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a sign that says as strange as it seems

The Sideshow and Freakshow News Central with Sword Swallowers, Fire Breathers, Freaks, Sideshow Performers, and more.

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an old photo of two women standing next to each other with their arms around one another

When I was a little girl, nothing terrified me more than going to the circus, which for some reason, my family loved taking me to. Despite my pleads of, "Noooo, I don't want to!", which they probably thought were the pleadings and rantings of a bratty little girl (I wasn't bratty, I was a good girl). But, they were the pleadings of a very scared girl! Clowns, freaks, it was all horrific to me. I remember going to freak shows as a little girl and coming home traumatized. Now that I'm older…

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three girls standing on the back of a truck in front of an advertisement for beer

I grew up on a circus. My family owned a little circus, "Beers & Barnes" up until 1967. Part of the family stayed on in circus business until the 1990's on Clyde Beatty Cole Brothers. (that's where I met my husband) This photo is of my mom and aunts, taken in 1942. (we're still scanning old family photos) Mom is the second one up, then Aunt Sadie and Aunt Lois on top.

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an old black and white photo of three children with a dog in front of them

Entertainer. Born Elly Annie Schneider, the daughter of Gustav and Emma Schneider in Stolpen, Germany. She and three older siblings all inherited dwarfism. The two eldest, Grace (Frieda) and Harry (Kurt), traveled to the US the year she was born, and toured with a Wild West show. Their manager also brought sisters...

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