Comments on: Victorian Freaks and other Bodies of Knowledge

By: Paul Komoda

Paul Komoda — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:50:54 +0000

I want that mounted tableau of happy child -skeletons as a center-piece in my living room… though I’d probably have to make it myself. And this would be when I’m finally living in the “Paul Komoda Dream House”.
I particularly like the reclining fetal skeleton on the base who seems to holding a moth.

By: Jerem Morrow

Jerem Morrow — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:33:18 +0000

D: Ye could always buy (or build) your own: http://fiendishcuriosities.com/

By: D

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 04:11:59 +0000

*strong cryptozoological envy*

Until I find something similar, I’ll have to make do with the local museum of natural history that has a tiny, tiny cabinet of various stuffed/formaldehyded animal anomalies.

I did manage to see a swedish fakir once. He had the market salesmanny patter while the audience helped him dislocate his shoulders and threw darts at his chest.

By: Jerem Morrow

Jerem Morrow — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 03:18:28 +0000

Ze Jerem does what he can.

@D: Bizarrely, I found a side-show exhibit at a county fair in Shelby, NC (U.S.) some ten years ago. Replete with “Giant Rats”, babies in jars of yellowish fluid, 6 legged cattle und a varying array of very obviously faked cryptozoological finds.

By: D

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 02:22:31 +0000

I had a teacher who tried to find freakshows as a hobby. This was in the early 90s and he still found a few to visit every year, mainly in small town fairs in germany and Italy.

By: theremina

theremina — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:22:56 +0000

Sluuuuurrrp.