History’s Tragic Four-Legged Girl

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@Kaza0kun Ай бұрын

Myrtle Corbin is my great great grandmother in law. She was a strong and amazing woman. My mother in law is the spitting image of Myrtle! We have photos of her not ever made public. Thank you for focusing on the good and what she accomplished! Edit: I was a great off. She’s my husband’s grandfather’s grandmother.

@jillwklausen Ай бұрын

How very cool that you descended from such a remarkable woman! Thank you for sharing your connection with us.

@milliesecond102 Ай бұрын

@@jillwklausenSHE DIDN'T descend from her, her husband did.

@Katakagara Ай бұрын

That’s incredible. Poor lady with 4 legs. Bless her!

@CPE1704TK5 Ай бұрын

Cool family and cool hat

@teceyS3 Ай бұрын

@@milliesecond102 Oh geez, people do become one when they marry🪢 they do become a part of each other's family🪢

@bwktlcn Ай бұрын

My grandpa was a “freak.” He was a “fishman.” He had terrible psoriasis, and the rafts of psoriasis looked like scales. He had issues working -torquing the skin caused the skin to bleed. He got a job in a freak show, and made a good living. My gran and he divorced when my (perfectly normal) mom was small, and he toured the country making good money - until “them dang do gooders” decided that physical defect equaled mental defect and he (and those like him) didn’t realize he was being taken advantage of and closed down the shows - without a thought as to how these people who were not mentally challenged were going to get jobs, survive, etc. He went from having a home and a job to a drifter that was chased out of anywhere he tried to get a job. He ended his days living with his brother, shunned and hidden. For the “freaks” often the inner world of the sideshow with the other freaks was the only place they felt normal.

@Guitarman7133 Ай бұрын

DAMN. MY GRANDPA WAS AN ALCOHOLIC WHO DIED OF LIVER FAILURE. LOL

@Ead32180 Ай бұрын

That's what happens when the do gooders, Aka Libs, are offended for others even though those others aren't offended themselves

@jillwklausen Ай бұрын

How awful that he was treated that way. I'm very sorry that was done to him. Thank you for sharing his story.

@bcjb720 Ай бұрын

Your grandpa might have had ichthyosis, rather than psoriasis. The name comes from the scale-like appearance of the skin ("ichthys" = "fish" in Greek). Ichthyosis is caused by one of several different genetic variations. If he had two copies of one of the ichthyosis gene variations, then he'd have ichthyosis; your mom would be a carrier; and you'd have a 50/50 chance of being a carrier. It only costs about $200-$300 to run a genome these days, might be interesting to see if anyone is a carrier.

@JamieHoward-tj9wt Ай бұрын

@@bcjb720 WOW that's very impressive knowledge you have there. And that's incredibly nice of to share that with the individual above in regards to their Grandfather and his struggles. I agree too, that getting a genenom test would be very interesting. Regardless of the results, honestly.

@molybdaen11 Ай бұрын

I am just amazed that she still managed to give birth to 4 healthy children and live up to 59 years old.

@hollyperrin7353 14 күн бұрын

I love that her husband had a choice of “sides” though. How cool is that?

@schizoidboy Ай бұрын

The sad reality was if these people with deformities didn't put themselves on display they often had no other means to make a living.

@karenneill9109 Ай бұрын

And human curiosity is universal. If you’re going to be gawked at, perhaps making money off of it is a silver lining.

@souxcasa Ай бұрын

Many of them were incredibly talented performers. It's a disservice to think of all of them as victims

@karenneill9109 Ай бұрын

@@souxcasa Nothing to say they can’t be both.

@souxcasa Ай бұрын

@@karenneill9109 no there isn't but it's often ignored from stories like these. She was obviously a very savvy woman and should have been represented as such

@mangot589 Ай бұрын

A lot of them still don’t. They’re on the dole, they hate the “do gooders” that took away a good living. They got to travel the world, meet interesting people. I personally think it should be UP TO THEM what they want to do with their own lives. And nobody, able bodied or not can tell if somebody is a POS to this day. 🤷‍♀️

@Nettsinthewoods Ай бұрын

I’m probably being controversial here, but I think she had a good life. She found love, had a good income, had babies and lived to a reasonable age for the time. Lots of healthy ‘normal’ people of that time had none of these things. I don’t feel sorry for her, I admire and salute her and all that she achieved. Very nice video, thank you.

@janchampine1899 Ай бұрын

Agreed.

@ArriusDixie Ай бұрын

She may have had a better life than she would have if she was born now. Her wage was enormous for the time, and I would not be too quick to judge the parents, in that age if you could not make money you could literally starve. The Halloween decorations are modern so we are no better. I don't think she would like being called tragic.

@winniecash1654 Ай бұрын

She certainly made the best of the situation. Life is hard. She did well with the deck she was handed.

@user-uu9yj5tt4v Ай бұрын

Yeah, I thought the narrator was a bleeding heart liberal... I've had a harder life than her, but you'll know it by looking at me or my accomplishments

@personalcheeses8073 Ай бұрын

You aren’t wrong

@randyhebbebusche3644 Ай бұрын

Thank you for your respectful telling of her story. People can be so cruel. I hope she rests in peace.

@kellydalstok8900 Ай бұрын

Calling her and other people with birth defects “freaks” throughout the video isn’t very respectful though.

@san4953 Ай бұрын

@@kellydalstok8900 You’re right, and in the current year it would not be acceptable in any venue. But they are speaking the vernacular of the time.

@barbdouglas3197 22 күн бұрын

@@kellydalstok8900😮

@IQTech61 Ай бұрын

You did a wonderful job of presenting Myrtle Corbin as a human being. I loved your storytelling.

@Teresia12 Ай бұрын

She sounds like a very amazing woman. Even though she was treated cruelly it sounds as if she lived life with courage. Im glad she found happiness with her husband and children. May she rest in eternal peace.

@BonnieM93 Ай бұрын

If she's with Jesus then she's completely whole and so is her twin!!

@cattymajiv Ай бұрын

@@BonnieM93 Ridiculous fairy tales are not helpful in the long run.

