Curtis Howe Springer

Curtis Howe Springer
Curtis Howe Springer
	Springer in an advertisement from September 1930.
Born	December 2, 1896; Birmingham, Alabama, US
Died	August 19, 1985 (aged 88); Las Vegas, Nevada, US
Occupation	Radio evangelist
Spouse(s)	Mary Louise Berkebile (divorced); Helen Springer
Children	at least 2

Curtis Howe Springer (December 2, 1896 – August 19, 1985) was an American radio evangelist, self-proclaimed medical doctor and Methodist minister best known for founding the Zzyzx Mineral Springs resort located within Southern California's Mojave Desert. He was also the host of well-known evangelical syndicated radio programs that were broadcast throughout the United States for several decades.

Springer was in actuality neither a doctor nor a minister, and he described himself as the "last of the old-time medicine men." In 1969, the American Medical Association labeled him the "King of Quacks". In the early 1970s, the federal government discovered that Springer held no legal rights to the land where Zzyzx stood; consequently, he was evicted from the space and briefly imprisoned.

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