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Modern Freaks

Most of the performers on showhistory.com performed many years before our editors were running around midways and seeing shows. That said, in this category of “Modern Freaks”—though the nomenclature itself may be suspect and even inaccurate—we have performers who have appeared since the 1980s up to the present day.

Performers in this category:

Michael Wilson

Otis Jordan

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Capt. Don Leslie

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Capt. Don Leslie

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Murrugan The Mystic Pitchcard

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Murrugan The Mystic Pitchcard

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Michael Wilson

Added Oct 1 2014

Michael Wilson “What Price Mistakes?”

Added Oct 1 2014

Michael Wilson “What’s the coolest thing…?” for Certs Breath Mints

Added Sep 29 2014

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Argosy pulp cover, April 1937, featuring “Carnival Queen” story

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Hilton Sisters Drive-In Window Card

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Robert Ripley Advertises Old Gold Cigarettes

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Dolly Dutton’s Sheet Music

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Wonderland Circus Sideshow, Coney Island

Added December 31, 2024

1893 Newspaper Advertisement For The Tocci Brothers and Chevalier Cliquot

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1893 Newspaper Advertisement For The Tocci Brothers and Chevalier Cliquot

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HORROR STORIES Pulp Cover Two-Headed Girl (December 1940)

Added January 28, 2024

Baby Irene “Fat Lady” Cashes In On Laughs (1950)

Added December 26, 2023

1937 Philadelphia Store Show Facade

Added July 22, 2023