@reuvenknight1575 Ай бұрын

Cruelty only hits you as cruel if it is unusual and specific to you. Back then, this was the way people talked and acted. If you look into the history of the Freak Show, crude as it was in concept, most of the performers had a pretty full and decent life outside of work hours. They were friends with each other (though not without drama at times) and many other circus performers. Many people stayed in the circus their whole lives because it paid well and they weren't treated like freaks by the circus

@curiositycloset2359 Ай бұрын

She didn't really have a cruel life

@Psalm2710_ 19 күн бұрын

@@cattymajiv Funny how nobody ever says this rudeness to Islam.

@Fazzer57 Ай бұрын

Bless this poor woman. The cruelty shown towards her during this era in history was vile. May you Rest in Eternal Peace Myrtle 🙏🙏🙏❣️

@Patriot1789 Ай бұрын

Given our modern understanding of biology what’s our excuse for the nastiness we impose of LGBTQ and gender fluid people - especially given the fact that they represent a tiny proportion of the population.

@Wyonative08 Ай бұрын

Still would be today. Humans wisdom hasn't advanced in any time/way whatsoever!! 150 yrs ago and we haven't grown, matured, educated ourselves, mellowed, grown in empathy or anything of the sort for decade after decade! 😮😢 Actually, truly sad. ❤😊❤

@aprildawnsunshine4326 Ай бұрын

She was rich and famous, had her pick of the best doctors in the country and raised 4 successful children. Frankly I'd love to be her instead of being completely broke all the time and unable to get the medical care I need not because it hasn't been invented yet, but because it's priced stupidly high. Heck even basic household items I need cost 100x as much as the "normal" version just because it's for the disabled.

@courtneypattison4269 Ай бұрын

AMEN 🙏🙌❤

@bettym.3996 Ай бұрын

I'll bet that's not all Corbin's father exposed.

@teschchr122 Ай бұрын

What a tragic life. Unfortunately right now parents are making money off their children on social media. Children everywhere need more protections.

@kaydeedid Ай бұрын

Nothing comparable about viewing a family that are not physically handicapped. This is 2024. Life is lived under cameras.. Not our choices. Everywhere we go. Kids are used to it. No exploitation involved whatsoever. These people Barnum hires were exploited

@Djulimee Ай бұрын

The difference there is that in those days there was no social security and so the men had to find ways of working to earn a living. Alas, poor Josephine Myrtle's father was more of an opportunist and instead of protecting his daughter, as is a father's duty, he chose to exploit her. Shameful man.

@teschchr122 Ай бұрын

@@Djulimee I definitely agree. Unfortunately we have seen other opportunists such as these poor kids on tv (Shirley Temple among many) or in music and now social media is empowering a whole new set of opportunistic parents. SMH, I don’t understand why people seem to think they have the right to live off their kids.

@GenXsinglefree Ай бұрын

@@teschchr122 The patriarchal construct treats women and children as property rather than autonomous beings. Despite much progress, that mindset still exists globally.

@teschchr122 Ай бұрын

@@GenXsinglefree you are so right.

@clinkclunk Ай бұрын

Nowadays her parents would just have a KZfaq channel.

@carolineoates5964 Ай бұрын

Truth

@gisellel12357 Ай бұрын

True

@Want2cJesus Ай бұрын

Soon parents will document the castration of their Trans children and wrap it all up in Rainbow colored bow. This whole world is about to burn!

@leah__gail Ай бұрын

The sad truth.

@Sood123456 Ай бұрын

Lmao

@mmm7m672 Ай бұрын

She had 4 children that lived. I hope they were with her when she passed. RIP ✝️

@Hava744 Ай бұрын

Beautifully told . I had heard of her but didn’t know she had two pelvic bones and reproductive systems. Thank you

@Kelloggsmokesalot Ай бұрын

She had two uteruses and bled twice more than any woman! Wow! 😲😢 Poor girl

@blackswan1983 Ай бұрын

I have 2 of everything belonging to the reproductive system, but only 1 pelvis. Iron supplements ftw

@cattymajiv Ай бұрын

@@blackswan1983 What is ftw? Why didn't you finish your comment?

@planetaryion Ай бұрын

Ftw = for the win

@planetaryion Ай бұрын

@cattymajiv I used to think it was F* the world 😅 til I learned different

@gaudior13 Ай бұрын

I thought of the same thing!

@KaiyaCorrbin Ай бұрын

As a medical professional, I would definitely consider this a case of conjoined twins rather than polymelia. Polymelia is usually the growth of a single extra appendage, not the growth of an extra entire half of a body, as would be the case with a conjoined twin who is only there from the waist down. It's like the opposite of the Hensel twins, Brittany and Abby. This was interesting, all the same, so thank you for that!

@tinytt854 Ай бұрын

I read that one of the young ladies got married. I know they share a body and have separate heads, but I don't know how I would handle that.

@KaiyaCorrbin Ай бұрын

@@tinytt854 Yeah, one of them did recently get married. Idk, I'm sure they are kinda used to it, at this point in their lives lol.

@j.s.tucker6906 Ай бұрын

This certainly gives one perspective. An utterly fascinating story that leaves me with more compassion and gratitude than I had a half hour ago....

@MayimHastings Ай бұрын

Thank you for speaking my heart! 🤍🙏🕊

@adamsnewman5480 Ай бұрын

That part.

@ocalafl954 Ай бұрын

she made a relatively normal life for someone with so much to overcome. I did not realize she was able to have a family A truly fascinating story

@katehack1677 Ай бұрын

Amazing. Given medical knowledge at the time... So brave to persist with pregnancies. Bit of luck involved there!

@Zzz2x Ай бұрын

That’s disgusting someone laid with her like that

@SobrietyandSolace Ай бұрын

I can’t even get a date to show up what is this woman’s secret

@retalbtaylor370 Ай бұрын

@@SobrietyandSolacewhat??????!!!!!!

@Lickicker Ай бұрын

Ya, 7 kids is pretty amazing. I could have lived without the fact that she had 2 vaginas and had a preference for which one to use in the bedroom.

@eli3963 11 күн бұрын

Penicillin was discovered on September 28, 1928. She died just about 5 months before the medicine that could have saved her was invented.

@lisamariemary 20 сағат бұрын

Wow. That's wild. Thanks for that info.

