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Back in the day, anyone with an exaggerated physical disability, who couldn’t work a normal job, would usually join the circus or the freak show circuit. Join us, as we look at 20 circus freaks that actually existed.
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Charles Sherwood Stratton- General Tom Thumb
In 1838, Charles Sherwood Stratton was born. When he was six months old, he stopped growing. In 1847, he began to grow again, albeit slowly. Stratton had grown to a height of 2 feet 8.5 inches by his 18th birthday. At the age of five, he began touring with PT Barnum as General Tom Thumb, garnering fame and money that subsequently permitted him a sumptuous lifestyle and business relationship with Barnum. Tom Thumb died of a stroke in 1883, at the age of 45, six months after narrowly escaping a terrible hotel fire at Milwaukee's Newhall House, which killed 71 people. He was 3.35 feet tall and weighed 71 pounds at his peak.
Josephine Myrtle Corbin- The Four-legged Girl
Josephine Myrtle Corbin, who was born on May 12, 1868, had a rare body condition known as dipygus. Doctors who examined her confirmed she was a regular girl. Her father, William Corbin, was 25 years old at the time of her birth, and her mother, Nancy Corbin, was 34. Physicians discovered that the parents were more identical, with blue eyes, red hair, and a fair complexion, making them more like blood relatives. Their blood, however, revealed they were not biologically related. The couple had four physically normal sons and four daughters.
Josephine's condition could have been considered a bad omen in African tradition and would have been most likely thrown into a forest for wild animals to feast on. Her family, on the other hand, treated her as they did her normal blood siblings. Josephine Corbin debuted on the sideshow circuit at the age of 13 as the "Four-Legged Girl from Texas." One of her early promotional pamphlets described her as "happy all day" and "gentle as summer sunshine." She rose to prominence in an industry where other performers cheated by wearing four-legged gaffs. When Myrtle stopped performing, other conceited four-legged women appeared and continued to draw large crowds.
Back in the day, anyone with an exaggerated physical disability, who couldn’t work a normal job, would usually join the circus or the freak show circuit. Join us, as we look at 20 circus freaks that actually existed.
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video here:youtu.be/qcA9NwmNSQ0
Watch our “15 Times When Cats Mercilessly Hunt Jackals Monkeys And Coyotes”
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Charles Sherwood Stratton- General Tom Thumb
In 1838, Charles Sherwood Stratton was born. When he was six months old, he stopped growing. In 1847, he began to grow again, albeit slowly. Stratton had grown to a height of 2 feet 8.5 inches by his 18th birthday. At the age of five, he began touring with PT Barnum as General Tom Thumb, garnering fame and money that subsequently permitted him a sumptuous lifestyle and business relationship with Barnum. Tom Thumb died of a stroke in 1883, at the age of 45, six months after narrowly escaping a terrible hotel fire at Milwaukee's Newhall House, which killed 71 people. He was 3.35 feet tall and weighed 71 pounds at his peak.
Josephine Myrtle Corbin- The Four-legged Girl
Josephine Myrtle Corbin, who was born on May 12, 1868, had a rare body condition known as dipygus. Doctors who examined her confirmed she was a regular girl. Her father, William Corbin, was 25 years old at the time of her birth, and her mother, Nancy Corbin, was 34. Physicians discovered that the parents were more identical, with blue eyes, red hair, and a fair complexion, making them more like blood relatives. Their blood, however, revealed they were not biologically related. The couple had four physically normal sons and four daughters.
Josephine's condition could have been considered a bad omen in African tradition and would have been most likely thrown into a forest for wild animals to feast on. Her family, on the other hand, treated her as they did her normal blood siblings. Josephine Corbin debuted on the sideshow circuit at the age of 13 as the "Four-Legged Girl from Texas." One of her early promotional pamphlets described her as "happy all day" and "gentle as summer sunshine." She rose to prominence in an industry where other performers cheated by wearing four-legged gaffs. When Myrtle stopped performing, other conceited four-legged women appeared and continued to draw large crowds.
