The Fat Lady
The Fat Lady was one of the staples of the excellent Freak Show. Child Thelma measured 619 pounds when she was 18. She later upped that to 655 pounds.
The Fat Man & Little Woman
Also, frequently pairings of the excessively corpulent or diminutive people together as blended couples or family units, in the same way as this hefty man and little lady from a 1910 side show postcard.
The Conjoined Twins
Conjoined twins like Violet and Daisy Hilton had the capacity escape frightful family lives by turning to Broadway. The Hilton twins were vaudeville big names, performing on the same bills as any semblance of Charlie Chaplin and Bob Hope in the 1920s.
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The Two Headed Boy
Conjoined pairings like the living two-headed kid Tocci experienced their short lives out on the stage.
The Double Bodied Boy
In like manner Peroomal Sami who had a fractional twin developing out of his midsection (like Lazarus Coone of the first monstrosity show acts in the seventeenth century).
The Egyptian Giant
Sufferers from gigantism were likewise welcome in the oddity show. Like Hassan Ali, the Egyptian Giant.
