P. T. Barnum’s 10 Most Famous Human “Freak” Show Attractions
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Күн бұрынDuring 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.
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@vzwc89 5 жыл бұрын
For some reason, I really liked that they were well paid. PT Barnum obviously valued his freaks and made sure they were taken care of. That's not in line with the freak show stereotype.
@riannamajzoub5241 5 жыл бұрын
It's probably cause he had a physical disability himself(even in the photos you can tell) and technically created a safe haven in a way. Years from now I am not surprised if current day self advocates start getting put on blast for corruption or collusion cause (no offense to my homies in autistic community) I have started noticing alarming trends involving mostly millenial age women and younger in different disabilities communities turn to pagentry and modeling more than looking into other options due to lack of resources and/or gender bias in different agencies. Older women like Temple Grandin and Susan Boyle seem more clean cut and more inspired than Heather Kuzmich and one other chick who said she felt compeled into this type of work to feel better about herself and gain acceptance.
@SalahEddineH 5 жыл бұрын
Exactly! Whenever I hear "Freak show" I think of the cruel exploitation of disabled people (basically like circus animals). I really like that they didn't do the job because they were starving and that they weren't mistreated. He turned them into performers, rather than something he makes money with. Impressive. Cheers!
@Maki-00 5 жыл бұрын
I remember someone from the freak show saying in an interview that they were grateful to be there because they wouldn't have had any job opportunities otherwise with their physical limitations.
@Maki-00 5 жыл бұрын
Honin Akecheta Yeah, that's f'ed up, but these people's lives would have been much worse without him. What else could a man with no arms or legs have done in that time?
@JetSteele 5 жыл бұрын
@Honin Akecheta The cage was part of the act,he wasn't kept there all the time, it was a performance. And it was his "pinhead" situation that brought about the missing link act. You're the one who brought race into it.
@LinkiePup 4 жыл бұрын
Today this sounds so wrong. But Barnum paid these people, and legitimately gave them a chance to make a living when no one would give them that chance.
@QUARTERMASTEREMI6 4 жыл бұрын
I agree - we cannot try to compare the past to our standards, our morals, or our ethics today as they'll never align.
@janellephoenix4378 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, people seem to not get that it was better to be in a “freak” show getting paid than to have your family haul you off and have you locked up in an Insane Asylum. That’s what happened to people with disabilities who weren’t employable; their families saw them as a burden and embarrassment and had them hidden away. The Asylum was hell on earth.
@TouchedByAUncle 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah they pretty much got rich from doing his shows.
@nancypiccirillo405 3 жыл бұрын
I agree. They were paid well and had a choice to leave when they wanted.
@vladavram9209 3 жыл бұрын
Except for the old lady... But I'm glad he treated the others right
@dudevahkiin3858 4 жыл бұрын
They all married and had kids. And here I am, a normal looking guy in his late twenties trying to teach my cat a backflip. Edit; To answer the question, yes, my cat can do a backflip now. All I needed was a cucumber.
@paintinganimalsonrocks7633 4 жыл бұрын
Just remember, only one out of two marriages last.
@MangoPuree 4 жыл бұрын
i'd pay to see a cat do a backflip
@ChristianDoretti 4 жыл бұрын
They weren't as materialistic and superficial as we are today...
@daniele9209 4 жыл бұрын
@@ChristianDoretti yes sure..... Did you miss the part of the video where it says they were all filthy rich?
@ChristianDoretti 4 жыл бұрын
@@daniele9209 Nah, still, someone same would marry them on today's standards, they are so asymmetric that they were scary.
@butter_beez 4 жыл бұрын
Can we all agree though that the picture of General Tom Thumb is really adorable-
@tommillard4193 3 жыл бұрын
And he was loaded and also had a wife I'm able bodied and have neither of those things
@chuckrobinson599 3 жыл бұрын
He was a man, just smaller than most, that's all. It was Barnum that put together the crazy stories, that made these people somebody you'd pay to see.
@FabFanFour 3 жыл бұрын
I've always loved it.
@ushalweerathunga7081 2 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of mini khabib
@Silkendrum 6 жыл бұрын
It's easy to dislike P. T. Barnum for exploiting both his "exhibits" and his customers, but on the other hand, he paid his employees extremely well under their contracts, much better than he had to, and he let them keep what they earned, no charges for room and board and costumes. Very unusual in that era.
@_MythicalWolf 6 жыл бұрын
Silkendrum that's what I was thinking. And honestly he was offering well paying work for people with deformities that even in today's world will generally land you penniless and alone. Seems like most people who were with him lived happier, healthier lives then a lot of people.
@MysteriumArcanum 6 жыл бұрын
and the myth that he was a conman purposely duping people is exactly that, a myth. His audiences knew there was quite a fair bit of embellishment in his acts and spectacles but they were only there for entertainment so in their eyes it didn't matter that he was stretching the truth. It's the same reason people go to magic shows today even though there have been countless programs debunking the tricks; it's all for the purpose of entertainment.
@JoseFlores-xh5cj 6 жыл бұрын
Well his workers signed contracts on their free will, and most of them worked for him for years, I'm going to assume they liked the money they were making and how they were treated.
@gratefuldead4605 6 жыл бұрын
And he treated them with humanely. Wealthy people tended to treat the lower classes as if they were nothing more than animals in those days.
@bigstink9 6 жыл бұрын
Jose Flores How can a mentally handicapped person sigh a contract of their own free will?? I doubt most of them knew what they were signing anyway.
@Spills51 5 жыл бұрын
45 lbs and can lift 300?? DAMN SON!!!!
@Thenotfunnyperson 5 жыл бұрын
Got that ant power.
@wokeslush9489 4 жыл бұрын
Spills51 I thought I was cool for being 115 and lifting 200...
@pdot8659 4 жыл бұрын
Spills51 Aliens
@gucci355 4 жыл бұрын
@@wokeslush9489 ur still cool 😊
@wokeslush9489 4 жыл бұрын
G U C C I • Thank you :) I bet you’re cooo aswell
@nabihak2743 4 жыл бұрын
this dude looks like vsauce more than vsauce looks like vsauce
@BlueBaeChai 4 жыл бұрын
uno reverse card lmaooo
@informacionnatural7197 4 жыл бұрын
He is vsause
@Bl4cKz1ll4 4 жыл бұрын
Heyyyy....vsauce..it's vsauce here
@k_go4049 4 жыл бұрын
I just realized hes not by seeing this comment
@baileylevanen9009 4 жыл бұрын
I thought it was v sauce
@RicardoEsteves 4 жыл бұрын
That guy had no arms and no legs and still managed to marry and have 5 children... What's _your_ excuse?
