Daniel Pinna
Dr. Linda Hazzard 1900
The infamous Dr. Hazzard. Linda Hazzard was born in 1867 in Carver County, Minnesota and died from starvation in 1938. I believe that this photo might have been taken in Olalla Washington where she had a few different 'hospitals'.
Linda was not an actual doctor which we would think of today. She fell through a loop-hole which allowed for 'alternative medicine' practitioners to receive certain medicinal titles. "Dr." Hazzard was one of the first proponents of 'self-starvation'. She enticed clients to join her at one of her homes where she would starve them with a 'cleansing' diet of a few cups of broth each day for months upon end until they all starved to death. Of course she made sure that her clients handed over power of attorney and all of their possessions before they died.
Rumor has it that Dr. Hazzard was incredibly charismatic or charming to a degree that no matter what logic would tell you, most people would always listen to what she had to say.
Linda was not an actual doctor which we would think of today. She fell through a loop-hole which allowed for 'alternative medicine' practitioners to receive certain medicinal titles. "Dr." Hazzard was one of the first proponents of 'self-starvation'. She enticed clients to join her at one of her homes where she would starve them with a 'cleansing' diet of a few cups of broth each day for months upon end until they all starved to death. Of course she made sure that her clients handed over power of attorney and all of their possessions before they died.
Rumor has it that Dr. Hazzard was incredibly charismatic or charming to a degree that no matter what logic would tell you, most people would always listen to what she had to say.
Date & Place:
in Olalla, Washington USA
