Herb Stempel

Herbert Milton "Herb" Stempel (born December 19, 1926) is a television game show contestant and subsequent whistleblower on the fraudulent nature of the industry, in what became known as the quiz show scandals. His rigged six-week appearance as a winning contestant on the 1950s show Twenty One ended in an equally rigged defeat by Columbia University teacher and literary scion Charles Van Doren.

Personal facts

Birth dateDecember 19, 1926
Birth nameHerbert Milton Stempel
Birth place
The Bronx
Known for
Quiz show scandals

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External resources

  1. http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6565
  2. https://archive.org/stream/investigationoft01unit/investigationoft01unit_djvu.txt