@Volfan2 Ай бұрын

I was presenting breach at my birth, but my mom's OB/GYN, Dr. McGregor, was one of the few doctors in our area trained to 'flip' a breach baby to allow for normal, head first, delivery. As a result, 22 young, predominantly male, interns watched my 18yr old mother give birth to me. My diminutive, beautiful, young mom gave permission for this viewing to educate new doctors so that they too might use the knowledge they gained to save lives. God Bless you Mom & Dr. McGregor ❤️

@marionmarino1616 Ай бұрын

I visited the Barnum Museum in Florida and was horrified by the way people with deformities were exploited by the circus owner. Later, it was explained that they were happy there. They had found each other. Separately they were freaks but together they were normal.

@deborahtaylor9754 Ай бұрын

Barnum exploited wild animals for over 100 + years, too. It ended with poor ticket sales, Thank God.

@marionmarino1616 Ай бұрын

@@deborahtaylor9754 Circus acts incorporating wild animals have been kept out of NYC for some time now. But it was because of PUBLIC DEMANDS that it was stopped.

@VisionaryGardener Ай бұрын

That would have been the RINGLING museum if it was in Florida. The Barnum museum is in Connecticut. I've been to the Ringling Museum in Sarasota, Florida. They have a wonderful collection of art, in addition to their circus museum.

@marionmarino1616 Ай бұрын

@@VisionaryGardener Yes. My memory was of the wife. She created many needlework designs of pillows, a piano bench cover, etc., using PETIT POINT designs, which uses much smaller stitches and a smaller, fine pointed needle. This means a lot more work and more of a task for eyesight. I was a little horrified, so much tedious effort, in the hot & humid Florida weather. She was a waitress when her husband found her. He was a rich celebrity. My thought was he must be a horrible person. Then I went to the museum where many of the, “Freak,” posters were displayed. I was kinda sorry I had visited there.

@emilyfeagin2673 Ай бұрын

I don’t know that I buy that explanation

@kathleendobens6648 Ай бұрын

Today she would have had surgery. The poor kid.

@Tempe1962 Ай бұрын

Maybe.Some choose not to.

@Jane-Doe.1126 Ай бұрын

They would have to remove one leg from each side for her to appear "normal". Then she would still have had two vaginas. If they removed one of them then she would have still had one regular size leg and one small one. Seems she would be better off the way she was born.

@ijoinedthedarkside333 Ай бұрын

@@Tempe1962because they cant afford it.

@lk6789 Ай бұрын

@@ijoinedthedarkside333 Not every where is like the US, in the UK and the majority of Europe medical care is free. In the UK all medical care has been free (pay for in taxes) since the 1940's.

@RebeccaGogovcev Ай бұрын

@Tempe1962 some cannot be safely separated. These people might choose to not get treatment.

@ittybittykittymama7582 Ай бұрын

I never heard of this brave and very strong lady, but I think Myrtle Corbin is a freaking hero! She took the bad break that an accident of birth dealt to her and made a great life for herself, giving life to three children and, for that time period, lived a long life. Hurray for Myrtle!

@mick7even Ай бұрын

I see what you did there. “Freaking” hero 😂

@lullabyesmom Ай бұрын

I think he said she had 7 children, but only 4 of the 7 lived. Still i only hv 2 children. She was freaking amazing indeed!

@user-bg8ne2qj8h Ай бұрын

SHE MADE 59 YEARS , AT THAT TIME WAS A LONG LIFE FOR ANYONE, STRONG SPIRITED PERSON, WITH THREE SURVIVING CHILDREN, AWESOME LIFE ALL THINGS CONSIDERED

@aprildawnsunshine4326 Ай бұрын

Don't forget she was rolling in dough and gorgeous!

@debbylou5729 Ай бұрын

59 wasn’t considered a ‘long life’ by anyone. Look up how infant mortality skewed the result of ‘average lifespan

@user-bg8ne2qj8h Ай бұрын

@@debbylou5729I'M NEVER WRONG DEBBIE DOO

@user-td4zp4gq2p Ай бұрын

Im a 53 year old fat guy! She's running rings around me! Literally!😂

@dancingpigmonkey Ай бұрын

The majority of people who survived childhood went on to have long lives, being 59 wasn't really a wow factor, not even back then.

@fixfireleo Ай бұрын

I think 59 years is actually really good for someone born with this sort of deformity back that long ago. A lot of people without deformities didnt live that long.

@zztopz7090 Ай бұрын

Without antibiotics Id be dead by age 23.

@DrunkComments Ай бұрын

59 these days, is an accomplishment!

@lozensfire Ай бұрын

Her mama loved her

@AnniCarlsson Ай бұрын

Can we stop think people died young for just die young. We allways become same age if not get sick or be in a fatal accident.

@Linnie1021 Ай бұрын

! @@zztopz7090

@TRACKERX73 Ай бұрын

Myrtle Corbin is a strong spirit. Writing a biography about her life would be an amazing experience. Rest and peace to Myrtle. ❤

@SunshineBear1211 Ай бұрын

My son was born with clubfoot. It was absolutely devastating for me when I found out while I was pregnant. It’s only his left foot but it was so sad. When he was 1 month old we started treatment which meant putting his whole leg in a cast. Everywhere we went people thought his leg was broken. What’s worse is the first doctor that casted my son, deformed his foot even worse. My baby had to go through so much pain and discomfort in his short time on earth. He is delayed in every other area and he didn’t walk until almost 2 yrs old. He’s the sweetest baby boy and adored by his two sisters. He sleeps in a brace to keep his foot straight. We ended up traveling to Florida to pay thousands of dollars out of pocket to have him fix my son’s foot. It’s been a hard road but I’ve been by his side for every second of it. He’s my precious baby and I would do absolutely anything for him. ❤ We need updated treatment methods for this supposedly common deformity.

@libbybethuk Ай бұрын

Aww I am so very sorry your poor baby went through all that trauma and pain. I hope he is doing great now. I bet his sisters spoil him lol. My son has, aspergers and been through a lot he was punched kicked battered spit on and swore at, st his school for 3 and half years I was in school every week fighting to try and make them do something to stop it. They didn't we live in the UK my daughter in Southern Ireland. She got him into a school over their he did great he left school 2cyears early he is very clever he is coming home soon I hope. Give your son my very best wishes they go out to you and all your family to. I think your son will do great and bring you all a lot of joy.

