The Dog-Faced Boy
Jo-Jo, the Dog-Faced Boy Jo-Jo The Dog-Faced Boy is perhaps one of the most famous of sideshow performers. He was born Fedor Jeftichew in St. Petersburg and toured with his
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The Mule-Faced Woman
Grace McDaniels, the Mule-Faced Woman Her face was monstrous enough to quickly earn popularity on the sideshow only by appearing on stage called the ugliest woman in the world. Despite
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Johnny Eck
Johnny Eck, born John Eckhardt, Jr. was born in 1911 without legs along with a normal twin brother, Rob. Despite the doctor’s fears that he wouldn’t survive the week,
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Eng and Chang
They were perhaps the most famous of all congenital freaks to be displayed in America. Born in Siam in May 1811, discovered by Robert Hunter in 1824 and described
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The Hottentot Venus
Sara Baartman, the Hottentot Venus Baartman, born near the Great Fish River in 1789, was 21 when she left Cape Town for London in the company of an English ship’s
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The Scottish Brothers
The Scottish Brothers (1460–1488) were conjoined twins with trunks fused in a single lower extremity who shared common sensations (dicephalus type). They attended the Court of King James III and
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The Missing Link
Krao, the Darwin’s Missing Link (1876-1926) Born in Laos and suffering from hypertrichosia, she was first exhibited in 1880 in Europe when she was six years old. During this time
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