Dr. Dennis G. Pappas Sr. Has A Passion For Collecting And Storytelling

Alabama News Center | September 7, 2017 @ 5:03 am

By Bob Blalock

Dr. Dennis G. Pappas Sr. could not have scripted a more memorable encounter. The year was 1970. As Pappas strolled down Atlanta’s Peachtree Street, a “snake oil” salesman spotted him as an easy mark and approached.

Pappas recounts what happened with glee:

“A medicine man came up to me and wanted to sell me a bottle of snake oil. I didn’t even question his price. I just paid him what he asked for that snake oil. I was so excited that a quack saw me as a sucker,” Pappas says.His laughter explodes like one of those bottles shattering on concrete.

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