The Policy- Greed n Scooba, MSI

Sometimes greed can get the best of us, no matter the circumstance or the reason.  Greed is not limited to big cities.  No, greed can happen in small towns to unsuspecting citizens.  In the 1890’s this happened in the small town of Scooba, Mississippi.  Times were hard in the 1890’s and especially in the south.  Most could only dream of a better life, a life that wasn’t such a struggle to make ends meet.  A respected doctor in the community wanted that life, a better life, so he devised a plan that took advantage of the less fortunate, no one knowing the wiser.   

 

This story is a detour from our topics of discussion about everyday life.  This is a real story of how one trusted doctor shook a community by acquiring insurance policies on unsuspecting citizens, citizens that would have no means of acquiring a policy otherwise.  These victims trusted the small-town doctor with their life, and for some, that’s exactly what he took.