P. T. Barnum’s 10 Most Famous Human “Freak” Show Attractions

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During 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 лет назад

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 лет назад

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 лет назад

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 лет назад

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 лет назад

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 лет назад

@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.

@Silkendrum 6 лет назад

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 лет назад

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 лет назад

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 лет назад

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 лет назад

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 лет назад

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.

@LinkiePup 4 года назад

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 3 года назад

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 года назад

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 года назад

Yeah they pretty much got rich from doing his shows.

@nancypiccirillo405 3 года назад

I agree. They were paid well and had a choice to leave when they wanted.

@vladavram9209 3 года назад

Except for the old lady... But I'm glad he treated the others right

@butter_beez 4 года назад

Can we all agree though that the picture of General Tom Thumb is really adorable-

@tommillard4193 3 года назад

And he was loaded and also had a wife I'm able bodied and have neither of those things

@chuckrobinson599 3 года назад

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 года назад

I've always loved it.

@ushalweerathunga7081 2 года назад

Reminds me of mini khabib

@dabeez.kneez_ 5 лет назад

5:58 "Sometimes they would dress him up as a snake, a caterpillar, or a potato" what😂😂

@vonmarlon4221 5 лет назад

I know right. I feel so bad but I lost it at that. 🤣

@maggiee639 5 лет назад

Dress me up as a potato

@sen2334 4 года назад

A kawaii potato

@queenmak-rblx8270 4 года назад

Human Trash yas queen

@thehairclipgirl5241 4 года назад

I died 😂

@Spills51 5 лет назад

45 lbs and can lift 300?? DAMN SON!!!!

@Thenotfunnyperson 5 лет назад

Got that ant power.

@wokeslush9489 4 года назад

Spills51 I thought I was cool for being 115 and lifting 200...

@pdot8659 4 года назад

Spills51 Aliens

@gucci355 4 года назад

@@wokeslush9489 ur still cool 😊

@wokeslush9489 4 года назад

G U C C I • Thank you :) I bet you’re cooo aswell

@bellat3280 4 года назад

Its nice to know, Phineas treated his employees with so much care. He payed them well, and treated them as equal.

@jessycac6311 2 года назад

no he didn’t lol

@dudevahkiin3858 4 года назад

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 года назад

Just remember, only one out of two marriages last.

@MangoPuree 4 года назад

i'd pay to see a cat do a backflip

@ChristianDoretti 4 года назад

They weren't as materialistic and superficial as we are today...

@daniele9209 4 года назад

@@ChristianDoretti yes sure..... Did you miss the part of the video where it says they were all filthy rich?

@ChristianDoretti 4 года назад

@@daniele9209 Nah, still, someone same would marry them on today's standards, they are so asymmetric that they were scary.

@TheLeper2001 5 лет назад

I'm just glad they got well paid

@ENEN-tz6eg 4 года назад

They didn’t.

@VeganMotorcyclePilot 4 года назад

Elephants are better can whip and no pay

@lizzaangelis3308 4 года назад

They went from being paid to not being able to be hired pretty quickly unfortunately

@kristinaj9159 3 года назад

@@VeganMotorcyclePilot you're wrong for saying/thinking that

@kristinaj9159 3 года назад

@Andy C they weren't always paid well for a long time and they weren't able to be hired after

@MegaJiffyman 5 лет назад

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 года назад

Zach Boebel Dickface

@noti7510 4 года назад

And most got rich!

@weltonvillegal6258 4 года назад

And had the circus village where performers could retire. I think it was in Florida.

@reuvenknight1575 4 года назад

@@weltonvillegal6258 it is

@jacrispy3275 4 года назад

@@TvConfusionn - someone's sour.

@lisachatham1127 2 года назад

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 года назад

Please, let this not be lie...❤ if not, u just lived my dream! I LOVE OLD STUFF! And HISTORY'!

@nabihak2743 4 года назад

this dude looks like vsauce more than vsauce looks like vsauce

@BlueBaeChai 4 года назад

uno reverse card lmaooo

@informacionnatural7197 4 года назад

He is vsause

@Bl4cKz1ll4 4 года назад

Heyyyy....vsauce..it's vsauce here

@k_go4049 4 года назад

I just realized hes not by seeing this comment

@baileylevanen9009 4 года назад

I thought it was v sauce

@kellie5476 6 лет назад

To get to 80 years old anyway in 1836 is freaky enough they didn't need to lie.

@ariefraiser140 6 лет назад

michael Longford yeah...especially if you were black

@donovanchilton5817 6 лет назад

Seriously, though. Everyone dropped dead at 35 and she lives to be 80.

@Adam-zq4ty 6 лет назад

Not quite that low, more so around 50

@puppetmasterey 6 лет назад

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 лет назад

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.

