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August 17, 1939

On this date in Twisted-History.com in 2007 six former surviving research subjects were rewarded almost $1 million dollars in compensation from the state of Iowa. The six people were orphans that were used in a 1939 Iowa University study that sought to create a stutter in children through psychological pressure. Twenty-two orphan children were selected … Continue reading

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