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Hungry to live. I'm Jason Horton. I'm Rebecca Leib. And this is Ghost Town. Health Fads have been around for thousands of years, from Egyptian protein for virility and bravery, to the Hippocratic food combinations of ancient Greece.

But they really took off in the Victorian era, when a competitive market for quote healthy diets emerged

during the Industrial Revolution compounded by the widespread use of print media and

radio and overall the commodification of food.

But this is where I'll formally end the socioeconomic history lesson

and introduce you to Dr. Linda Hazard,

the early 1900's version of a celebrity doctor.

Socialites flocked to Hazard in her state-of-the-art sanatorium

to enjoy weeks of relaxation, enamas, cleanses, and more. So much more. Because Linda Hazard was actually a liar, a fraud, maybe even a cult leader, and definitely a serial killer who used torture, manipulation, theft and conspiracy to build up a space where she could

maintain her dictatorial and deadly rule. It all went down at a massive complex

outside of Seattle, Washington, called Wilderness Heights, lovingly referred to by locals as Starvation Heights.

Today we're talking about Starvation Heights and the murders of Dr. Linda Hasard.

Linda Laura Hasard was born Linda Laura Burfield in 1867 in Minnesota's Carver County to Susan Burfield and Montgomery Burfield,

a former corporal in the 9th Minnesota infantry during the Civil War.

The oldest of seven children, she helped the family head west to start Montgomery's logging business

and was known as an outgoing tomboy who was her father's favorite. Though the family was mostly

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