When a man who made a living at being an inventor, travelling showman, and radio broadcaster announced that he had the cure for cancer, people were thrilled. Finally, there was a cure for this terrible disease. Except the man, Norman Baker, was no hero - he was simply a fraud, who conned thousands of people out of millions of dollars with his so-called "cure." Yet he was able to open and operate two hospitals promoting this "cure" - one of which being the Crescent Hotel in Arkansas, which still shows its evidence of Norman's terrible schemes in its history, paranormal visitors, and a surprising discovery made on it's property in 2019 .... 
Sources:

https://web.archive.org/web/20101121070622/http://www.crescent-hotel.com/bakerstory.shtml

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i6GMCH91mI
https://crescent-hotel.com/history.shtml
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_G._Baker

https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/norman-baker-4885/
https://www.toptenz.net/10-frightening-facts-about-the-crescent-hotel.php

https://www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/1886-crescent-hotel-and-spa/ghost-stories.php