The Invisible Man Corporation has recently returned home from our Spring tour, which imprudently spanned April Fools’ Day. On the fateful evening of March 31, the devilish crew decided to alleviate some touring tension with an epic prank: When we set sails from Austin, TX and headed into the uncharted territory known as the Midwest, [...]
That’s right; The Invisible Man Corporation is heading out on tour, joined by the Cut Throat Freak Show, and the fun starts tomorrow. On the road, the Invisible Man Corp. will consist of Mister Hamilton, Eric Odditorium, Ballyhoo Betty (aka yours truly), Nos and Ivar. Joining Cut Throat for this tour is Hermee The Clown, [...]
HeyRubeCircus has featured two Top 10 Freak Lists this week, and I found both of them to be severely lacking in certain regards. To compensate for my criticism, I’ve promised to publish a Top 10 List of my own and today is the official unveiling! In the modern sideshow revival, stunt acts are exceedingly more [...]
Yesterday’s post reviewed MSN.com’s list of the 10 freakiest acts of all time and sideshow performer The Black Scorpion was among the handful of artists that made the cut. He’s toured with freak shows; he’s performed at Coney Island. Now he’s here on HeyRubeCircus.com to comment on this accomplishment. Have you ever billed yourself as [...]
Sunday was to be the short day of HorrorHound Weekend, as vending only operated from 11 AM – 5 PM. In an attempt make up for our shoddy tips thus far, I dragged Alexander Hamilton‘s bed of nails out front of the museum, and began charging people to lay on it. Now, this may seem [...]
Saturday at the HorrorHound Festival was promised to be THE day of the convention. There certainly were a lot of people, but they were tipping exceptionally poorly for the museum. Eric Odditorium spent his day inside the tented museum, swallowing swords and performing the blockhead, which also received little monetary reward. In true grind show [...]
Lesson #5: No matter how excited you are to be out of the car and into one location that will become home for more than one night, resist the urge to drink half a bottle of whiskey. Okay, so this is a pretty specific lesson, but it is one that I learned last Friday morning [...]
Last weekend, I joined my sideshow troupe The Invisible Man Corporation on an epic journey to Cincinnati’s HorrorHound Convention. This was officially my first mini-touring experience as a sideshow performer (alias Ballyhoo Betty), as well as my first horror convention, and it was a learning experience to say the least. Along the way, we had [...]