@marionmarino1616 Ай бұрын

@@SunshineBear1211 Very sad. But he had a loving mother who did everything she could for him. Believe me, not every child has that.

@beverlyarcher3744 Ай бұрын

My nephew was so long it took him till he was 2-3 to start walking he didn't like having to push up all that longness my stupid uncle saw him dragging his foot once and questioned that and why he wasn't walking yet something that whole family liked to do they couldn't take the simple he's just so long example that every doctor they went to said the samething basically the kid was so long they had to do a C-section at his birth because he couldn't turn

@ralucadudescu Ай бұрын

I'm so sorry to hear. Take the doctor who was wrong to the court!

@donnaridings1219 Ай бұрын

I’m sorry you both had to go through this. God has a special purpose for him❤

@lilianmcguigan9240 Ай бұрын

Great doc on Corbin, done with compassion and respect.

@restock_1731 Ай бұрын

I heard about her before somewhere, but you totally killed it. I couldn't imagine having your life a sideshow, poor Myrtle. Awesome video.

@annabellelee4535 Ай бұрын

The sideshow people loved their jobs and were paid well.

@pettytoni1955 Ай бұрын

@@annabellelee4535 exactly. Most had no other opportunities to earn a living, and they made the best out of their situations. Stopping freakshows put a lot of people out of work.

@pianoreigns Ай бұрын

@@annabellelee4535You were there , were you ?

@annabellelee4535 Ай бұрын

@@pianoreigns I have talked to sideshow performers quite often and yes, they love their jobs. They made good money until someone got all offended and banned them from performing. Why are you disgusted by them? I'm not disgusted by them. I've even met "Lobster Boy" aka Grady Stiles and I don't find even Grady to be disgusting. What he did was disgusting though.

@Sibealove Ай бұрын

She made the best with what life gave her. Incredible story!!

@ekaterinasergeyeva453 Ай бұрын

Wow, what a life story! Both shocking and inspiring. What a great lady! So strong!

@loricrane5315 Ай бұрын

I understand the physical invasion of pretty much h any doctor . I was born in 1960 with displaced hips. For the next 10 years I had to pretty much allow any male to investigate me. Do you understand how embarrassing, humiliating that is ? Can't even imagine what she went through.

@sandrakennedy4877 Ай бұрын

I a sorry that you went through this. In 1960 I was also born, as a D.E.S baby. I have had more photos taken of my internal vagina and uterus plus later ovaries to be used as "medical information." for "text books". Now I try to laugh it off, make a joke of it, and am just thankful that it has taught a lot of others about it.. In my 60's now I look at it as my private modeling albeit unpaid lol it hurts in the past but as someone once said to me, "you survived, were brave, and have moved on to a better life". I repeat that to you and hope it gives you some peace.

@annabellelee4535 Ай бұрын

Doctors are very strange people with no sense of personal boundaries. I had my son by C-section and after the baby was removed the doctor called in some interns and they spent about five minutes rummaging around talking about how organs look different when they're living. Thankfully my son came back after being cleaned up so they had to sew me up. It was surreal.

@personincognito3989 Ай бұрын

I was in a similar situation so I can imagine.

@CarolFremel-my4hs Ай бұрын

I hope these males were all doctors

@lparky4409 Ай бұрын

I know somebody who's child had a rare disease and they always had various doctors examining her at the children's hospital which upset her. In fact once she had an visiting American lady professor come to see her who was really kind and gentle and explained far more to the parents in one session that the usual doctor did. Also kept in touch afterwards.

@elsablue54 Ай бұрын

I cannot imagine going through life like that and being treated so badly. So sad.

@RachelLinks-pk6dr Ай бұрын

$400 every 2 weeks in 1920 was being treated badly?

@marycampbell1576 Ай бұрын

@@RachelLinks-pk6drHer humiliation

@RachelLinks-pk6dr Ай бұрын

@@marycampbell1576 That's around 200k a year in today's money. People humiliate themselves for less.

@AA-ct7cb Ай бұрын

Horrible Parents.

@madreamer04 Ай бұрын

@@RachelLinks-pk6drhaving your disability on display for the world to see and having people gawk at you and make comments about your body just so that your parents can make money ….yeah that’s pretty bad. People should not exploit their children. Dad should have put all that effort into working.

@annepoitrineau5650 Ай бұрын

Thank you for this compassionate and unsensational report. Really interesting and human.

@Factinate Ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words.

@user-km6op9jb4c Ай бұрын

Her family was right to be concerned. The tallest man was stolen from his coffin and his skeleton sold. He had tried to prevent that with burial instructions in his will, but they were disregarded.

@newjoel18 19 күн бұрын

Robert Wadlow?

@user-km6op9jb4c 13 күн бұрын

@newjoel18 no, not him, although I think they had the same problem.. This was a man in 1700s or 1800s, when the cemetary body snatchers were active. He was the tallest man at that time.

@catherineromero1862 Ай бұрын

That was a fascinating biographical account. She was a woman of extreme fortitude 👍🏻

@Yogisince95 Ай бұрын

This is the kind of history I enjoy learning about. Amazing story

@maryohare4141 Ай бұрын

I am wondering why her doctor husband didnt suggest the infected leg be amputated in order to save her life. Amputation of limbs was done, especially since Civil War times...so many doctors had training and experience in that type of surgery.

@letstalkaboutit7879 Ай бұрын

But a vagina was attached, nor do we know what would have been affected internally. Plus how it was positioned.

@LibbySlaughter101 Ай бұрын

It sounds like it travelled to her bloodstream (septicaemia) very rapidly, so perhaps too late for an amputation - But yes, strange to think that one of her legs ended up being the cause of death.

@CurliFox 25 күн бұрын

@@LibbySlaughter101I agree. The infection seemed to be very agressive. She probably didnt stand a chance.

@hal7ter Ай бұрын

Thank you for making and posting this video. I hope her family appreciated her.

