Linda Burfield Hazzard

This week, Marguerite takes us to the misty shores of Washington State to tell the chilling story of Linda Burfield Hazzard—the self-proclaimed healer who believed the cure for nearly every illness was simple: stop eating. What began as an alternative health movement soon became a nightmare for the patients who entered her infamous sanitarium, known locally as Starvation Heights.

As wealthy clients wasted away under her care, questions mounted about whether Hazzard was a misunderstood health reformer—or a calculating killer using starvation, fraud, and forged wills to profit from her victims. Marguerite unravels the shocking case of the woman known as the "Starvation Doctor," whose deadly fasting treatments left a trail of bodies and one of the most bizarre murder trials of the early 20th century.

Was she a visionary ahead of her time, a dangerous quack, or one of America's earliest female serial killers? Grab a snack before listening—you'll definitely need one for this episode.

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