@KittyNoir3083 5 лет назад

*”HEY VSAUCE... Michael here”* Come on I can’t be the only one that thought this ?

@gamingwolf8319 5 лет назад

아시리 I thought it was vsauce until I heard the voice lol

@potatoflopper2210 5 лет назад

Looks like yo mama

@soapychaos 5 лет назад

아시리 I thought it was Vsauce also.

@hollydavia955 5 лет назад

literally about to comment that

@ValecitaPlaza 5 лет назад

Me too!

@realityquotient7699 4 года назад

For a bunch of people who were 'exploited' they sure made a great living as entertainers and lived long and happy lives.

@doyourworseneatme 3 года назад

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 года назад

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 года назад

They would have been mocked by people regardless, Atleast they got paid handsomely for the mocking

@SnowyMidnite 2 года назад

@@Factsonmen and making people laugh.

@amallukose1485 5 лет назад

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 года назад

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.

@oppaloopa3698 3 года назад

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 года назад

Differently abled just sounds ableist to me 🤷‍♀️

@fenfaerielee94 3 года назад

@@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 года назад

@@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 года назад

@@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 года назад

@@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.

@RicardoEsteves 4 года назад

That guy had no arms and no legs and still managed to marry and have 5 children... What's _your_ excuse?

@danndidntask4057 3 года назад

Ugly

@justaweeb9813 3 года назад

@@danndidntask4057 nah fam, you a snacc

@lindajosen82 3 года назад

I don’t want kids

@rosanneennis725 3 года назад

Erectile dysfunction

@danndidntask4057 3 года назад

Just a weeb thank you

@retroladyland2943 5 лет назад

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’.

@babiskatopodis2787 6 лет назад

They were presented like monsters but lived like kings.

@melissacobb9800 5 лет назад

MONSTERS that got paid more a week then others in a lifetime, hell I'd be a freak for money

@leo.ottesen 5 лет назад

If you think that way, you already are a monster

@scottwoodstock2299 5 лет назад

if you dont want to go see the freaks..stay at home

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 3 года назад

@@leo.ottesen Why? They weren't bothered by it...

@shinigami1315 2 года назад

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 Год назад

"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 RU-vid 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.

@A_JinglyRabbit 4 года назад

"who're you calling 'pinhead'?"

@carlooblomov4255 4 года назад

Zip's last words to his sister were "Well, we fooled 'em for a long time, didn't we?"[

@ddd1hhh 4 года назад

Is “who’re” a word?

@melonybard9578 4 года назад

John Blakeney I want to know too😆

@MangoPuree 4 года назад

@@ddd1hhh its a spongebob reference

@Shadamyfan-rs8xc 3 года назад

I wanna be Dirty Dan

@bazookahorse 5 лет назад

Abraham Lincoln was amused by midgets is the best thing I've heard all year.

@mattjones1992 5 лет назад

BazookaHorse I don’t know why this comment is so funny 😂

@sylvadob1229 4 года назад

And he was a giant

@michaelheeheejackson7255 4 года назад

@@sylvadob1229 6'4 is hardly a giant.

@sylvadob1229 4 года назад

@@michaelheeheejackson7255 to the midgets he was

@superflan2981 4 года назад

@@michaelheeheejackson7255 only 1% of people are over 6'4 smartie pants

@Samuel-ku1qb 5 лет назад

“Chang yu sing?” “No, I only dance.”

@UniqueGeekFreak 4 года назад

Hahaha😄 I died!!

@ki-ge5qv 4 года назад

I’m so disappointed, yet so proud

@undertalereacts7519 4 года назад

👌 perfection

@drumboarder1 4 года назад

yes but CAN Richard Funk?

@keegyweegy7803 4 года назад

💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

@Saasan 3 года назад

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 года назад

Offensive as the backstories may be, it helped sell tickets which in turn made better earnings for the performers.

@FabFanFour 3 года назад

I miss the freak shows.

@hazelatwood2292 3 года назад

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 года назад

@@hazelatwood2292 Would you mind saying what the documentary is called? I'd totally watch that.

@hazelatwood2292 3 года назад

@@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. 🤓

@janetslater129 3 года назад

The Chinese Giant: “He drew a crowd, at least for a short time.” I see what you did there.

@tommillard4193 3 года назад

If you'll pardon the pun

@Jah_LEASE_yah 6 лет назад

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 лет назад

Wow, like, so deep.

@the.44magnumisamonster 5 лет назад

Deep

@goldprime118 5 лет назад

He sounds more like an anti hero.

@saintq3888 5 лет назад

He was...Batman !