@danndidntask4057 4 жыл бұрын
Ugly
@justaweeb9813 3 жыл бұрын
@@danndidntask4057 nah fam, you a snacc
@lindajosen82 3 жыл бұрын
I don’t want kids
@rosanneennis725 3 жыл бұрын
Erectile dysfunction
@danndidntask4057 3 жыл бұрын
Just a weeb thank you
@TheLeper2001 5 жыл бұрын
I'm just glad they got well paid
@ENEN-tz6eg 4 жыл бұрын
They didn’t.
@VeganMotorcyclePilot 4 жыл бұрын
Elephants are better can whip and no pay
@lizzaangelis3308 4 жыл бұрын
They went from being paid to not being able to be hired pretty quickly unfortunately
@kristinaj9159 3 жыл бұрын
@@VeganMotorcyclePilot you're wrong for saying/thinking that
@kristinaj9159 3 жыл бұрын
@Andy C they weren't always paid well for a long time and they weren't able to be hired after
@dabeez.kneez_ 5 жыл бұрын
5:58 "Sometimes they would dress him up as a snake, a caterpillar, or a potato" what😂😂
@vonmarlon4221 5 жыл бұрын
I know right. I feel so bad but I lost it at that. 🤣
@maggiee639 5 жыл бұрын
Dress me up as a potato
@sen2334 4 жыл бұрын
A kawaii potato
@queenmak-rblx8270 4 жыл бұрын
Human Trash yas queen
@thehairclipgirl5241 4 жыл бұрын
I died 😂
@bellat3280 4 жыл бұрын
Its nice to know, Phineas treated his employees with so much care. He payed them well, and treated them as equal.
@jessycac6311 2 жыл бұрын
no he didn’t lol
@lisachatham1127 2 жыл бұрын
I actually lived in P.T. Barnam's house he built for his wife and children in Denver Colorado. It is now an AirBNB. It was a beautiful old Victorian style house with 7 bedrooms, 3 living rooms and a very large kitchen and dining room. I love that house and all it's history.
@SnowyMidnite 2 жыл бұрын
Please, let this not be lie...❤ if not, u just lived my dream! I LOVE OLD STUFF! And HISTORY'!
@bazookahorse 5 жыл бұрын
Abraham Lincoln was amused by midgets is the best thing I've heard all year.
@mattjones1992 5 жыл бұрын
BazookaHorse I don’t know why this comment is so funny 😂
@sylvadob1229 4 жыл бұрын
And he was a giant
@michaelheeheejackson7255 4 жыл бұрын
@@sylvadob1229 6'4 is hardly a giant.
@sylvadob1229 4 жыл бұрын
@@michaelheeheejackson7255 to the midgets he was
@superflan2981 4 жыл бұрын
@@michaelheeheejackson7255 only 1% of people are over 6'4 smartie pants
@kellie5476 6 жыл бұрын
To get to 80 years old anyway in 1836 is freaky enough they didn't need to lie.
@ariefraiser140 6 жыл бұрын
michael Longford yeah...especially if you were black
@donovanchilton5817 6 жыл бұрын
Seriously, though. Everyone dropped dead at 35 and she lives to be 80.
@Adam-zq4ty 6 жыл бұрын
Not quite that low, more so around 50
@puppetmasterey 6 жыл бұрын
A dam still though, being black on that time period and living to your 80s was a miracle. Living to 80+ in the modern era with medical science what it is, is a miracle. Your lucky to live past 70
@Primalxbeast 6 жыл бұрын
A dam The average lifespan back then gives you a really inaccurate view of how long someone was likely to live because a very high child mortality rate skewed that statistic very far towards the low end.
@doyourworseneatme 3 жыл бұрын
People have tried to vilify Barnum for years but he loved each and everyone of his performers in the freak show and made sure no one hurt any of them, they were all well taken care of and all of their health care needs were met. Without PT they didn't stand a chance outside of the show.
@Hannah-zw9ow 2 жыл бұрын
I mean… multiple things can be true at once. It is wrong to pay money to mock and make fun of people. They also were paid well.
@Factsonmen 2 жыл бұрын
They would have been mocked by people regardless, Atleast they got paid handsomely for the mocking
@SnowyMidnite 2 жыл бұрын
@@Factsonmen and making people laugh.
@realityquotient7699 4 жыл бұрын
For a bunch of people who were 'exploited' they sure made a great living as entertainers and lived long and happy lives.
@KittyNoir3083 5 жыл бұрын
*”HEY VSAUCE... Michael here”* Come on I can’t be the only one that thought this ?
@gamingwolf8319 5 жыл бұрын
아시리 I thought it was vsauce until I heard the voice lol
@potatoflopper2210 5 жыл бұрын
Looks like yo mama
@soapychaos 5 жыл бұрын
아시리 I thought it was Vsauce also.
@hollydavia955 5 жыл бұрын
literally about to comment that
@ValecitaPlaza 5 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@oppaloopa3698 3 жыл бұрын
This is 2 years late but I commend Top Tenz for their respectful behavior. As a disabled person, I was hesitant to click on the video given how people treat my people. It’s even worse when they’re referring to the past. I’m touched by how kind and honorable the script is. I truly am in awe. Thank you.
@fenfaerielee94 3 жыл бұрын
Differently abled just sounds ableist to me 🤷♀️
@fenfaerielee94 3 жыл бұрын
@@Stevie-steel Maybe ableist is the wrong term, but what I meant was the word disabled shouldn't be seen as a bad thing. When people use words like differently abled etc it's like it's almost infantilising or shaming disability. Like ohh it's okayy you're not disabled, you're differently abled! :D Also I think it can run the risk of completely dismissing/downplaying the ways your particular disability affects your life, and the fact you need support in some ways It kind of sucks how even the word disabled can make people with disabilities recoil and feel lesser than (including myself)
@camilladyrefrank 3 жыл бұрын
@@Stevie-steel You can identify however you want, but that goes for other people, too. I call myself autistic, not a person with autism. Just like I am also bisexual - not a “person with bisexuality”.
