Unusual People
Saturday 6 August 2011
TAI DJIN – Kung Fu Werewolf
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Sometimes a story comes along that contains so many fanciful elements one must assume that it is the work of fiction. Such is the story ...
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Friday 5 August 2011
CAPTAIN COSTENTENUS – The Tattooed Prince
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The Great Captain Costentenus is often regarded as the first tattooed man to be exhibited in the United States. That, however, is not true....
Thursday 4 August 2011
MIRIN DAJO – The Extreme Human Pincushion
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The man in the video is Dutch Fakir Mirin Dajo. He was born in 1912 as Arnold Gerrit Henskes and adopted his name, an Esperanto term that ...
Wednesday 3 August 2011
MORTADO – The Human Fountain
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Mirin Dajo used his unique talent to turn himself into a ‘human fountain’. Mortado actually had holes bored through his feet and hands. T...
Tuesday 2 August 2011
BARBARA URSLERIN – The Hairy Maid
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Barbara Urslerin presents one of the earliest and most well documented historical cases of hypertrichosis on record. ‘The Hairy Maid’ was...
Monday 1 August 2011
WILD MEN OF BORNEO
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In typical sideshow fashion, the Wild Men of Borneo were pure gimmick. The Davis Brothers, Hiram and Barney, were not from Borneo at all. ...
Saturday 30 July 2011
WEREWOLF SYNDROME – Hypertrichosis
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The Wolf Boy, Living Werewolf or Dog-Faced Boy have been fixtures of the sideshow world for centuries. Jo-Jo, the Dog-Faced Boy is likely...
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