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Skeptoid #204: Mengele's Boys from Brazil

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

Science, History, Paranormal, Urban Legends, Skeptic, Skepticism, Conspiracy Theories, Social Sciences

4.63K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2010

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

A town in Brazil has an unusually high twin rate, but not because Josef Mengele survived and did experiments there.

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It's a historical fact that the infamous Nazi Dr. Mengele, the Angel of Death, did eventually

0:10.2

make it to South America after World War II.

0:13.4

But what he did while there becomes somewhat foggier.

0:17.1

History paints a fairly complete picture, but persistent conspiracy claims assert that

0:22.3

he continued his grotesque human experimentation.

0:26.8

For the point that some populations, where twins are extremely common, are attributed

0:32.3

directly to Mengele's dark work.

0:36.0

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Mengele's boys from Brazil.

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