@rapa2894 2 жыл бұрын
@@Stevie-steel how is it not? It is something you can't change that effects the way you live and how others treat you.
@Hannah-zw9ow 2 жыл бұрын
@@Stevie-steel no one called it a medical condition, you’re just treating this like the oppression olympics. Stop trying to prove you’re worse off than everyone else when it literally doesn’t matter.
@Saasan 3 жыл бұрын
My jaw dropped several times from how insanely offensive Barnum's backstories were, but I am glad he at least paid them well. They deserved it, but wow. I hope they enjoyed their lives despite being constantly gawked at.
@AceGoodheart 3 жыл бұрын
Offensive as the backstories may be, it helped sell tickets which in turn made better earnings for the performers.
@FabFanFour 3 жыл бұрын
I miss the freak shows.
@hazelatwood2292 3 жыл бұрын
I just watched a two-hour documentary on the history of the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus on Public Television. I was engrossed the entire two-hours (which is unusual for me). It was really excellent.
@Sir99percent 3 жыл бұрын
@@hazelatwood2292 Would you mind saying what the documentary is called? I'd totally watch that.
@hazelatwood2292 3 жыл бұрын
@@Sir99percent If you Search PBS for American Experience: The Circus, Pt 1. It’s Part One of a Two-Part Documentary that I just watched (which is news to me). I just couldn’t sleep the other night, and thankfully something interesting was on tv. 🤓
@MegaJiffyman 5 жыл бұрын
P.T barnum is such an intriguing character. In a time with literally zero social justice he both took advantage of these people and his customers but at the exact same time built these people up to be proud of who they were and wanted to bring joy to everyone
@TvConfusionn 4 жыл бұрын
Zach Boebel Dickface
@noti7510 4 жыл бұрын
And most got rich!
@weltonvillegal6258 4 жыл бұрын
And had the circus village where performers could retire. I think it was in Florida.
@reuvenknight1575 4 жыл бұрын
@@weltonvillegal6258 it is
@jacrispy3275 4 жыл бұрын
@@TvConfusionn - someone's sour.
@Samuel-ku1qb 5 жыл бұрын
“Chang yu sing?” “No, I only dance.”
@UniqueGeekFreak 4 жыл бұрын
Hahaha😄 I died!!
@ki-ge5qv 4 жыл бұрын
I’m so disappointed, yet so proud
@undertalereacts7519 4 жыл бұрын
👌 perfection
@drumboarder1 4 жыл бұрын
yes but CAN Richard Funk?
@keegyweegy7803 4 жыл бұрын
💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
@brendarose442 5 жыл бұрын
"She had babies (5) out of both sets of legs? " Young man! THAT is not where babies come from (legs). LOL.
@mileyrocks852 4 жыл бұрын
Brenda Rose HAHAHAHA I thought I was the only one who heard it that way lol
@ovrezy 4 жыл бұрын
She had two sets of 'lady parts'
@reuvenknight1575 4 жыл бұрын
Its weird cuz she had her sister's kids and her own, but because she would have been an identical twin no one would know whose was whose.
@Artliker1234 4 жыл бұрын
So her husband tried both vaginas lol the first three some with 2 people
@ohmareshah 4 жыл бұрын
@Joe Striker what? both sets of organs would be the same age. She was one person at the end of the day
@shinigami1315 2 жыл бұрын
PT Barnum was actually a great man who valued people who were shunned from society. I went to the museum when I was a kid and learned a lot. He played people and tricked them yes but he gave a lot to their imagination so these "freaks" could live a great life.
@davidleomorley889 Жыл бұрын
"There's a sucker born every minute" was a saying in the 19th century about P.T Barnum being able to trick people into believing in nonsensical things like the ‘Fiji mermaid,” “The Cardiff Giant” the “161 year old nursemaid” and many other hoaxes designed to earn an income from. The ability continues into the internet age and the fantastical stories & videos on KZfaq about “lost civilizations,” “unexplainable mysteries” and “ancient high technology" put out by profit seeking book authors like Graham Hancock, Brien Foerster, UnchartedX, Erich Von Daniken, Bright Insight, Christopher Dunn, Randall Carlson and others like them are the proof.
@babiskatopodis2787 6 жыл бұрын
They were presented like monsters but lived like kings.
@melissacobb9800 5 жыл бұрын
MONSTERS that got paid more a week then others in a lifetime, hell I'd be a freak for money
@leo.ottesen 5 жыл бұрын
If you think that way, you already are a monster
@scottwoodstock2299 5 жыл бұрын
if you dont want to go see the freaks..stay at home
@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 3 жыл бұрын
@@leo.ottesen Why? They weren't bothered by it...
@miaouew 5 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: the article in the newspaper who accused Joice of being an automaton was actually written after Barnum himself used a pseudonym and sent in loads of such accusations in order to drum up more interest in Joice, which had been waning at the time. It worked...when people heard she might actually be some kind of robot they swarmed to come see her, which had the added effect of making almost everyone who had already paid to see her at least once come back for a return visit out of curiosity. Barnum may have been a scumbag but he was an entertainment industry genius.
@THEPELADOMASTER 5 жыл бұрын
Not mutually exclusive. A lot of geniuses are scumbags actually
@miaouew 5 жыл бұрын
@@THEPELADOMASTER very true
@danielsantos6437 5 жыл бұрын
@@miaouew Being a genius also means thinking logically and not making decisions based on emotions and primal nature, so most of the time genius people, in the eyes of common folk, seem to be scumbags.
@starlightanddreams1317 5 жыл бұрын
@@danielsantos6437 like a robot or a Vulcan. Very logical without emotional involvement. Sounds like a horrible human to me.
@jennymk01 5 жыл бұрын
You know idk man, he seemed more than fair to the people in the show. Idk what else he did though
@A_JinglyRabbit 4 жыл бұрын
"who're you calling 'pinhead'?"
@carlooblomov4255 4 жыл бұрын
Zip's last words to his sister were "Well, we fooled 'em for a long time, didn't we?"[
@ddd1hhh 4 жыл бұрын
Is “who’re” a word?
@melonybard9578 4 жыл бұрын
John Blakeney I want to know too😆
@MangoPuree 4 жыл бұрын
@@ddd1hhh its a spongebob reference
@Shadamyfan-rs8xc 3 жыл бұрын
I wanna be Dirty Dan
@bread8936 4 жыл бұрын
Most of the people featured in this video sounded like they had better lives than most “normal” people.
