Archive for September, 2007

The Whaley House

2476 San Diego Ave, San Diego, CA  House was built over old cemetary near the town gallows.  Sightings include levitating furniture, organ that plays itself, ghost of young girl playing in the house, cleaver and other kitchen objects reportedly move around the house at random.
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Myrtle Corbin

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.

Robert Wadlow

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

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 […]

Zip The Pinhead

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 […]