circus Archive
I Ran off to the Circus Historical Society Convention
The Day the Two-Headed Man Lost One of His Heads
Alexandre Patty: The Man Who Walked on His Head and Headed Straight for Global Fame
The Strangest Book on Earth: Take a Peek Behind the Sideshow Curtain with Showman C. M. Christ
Why Do Sword Swallowers Do It? Hear It Straight From Their Steel-Guzzling Mouths in the To The Hilt Podcast.
Most Books Hope to Inspire You. This One Strongly Warns Against It.
Swallowing Swords and Loaded Guns: The Key to a Happy Marriage
Angus MacAskill, World’s Strongest Giant?
Remembering the Forgotten Georgia Wonder: Mattie Lee Price
Peek Inside the Life of a 1930s Sideshow Star: The Rubber Skin Lady’s Scrapbook is Now For Sale
A Strange Ouija Board Prediction and the Stranger Lives of the Blazek Sisters
The Day a Baboon Walked the High Wire at Coney Island
The Time a Bearded Lady Went to Jail to Grow a New Beard
Alfred Pilgrim: The Boy Who Lived without Arms and Legs
Circus Posters, an Electric Chair, and Other Ways to Make Your Home More Interesting
The Man Who Grows Reached the Height of Vaudeville and Astounded Scientists
Blood Rushed to Their Heads, And Sometimes Beyond: Meet the Victorian Ceiling Walkers
The Sacred Hairy Family of Burma, Lobster Boy’s Hand, and Other Oddities from The Freakatorium That Could Be Yours
An Interview with Mariam Dadgar, the Fortune-Telling Bearded Lady
Happy 208th Birthday to The Greatest Showman on Earth, P.T. Barnum
A Few Things to Know About the Extraordinary Tocci Brothers
Brief Notes on Martin Laurello, the Human Owl
How to Become a Three-Legged or Four-Legged Woman if You’re Not One Already
200 Words About the Man with Two Noses and Three Eyes
Dan Rice, The Clown Who Ran For President
8 Speeding Motorcycles, 1 Globe of Steel
The She Bear of the Coney Island Sideshow
The Most Exaggerated “Tallest Man Alive” That Ever Lived
Neon Swords, Trained Fleas, and the Remarkable Life of Mimi Garneau
The Hair Hanging Wonders of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