@susanb4846 5 лет назад

HERO

@circleinfinite 5 лет назад

"she experienced giving birth out of both sets of legs" a term i will only hear once in my lifetime!

@wrathofthelamb318 3 года назад

That sounds like pure torture

@laurab5750 3 года назад

The cringe factor redlined. Doesn't that technically mean he slept with her sister?

@Kriegbaum1000 3 года назад

Technically some of the children are her unborne twin sisters children.

@nigel900 3 года назад

Sadly during consummation, he had been repeatedly kicked in the nuts, and later suffered E.D.

@erin9680 3 года назад

@@nigel900 what

@brendarose442 5 лет назад

"She had babies (5) out of both sets of legs? " Young man! THAT is not where babies come from (legs). LOL.

@mileyrocks852 4 года назад

Brenda Rose HAHAHAHA I thought I was the only one who heard it that way lol

@ovrezy 4 года назад

She had two sets of 'lady parts'

@reuvenknight1575 4 года назад

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 года назад

So her husband tried both vaginas lol the first three some with 2 people

@ohmareshah 4 года назад

@Joe Striker what? both sets of organs would be the same age. She was one person at the end of the day

@bread8936 4 года назад

Most of the people featured in this video sounded like they had better lives than most “normal” people.

@miaouew 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

Not mutually exclusive. A lot of geniuses are scumbags actually

@miaouew 5 лет назад

@@THEPELADOMASTER very true

@danielsantos6437 5 лет назад

@@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 лет назад

@@danielsantos6437 like a robot or a Vulcan. Very logical without emotional involvement. Sounds like a horrible human to me.

@jennymk01 5 лет назад

You know idk man, he seemed more than fair to the people in the show. Idk what else he did though

@tiny021085 5 лет назад

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 года назад

Yea the waiting till the end part is a nice change

@canadiandee6342 3 года назад

I don’t think you’d like Business Blaze

@karelanneferil5446 3 года назад

Yes, I agree. I think we actually read the same research on this. Word by word... I remember.

@amandajones661 3 года назад

Go watch his Business Blaze channel. 🤣🤣🤣

@avissmit2478 2 года назад

Shame

@edwardkenway1177 4 года назад

4:42 so her husband was double dipping

@daydream4life444 5 лет назад

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 года назад

AND got out of diaper duty!

@arcanepcgamer 3 года назад

look up nick vujicic no arms no legs no worries :)

@iwatchhentaieverydaywithsenpai 3 года назад

How did he Frick tho

@javetinoco2181 3 года назад

@@iwatchhentaieverydaywithsenpai got rided cowgirl position and shizz

@christinegreen6255 6 лет назад

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 лет назад

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 лет назад

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 лет назад

@@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 лет назад

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 лет назад

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.

@luigi55125 6 лет назад

Ironically, these people actually had jobs. Money. A purpose. People with these looks nowadays can't even say the same.

@samuellawrencesbookclub8250 6 лет назад

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 лет назад

Corvyn Malfoy, Mediocre Collector I think they ment some of the more extreme cases.

@cynthiaverdon526 6 лет назад

Something something username x

@anthonyfreeman6513 5 лет назад

Something something username 500 like

@jackhughman9450 3 года назад

"Sometimes they would dress him up like a snake, a caterpillar or a potato"

@squeaz8268 3 года назад

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"

@popes446 6 лет назад

I deadass thought u were vsauce for a second

@ACKRYL 5 лет назад

SAME

@shane_is_dead 5 лет назад

Sameeee

@katvalentine7599 5 лет назад

Same

@addaccount9246 5 лет назад

@jelly puma simon is teh danger

@kloverleavezisdeadlol 5 лет назад

SAME

@kosukemiura1226 5 лет назад

**time travels to the 1800s** random pheasant woman : oh my what a freak! rich guy : i wanna buy you

@qwertyuiop5734 5 лет назад

- aesthetic_boi - wait did you just say pheasant

@cullenholloway8377 4 года назад

Back in my day a nickle used to cost a penny

@cullenholloway8377 4 года назад

@CodeHurricane Originals buying people to put on display for shows and make money did that help ?

@cullenholloway8377 4 года назад

@CodeHurricane Originals i cant help down syndrome people

@noti7510 4 года назад

Plot twist: The rich guy wanted to buy the talking pheasant.

@lovelydragon23 3 года назад

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 года назад

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 года назад

@@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

@proness1989 4 года назад

Great video Simon!! Thank you so much for your hard work!! I speak for us all when I say we love your videos!!

@CultureCrash 6 лет назад

This video was really interesting and well researched - loved it!

@randomuserherefornoreason7498 6 лет назад

CultureCrash who are you JK

@timebizzy 6 лет назад

CultureCrash!

