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This American Life
6:00 am
Fri April 19, 2013

APR Presents: April 19th

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Dr. Gilmer and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Benjamin Gilmer (right) gets a job at a rural clinic. He finds out he’s replaced someone — also named Dr. Gilmer (picture) — who went to prison after killing his own father. But the more Benjamin’s patients talk about the other Dr. Gilmer, the more confused he becomes. Everyone loved the old Dr. Gilmer. So Benjamin starts digging around, trying to understand how a good man can seemingly turn bad.

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