Josephene Myrtle Corbin (1868-May 6, 1928) was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee in 1868. She was born a dipygus, meaning that she had two separate pelvises side by side from the waist down. The extra legs were part of a twin that did not split correctly, like Frank Lentini with his third leg.
Wolrd’s tallest man recorded in medical history, Robert Wadlow stood at an impressive 8 feet 11 inches, and weighed 440 pounds. Wadlow was born in Alton, Illinois in 1918.
Frank Lentini, also known as “The Three Legged Man” was born in Sicily, and moved to the United States when he was 8 years old. He became an instant success in the sideshow circuit, touring all over the country until his death. He was considered to be a kind, generous, and wonderful man, and was […]
William Henry Johnson, born in Liberty Corners, NJ in 1842 performed with P.T. Barnum for many years. Because of a condition Johnson had which caused his cranium to drastically taper, he was named Zip the Pinhead. To further accent his cranial abnormality, Barnum put him in a fuzzy costume and gelled his hair into a […]
World’s most famous set of conjoined twins, Chang and Eng Bunker were born in Siam (now Thailand), thus the term, “Siamese Twins”. Chang and Eng visited Wilkesboro, NC in the late 1800s with P.T. Barnum, and the brothers liked the town so much they decided to make it their permanent home.