@retroladyland2943 5 жыл бұрын
Actually Zip ‘the pinhead’ was perfectly ‘normal’, he did have slight learning difficulties and a smaller head than the average size, but he didn’t actually share the same condition as other famous ‘pinheads’. In fact, on his death bed he allegedly said to his sister ‘We sure fooled them, didn’t we’.
@Jah_LEASE_yah 6 жыл бұрын
P.T . Barnum will always be someone who confounds modern understanding. On the one hand he exploited people who were disabled and put them on display to be laughed or gawked at as if they were less then human, and on the other hand he took people who, in their time, would have probably been societal outcasts and made them apart of a community that would accept them, gave them a purpose, and made them incredibly rich and famous. Was he a villain or a hero? who knows...
@daytonasayswhat9333 5 жыл бұрын
Wow, like, so deep.
@the.44magnumisamonster 5 жыл бұрын
Deep
@goldprime118 5 жыл бұрын
He sounds more like an anti hero.
@saintq3888 5 жыл бұрын
He was...Batman !
@susanb4846 5 жыл бұрын
HERO
@janetslater129 3 жыл бұрын
The Chinese Giant: “He drew a crowd, at least for a short time.” I see what you did there.
@tommillard4193 3 жыл бұрын
If you'll pardon the pun
@edwardkenway1177 4 жыл бұрын
4:42 so her husband was double dipping
@amallukose1485 5 жыл бұрын
He saved all of them from miserable life and gave a wonderful rich life. And they were with other people with challenging condition.
@janellephoenix4378 3 жыл бұрын
Exactly! Most of the time people with disabilities were locked up in Insane Asylums that were hell on earth. He saved them from that terrible fate and gave them a life of their own.
@luigi55125 6 жыл бұрын
Ironically, these people actually had jobs. Money. A purpose. People with these looks nowadays can't even say the same.
@samuellawrencesbookclub8250 6 жыл бұрын
Many deformed persons do work, actually. Of course some deformities prevent them from pursuing certain types of careers, a person with dwarfism will probably be unsuitable for a physically demanding career - but that doesn't mean these anomalies are exempt from working.
@hunterkai6772 6 жыл бұрын
Corvyn Malfoy, Mediocre Collector I think they ment some of the more extreme cases.
@cynthiaverdon526 6 жыл бұрын
Something something username x
@anthonyfreeman6513 5 жыл бұрын
Something something username 500 like
@daydream4life444 5 жыл бұрын
This man was born without arms and legs yet earned A LOT of money, was popular with the ladies, and fathered 5 kids. Dang, that’s amazing in more ways than one! 👏👏👏 And he can light his own cigarette using only his mouth. 😳
@laurab5750 3 жыл бұрын
AND got out of diaper duty!
@arcanepcgamer 3 жыл бұрын
look up nick vujicic no arms no legs no worries :)
@iwatchhentaieverydaywithsenpai 3 жыл бұрын
How did he Frick tho
@javetinoco2181 3 жыл бұрын
@@iwatchhentaieverydaywithsenpai got rided cowgirl position and shizz
@squeaz8268 3 жыл бұрын
Lol the bearded lady one had me cackling. 8:00 It took 3 doctors to go "Hmmmm, yeah I'm pretty sure that's a vagina. You might want a second opinion though"
@circleinfinite 5 жыл бұрын
"she experienced giving birth out of both sets of legs" a term i will only hear once in my lifetime!
@wrathofthelamb318 3 жыл бұрын
That sounds like pure torture
@laurab5750 3 жыл бұрын
The cringe factor redlined. Doesn't that technically mean he slept with her sister?
@Kriegbaum1000 3 жыл бұрын
Technically some of the children are her unborne twin sisters children.
@nigel900 3 жыл бұрын
Sadly during consummation, he had been repeatedly kicked in the nuts, and later suffered E.D.
@erin9680 3 жыл бұрын
@@nigel900 what
@christinegreen6255 6 жыл бұрын
Instead of being dependent upon and possibly feeling like a burden to their families , Mr. Barnum gave them an opportunity to make enough money to financially care for their family. It also gave them a second family of other "freaks" , an opportunity to meet others similar issues as them
@Nirrrina 5 жыл бұрын
That's kind of what I thought. Plus I bet some, like Tom thumb, really enjoyed performing and being famous. So far I haven't heard anything about Barnum mistreating them either. Considering the money they earned it seems fair. Plus if they don't enjoy it they could earn enough pretty quickly to help live a comfortable life. Then just leave. Like the Chinese giant seemed to do.
@stuffstuffer643 5 жыл бұрын
The way he did it was incredibly disrespectful. He put a black man in a cage, and let people question a woman's gender because of a condition she had. He let people disrespect them. And made them think they were anything less than boring.
@SavitarTheSurfingGod 5 жыл бұрын
@@stuffstuffer643 It's not much different then the entertainment industry today they signed contracts and were paid well to act and be gawked at during showtimes honestly it's was probably a better gig then what celebs deal with today what with the constant harassment and paparazzi.
@Tofindexpress 5 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Right now they live basically from their parents or help from the gov because they can't do nothing. What a bs
@narararamammily5386 5 жыл бұрын
Stuff Stuffer I think you’re referring to Josephine Waas. Although we don’t know if she/he was really a hermaphrodite or not. She/He was well-paid like the rest of the performers in PT’s circus and She/He was able to married a guy named George Wass and lived a normal life despite being classified as a “freak”. You need to remember at his time people with a mental disorder or disability are deemed as unacceptable in society and they are usually forced to go to asylum where they will be tortured. He actually provided these guys well-paid money and when their contracts ended, most of them either still work with him or settled down like Josephine. So even though it’s bad that he taking advantage of their disabilities, he’s the reasons why they were able to live a normal life.
@jackhughman9450 3 жыл бұрын
"Sometimes they would dress him up like a snake, a caterpillar or a potato"
@realkushman 3 жыл бұрын
By the time she was 8 she had a full beard “So what you’re saying is she was Italian?” (I’m Italian, don’t send me hate)
@bellemalott9806 3 жыл бұрын
Sending no hate, just love😊
@aryssamansfield9735 3 жыл бұрын
Nobody roasts Italians harder than Italians man.
@camh6328 3 жыл бұрын
I'm not Italian but thanks for giving me a laugh.