@darlaann1610 Ай бұрын

I just love your channel. You tell their story in such a caring and respectful way.

@Geronimo2Fly Ай бұрын

She gave birth successfully and had 4 children that lived. I wonder why they felt the need to terminate the first pregnancy, when she was obviously able to give birth. I'm very happy that she found love and had children, whom she obviously wanted and loved. She sounds like she was an amazing woman.

@207sunflower Ай бұрын

People fear what they don’t know or understand.

@LilySaintSin 11 күн бұрын

@@207sunflowermore like they didn't have the medical knowledge available today

@marilynbrown5274 Ай бұрын

This poor woman..going though life with this abnormality. The courage..and strength it took to face each day..had to be tremendous. She had a strength that enabled her to cope. I am sure she had some weepy nights..wondering why. How Barnum treated his workers and animals...is.was cruel and revolting. It makes me sick at heart.

@pettytoni1955 Ай бұрын

Her strength enabled her to take honest stock of her situation, and to do what she needed to do to make an independent living for herself.

@3mastiffsme Ай бұрын

Not everyone sits around feeling sorry for themselves. She obviously didn't, which is why she had such a great life. Especially for those times. She had an excellent life. One to be envied, not to be cried over. Barnum wasn't a saint but he gave disabled people a way to have a life. Paid them very well, access to healthcare. She found love & had children. The way he treated animals was typical of those times. This narrator is a bleeding heart. She would never want all this pity!

@Real1C Ай бұрын

Wow...what a story! Thank you.

@laurie2355 Ай бұрын

This was very interesting, thank you for taking the time to educate us on this lovely woman.

@katharinatrub1338 Ай бұрын

It is a sad story, but historically important, and so very well documented by you.

@alexalittle Ай бұрын

I don’t think she was tragic at all! Her condition was unique and it required her to live with a lot of creativity and determination, and it’s clear that she was a great success at that. It’s wonderful to hear that she found a career, a husband, and a family when all those things might have seemed impossible at her birth.

@Why-Censor Ай бұрын

Excellent Narration Dear❣️ You cared to listen and take our words to heart and now you're a delight to listen to.🥰

@debbiemayHAH Ай бұрын

Yes, I agree. The voice sounds familiar. I think it's Dave Tango from Ghost hunters/ TAPS?

@DawnSuttonfabfour Ай бұрын

I must take slight issue with you on one point. I was a medical secretary for many years. Invariably, no matter which hospital, there was a medical dictionary which was large, very old and filled with hand drawn illustrations. The doctors meant no unkindness by calling them "monsters". Any extremely rare or hitherto unknown deformity was labelled as such. It was a medical definition. Generally back then, the babies died, were stillborn and were sometimes helped out of the world because the physical defects were such as to be considered incapable of life and the mother was told the baby was stillborn. They had no treatment or cure. People were poor with no social medical care. Of course it sounds dreadful but it was ignorance not unkindness. I have been in a pathology museum with things in jars and they can be alarming enough to see, even now. Anyway, I just wanted your viewers to know that.

@aaronbarnett7113 Ай бұрын

That was the first thought for me r me too. So sad.

@user-ii3vn8tn3q Ай бұрын

Silent deliveries where every glance marks the time waiting .

@Elfrida-ls2mo Ай бұрын

Total BS They knew Calling a Child or any Human a Monster was insulting they Don't call disabled People Monsters today Why

@user-dx8wy1zs5p Ай бұрын

Ummm. Monster meant the same back they. Cold azzholes

@PickleSammich-nd7pv Ай бұрын

Monster is unkind in any century.

@sueball595 Ай бұрын

I’m a Bicknell by birth. When I was a teenager, my dad told me we had a relative that had 4 legs. I thought he was joking until he took out a small black & white photo of Myrtle when she was young. It seems that the man she married, Clinton Bicknell, was closely related to my grandfather. I think first cousins. So, I’m not blood related to Myrtle but I definitely am related to her descendants. I have a photo of her grave that my sister took some time ago. I’m fascinated by her life story. On a side note, I believe Blount County is in Alabama rather than Tennessee.

@holleyhillfarm Ай бұрын

There is a Blount county in both states. The one in Tennessee is south of Knoxville and the one in Alabama is north of Birmingham.

@user-mq8qy6cn8x Ай бұрын

Both

@heidibee501 Ай бұрын

She had a more normal life than others with physical anomolies. I hope her children lived well too.

@Canuckmom128 Ай бұрын

I’m old enough to remember as a child (under 10) when the Annual Fair came to town, they had a section that had all the “Freak Shows” (as they were referred to back then). We weren’t even allowed to walk through that area - we would skirt around it. I was one of 7 kids. Both of my parents absolutely hated this kind of abuse / taking advantage of someone’s disability. By time I was a tween these shows had been banned in our city. They may have still been part of the Fair, but they weren’t allowed to set up. Amazing that Corbyn has such a “full” life.

@user-ch9if6px6r Ай бұрын

My Mom was exactly the same way. We didn't go near the freak show.

@americandevo Ай бұрын

Like it or not most of those who appeared in Circus "Side Shows" were happy to exhibit themselves. People with those type of "disabilities" had no other way of earning a living, were gawked at anywhere they went anyway and they actually made very good money exhibiting themselves. There is a documentary about former side show participants, they all speak with great resentment about how their chosen livelihood was ended by "do-gooders" who needed to mind their own business. According to the "mule faced woman" she was formerly earning $5 thousand dollars a month on the circuit but after laws were created to "protect" her she was forced to live in a tiny travel trailer and live on a little more than $1 thousand dollars a month in social security. People with "disabilities" are smart and fully capable of making decisions for themselves, they don't need anybody who is offended to "protect them". And this narrator has is WRONG! The "freaks" in the documentary spoke highly of Barnum, the was no need to portray him as some abusive "slave owner". I think the documentary (shown on PBS) may have been called "After the Sideshow".

@bonnylouwho76 Ай бұрын

@@user-ch9if6px6r The same, I could not stand it that people were called "freaks," even when I was tiny. They are people that are born differently that is all.

@annabellelee4535 Ай бұрын

How is it outrageous that the doctors said she was a twin who didn't completely split? That's what her condition, Dipygus, is- twins that have not separated and one absorbed into the body of the other twin.

