Attention sideshow banner collectors! I’ve just been informed that an original Snap Wyatt banner of The Viking Giant has turned up at an estate and will be sold at a public auction in Kansas City, MO on May 20th at 10 am. (Click here to view auction details.) Although it’s not the clearest image, you [...]
Jyoti Amge (14) of Nagpur, India is the Worlds Smallest Girl according to the Indian Book of Records. She was born on December 16, 1993 and now measures just 1 ft 11 inches tall and weighs 11 lb. Jyoti is diagnosed with Achondroplasia; the most recognizable and most common form of dwarfism. Jyoti is a [...]
Here’s a freaky, feel-good story to warm the heart this holiday season: In a reversal of fortunes, a once-unwanted cat has come to the rescue of an animal shelter in need of a new home. However, this orange-and-white tabby named Daniel is no typical cat. He has a near-record 26 toes, a phenomenon that is [...]
Hurry, Hurry, Step right up and check out this original 1940s footage from the Coney Island Freak Show. You’ll see the talker make his pitch, the banner line, actual pinheads and more:
The 999 Eyes Freakshow & Surreal Sideshow is hitting the road again, visiting many stops throughout the South and Midwest, with a show created by one of the few performing human anomalies in contemporary sideshow, The Black Scorpion, who now holds the esteemed title of the 999 Eyes Creative Director. True to the variety show style [...]
Earlier this year, a Starbuck’s manager fired Elsa Sallard, a recently hired dwarf, when she requested a stool to stand on during her training in El Paso, Texas. The manager rationalized the fire, claiming that, “having her standing on a stool would be dangerous for both employees and customers” (Huffington Post). Sallard, believing she’d received discriminatory [...]
Touring with a freakshow can land you in some interesting places. During my early summer travels with the 999 Eyes, I happened to land in a pool at a decadent late night party, sipping on a gin martini, not wearing much other than a full face of makeup from the show earlier that evening. As [...]
☛ Warning: Do not continue reading this post unless you have a full 23 minutes to kill…. I cannot pinpoint when exactly the whole depression era circus theme became so en vogue, but I can’t say I mind it either. One thing’s for sure: it certainly sells. In the wake of the television series Carnivale [...]
Drew Friedman is a pop culture caricature artist who recently turned his talents towards the freakshow community for his illustrated book, Drew Friedman’s Sideshow Freaks. Influenced by his childhood excursions to Coney Island during the 60s and 70s, Friedman breathes new life into these characters by affectionately displaying “50 of his favorite historic human oddities [...]
“You’ve missed ‘em! You’ve longed for ‘em! You’ve begged for ‘em! That’s right Ladies and Gents! Step right up and WELCOME THE WEIRD back to The Red Palace and celebrate the return of James Taylor’s Oddities Collection!” -WELCOME THE WEIRD When Washington DC’s Palace of Wonders was purchased by The Red & The Black next [...]