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21-Year-Old Alton 8 Foot Giant Loses Suit Against Barnard Doctor Charles Humberd 1939
In 1939, Robert Wadlow, the 21-year-old eight-foot-tall “Alton Giant,” lost a $100,000 defamation suit against Barnard, Missouri, “giant expert” and former Nodaway Coroner Charles Humberd over Humberd’s writings about him in the American Medical Journal. The case was heard in … Continue reading →
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