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The Curious Case of the Two-Headed Baby – Part One
Season 9 · Episode 42

The Curious Case of the Two-Headed Baby – Part One

Forgotten Australia · Michael Adams

July 21, 202541m 23s

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Show Notes

In 1906, Australia was scandalised that Sydney showman Reuben Doodeward (pictured) had exhibited a two-headed baby preserved in a bottle of spirits. Yet he was only doing what his dear old dad had done in Dunedin nearly 30 years earlier. The court case that followed would make for more than just horror headlines – it’d make legal history that continues to shape our world in the age of biotech. 


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