@Katharoni 3 жыл бұрын
As an irish person with bushes for legs I concur.
@paul-ld9vh 3 жыл бұрын
It's been said Italian men wear gold chains around their neck so they know where to stop shaving. Lmao
@popes446 6 жыл бұрын
I deadass thought u were vsauce for a second
@ACKRYL 5 жыл бұрын
SAME
@shane_is_dead 5 жыл бұрын
Sameeee
@katvalentine7599 5 жыл бұрын
Same
@addaccount9246 5 жыл бұрын
@jelly puma simon is teh danger
@kloverleavezisdeadlol 5 жыл бұрын
SAME
@kosukemiura1226 5 жыл бұрын
**time travels to the 1800s** random pheasant woman : oh my what a freak! rich guy : i wanna buy you
@qwertyuiop5734 5 жыл бұрын
- aesthetic_boi - wait did you just say pheasant
@cullenholloway8377 4 жыл бұрын
Back in my day a nickle used to cost a penny
@cullenholloway8377 4 жыл бұрын
@CodeHurricane Originals buying people to put on display for shows and make money did that help ?
@cullenholloway8377 4 жыл бұрын
@CodeHurricane Originals i cant help down syndrome people
@noti7510 4 жыл бұрын
Plot twist: The rich guy wanted to buy the talking pheasant.
@spiderj379 3 жыл бұрын
It's great that no one was forced to act and they where all paid extremely well
@lovelydragon23 3 жыл бұрын
Me; getting bullied today for my mental illnesses and disability; to the “freaks”: You guys are getting paid? (They were treated so much better than I’d thought they’d been omg)
@sarahhenry5577 3 жыл бұрын
They were able to make their own money and lives in a time when that wasn't easy for "able bodied" people. We tend to have a very narrow, modern version of these sorts of shows, without understanding what it was like for them. The movie Freaks, actually shows these people as a happy family.
@lovelydragon23 3 жыл бұрын
@@sarahhenry5577 I watched that movie and I did enjoy it very much :) I'm just glad everyone was treated with some degree of respect and professionalism
@LeeLee-pk4ss 6 жыл бұрын
You know the Freak Show gets a bad rap but there are two things that should be pointed out. First the freaks were paid very well and if not for the show they might not have any work and probably die early in life. Second the Freak Show is still around and we all line up on the couch and watch it all the time; "Little People Big World," "My 600lb Life," "The Little Couple," "Little Women: LA," "Hoarders Buried Alive," "The Kardashians," "Long Island Medium," and all of the real housewives shows. My point is don't judge the past because of your so called moralities when the past is alive and well and you are a participant in it.
@applebrush7600 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@cupofmaddyVODS 5 жыл бұрын
The kardashians😂😂
@lepidocrocitequartz4395 5 жыл бұрын
THE KARDASHIANS I'M-
@niylahjaypheonix6979 5 жыл бұрын
Ikr so true... Our TVs are our modern Day freak show
@cupcakelove7173 5 жыл бұрын
Your right
@tiny021085 5 жыл бұрын
At last. A youtuber who just gets right in to the video and doesn't go off subject or try and be zaney and funny. And waits till end to ask for a like and sub. So I did.
@andreasimon2752 4 жыл бұрын
Yea the waiting till the end part is a nice change
@canadiandee6342 3 жыл бұрын
I don’t think you’d like Business Blaze
@karelanneferil5446 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, I agree. I think we actually read the same research on this. Word by word... I remember.
@amandajones661 3 жыл бұрын
Go watch his Business Blaze channel. 🤣🤣🤣
@avissmit2478 2 жыл бұрын
Shame
@nyloncamel9148 5 жыл бұрын
I’ve seen several comments that we no longer have side shows. Yes, we do. Check out the current USA House of Representatives.
@weltonvillegal6258 4 жыл бұрын
Our government in general.
@aprilfox9205 4 жыл бұрын
Oof...😂
@ladyi7609 4 жыл бұрын
You misspelled "the White House".
@patremagilbert8787 3 жыл бұрын
Lol true
@Stevie-steel 3 жыл бұрын
Also.. everything on TLC
@alexaguidry1111 3 жыл бұрын
Does anyone realize this is the greatest snowman
@shrimp274 3 жыл бұрын
SNOWMAN PLSSSS *showman
@shortbean0 3 жыл бұрын
I do... I thought this was common knowledge?
@alexaguidry1111 3 жыл бұрын
@@shortbean0 I thought it was kinda obvious but I did not see anyone else comment it so idk
@finosuilleabhain7781 3 жыл бұрын
'Colonel' Tom Parker: 'Hold my cigar.'
@jewelsgrl 3 жыл бұрын
No, Frosty was the greatest snowman
@MadameRaven1 6 жыл бұрын
11,000 a week? Heck yeah, I'd be in a freak show!
@bittersweethufflepuff6519 6 жыл бұрын
Madame Raven Me : PUT ME IN YOUR FREEK SHOW Manager : But you only have ADHD mrs ... Me : *JUST DO IT !*
@MadameRaven1 6 жыл бұрын
Bitter Sweet Hufflepuff hahaha no doubt!
@philswift52 6 жыл бұрын
But you have to to be a freak first to qualify
@bittersweethufflepuff6519 6 жыл бұрын
Give 1,000 soobs plez . I know that , that's why I have a degree in being that one weirdo at partys that everyone thinks is creepy . *JUST GIVE ME THE JOB*
@aaliyahetc.6687 6 жыл бұрын
He abused them
@madhonib 6 жыл бұрын
Oh! my gosh, that means #7 Myrtle was both Mom And Auntie. Depending on which pair of legs the kid came out of... odd.
@IAMNOTANGEL0123 6 жыл бұрын
mad honeybee i thought that was so weird also
@calichef1962 6 жыл бұрын
I have a LOT more questions about her. I'd LOVE to see an x-ray of her, but I know they probably don't exist. Still, a photo, diagram or pencil sketch would do. I just can't imagine how all the parts come together, ya know? I'm thinking that the twin's lower half must protrude from her lower stomach... maybe? I dunno.
@noka1979 6 жыл бұрын
Her husband was a lucky man
@jasonl.8400 6 жыл бұрын
I’m not trying to laugh but....
@applepeel1662 6 жыл бұрын
2 pussys
@proness1989 4 жыл бұрын
Great video Simon!! Thank you so much for your hard work!! I speak for us all when I say we love your videos!!