@tuft9250 Ай бұрын

This is completely incorrect. That is not at all what dipygus is. Simply go check online. It's easy to dispell.

@marydlutes1792 Ай бұрын

I think you have this wrong.

@Ninjanimegamer Ай бұрын

Yes, I agree that dipygus is the deformity that is caused by incomplete mono zygotic twinning; an incomplete absorbed twin. Why they thought it was strange, was because it was very rare, these doctors probably only read about it, and it was shocking to see back then. Also, newspapers, articles, scientific journals all hyped up the condition to attract readers, and followers.

@Ninjanimegamer Ай бұрын

I read the definition. I think you need to explain your theory of the condition dipygus.

@sevenandthelittlestmew Ай бұрын

⁠@@tuft9250It’s not *completely* incorrect. There is speculation that this may be “a cause” of dipygus. The truth is, medical professionals don’t really know what causes the disorder, or if there are multiple factors contributing to the disorder. There have been studies showing a genetic expression that may be the reason that some people are born with dipygus.

@rogertorgersen9995 Ай бұрын

Sick of the parents to exploit the child but no more sick than some of the parents on social media today.

@m.bird. 9 күн бұрын

Seems like they protected her and used the opportunity to better everyone. Father negotiated a large salary and she got to keep it. Resourceful.

@plzsavethebeez743 Ай бұрын

God bless this strong woman! This was most respectfully done and so interesting! Thank you! ❤

@kathyn8780 Ай бұрын

she had lots of positives in her life, well done Myrtle.

@lisawilson105 Ай бұрын

Props to her for making the most out of what she was given in life. I see no need to pity her.

@janececelia7448 26 күн бұрын

When you started on about the cruelty to the circus animals that was enough for me. And this shit still happens. It's vile, evil and heartbreaking. At least the little girl and her family were making money, and she had some protection in having a savvy father. Those animals had no one championing them.

@tngirl341 Ай бұрын

Born in Bono, Johnson County, Texas on 22 May 1896 to James Clinton Bicknell and Josephine Myrtle Corbin. Clinton Francis Bicknell married Alma Cordelia Jameson and had 3 children. He passed away on 8 April 1966 in Temple, Bell County, Texas, USA.

@YouTubeBlueButterflies Ай бұрын

Interesting

@mikeharrington5593 Ай бұрын

Those were hard times & despite her ups and downs & her personal tragedies, she made her blighted life a triumph over adversity.

@t.deshawn6519 Ай бұрын

Thank you for an excellent video. It's so nice to hear people talking about people. Gives much more feeling than if some AI voice reported at me for half an hr

@colleenhelminiak1429 Ай бұрын

One thing that people forget all of time is that they look at someone with a disability is that they do not see the "ability" that is within the person. As with the word "disabled" the "able" gets lost - no one is perfect (and if you think that you are, you are on the wrong planet).

@cassandraknight8804 Ай бұрын

I usually say don’t dis my ability. Thank you for your message and understanding.

@colleenhelminiak1429 Ай бұрын

@@cassandraknight8804 You are very welcome - and I like your saying. ☺

@bonnylouwho76 Ай бұрын

I have always preferred " Other-abled."

@cassandraknight8804 Ай бұрын

@@bonnylouwho76 Thank you, I like this

@Janeburns-mi9dh Ай бұрын

You are so right!

@SerenDipity64711 Ай бұрын

Her sad little face in the photos says everything. What a heartbreaking story - Barnum was the biggest freak. RIP Myrtle🌹

@Momtomany1971 Ай бұрын

A somber face in her photos doesn’t indicate she was unhappy… people didn’t smile in photos back in those days.

@pettytoni1955 Ай бұрын

They didn't smile because still photography exposures took a long time. You'd have gotten muscle cramps by the end if you tried to smile.

@SerenDipity64711 Ай бұрын

@@pettytoni1955that's interesting!

@user-yw9dr4mj5o Ай бұрын

He sure was.... and in the 90's some one made a Broadway musical about his tail. And for what??

@micaelamorrigan2544 Ай бұрын

@@user-yw9dr4mj5olove the greatest showman. Awesome musical

@reneerichburg8023 Ай бұрын

She was a beautiful lady. GOD bless her🫂✝️✝️ May she REST EASY 🌹🌹

@SerenityPeaceTree Ай бұрын

Was the rash cellulitis? It spread so fast on my mom that she passed away quickly from it... Tragic ending for Myrtle...

@suzannemartin6817 Ай бұрын

She was likely a set if conjoined twins. If the zygote doesn’t split all the way you will have conjoined twins. Depending on how and where it separates will determine how that conjoining looks.

@tinytt854 Ай бұрын

🤦🏿

@cindylynch5259 Ай бұрын

I was adopted..I was born 3 pounds..I never got to meet my parents or seen any pictures of me when I was a baby....I was 6 when I got adopted...by bad people...😢😢...Sad for her 😢

@juliejohnson497 Ай бұрын

I am sorry for you and, as an adoptive parent, very angry at those who were mean to you.

@5u1c1dal24 Ай бұрын

Im same situation exept my abusive adkpted parents refused to adopt me and inly ling term foster because they wanted the money that social services pay foster parwnts, and its alot, and pocketed it all and neglexted me etc. Plus i was put into this foster "care" as a new born so i never ever met my birth family or seen any phots of them

@evaevaeva3131 Ай бұрын

😢Best wishes to you❤We have the same system in Sweden, horrible and cruel against children and parents..@@5u1c1dal24

@user-in7sj2vc6g 27 күн бұрын

I think the mental and spiritual and emotional toughness and the braveness you had to be as a person back then let alone as a woman is amazing but the same time no one deserves to be treated the way she was

@franceyneireland1633 Ай бұрын

In India in recent years a boy was born with four legs and four limbs attached at the abdomen plus a girl born with four arms and four legs in both cases it was a parasitic twin. Both had surgeries to remove their parasitic twin the boy in 2010 and the girl in 2007.

