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In the summer of 2010, the authorities received a frantic call from Jeffrey “Jase” Mundt, the resident of the property at 1435 South Fourth Street in Louisville, Kentucky, who claimed that his boyfriend, Joseph “Joey” Banis, was attacking him. In the next few hours, the authorities were led to the remains of James “Jamie” Carroll, found buried in the basement of the couple’s home. All the intricate details about the case is covered in HBO’s ‘Murder in Glitterball City,’ which also explores the dark history of the property where the murder took place. It once worked as a sanatorium for Dr. Stanley Bandeen, an osteopathic physician who treated patients and claimed to have a cure for cancer and tuberculosis.
Dr. Stanley Bandeen Treated Patients at the Bush-Bandeen Sanatorium
Born in 1892 to Andrew Clark Bandeen and Emma Ruth Loomis Bandeen, Stanley George Bandeen grew up in a supposedly loving and supportive household alongside his multiple siblings, including Elton Lloyd Bandeen, William Theron Bandeen, Leila Bandeen Zingery, Gladys L. Bandeen Wolter, and Kenneth Clark Bandeen. Stanley graduated from high school and college with flying colors, earning his doctoral license. In 1917, he tied the knot for the first time to Nellie Eugenia Allyn Bandeen. Dr. Stanley began earning a reputation as an osteopathic physician in Louisville, Kentucky.
In the late 1920s, he received an invitation from another fellow physician, Dr. Evelyn Bush, who dreamed of converting the property at 1435 South Fourth Street into a sanatorium. Not long after, the two doctors teamed up to open the Bush-Bandeen Sanatorium in 1927. Together, they successfully treated multiple patients and made a difference in their lives. However, things changed when Dr. Stanley and Dr. Evelyn began tending to cancer and tuberculosis patients at the sanatorium, as the rate at which the patients died increased significantly. After the turn of the decade, they parted ways, and Dr. Stanley filed for bankruptcy in 1933. He listed all the available assets of the sanatorium for an auction, including the medical equipment, household furniture, office furniture, tables, and more.
In 1942, he married for the second time, this time to a woman named Evelyn M. Ritter Seeders. Despite the financial troubles, Dr. Stanley didn’t give up his practice and continued to treat patients. Using Glyoxylide, he allegedly promised that he could cure ailments like cancer, tuberculosis, and endocrine diseases. His alleged continuous usage of the drug as an outright cure for life-threatening diseases soon landed him in trouble, as many of his patients filed a complaint against his special treatment as well as his overall bedside manner.
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Dr. Stanley Bandeen Had His Medical License Revoked
Dr. Stanley Bandeen went through a professional setback in 1951, when the Kentucky Board of Health revoked his osteopathic license due to his unprofessional and dishonest conduct in relation to his false promises of treating cancer and tuberculosis. He then began appealing the ruling, claiming that many MDs also prescribed Glyoxylide. Dr. Stanley also claimed that the Kentucky Board of Health lacked jurisdiction to revoke his medical license. His appeal also mentioned that there was not enough evidence to support the ruling. Ultimately, the Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that he could not practice osteopathy in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. At some point, he got married to his third wife, Jessie Frances Garner Bandeen. On May 14, 1967, Dr. Stanley Bandeen passed away at the age of 74 or 75.