@jaithon7254 2 жыл бұрын
The fact that Lincoln liked little people was adorable. Idk if his liking to them had mean intentions or not but if they didn't then that's great!
@Voltanaut 6 жыл бұрын
I have a physical condition that makes me pretty noticeable. Honestly, I wouldn't mind living in the 19th century if it meant earning 11K a week.
@tiko5876 6 жыл бұрын
HarryIsTheGamingGeek when life hands ya lemons...
@Ryan-jx4vh 5 жыл бұрын
Would you mind sharing the physical condition?
@snoutysnouterson 5 жыл бұрын
@@Ryan-jx4vh Why would you want part of his condition?? Weirdo! 😂
@user-km7ch9nd7b 5 жыл бұрын
@@snoutysnouterson i wanna know too... Just curious
@dilloncroom 5 жыл бұрын
Seems like it was a great way to find love as well
@CultureCrash 6 жыл бұрын
This video was really interesting and well researched - loved it!
@randomuserherefornoreason7498 6 жыл бұрын
CultureCrash who are you JK
@timebizzy 6 жыл бұрын
CultureCrash!
@lil_boi_savage2257 6 жыл бұрын
And how was it stolen
@chancesassy7963 6 жыл бұрын
Hey, CC!
@grudecrude3362 6 жыл бұрын
OMG YOUR AWSOME
@mileyrocks852 4 жыл бұрын
I love that most of them had found love after finding their way to P.T. :)
@78asasou 2 жыл бұрын
Barnum was a big showmen and a big heart!
@pineapplecoke7627 5 жыл бұрын
Where is daddy long neck and wide neck
@Thenotfunnyperson 5 жыл бұрын
They could be real attractions lol. I would pay a few bucks to see them irl.
@jegeriufanen4415 5 жыл бұрын
Wide neck's grandgrandgrandson is Corey Taylor
@SubBubz 4 жыл бұрын
@@jegeriufanen4415 wrong, it's corpsegrinder. But on another note, I think it's all the headbanging they do they made their neck so thick. Idk how wide neck got his so thick though. I doubt he likes metal.
@nathalie_desrosiers 4 жыл бұрын
Just besides Daddy-Long-Legs.
@Criticalr6 4 жыл бұрын
Fred Parrish i’m pretty sure he was born with it
@freckledandred 6 жыл бұрын
people say freaks shows are outdated as if no one watches TLC
@aaliyahetc.6687 6 жыл бұрын
Ivy Magaña and Dr.Phil
@yakkyjoe1 6 жыл бұрын
Ivy Magaña or KZfaq!!
@Sparhafoc 6 жыл бұрын
What's really the difference between P.T. Barnum's show, and this actual video by Simon Whistler?
@cadavher 6 жыл бұрын
This is gold lol
@weloveblackpink6383 6 жыл бұрын
Ivy Magaña oop
@chrisuniverse5979 3 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid,my father would always ask me,"so Chris,when are you going to run away with the circus" as I always had a fascination with the freak shows,and would probably make a great freak(won't say which one)
@rosejustice 3 жыл бұрын
I love the research Simon and his team put into all his topics. I was especially pleased to see that Simon also used the correct terminology for people with restricted growth.
@78Soko 6 жыл бұрын
dude with no arms or legs was married with kids. here i am alone with no one.
@tedbundy367 6 жыл бұрын
You don't have the bread he had
@ihateladymacbeth8170 6 жыл бұрын
How does sex even work
@78Soko 6 жыл бұрын
no one told you about the birds and the bees
@ihateladymacbeth8170 6 жыл бұрын
Mike S he has no legs or arms. Does she move him?
@78Soko 6 жыл бұрын
umm she rode him i guess
@jessiejones3858 6 жыл бұрын
The 4 legged girl. How do her periods work? Can each uterus have their own periods at their own time meaning a double period? Could she even have 2 pregnancies at once?
@dramasbomin 5 жыл бұрын
I would assume so since they were both fully capable of carrying and delivering children to term
@devait4752 5 жыл бұрын
@@dramasbomin no, she had only one womb meaning she can't be pregnant twice simultaneously
@whyisnokillthecronch2772 5 жыл бұрын
I was born with two uterus's both were fully functional. The periods were horrible. I didn't find out until I had a hysterectomy at age 28. They told me that I could have carried two different babies at the same time with different fathers if a fertilized egg had gone into each uterus. So glad that didn't happen. My husband might have been pissed too...lol.
@Nouta1 5 жыл бұрын
What would it be like to have sex with her? Two vaginas? How many anuses? Does she ever get confused when she needs to pee? Like sit thinking is gonna come out that one but then it goes down her leg?
@606Pixels 5 жыл бұрын
@Not Hitler Why ew?
@Hakseng 5 жыл бұрын
Wow! Thank you so much! Your videos are all in one. 😍
@casketbutter 4 жыл бұрын
I feel like the reason they were so amused that she looked so old was because 15 was considered middle aged at the time.
@_MythicalWolf 6 жыл бұрын
Okay not gonna lie. It's surprising and kind of neat that most of these not only were volunteers but also were paid amazingly and taken care of.
@d.m.173 6 жыл бұрын
well I am sure the report wasn't on the mentally ill, children or slaves that were forced. I am sure given the time though it was nice to have that opportunity but only because they wouldn't otherwise have any options. The option are unlimited now for everyone now (athough harder for some). They don't HAVE to do only that.
@MartinsGarage97 6 жыл бұрын
I wish we knew how these people felt. Were they thankful for work and were happy to support themselves? I have seen many interviews done in "carnival" towns, they enjoy their town, because no one is different and they don't get bullied. I hope as a people we are a lot more welcoming to different people, but history repeats itself.
@johncomstock2759 6 жыл бұрын
Overall the people Barnum displayed were happy and glad that they could earn a living. Many of them had acts not only in the sideshows but appeared in the three ring ballyhoo that closed the circus performance. One such pair were a man who had no legs and a man who had no arms. They rode around the tent on a tandem bicycle making jokes about their condition. It has been suggested that the "Freak Show" led to wider acceptance of disabled people in general and perhaps more important allowed disabled people to see that their problem wasn't as bad as it could have been.
@jigglypuff52 6 жыл бұрын
There is plenty of information available about that when you Google it. The bearded lady was especially vocal.
