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Leopold recruited inmates and dissected mosquitoes that kept the trials running
A convicted killer inside Stateville kept a wartime malaria experiment running-how did that expose them?
Leopold recruited inmates and dissected mosquitoes that kept the trials running
In this episode, we follow how a federal malaria project moved into Stateville Penitentiary and the roles prisoners played in running the research. The episode traces supply shortages, scientific choices, and the ethical tensions around consent and control that framed the experiments.
Person: Nathan Leopold
Location: Stateville Penitentiary, near Joliet, Illinois
Date: 1944 (Life magazine photo); experiments…
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