Mark Grenon
publication date: Saturday, August 5, 2023 (part of August 2023)
category: 
Hoaxes
clue: Selling bleach as a cure for COVID-19 was as credible as the second book of Genesis, according to both this podcasting patriarch and the public prosecutors in his trial this week.
explanation: Starting in 2010, Grenon used online media to promote a bleach-based "miracle solution" that claimed to cure 95% of all known diseases, sold via donations to the Genesis II Church of Health and Healing operated out of his Florida home. When COVID-19 spread in 2020, it drove up his sales, but attracted the attention of federal agents, who extradited him from Columbia on several charges. more…
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky
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