Episode

The Holmesburg Prison Experiments

Podcast: NWCZradio's Down The Rabbit Hole
Published: May 10, 2026
Duration seconds: 3405
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Summary

Dr. Abert Kligman was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. After discovering what he called "acres of skin" at the Holmesburg prison he decided it was a great place for his experiments. Enter big pharma, the U.S. government and the military; not to stop him but to have him do even more experiments! What happened there was a nightmare of which Dr. Kligman never saw as a problem. Why? Email us at: [email protected]