Presenting: The Cereal Killer Chronicles

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History, True Crime

4.9 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

I am stoked to present to you all the very first episode of The Cereal Killer Chronicles: A So Dead Miniseries. For future episodes, be sure to subscribe to The Cereal Killer Chronicles wherever you get your podcasts.

Part One: The Mad Doctor- John Harvey Kellogg was a walking contradiction. A religious fanatic and a man of science. A racist and a philanthropist. A man so obsessed with wellness, he paid no mind to how many died in his care, so long as it furthered his studies. A health fanatic with a creative mind, Dr. Kellogg invented machines designed for treatment that were better suited for a medieval torture chamber. But just how did a promising young prodigy become America's most infamous mad doctor? Find out in part one of The Cereal Killer Chronicles, The Mad Doctor.

THEME SONG
Bad Ideas (distressed) by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3412-bad-ideas-distressed-
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

RESOURCES
The Kelloggs: The Battling Brothers of Kalamazoo (Howard Markel)
Dr. Kellogg Invented Cereal (Greg Daugherty, history.com)
Why Are There So Many Black Squirrels in Battle Creek? (Nick Buckley, Battle Creek Enquirer)
How John Harvey Kellogg Was Wrong on Race (Nick Buckley, Battle Creek Enquirer)
When Were Cereal Flakes Really First Made? (Tim Collins, wbckfm.com)
Wikipedia
Find A Grave

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0:00.0	Hey guys, Jen here. I know I'm supposed to be on hiatus right now, and I am, ish, but I wanted to
0:08.7	stop by to share with you all the very first episode of The Serial Killer Chronicles, which is my new
0:14.4	eight-part So Dead miniseries. New episodes will drop every Thursday from now through the end of
0:20.6	July, so to get the rest of them, you'll have to subscribe to from now through the end of July,
0:21.4	so to get the rest of them, you'll have to subscribe to the serial killer chronicles directly
0:26.4	because this is the only episode that I'm going to roll through the So Dead feed.
0:30.7	You can find the serial killer chronicles wherever you listen to your podcasts.
0:35.2	I hope that you guys enjoy listening to this one as much as I
0:38.2	enjoyed working on it. Be sure to let me know what you think. This is a Scream Queen production.
0:48.0	Serial City USA. Sounds like a good time, right? This urban metropolis, located where the Battle Creek and
0:54.9	Kalamazoo rivers converge, has a strange and fascinating history. Named after a bloody battle between
1:01.2	natives and 19th century land surveyors, Battle Creek was the birthplace of Seventh-day Adventists
1:06.7	and a vital part of the Underground Railroad. It was also home to the Kellogg's,
1:11.8	a family of eccentric inventors and entrepreneurs
1:14.5	who would go on to rule the world of breakfast foods.
1:18.0	But before their worldwide fame came the sanitarium,
1:21.4	and the questionable deaths, and the fires.
1:25.0	And after their downfall came,
1:26.8	the complicated legacy that would continue to result
1:29.0	in tragedy for decades to come. Serial is Battle Creek's lifeblood, but it's also been the root
1:35.1	cause of bloodshed many times over. I'm Jen Carpenter, the host of So Dead podcast. In this eight-part
1:41.5	series, I will share with you stories of murder and mayhem from Serial City.
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