Biography of a sideshow reaks

Take a peek inside the freak show tent at history’s most famous circus freaks. From Tom Thumb and the original Siamese Twins to Lobster Boy and the Living Skeleton, here’s a look at some of history’s most famous and fascinating circus sideshow performers.

In the heyday of the sideshow, the circus would roll into town with lurid banners enticing curious crowds to part with their money for a glimpse of nature gone wrong.

Inside those dimly-lit freak show tents, they encountered living nightmares – horrifying mutations of humans and animals. Conjoined twins, bearded ladies, pinheads, tall men, alligator and lobster boys…human marvels whose existence defied explanation.

Often ridiculed and outcast due to old-fashioned superstitions, these human marvels, with unique and misunderstood conditions found their place in the circus, where they were accepted and could make a decent living from their individuality.

Here are some of the most famous and fasc