P. T. Barnum’s 10 Most Famous Human “Freak” Show Attractions

During the 1800s, Phineas Taylor Barnum – better known as “P.T. Barnum” – became famous as “The Great American Showman.” Barnum specialized in displaying odd and intriguing attractions to audiences who were eager to pay to see something out of the ordinary. →Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet?sub_confirmation=1 Find more lists at: http://www.toptenz.net Entertaining and educational top 10 lists from TopTenzNet! Subscribe to our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TopTenz/ Business inquiries to [email protected] Other TopTenz Videos: 10 Brides and Grooms Who Died On Their Wedding Day https://youtu.be/8DgprPPh-rU?list=PLQ4d2-ByGhnLt3JIYHY_PUk7TrxFJZFGK Top 10 Horrifying Cities You REALLY Don't Want to Live In https://youtu.be/G-J1f-ij_fk?list=PLQ4d2-ByGhnIYyd7gYfzJto1ix7J_3r-6 Text version: http://www.toptenz.net/p-t-barnums-10-famous-human-freak-show-attractions.php Coming up: 10. Joice Heth 9. General Tom Thumb 8. The Warren Sisters 7. Myrtle Corbin, The Four-Legged Girl 6. Zip, The Pinhead 5. Prince Randian, The Living Torso 4. The Wild Men of Borneo 3. Josephine Clofullia, The Bearded Lady 2. Chang Yu Sing, The Chinese Giant 1. Isaac W. Sprague, “The Human Skeleton” Source/Further reading: https://daily.jstor.org/joice-heth-how-an-elderly-slave-launched-p-t-barnum-career/ https://youtu.be/CShh8uAXZg0 http://www.barnum-museum.org/manmythlegend.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavinia_Warren https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrtle_Corbin https://youtu.be/stXcSdV7IeU https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_the_Pinhead https://youtu.be/vufdRHu5Mig https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetra-amelia_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Men_of_Borneo https://youtu.be/TKmkWbbzxJU https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/hypertrichosis http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1351212 https://youtu.be/blLp1iP1aPo https://www.mndassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/02D-Progressive-muscular-atrophy.pdf https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PT_Barnum_1851-crop.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barnum_Courier,_1883.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joice_heth_poster.jpeg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_S._Stratton,_a_dwarf_known_as_General_Tom_Thumb,_age_Wellcome_V0007333.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Sherwood_Stratton.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PT_Barnum_and_General_Tom_Thumb_by_Root,_c1850.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tom_Thumb_ca_1863.jpg https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2722108075 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lavinia_Warren_-_Brady-Handy.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myrtle_Corbin.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myrtle_Corbin_by_JR_Applegate_c1880.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Microcephaly-comparison-500px.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zip_the_pinhead.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Poster_-_Freaks_02.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Randian.1906.jpg