Brinkley Links

Gene Fowler and Bill Crawford are authorities on “border blaster” and all aspects of Border Radio

A webpage dedicated to Brinkley by artist and writer Matt Musial – Matt is a friend of mine who wrote and published a comic book about Brinkley (see the cover on the link)

A short article by Gene Fowler and Bill Crawford titled Border Radio Quackery

Here is a great interview with Bill Crawford that you can read or listen to

Here is webpage describing a movie project about the Doctor

Encyclopedia of Arkansas article on Brinkley

The Handbook of Texas Online has this to say about Brinkley

Here is a Time Magazine article on Brinkley

Another Time Magazine article on Brinkley’s trial against Morris Fishbein

Here is an original story from “Quackwatch”

This is a Newsweek story and interview with Pope Brock, author of Charlatan

Here is one review of Pope Brock’s book Charlatan

Here is another entertaining review of Charlatan

Here is an article from the Capitol-Journal on Dr. R. Alton Lee’s Book “The Bizarre Careers of Dr. John R. Brinkley”

An article by Scott McLemee for the Chronicle of Higher Education on Brinkley

The Kansas State Historical Society has “Cool Things” related to Brinkley like his Admirals coat and hat donated by Mrs. Brinkley in the 1970’s. 

Kansas State Historical Society Article on Brinkley

An interesting beginning of a story in progress on Brinkley inspired by a plaque commemorating Brinkley’s Aunt Sallie who raised him after his mother died

An article on Dr. Brinkley by Jill Stewart

Just a bit of movie trivia on Brinkley

You can purchase a copy of the KTWU public television documentary on Brinkley at this link