Topic: Quack dr. leonard coldwell

[Obsequious]

I believe I've heard this guy on Coast-to-Coast AM. It's quite sickening how George Noory kisses the asses of people like this and totally facilitates their scams. Members of this forum may naturally be inclined to dismiss Coast-to-Coast as just so much silliness, but the fact of the matter is that it's one of the most listened-to radio shows on the air. As such, it has a lot of power, and influences a lot of people.

I wonder what would happen if somebody organized a letter writing campaign and a boycott of C2C's advertisers?

[Halleyscomet/Wakefield]

That's amazing.  I viewed that video just last night.  I guess if you're trying to stamp out commentary about your fraud, you must be very vigilant to delete the your most absurd claims as soon as they are exposed.

I guess the lesson here is if you see a quack making such embarrassing and easily debunked claims, download the video.

[scintillion]

Found another link, hope this one works for you.  Don't know how to download from YouTube.

Every Cancer Can be Cured in Weeks explains Dr. Leonard Coldwell

[Obsequious]

Found another link, hope this one works for you.  Don't know how to download from YouTube.

One of the easiest ways to download from YouTube is to go to keepvid.com. Simply copy and paste the URL for the YouTube video into the appropriate field on keepvid.com, click "download," and you'll be presented with several download links so you can have a copy of the video in various formats and sizes.

[JustSomeGuy]

A friend of mine who sadly buys into snake oil far to easily posted Coldwell's video on facebook, so I started digging around. He really does do a startlingly good job of burying criticism (no sign of evidence for his claims either).

Anyway, all I could find on Leonard Coldwell was this thread (signed up to reply, but I've been a listener to SGU for a while now), and this German page that shows Coldwell was born Bernd Klein, January 28th 1958 and changed his name in 1998.

[Skeptic Cat]

Hey everyone, I know this is an old thread - but I registered here just to comment on this thread, which I found through a Google search of "Leonard Coldwell." Leonard is engaged in a profession very similar to "Kevin Trudeau," the only man sued by both the FTC, the SEC, and the subject of a lifetime ban on creating TV infomercials about "health products." Leonard and Kevin even worked together in one of their many pyramid schemes with TV informercials and direct marketing. Leonard Coldwell, much like Trudeau, also pitches "alternative, natural cancer cures," utilizing the old chestnut that the pharmaceutical companies are evil baddies out to get you - And only a heroic author, selling his book, is telling you the truth. He suggests natural diets high in fiber and some arcane vitamins (that his company conveniently holds the recipe for) as the only "real cure" for cancer. He claims a 92% success rate in CURING AND REVERSING ALL FORMS OF CANCER. The American Cancer Society does not suggest a rate that high for any modern treatment - chemotherapy, targeted radiation treatment, etc. - nor does any legitimate cancer institute or treatment center. It's obviously bullshit - as we know any peer-reviewed medical journal would jump all over it were there any legitimacy whatsoever.

This guy is a scam artist - but here's the problem: Leonard has done a fantastic job of manipulating Google's search results so that when you search for his name, the first 5 or 6 results are from his own website, blog, and publications. I want this to change. Skeptical Inquirer, the JREF, RichardDawkins.net, or some other skeptic website needs to publish a very well-seen article that Google will cache - so that it shows up in the top search results.  And the title should make it clear right away. Something like, "FRAUD - QUACK - Leonard Coldwell - "CANCER CURE" SCAM" to make it immediately clear that he's full of shit to anyone who Googles his name.

Like I said, Leonard claims a 92% success rate in curing and reversing cancer. I don't have to tell you guys how dangerous it is to tell cancer victims there's an alternative to real medicine like chemotherapy or radiation treatment. These men are, at best, charlatans making a buck. At worse, they are downright murderers for convincing people to abandon real medicine in favor of "veggie diets" and "fiber pills."

Please help me, "Skeptics Guide to the Universe," (And any other skeptic forums) Please, please help spread the word that Leonard is a scam artist and no cancer patient should follow his advice. If you have any other ideas to help shut down this crook, please let me know. Thanks for reading this.

[Edit - minor formatting tweaks. -Beleth]

I have sent out one email to Quackwatch. The other sites you mentioned will also be emailed. We need to spread the word. This is Trudeau's new tactic to hawk fake medicine and treatments. He's banned from doing anything in his own name.

[eversceptic]

In order to answer where Leonard Coldwell originates please read this link: http://www.agpf.de/Coldwell.htm
Sorry, it is in German but here you can read the petition for change of name: http://www.agpf.de/Coldwell2.gif

Please note that this is shared for information purpose only and does not involve any judgement whatsoever