Is Starvation Heights a true story?

Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest. In 1911 two wealthy British heiresses, Claire and Dora Williamson, came to a sanitorium in the forests of the Pacific Northwest to undergo the revolutionary “fasting treatment” of Dr. Linda Burfield Hazzard.

Where was starvation heights?

Where was wilderness heights in Olalla?

Olalla, Washington is a quiet community located in Kitsap County near Gig Harbor. It’s such a peaceful place, you’d never guess it was the site of something very sinister… something so evil that it warranted a book called “Starvation Heights” being written. This is Olalla.

Was Linda Hazzard a real doctor?

Hazzard had no medical degree, but was licensed to practice medicine in the state of Washington through a loophole that grandfathered in some practitioners of alternative medicine without degrees.

How many people died at Starvation Heights?

Linda Burfield Hazzard would imprison wealthy patients until they starved to death. She’d then rob them of their jewelry, yank out any gold teeth and perform a bathtub autopsy on their emaciated bodies. As many as 40 people are believed to have died under Hazzard’s care during the early 1900s.

Is there a movie about Linda Hazzard?

This short film documents the real-life story of Dr. Linda Hazzard, a fasting specialist who worked in Seattle in the early 1900s and watched as over 40 of her patients died following her “cure.” All dialog is directly taken from primary source material by or about the doctor.

Who wrote Starvation Heights?

Gregg OlsenStarvation Heights / Author