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Part One: The Goat Testicle Implanting Doctor Who Invented Talk Radio

Behind the Bastards

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Goat Ball Implants - A Drunk Dude's Plan to Scam Everyone

In 1918, John Brinkley opened the Brinkley Institute of Health in Milford, Kansas. The growth of his clinic was massively aided by the fact that months after his surgery, Stittsworth and his wife had a boy. They named him Billy goat. He became the first goat gland baby. And pretty successfully scamming everybody. Yeah. All right. So he's just like this drunk dude who's like, he's just a drunk guy. Put balls in it. Now, sometimes it's just bits of goat testicles. Sure. I mean, who needs consistency when it comes to consistent medical procedures?

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