“The Real Dr. Frankenstein” reprints strange, old newspaper articles that were originally published in the Westphalia Times of Kansas during the 1880s. They focus on the odd doings of a Dr. Franckinstein, an apparent quack who was secretly working as a bootlegger. An excerpt:

“Dec 17, 1885

Dr. Franckinstein showed us Tuesday, pieces of a frog or snake which he removed from one of his lady patients’ stomachs. The head, like that of a small snake, was lost through carelessness. The doctor thinks there are more such living creatures in the woman’s body, caused by drinking pond water some years ago, when she swallowed some eggs. She has been in poor health some years, doubtless caused by these reptiles being in her body. They can be seen at his drugstore.

December 24, 1885

The doctor informs us his patient is progressing, having discharged great quantities of the remains of dead animals, or animalcule or frogs, lizards, etc.”