EPISODE · May 26, 2026 · 10 MIN
The Doctor Who Was Never a Doctor
from Stranger Nonfiction
He performed emergency surgery on a Korean War soldier with a collapsed lung. The patient survived. So did the next fifteen. The surgeon had never attended medical school. This is the true story of Ferdinand Demara — and what his extraordinary deception reveals about trust, credentials, and how authority actually works. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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