A Day In History

A Brief "Dark" History Of Freak Shows (2021x11)

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Freak shows were traveling carnivals of people with physical disabilities and abnormalities. They would traverse the country, usually under an exploitative ringmaster, as acts for people to gawk and marvel at. Typical performers in a freak show would include: a bearded lady, conjoined twins, dwarves, heavily tattooed or pierced individuals, or anyone with an excess of body hair or deformed features.