Storyville - Season 13 Episode 15 The Genius and the Boys
D Carleton Gajdusek won the Nobel Prize for the discovery of Prions - the particles that would emerge as the cause of Mad Cow disease - while working with a cannibal tribe on New Guinea. Over his years working amongst the tribes of the South Seas, he adopted 57 kids, bringing them to a new life in Washington DC. But, at the height of his career, rumours began to spread he was a paedophile.
Gajdusek would argue that if sex with children was okay in their own cultures, he wasn't wrong to join in. How could a great mind lose insight so totally, and why would the scientific community to which he was a hero be so quick to leap to his defence and dismiss the allegations?
This striking and powerful documentary explores the limits of insight and the power of self-delusion, through one of the century's true geniuses - a man prepared to defy convention and challenge people's most cherished beliefs, a man whose scientific brilliance seemed to blind many to his extraordinary personal failings.
First Air Date: Nov 15, 1997
Last Air date: Jun 18, 2024
Season: 28 Season
Episode: 660 Episode
Runtime: 85 minutes
IMDb: 7.57/10 by 7.00 users
Popularity: 19.708
Language: English
Keyword : current affairs
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Fashion Victim
Wild Art: Olly and Suzi Paint Predators
Heavy Load
Prostitution Behind the Veil
Ghosts of the 7th Cavalry
Maradona: In the Hands of the Gods
Bulletproof Salesman
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The Jew who Dealt with Nazis - Killing Kasztner
The Genius and the Boys
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Angels of Rio
The Trials of Oppenheimer
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Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Man on Wire
The Baby and the Buddha
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Men of the City
War Heroes - Section 60 Arlington Cemetery
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