@northernlady212 Ай бұрын

There's an Indian god or goddess rather like that. I think I've heard about a high number of similar people in India 🤔 I wonder if there is something in the Indian genetics 🤔

@Guitarman7133 Ай бұрын

IT'S ALL FROM THE DEPLETED URANIUM THE US ARMY BOMBED AND SHOT UP THE PLACE. FOR 10 YEARS.

@KMStarner82 Ай бұрын

Genetic mutation, and pollution.

@lindasharp8523 Ай бұрын

They marry their cousins sometimes so the genetic pool would be quite weird.

@gaudior13 Ай бұрын

Please refer to your theories as speculation. @northernlady, yes, there is a Hindu (I think) goddess with multiple arms on each side.

@bergenpines1 Ай бұрын

Really enjoyed! You have a very mesmerizing voice! Sad but she atleast had some joy in her life!

@tuft9250 Ай бұрын

The voices used on this channel are AI generated. They are computer created. Some are more 'human' sounding than others.

@bergenpines1 Ай бұрын

@@tuft9250 even more interesting! Well I liked the AI voice, and it enhanced your telling the story! Thanks for the info…..

@forestgirl9233 Ай бұрын

With aaaaall respect to this poor woman and all tragedy and hardship she went through her life, with the statement that she had everything double down there, does it mean she had double periods? And hiw did her digestive system work? Things came out both ways? I mean people only saw her legs but she must have been dealing with so much stuff all her life!

@annabellelee4535 Ай бұрын

I wonder how that worked? She had children from both sets so they had to be fully functional.

@SapiophileGoddess Ай бұрын

I wondered the exact same thing. Especially when he stated that she was confused as to being pregnant on the left side when she said that the right side was being used for… that purpose. Or did I misunderstand? So, two separate uteri?

@Ninjanimegamer Ай бұрын

Yes, if she had double uteruses, therefore she had double periods. She would also have had double bladders, and she had double clitorises. Not necessarily would she have had double stomachs, and it didn't seem like it, or she would have been wider above the waist. She also had double anuses, because it was implied she had "double of everything down there." How that worked one could only imagine. It's crazy how we're still analyzing and dissecting this poor woman's body apart after she's been laid to rest. Curiosity, will get the better of people. Maybe donating her body to science would have been a better choice. Her spirit is long gone, but her body remains a novelty.

@Draggonny Ай бұрын

@@SapiophileGoddess It makes more sense when you understand that ovaries aren't neatly sealed to the ends of the fallopian tubes. Sperm can leave the fallopian tubes and enter the abdominal cavity. So they could have then entered the unsealed end of the other uterus' fallopian tube. It's all highly unusual but so is being a four legged woman.

@Patriot1789 Ай бұрын

Excellent questions and not really answered.

@amrayabaptiste2933 Ай бұрын

I'm so sorry she had to endure this. I wonder how hard it was for her to move about. I am happy that she got married and had a family but sad by the emotional turmoil she had to endure.

@Rastelle7 Ай бұрын

She was a brave girl and woman. ❤❤❤

@melissapinol7279 Ай бұрын

Also remember that for a woman to show her leg above the ankle was considered shameful. I suspect she was raised with the same puritanical attitude everyone had at the time. It was embarrassing in a way it would not be today.

@nuthinmuffins5073 Ай бұрын

When life gives you four legs and two pelvises, make as much lemonade as you can, girl!

@cecoya Ай бұрын

Poor baby she didn't ask for that to happen or anything but made the most out of it.

@trailertrish2587 Ай бұрын

A lot of "Freaks" made a good living married and led relatively normal lives. They were national stars. They had support from the other performers and lived richer lives than they could today with similar disabilities.

@kellydalstok8900 Ай бұрын

She wasn’t one foetus absorbing her twin but an incomplete siamese twin. In the case of identical twins the fertilised egg splits completely before the first cell division and develops into two individuals. When it splits after the first cell division the split is often incomplete, which leads to a siamese twin. The extent to which the two halves are connected varies widely, from just some soft tissue and blood vessels to two half bodies fused together and two heads and ultimately to someone with three or four legs or arms.

@CharityAngelSpectrum Ай бұрын

You're absolutely right. However, the term "Siamese" is a smidge on the racist side - "conjoined" is the modern term. (Though it absolutely is the name they would have used in Myrtle's lifetime.)

@TX200AA Ай бұрын

Barnum was not the originator of the phrase "Suckers, there's one born every minute." It was used against him in court by a banker in a case over the "Cardiff Giant."

@JO-hu4dx Ай бұрын

Poor woman. Double the periods too. 😢

@melissapinol7279 Ай бұрын

Didn't think about that!

@ace6285 Ай бұрын

yes, put your head back into the sand, don’t think, don’t wonder.

@northernlady212 Ай бұрын

@@ace6285 OUCH! Are you perfect? Do you always think of everything from every angle? That Must stop you from doing much as you won't have the time, you'll be too busy thinking.

@ace6285 Ай бұрын

@@northernlady212 The epidemic of people who don’t think and advise the same for others has led us to the idiocy we see all around us now. Of course, perhaps the commenter was making a joke.

@liscatcat8756 Ай бұрын

Women have double periods without having 2 lots of uterus 🙄

@FIZZGIG-RARF Ай бұрын

Thank you for the respect you have given Corbin in this documentary video❤

@catherinepaperart Ай бұрын

Thank you for your informative, and respectable, documentary on Myrtle Corbin. I cannot imagine the hell she must have suffered throughout her life. For someone to consider using her image as a Halloween decoration is so insulting, so insolent as to actually be abusive! It wouldn't surprise me if that decision came from a relative of PT Barnum!

@robinleequinones Ай бұрын

Thank you for the information. God bless that woman.

@blackaliss9488 Ай бұрын

Her back must have been in pain 24/7😢

@freereinartstudio1463 Ай бұрын

Her back and her hips! After seeing her xray, her pelvises don't look like they would bare weight very well.

@lindamoser6317 Ай бұрын

I feel sorry for the child. She had been exploited by both her parents and by Barnum. Her childhood had to be unbearably sad. And adulthood didnt sound much better. She doesnt look happy in the pics. I hope she found some happiness at some point in her life. ❤😢

@moralityisnotsubjective5 Ай бұрын

Honestly in most pics of that time period no one really looks happy. Given that this was during the 1800s where one had to sit entirely still so as not to ruin the exposure that is a contributing factor to the often serious look people of the time had.

