The “bearded lady” is a cliché—a staple of a carnival freak show, a sideshow, a Ryan Murphy show. But despite her success as a cultural meme, the original bearded lady elicited little more ...

1, 2005 — -- Show me a bearded lady, a knife thrower ... and a prospective law student who relaxes on a bed of nails. Many sideshow stars don't mind being called "freak," at least when ...

But, overall, her feelings seem mixed: While it's good to see a bearded lady on TV, it's not so good to see her presented in the usual sideshow, "other" context. Miller spoke to Cosmopolitan.com ...

The whole of it is focused on the life (and afterlife) of Pastrana, a “bearded lady” sideshow performer of the 19th century who died at the age of 26, but whose mummified body was exhibited as ...

A man and woman nicknamed ‘The Bearded Lady’ and ‘Lobster Boy’ have ... It opened in 2006, and is a circus sideshow with a museum of oddities.

Police have little to go on, given that the perp’s description — a woman in a costume — fit hundreds of other revelers (and at least one Coney Island Sideshow performer). At least two other bank ...

“When your bearded lady starts to shave ... Today’s handful of sideshow equivalents are more extreme. The Jim Rose Circus, for instance, features Mr. Lifto, a man who lifts weights dangling ...

Now that October is here, it feels only appropriate to highlight some of the odd, spooky, or scary parts from Genesee County’s past. In many ways nothing exemplifies the oddities of the world ...

Major Hollywood productions like American Horror Story and The Greatest Showman have exposed audiences to the wonder of the "bearded woman". These women were previously displayed in circus ...