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Strange Case of the Mad Professor A True Tale Of Endangered Species, Illegal Drugs, And Attempted Murder

Peter Kobel

It was one of the biggest scandals in New York University history. Professor John Buettner-Janusch, chair of the Anthropology Department, was convicted of manufacturing LSD and Quaaludes in his campus laboratory. He claimed the drugs were for an animal behavior experiment, but the jury found otherwi...

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It detailed the life and crimes of John Buettner-Janusch, an anthropologist who was caught manufacturing and possessing illegal substances, and later attempted murder of a judge via poisoned chocolates.

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He spread this story that he was making, quote, neurotoxins, unquote, to experiment on his lemurs.

— Episode: Professor Quaalude

Episode: Professor Quaalude

It detailed the life and crimes of John Buettner-Janusch, an anthropologist who was caught manufacturing and possessing illegal substances, and later attempted murder of a judge via poisoned chocolates.

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He spread this story that he was making, quote, neurotoxins, unquote, to experiment on his lemurs.

And the whole lewds and lemurs defense strikes me as patently ludicrous.

I wasn't exactly delighted at being implicated.

I think that he was able to justify just about anything he did.

He thought he was a genius and could get away with whatever he wanted.

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