Episode 23 Bayard Peakes

On a summer morning in 1952, a young man named Bayard Peakeswalked into the Physical Society’s Office at Columbia University. Hewas angry that his article had been rejected from their journalfor being a‘crackpot’ theory, and he was looking for revenge. Standing betweenhim and possible academic glory wasa teenagesecretaryworking thefront desk.Bayard shot 18 year old Eileen Fahen in the chest and fled.Pursued by policeall the way back to his hometown of Boston, Bayardwanted the world to know that he was the ‘naughty boy’ who hadmurdered the secretary of one of the most renowned physicsdepartments. His notoriety was short-lived. His tactics, however,prompted the Columbia Physical Society to change the way they view what they called 'Crackpots'

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