Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

In 1926, the quiet, small-town of Kittanning, Pennsylvania was descended upon by a mob of salesmen and hucksters selling solutions to a peculiar problem: a mysterious and inexplicable epidemic of baldness. This week, we look at the weird and wacky history of baldness cures, and the even stranger story of a town in need of them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Om Podcasten

A podcast about exactly what it says it is: examining the bad ideas, mistakes and accidents that misshaped our world.