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Cult Liter with Spencer Henry

The Spooky History of Chiropratic

Cult Liter with Spencer Henry

Spencer Henry | Morbid Network

Society & Culture, Comedy, True Crime

4.95.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Happy Tuesday Cult Babes! This week I did a little deep-dive into the chiropractic world after learning about it’s ghostly beginnings. We’ll discuss a man named D.D. Palmer and how he essentially wanted to start a cult!  Come see me on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com  Write me: spencer@cultliter.com Spencer Henry PO Box 18149 Long Beach CA 90807  Follow along online: instagram.com/cultliterpodcast Join our patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter Check out my other show OBITCHUARY wherever you’re listening now!  Sources:  https://www.habbaspilaw.com/how-common-are-chiropractic-injuries/#:~:text=Injury%20to%20arteries%20in%20the,1%20in%20every%206%2C000%2C000%20manipulations https://quackwatch.org/chiropractic/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnet_therapy https://nationalpost.com/health/the-first-chiropractor-was-a-canadian-who-claimed-he-received-a-message-from-a-ghost https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_David_Palmer https://www.acatoday.org/about/history-of-chiropractic/#:~:text=Daniel%20David%20Palmer%20is%20widely,in%201897%20in%20Davenport%2C%20Iowa https://www.healthline.com/health/is-chiropractic-pseudoscience#benefits

Transcript

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0:00.0

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Join Wundery Plus in the Wundery App or Apple Podcast.

0:08.4

You're listening to listen to may contain themes of violence, occult activities, strong

0:18.8

language, and other sensitive material.

0:21.0

With an emphasis on cults,'s murder and other adult matters,

0:23.4

listener discretion is advised. On cult leader, I strive for telling stories in a

0:27.1

truthful matter, though press media and other resources cannot always be

0:30.3

verified. Sources can be found in the show notes. Oh, I'm not. Hello and welcome back to Cold Theater. I'm your Cold Leader Spencer Henry and

1:06.8

today I'm going to dip into the world of chiropractic care which probably feels random as hell, but I promise you it's

1:14.9

culty, it's ghoulish, we've got ghosts, we've got moida, and without a doubt, one of

1:19.2

these strangest topics that I have ever researched, I have called everyone I know to talk to them about this.

1:24.4

Like, did you know X, Y, Z, and nobody has a fucking clue?

1:29.2

And I feel the need for a disclaimer.

1:31.2

I'm absolutely biased. I did not grow up in a household that

1:34.0

utilized chiropractic care. I have a very close family friend whose life was

1:38.2

turned upside down when their mother was paralyzed from a chiropractor. I've got

1:42.2

a few horror stories from my personal

1:44.0

life that I've heard about and I'm telling you that because I want to keep it real.

1:47.6

So you know where I'm at because this is a controversial topic and I fully

1:52.2

expect to get some flack for this episode and some shitty messages, maybe even some bad reviews, and that's okay.

1:58.0

Because if there's one thing I've learned after five years of doing this show, not going to make everybody happy.

2:03.7

That being said, this isn't like a hit piece.

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