@katiebayliss9887 6 жыл бұрын
Random Chaos who wouldn't be happy to support themselves........?
@sCarrieCemetery 6 жыл бұрын
Katie Bayliss, entitled Americans wouldn't.. :)
@dracenstein5556 6 жыл бұрын
Uh 11,000$ A WEEK, a MILLION ! I think they were pretty damn happy.
@victoriaanaredding8915 3 жыл бұрын
Despite P. T. Barnum's "bad" reputation, he helped a ton of people. Especially people who were "odd", "different", and unique(unusual gifts or skills). They wouldn't have been included in normal society and they would never find a steady job of any type, in any industry. Barnum himself knew what being a poor outcast felt like. These folks often had been born with their "odd issues" and Barnum gave them a job that paid well and many other benefits. It was a very different world back then...and he helped a lot of folks who would have been destitute, beggars, and cast outs and folks destened to the dreaded Olms Houses.( Look it up...it's really awful) I'm NOT saying it was perfect, always fair, and correct. But he gave opportunity to people who had nothing.
@shhshepherds6319 3 жыл бұрын
I subscribed- I love how there is very interesting, informative content. I really commend you for getting right to it- and kept right on going through it! 👏🏼👏🏼 it’s rare, but awesome 👏🏼. Thank you
@EVITANDY 5 жыл бұрын
It’s very easy by today’s standards to see Barnum and the other showmen as the villains. Look at how much money these people earned (more than I do today), and then work out what their lives would have been without the show. They weren’t forced into this. They wanted to do this for a living. Barnum seems to have been a decent kind of chap, in the whole.
@jessycac6311 2 жыл бұрын
Joyce was bought as a slave- nobody can get out of the willingly
@EVITANDY 2 жыл бұрын
@@jessycac6311 Too simple an answer - I understand what you are saying, but she had a far better life with Barnum than she would have had otherwise
@jessycac6311 2 жыл бұрын
@@EVITANDY I understand where you’re coming from, and I do agree to an extent. However, I don’t think we should denounce the possible pain and suffering she went through just because she could’ve had it worse.
@EVITANDY 2 жыл бұрын
@@jessycac6311 I am certainly not doing that. But thanks to Barnum, she was looked after a lot more than most. None of this is ideal, but the reality is that it was happening, and some people were trying to make it better for those who were being exploited.
@daphneloose5880 6 жыл бұрын
I am surprised that Ang and Chang Bunker were not on this list. they were P.T. Barnum's famous siamese twins.
@mona-mo3sd 3 жыл бұрын
was abt to say "basically greatest showman, then" when i realised that the greatest showman _was_ based on P.T. Barnum
@davidmccann9811 Жыл бұрын
In London during the 1960s it was still quite common to call someone with messy hair, "The wild man/woman of Borneo." My dad used to sometimes call me this when I woke up in the morning.
@rofln00b 6 жыл бұрын
On one hand, P.T. Barnum took advantage of other peoples' disabilities and displayed them as freaks, pocketing huge amounts of money in the process, but on the other hand, DAMN if he didn't also pay them all enormous sums of money for their performances, AND in some cases even took care of them after they retired!
@lawrenceyoung6985 6 жыл бұрын
"Chang Yu Sing" Me: "No I can't"
@capalot2704 5 жыл бұрын
Lawrence Young 💀 Damnnn bruv
@isabea1791 5 жыл бұрын
😂
@plut_0nyx 5 жыл бұрын
*wheeze*
@Dogasupreme 5 жыл бұрын
Oi Chang sing a Little
@melissacobb9800 5 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@withlessAsbestos 4 жыл бұрын
6:55 he said nineteen sixties but the caption said 1800.
@ilovemydog6847 2 жыл бұрын
I’m glad that they were all well looked after and well paid and not ripped off and exploited. I love all the Top 10 videos. They’re always really interesting well researched and very informative. Brilliant 😊👍🏻.
@Jenna-in4br 2 жыл бұрын
The slave wasn't well paid...
@leiannesw4926 6 жыл бұрын
Great video. I always imagined that the Talent of Barnum were not treated well. Maybe had to join as disability back then could be difficult for a family. But the Employees joined willingly, treated very well, and made great money. And were able to marry, have kids, etc. Amazing lives they had.
@TheProxy066 6 жыл бұрын
LeiAnne Stevens Did you forget about the woman he bought?
@ashtheintroverted7204 6 жыл бұрын
Susie Lee I think we all have to take in account the time period and morals they had. Slavery was still a thing, selling black people wasn't necessarily uncommon. Although I do say that it's a horrible thing now, back then it was just kinda... Eh.
@lucretialee3691 6 жыл бұрын
Susie Lee, yes slavery is bad, and there isn't one argument that can ever justify one person owning another. Yet in the context of the time that this happened it could be said she was treated extremely well. In return for sitting in a chair and telling stories to the audience, she was clothed, fed and her needs met in her old age. Try and imagine what her life could have been like at that age if a more typical slave owner had of bought her...
@hazer3248 6 жыл бұрын
that bearded lady has a lord farquaad hair cut
@addaccount9246 5 жыл бұрын
Well atleast it wont be gay
@codywhite3340 5 жыл бұрын
what time stamp
@Rattlebones427 3 жыл бұрын
very thorough research thank you for your videos thus far
@dr.skulhamr3220 4 жыл бұрын
As usual, a great video. Thank you!
@Shimarenda 6 жыл бұрын
I have a hard time condemning people for attending "freak" shows to see something out of the ordinary considering how much time I've spent this evening trawling KZfaq.
@pzooka 5 жыл бұрын
Calling that dude the missing link was genius advertising
@sireawfulthe1st291 4 жыл бұрын
He is, he's basically the guy who invented clickbait
@fuckinantipope5511 4 жыл бұрын
@@sireawfulthe1st291 OMG! THE MISSING PIECE IN HUMAN EVOLUTION!?! (possibly gone sexual)
@davidcopson5800 2 жыл бұрын
They also had a guy they claimed could fart for five minutes continuously. However, he ran out of gas and they called him the missing stink.
@badactor3440 2 жыл бұрын
PT Barnum was a Saint. He made many people rich who would have otherwise been cursed with miserable lives.
@robertdyer5294 3 жыл бұрын
I really like the way you put this together. Fascinating ! I just subscribed
@luckz4873 5 жыл бұрын
Today you just open KZfaq and you can admire thousands of freaks from the comfort of your sofa 😗
@annapaulikonis2433 5 жыл бұрын
U got that right.
