Missouri's Mad Doctor, Joseph Nash McDowell

The brilliant but completely eccentric Dr. Joseph Nash McDowell is the Show Me State's own mad scientist. His undeniable brilliance and his influence in medicine was overshadowed by his madness. From the founding of his own medical school to grave robbing, to the horror he hid in the depths of Mark Twain Cave, inspiring the author himself, let's take a look at the remarkable and bizarre life of Missouri's Mad Scientist.