A Haunting Hoax: Norman Baker's Cancer Scam

Byline article by Julie Kohl on Only In Arkansas, published 15 January 2025 (byline/date fetched directly from the page). Confirms the Crescent Hotel, 'Built in 1886', operated as a luxury resort, then as 'the Crescent College & Conservatory for Young Women' from 1908 until the Great Depression forced its closure; that Norman Baker acquired the property in 1937 and transformed it into 'Baker's Cancer Curing Hospital' despite having no medical credentials, staffing it with chiropractors and unlicensed practitioners; that his operation promoted 'a bizarre mix of injections, potions and dietary concoctions', including a publication called The Road to Health outlining treatments and recipes; and that following his mail-fraud conviction and four-year federal sentence, the hospital closed and the building reverted to hotel operations in 1946.