@sarahstrong7174 Ай бұрын

Thankyou for sharing.

@annabellelee4535 Ай бұрын

She married a doctor and had 5 healthy children so I'm sure she had happiness.

@lindamoser6317 Ай бұрын

@@annabellelee4535 I would definitely like to think so. In a book I read about her it seems her husband liked the money she could make going on tour too.

@joanhuffman2166 Ай бұрын

Circus people have a reputation for treating each other better than outsiders do.

@jonnavdpas Ай бұрын

She really wasn't that tragic. She found real love, had several healthy children, made huge amounts of money, did a second tour on her own terms, and lived to a relatively advanced age for her time (especially considering her disability and her pregnancies). She sounds like a strong and inspiring woman who made the best our of the cards she was dealt.

@Swelte Ай бұрын

What a unique story!

@JJW77 Ай бұрын

You did an excellent in your narration. I will be viewing your channel, since you don't have the excessive repeats like the other channels...

@Factinate Ай бұрын

Appreciated! Welcome 🤗

@NondeM Ай бұрын

Your initials are the same as my favourite person 🤭

@JJW77 Ай бұрын

@@NondeM Thank you, have a great day!

@stephenstafford3238 Ай бұрын

Amazingly she had a near normal life, as child mortality was 47% and lifespan 60

@rncine Ай бұрын

What she had to endure as a person from ignorant people, glad she was able to work and support her family and still keep her great disposition. This video was great, can you please do a video on PT Barnum, never knew how evil he was to animals and people. ( I am not criticizing you, but Methotrexate is not an antibiotic but a med given as a chemo med. Also for people that have auto - immune problems like Rheumatoid Arthritis and patients that have psoriasis etc)

@gpwcowboy Ай бұрын

She would have to face 100's of millions more ignorant people in today's world.

@Juls716 Ай бұрын

The world is a cruel place to live. No matter where you’re at if you have some sort of extras or deformity, you’re considered an outcast. Even overseas where many have cleft lip and or cleft palate and are unable to afford surgery to have it fixed or are dealing with leg deformities, they are teased and outcasted by members of society. Thank God for Doctors Without Borders! So sad that Corbin passed away at a young age. I would have loved to live back in those days, but with the failing medical knowledge they had back then, not so much. Rip Myrtle Corbin 💐

@D_Cat3 Ай бұрын

This is horrible and disgusting how cruel they were to a human being who should have had surgery. What a nightmare life she lived poor lady.

@Melissa-gc1hz Ай бұрын

Surgery was not an option back then.

@alycewich4472 Ай бұрын

The medical field has vastly changed since Corbin died in 1928 at the age of 59. And her death was almost 100 years ago. Even in the last few years we have made great strides in all of the sciences. We cannot judge the past by what we think they should have known when we have much more information than they did.

@michelleobrien6996 Ай бұрын

First of all surgery was not an option. Second why should she have surgery. Thirdly she had a great life under the circumstances.

@chesthoIe Ай бұрын

I am also a freak and working at haunted houses was the best job I have ever had in my entire life. I got treated like a rock star with an interesting body instead of only getting the brave to ask me what is wrong at my office job, while everyone else talked about me behind my back. I bet she went back to show business because she liked it.

@nickelliott1174 Ай бұрын

Sad. But at least she was able to earn a decent amount of money. I know it was a terrible way to do it, but all her private business was already public knowledge. And we can't be hard on societal norms of 150 years ago, look at the absolute disgrace we have in trashy social media and reality tv. 150 years from now people may be looking at us and saying can you believe what these people were doing?

@alycewich4472 Ай бұрын

🎯

@tinytt854 Ай бұрын

More than decent for that time in history.

@eurekahope5310 Ай бұрын

I love the term "presentism." It is our insistence on judging people from the past based on the standards of today.

@kathyreinhardt8998 Ай бұрын

Extraordinary story.....thank you so much for sharing.

@moonprincessRN Ай бұрын

There was no "good news" about her death. She clearly did not want to die and was otherwise healthy.

@Matilda-y Ай бұрын

It’s a very high salary for the time, i dont understand why at least one parent didn’t go with her to care for her.

@alycewich4472 Ай бұрын

Her father did for several years before PT Barnum came into the picture. I'm guessing that he thought she was old enough to be left with him. After all, there were children who were given to trades people as an apprentice to learn the trade, thus ensuring the child would have a better life than the parents.

@northernlady212 Ай бұрын

Also, when she was with P T Barnum, she was in a community of people who were earning their living by showing what made them unique.

@athena8729 Ай бұрын

7,000$/week

@susanc4622 29 күн бұрын

I’m assuming it was a twin that didn’t develop. Terribly sad.

@cousinbull Ай бұрын

If i were Myrtle's family, i would SUE whoever decided to put her photograph in Halloween decorations. 10 years or 100 years, family is family.

@lzzy8262 Ай бұрын

I live in Blount County, Tennessee and did know this.

@daisysingh4659 Ай бұрын

Very unique and interesting! Thanks for sharing

@anastasiabeaverhausen8652 Ай бұрын

Methotrexate (the medication showed when they were discussing her fatal infection) is a chemotherapy medication frequently used to treat Psoriasis as well as Psoriatic and/or Rheumatoid Arthritis. Odd choice, as they were lamenting the lack of antibiotics. 🤷🏻‍♀️

@cosmicrae Ай бұрын

I take it for my Rheumatoid Arthritis. Very small doses tho. It's very strong for the liver 😭

@anastasiabeaverhausen8652 Ай бұрын

@@cosmicrae I am so very sorry that you have to take it at all. I had taken it off & on for nearly 30 years and suddenly developed toxicity to it. Please look up the symptoms of an extreme side effect 'Omental Infarction'; I had a blood clot and nearly died because I was misdiagnosed. Even a matter of mere HOURS later? The ER would NOT admit their mistake and treat me appropriately. By this time, my platelets were dropping so rapidly I needed a blood transfusion - my Dermatologist ended up admitting me to the hospital. 😔😕😥😖🤬 Be safe. ❤️‍🩹