History: Freaks Of Nature

1884 - Joseph Merrick, exhibited as "The Elephant Man" by Tom Norman in London's East End.
1932 - Tod Browning's Pre-Code-era film Freaks tells the story a traveling freakshow. The use real freaks in the film provoked public outcries, and the film was relegated to obscurity until its re-release at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival.
1960 - Albert-Alberta Karas (two siblings, each half man, half woman) exhibits with Bobby Reynolds on sideshow tour.
1992 - Grady Stiles (the lobster boy) is shot in his home in Gibsonton, Florida.