believe in what they're selling. And with stuff like this, the forceps and the thuck and close up magic trick, like, they know it's a scamp. Like there is no world in which he even pretends to believe that any of the stuff is real, right? Yet. I mean, i also think, like, when you have a really complicated or really troubling or really kind of intractable health issue, i think it's all so easy to undersell the role of hope and all of that.
Special guest Kimberly Springer joins us to talk about an infamous, dangerous faith healer and his two — two! — appearances on Oprah's talk show. This episode contains, we're sorry to say, detailed descriptions of sexual assault.
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