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The Man Who Was Both a Dwarf and a Giant: The Mind-Bending Life of Adam Rainer

Steve and Neil Webb Season 1 Episode 18

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Imagine spending your early twenties rejected from the army for being too short, only to end your life as a literal giant. This is the unbelievable, tragic, and medically baffling true story of Adam Rainer—the only person in recorded history to be diagnosed with both dwarfism and gigantism.
​In this episode, we dive deep into the medical anomaly that stunned the 20th century. How does a man grow nearly four feet after adulthood? What did a sudden, aggressive tumor have to do with it? And what was life really like for the man trapped between two entirely different physical worlds?
​Hit follow and join us as we uncover one of the most unique medical mysteries in human history.

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