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Strange Talents

Freaks and odd humans with strange talents used their anomalous bodies and incredible minds to perform unique feats not possible with a normal physiognomy or brain.

Performers in this category:

Earl “Smoky” Hall

Julius B. Shuster

Joe Horowitz

The Black Diamond

Three Ball Charlie

Billy Wells

James Mandy

Paul McWilliams

Mike Butch

Laurello

Alfred Langevin

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Arthur Loos & Paul Whitaker

Added Dec 30 2024

Martin Laurello Writes to Walter Sibley at Hubert’s Museum

Added Oct 20 2024

D. Waldow “Mouse Regurgitator”

Added Oct 20 2024

Paul McWilliams “Golfball Mouth”

Added Oct 20 2024

William Harris “Big Mouth”

Added Oct 20 2024

Louis Fleury “The Blind Lightning Calculator”

Added Oct 6 2024

Warren Woodson “The Great Bird Imitator”

Added Sep 30 2024

J.C. Wood “King Bee”

Added Jul 23 2023

Dr. Woods, “The Bee Man”

Added Jul 23 2023

Clarence Willard “The Man Who Grows”

Added Jul 23 2023

Alfred Langevin

Added Jul 16 2023

Julius Shuster “Pick-Up Artist”

Added Jun 25 2023

Julius Shuster “Pick-Up Artist”

Added Jun 25 2023

Joe Horowitz “The Man With The Iron Nose”

Added Jun 25 2023

Mac Norton “The Human Aquarium”

Added Jun 24 2023

Three-Ball Charlie

Added Jun 24 2023

James Mandy “The Man With The Solid Ivory Dome”

Added Sep 12 2022

Americo “Indian Rubber Man”

Added Sep 27 2020

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Laurello Pitchbook from Dreamland, Coney Island

Added Sep 26 2020

E.L. Blystone’s Ripley’s Odditorium Microscopy Writing for 1933

Added May 24 2020

Billy Wells “Iron Skull Man”

Added Mar 12 2019

Lourello “The Man With A Revolving Head” At Coney Island

Added May 19 2018

Facade of The Coney Island Dreamland Circus Sideshow in 1921

Added Nov 6 2016

Pop-Eye Perry

Added Oct 10 2014

James Mandy “Stonehead Rock-Breaker”

Added Jul 22 2014

Barnum & Bailey Circus Freaks for German Tour, 1903

Added Apr 6 2014

Alfred Langevin “Eye Smoker”

Added Oct 17 2013

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Dolly Dutton’s Sheet Music

Added May 31, 2025

Wonderland Circus Sideshow, Coney Island

Added December 31, 2024

1893 Newspaper Advertisement For The Tocci Brothers and Chevalier Cliquot

Added March 30, 2024

1893 Newspaper Advertisement For The Tocci Brothers and Chevalier Cliquot

Added March 30, 2024

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

Mr. & Mrs. Chauncy Morlan at Huber’s 14th Street Museum

Added July 21, 2023

Hulett Pest Control Spokesmen, Dwarfs John and Greg Rice

Added January 31, 2023

Foy Large & Frank Morgner

Added October 24, 2021