The brightest actors of the show last freaks

1. B. Isaac Sprague (Isaac W. Sprague), a living skeleton

This man, born in 1841 in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, has been known for its incredible thinness. He grew up a normal child up to 12 years, when the boy began to lose weight rapidly.

For 44 years of his height was 168 cm and weighed 43 kg at the same time. He watched many eminent experts of the time, but no one could put any other diagnosis other than general weight loss syndrome.

He regularly ate twice as much food than a normal healthy man, and always carried a jar of sweetened milk in case you suddenly hungry.

The man was married twice, raised three sons, of average height and weight.

Isaac died at the age of 46 years, having worked on the show freaks over 24 years.



2. Stefan Bibrovski (Stephan Bibrowski), Lionel - a man with a lion's face

Stefan (1891-1932) was a famous actor of the show freaks. All of the human body with a lion's face was covered with long hair, and why he got his nickname. Stefan was suffering from a rare condition called "hypertrichosis».

Bibrovski born near Warsaw in Poland in 1891, and his whole body was covered with hair at birth, about the size of 2 cm. His mother accused the father of the boy in this issue, which appeared, allegedly after she became pregnant while her husband witnessed communication with lions.

After the birth, she has not been able to accept the feature and son at age 4 gave it into the hands of the German impresario named Meyer, who giving Stephen stage name, began to travel with him to Europe.

By the time the boy became the object of such spectacles, hair Lionel grew to 20 cm on the face and up to 10 cm over the entire body. The coat was everywhere, except for the palms and soles of the feet.

In 1901, Stephen began to speak in an American circus Barnum & Bailey. However, by the end of 1920 a man abandoned his career in show freaks and returned to Germany. Lionel died in Berlin in 1932 of a heart attack at age 41.



3. Jordan Otis (Otis Jordan), the boy - Frog

Otis Jordan was African-American, has a body 4-year-old child, the head of normal size and very intelligent person.

Since 1963 he has performed in his show "Otis - the boy frog", during which he rolled, smoked a cigarette, using only his lips and went through various other tricks.

In 1984, he was forbidden to engage in "their business" once received a complaint from a woman deems unethical "show disabled." Then he moved to Coney Island, where he continued his work by inventing speeches more politically correct name - «The Human Cigarette Factory».



4. Ruth Davis (Ruth Davis), girlfriend - Penguin

Circus artist Mignon was born in 1910 with a defect "phocomelia" that affects all human limbs, making it look like a penguin.

Mignon real name was Ruth Davis. On small and thick legs waddling gait, she began working in the early 1930s under the name Mignon, that the French - "cute».

She played a musical instrument called marimba. Also, in addition to the show of freaks, she often performed on normal trade fairs, which were held in New York and Chicago in the 1930s.

Ruth was married twice. With her second husband Earl Davis (Earl Davis) it the last decade of his career, appeared on the show freaks. In 1965, she decided to leave this activity.

Mignon real name was Ruth Davis. On small and thick legs waddling gait, she began working in the early 1930s under the name Mignon, that the French - "cute».

She played a musical instrument called marimba. Also, in addition to the show of freaks, she often performed on normal trade fairs, which were held in New York and Chicago in the 1930s.

Ruth was married twice. With her second husband Earl Davis (Earl Davis) it the last decade of his career, appeared on the show freaks. In 1965, she decided to leave this activity.



5. Millie and Christine McCoy (Millie and Christine McCoy), a two-headed nightingale

These girls (1851-1912) were born into slavery. They and their mother were sold showman Joseph Smith (Joseph Smith). Smith and his wife took over the education of girls. Ultimately, the Siamese twins learned to speak five languages, as well as singing, dancing and playing musical instruments.

People knew them as "two-headed nightingale." In the 1880s, "the girls" have retired and bought a small farm. Millie died of tuberculosis at 61, died a few hours later and Christina.

They - one of the first conjoined twins, who managed to live so long.



6.Feliks Werle (Felix Wehrle), people - super-elastic skin

This man (1858) was able to stretch your skin with any part of the body to the unimaginable dimensions, and his fingers curled both forward and backward.

Felix was suffering from Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, in which the human skin is incredibly supple. He has performed in many shows Barnum & Bailey.



7. Louise (Louise), the girl - the leopard

This girl was African-American woman, who suffered from "vitiligo", diseases of the skin, provoking the emergence spot.

Louise was far from unique in its kind. For over 200 years, philosophers, scientists and showmen exhibited body of blacks with a white or partially white skin in taverns, museums, as well as a circus attraction.

The term "white negro" was then very popular. They called the people born with albinism or vitiligo.



8.Syuzi (Susi), a girl with elephant skin

Linda Vogel Charlotte (Charlotte Linda Vogel), who was born in Berlin on February 26, 1908, was the only one in the family with a special skin condition. It was a different type of ichthyosis in contrast to ("crocodile skin"), which affects many of her contemporaries.

Charlotte's skin does not peel off, it was a gray, thick and formed deep folds. A more likely diagnosis - it epidermolitichesky hyperkeratosis.

She first toured Europe, but in 1927 moved to the United States. There, she began performing in the circus Dreamland Circus Sideshow under Karl Lothaire (Carl J. Lauther), taking the pseudonym "Suzy, a girl with the skin of an elephant».

Dressed in a swimsuit - bikini, or just "draped" in the veil, Suzy told the story of his life than the fascinated crowd.

In 1933, Suzy left Coney Island and started working on Ripley's Believe it or Not?!, Chicago Fair, where her performance at least 80 times looked more than a million curious onlookers.

When the show became too debilitating for Susie, she went to New York and got a job, the stress level is at a minimum. In just one hour a day, she devoted circus, speaking with an elephant named Lou.

In 1960 Susie has created his own show. She died before reaching a few days before his 68th birthday in New York.

9. Leopold, Admiral Dot

In 1870, Phineas Taylor Barnum (Phineas Taylor Barnum) traveled together with his friends on the train on the western part of the United States. In San Francisco, he met a German named Gabrielle Kahn (Gabriel Kahn), who offered his son showman dwarf Leopold.

Barnum bought happy boy. Leopold immediately got a nickname "Admirad Dot" as he was known as "Elf El Dorado" because he was, as he put it, Barnum, "a very valuable nuggets».

Admiral Dot took his place among the other artists Barnum's museum exposition. In 1872, Phineas called his show "the greatest on earth».

Career Admiral Dot lasted about 20 years, despite the fact that there were "actors" who eclipsed his growth. Often he spoke with Major Atom, which was even lower. After the "resignation" instead regale on our laurels, Dot developed a stage persona itself and has earned a reputation as "the smallest character actor in the world».



10. Smith, a musical contortionist

Smith was an acrobat, who played the banjo, twisting his body in incredible knots. He played the man in the 1910s.



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