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Mr. Never Was: The Story of Dr. Gerald Barnes

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True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

No matter how many apples you eat in a day, you’re gonna eventually have to go see the doctor. It’s an unfortunate but necessary part of the human experience to go into that cold little room, put on a gown with no back, try not to gag on the tongue depressor, and hold your breath while they stick a needle in your arm. It’s not fun. And it’s bad enough without having to worry about whether the doctor who’s doing it to you is qualified to be there. We put a lot of faith in our healthcare providers. Sometimes we put our actual lives in their hands. It’s high-stakes stuff. But as stories like “Dr. Death” have taught us, our faith isn’t always well-placed. Join us for one of the most audacious cases of medical malpractice we’ve ever heard of, and forgive us in advance if it haunts your nightmares.

Sources:
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-9th-circuit/1096465.html
CNBC's "American Greed," Episode "The Impostor"
Investigation Discovery's "Who the BLEEP," episode "Bad Medicine"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Barnbaum
New York Times, Kenneth B. Noble: https://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/17/us/doctor-s-specialty-turns-out-to-be-masquerade.html
San Francisco Chronicle, Elizabeth Fernandez: https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Bizarre-Medical-Masquerade-Determined-con-man-2950633.php

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0:00.0

Hello campers, grab your marshmallows and gather around the true crime campfire.

0:04.9

Wear your camp counselors, I'm Katie, and I'm Whitney.

0:08.4

And we're here to tell you a true story that is way stranger than fiction, or roasting

0:12.5

murderers and marshmallows around the true crime campfire.

0:17.2

No matter how many apples you eat in a day, you're gonna eventually have to

0:29.9

go see the doctor.

0:31.8

It's an unfortunate but necessary part of the human experience to go into that cold little

0:36.7

room, put on a gown with no back, try not to gag on the tongue depressor, and hold your

0:42.1

breath while they stick a needle in your arm.

0:44.8

It's not fun, and it's bad enough without having to worry about whether the doctor who's

0:49.4

doing it to you is qualified to be there.

0:52.4

We put a lot of faith in our healthcare providers.

0:55.9

Sometimes we put our actual lives in their hands.

0:59.2

It's high-stakes stuff.

1:01.0

But as stories like Dr. Death have taught us, our faith isn't always well placed.

1:07.5

Join us for one of the most audacious cases of medical malpractice we've ever heard

1:11.9

of.

1:12.9

And forgive us in advance if it haunts your nightmares.

1:16.3

This is Mr. Neverwuzz, the story of Dr. Gerald Barnes.

1:29.2

So, campers, for this one we're at the upscale Pacific Southwest medical group clinic in Irvine,

1:41.5

California, December 27, 1979.

1:45.3

A physician's assistant named Rick Delisandro was going over some lab results from the day

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