@itsnotmeitsme3923 5 жыл бұрын
Luck z and for free 💰
@nakedmario6155 4 жыл бұрын
Marie ! Unless u got Premium
@pavelvalcov6539 5 жыл бұрын
Why does this guy look like Michael from Vsauce?LMAO
@pandyy 5 жыл бұрын
I DONT KNOW LOL
@thechickenmaster6543 5 жыл бұрын
coz he be bald
@garfield9735 5 жыл бұрын
He's a wannabe
@cinnamonsinner4619 5 жыл бұрын
LMFAOOOO KAWAIII CHAN
@snoutysnouterson 5 жыл бұрын
Bald head, beard, glasses.
@dr.rajasaurusandunclebonec6526 4 жыл бұрын
When ppl see something like this on KZfaq they'd probably expect the people mentioned to have a hard and tragic life, I'm glad all these guys had a happy and wealthy ending!
@cucharlie2006 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Very informative.
@sandy4498 5 жыл бұрын
We don't have side shows any more, we have reality shows now
@munchocrisps 5 жыл бұрын
Yes, like the Got Talent series.
@FreeJennJenn 5 жыл бұрын
Sandra Tebar 🤯
@justinaldous5671 5 жыл бұрын
There's on in Venice Beach...
@violetdusk1968 4 жыл бұрын
The reality shows are even more of a freak show
@actuallyNo... 4 жыл бұрын
...they travel around with our fairs. SO, THUR'S ALWAYS ONE U CAN VISIT.
@debbiegross3136 6 жыл бұрын
They were also referred to as monsters! ☹️ I am glad they made the money they did if they had to be in a “freak” show.
@samuelfernandez6516 6 жыл бұрын
Debbie Gross they chose to be in the show
@YoloBagels 6 жыл бұрын
I would have done it if I were them. $11k per week? They made more money in a month than people back then made in 5 years.
@Artyomthewalrus 6 жыл бұрын
The freakshow was a fantastic thing for these people. Otherwise they would have either been destitute and pennyless, or locked away in a hospital or insane asylum. Most would be unable to get work any other way, and this gave them a better way of life than virtually any one else with their disabilities, even today.
@livingoctopus 6 жыл бұрын
I would imagine that it would be something of a family for them as their actual families probably would’ve shunned them for their oddities especially for people of their time
@brooklynvilla7082 6 жыл бұрын
Ok yeah... unless you were the first person who was a slave to him.
@TheAcquibajo 5 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@viaurgalaxygurl1014 4 жыл бұрын
So that old joice lady was like the 1800s Danielle Cohn no one knows her age
@chocod1352 6 жыл бұрын
The Greatest Showman is a great film and very interesting to find out about the real thing. great video
@olivermiller265 6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, he was much worse than the movie xD
@GlacialScion 6 жыл бұрын
The Greatest Showman is basically complete fiction.
@TheForgottenPortrait 6 жыл бұрын
TootTootMcbumbersnazzle Damn. People have different tastes. Why are you so bitter?
@snipsnip9442 6 жыл бұрын
Right?
@JABRIEL251 6 жыл бұрын
Well ... the cliffnotes watered down version anyway.
@Jebbtube 6 жыл бұрын
On the one hand, Barnum did give these folks a living and even fortune that they'd never have gotten otherwise. On the other hand, he was a swindler, and exploited these people to no end.
@dunno71 6 жыл бұрын
MagnuMagnus your right but that’s what helped him pay the performers well
@loomick 5 жыл бұрын
just like most corporations nowadays.
@rbrainsop1 5 жыл бұрын
He didn't exploit them. The definition of exploit is to benefit UNFAIRLY from someone's work, either by overworking or underpaying them, and he did neither. Simply benefiting from something the modern mind finds distasteful is NOT exploitation
@WhyYouMadBoi 5 жыл бұрын
It;s not exploiting if you're being paid extremely well. Its basically being paid for people to look at you and you light a cigarette
@ShadowSumac 4 жыл бұрын
On one hand this is the story of exploitation of human deformities and disabilities, on the other, this exploitation gave those people chance to acknowledged, rich and find happiness and families. Also, in a manner it is very inspirational - even if those people who faced hardships, most people can't even imagine, could find themselves love and families, it means that everyone else have chances to do that.
@bigmax5780 Жыл бұрын
Exploitation would be making money of them solely keeping it to themselves, but he gave it to the freaks too so
@hearliestheglobe8423 2 жыл бұрын
I just wish that Ota Benga's story was as happy as Barnum's people seemed to be. Although he did father 2 children in end and i think that his story is much more well documented than any of Barnum's attractions.
@RowanSteyn3D 6 жыл бұрын
who u calling a pinhead?
@calichef1962 6 жыл бұрын
My mother and grandparents actually knew a circus performing pinhead who went by the stage name "Schlitzy the Pinhead." Apparently he was a very nice man, even if he was intellectually challenged. They also knew one of the clowns in the movie "The Greatest Show On Earth." Lefty Frizzel, the man who wrote the song, "Long, Black Veil," was their next-door neighbor for a time. Then I came along, and they never met another famous person, although I did speak to Susan St. James on the phone once when she was arranging the services of my grandparents' business.
@AnonyMous-vs2tq 6 жыл бұрын
SANDY! NO
@giannegomed2209 6 жыл бұрын
QuickscopingFTW I'M DIRTY DAN!
@martiqueheisler5959 6 жыл бұрын
Son of Poseidon No, I'm Dirty Dan!
@gracefuller9554 6 жыл бұрын
*casually punches Dirty Dan out of the way* Now its your turn, Pinhead Larry.
@mohdshow 6 жыл бұрын
This reminded me of American Horror Story season 4. Any AHS fans in the house?
@nez3749 6 жыл бұрын
Right here!
@agnidiptachakraborty5169 6 жыл бұрын
Me
@infinitive7654 6 жыл бұрын
😍
@Catiisunknown 6 жыл бұрын
this is literally what it was based on
@angel-ox5rt 6 жыл бұрын
Cati D nah season 4 was based on the movie Freaks (1932), even some of the characters are similar
@nathanpell-cook499 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome video
@apoorwtiwari5483 2 жыл бұрын
A very informative video it was.❤
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