The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong


Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

July 10, 2018

In 1926, the quiet, small-town of Kittanning, Pennsylvania was descended upon by a mob of salesmen and hucksters selling solutions to a peculiar problem: a mysterious and inexplicable epidemic of baldness. This week, we look at the weird and wacky history of baldness cures, and the even stranger story of a town in need of them.