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Of loved movie characters, a few have stolen our hearts with the kind of admiration and unrivaled awe that other movie characters are not so easily able to achieve. The greatest of these movie characters are ones that most of us have met over the years (or at least should try to get to know if [...]
Posted by Natalie Jaro on Monday, October 11, 2010 at 12:01 am
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Freak shows were much more popular fifty years ago than they are today. In fact, they are now illegal in some states. Freak shows were common at state fairs, carnivals, and circus sideshows. Curtains would be tightly drawn around the various “three-headed lady” or “alligator boy” tents. Curious customers wondered what was inside, and perhaps [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, People · Tagged America, Asia, Bailey, Barnum, Bizarre, Black Scorpion, carnival, Charles Stratton, Chelsea Charms, children, circus, Circuses, Coney Island, Coney Island freak show, Entertainment, Europe, Fiji, Fiji mermaid, France, Frank Lentini, Freak show, freak/researcher, freaks, Frederick III, hoaxes, interesting people, James Anthony Bailey, Jesse Stretch, Joannes Baptista Colloredo, Joseph Merrick, King, lap dancer, Las Vegas, Lazarus Colloredo, Nature, nelson mandela, Nevada, North America, odd, oddities, P. T. Barnum, People, performers, Phineas Taylor Barnum, president, punks, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Saartjie Baartman, Sarah Baartman, science, Sideshow, South Africa, state fair, strange, Sum 41, Taboo, The Black Scorpion, The Elephant Man, Theresa Murray, tom thumb, Ulisse Aldrovandi, United States