@lil_boi_savage2257 6 лет назад

And how was it stolen

@chancesassy7963 6 лет назад

Hey, CC!

@grudecrude3362 6 лет назад

OMG YOUR AWSOME

@LeeLee-pk4ss 6 лет назад

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 лет назад

Thank you!

@cupofmaddyVODS 5 лет назад

The kardashians😂😂

@lepidocrocitequartz4395 5 лет назад

THE KARDASHIANS I'M-

@niylahjaypheonix6979 5 лет назад

Ikr so true... Our TVs are our modern Day freak show

@cupcakelove7173 5 лет назад

Your right

@Hakseng 5 лет назад

Wow! Thank you so much! Your videos are all in one. 😍

@realkushman 3 года назад

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 года назад

Sending no hate, just love😊

@aryssamansfield9735 3 года назад

Nobody roasts Italians harder than Italians man.

@camh6328 3 года назад

I'm not Italian but thanks for giving me a laugh.

@Katharoni 3 года назад

As an irish person with bushes for legs I concur.

@paul-ld9vh 3 года назад

It's been said Italian men wear gold chains around their neck so they know where to stop shaving. Lmao

@madhonib 6 лет назад

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 лет назад

mad honeybee i thought that was so weird also

@calichef1962 6 лет назад

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 лет назад

Her husband was a lucky man

@jasonl.8400 6 лет назад

I’m not trying to laugh but....

@applepeel1662 6 лет назад

2 pussys

@MadameRaven1 6 лет назад

11,000 a week? Heck yeah, I'd be in a freak show!

@bittersweethufflepuff6519 6 лет назад

Madame Raven Me : PUT ME IN YOUR FREEK SHOW Manager : But you only have ADHD mrs ... Me : *JUST DO IT !*

@MadameRaven1 6 лет назад

Bitter Sweet Hufflepuff hahaha no doubt!

@philswift52 6 лет назад

But you have to to be a freak first to qualify

@bittersweethufflepuff6519 6 лет назад

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 лет назад

He abused them

@shhshepherds6319 3 года назад

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

@spiderj379 3 года назад

It's great that no one was forced to act and they where all paid extremely well

@pineapplecoke7627 5 лет назад

Where is daddy long neck and wide neck

@Thenotfunnyperson 5 лет назад

They could be real attractions lol. I would pay a few bucks to see them irl.

@jegeriufanen4415 5 лет назад

Wide neck's grandgrandgrandson is Corey Taylor

@SubBubz 4 года назад

@@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 года назад

Just besides Daddy-Long-Legs.

@Criticalr6 4 года назад

Fred Parrish i’m pretty sure he was born with it

@Voltanaut 6 лет назад

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 лет назад

HarryIsTheGamingGeek when life hands ya lemons...

@Ryan-jx4vh 5 лет назад

Would you mind sharing the physical condition?

@snoutysnouterson 5 лет назад

@@Ryan-jx4vh Why would you want part of his condition?? Weirdo! 😂

@user-km7ch9nd7b 5 лет назад

@@snoutysnouterson i wanna know too... Just curious

@dilloncroom 5 лет назад

Seems like it was a great way to find love as well

@mileyrocks852 4 года назад

I love that most of them had found love after finding their way to P.T. :)

@ilovemydog6847 2 года назад

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 года назад

The slave wasn't well paid...

@freckledandred 6 лет назад

people say freaks shows are outdated as if no one watches TLC

@aaliyahetc.6687 6 лет назад

Ivy Magaña and Dr.Phil

@yakkyjoe1 6 лет назад

Ivy Magaña or RU-vid!!

@Sparhafoc 6 лет назад

What's really the difference between P.T. Barnum's show, and this actual video by Simon Whistler?

@cadavher 6 лет назад

This is gold lol

@weloveblackpink6383 6 лет назад

Ivy Magaña oop

@_MythicalWolf 6 лет назад

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 лет назад

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.

@jaithon7254 2 года назад

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!

@rosejustice 3 года назад

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.

@MartinsGarage97 6 лет назад

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 лет назад

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 лет назад

There is plenty of information available about that when you Google it. The bearded lady was especially vocal.

@katiebayliss9887 6 лет назад

Random Chaos who wouldn't be happy to support themselves........?

@sCarrieCemetery 6 лет назад

Katie Bayliss, entitled Americans wouldn't.. :)

@dracenstein5556 6 лет назад

Uh 11,000$ A WEEK, a MILLION ! I think they were pretty damn happy.

@rofln00b 6 лет назад

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!

@robertdyer5294 3 года назад

I really like the way you put this together. Fascinating ! I just subscribed

@dr.skulhamr3220 4 года назад

As usual, a great video. Thank you!

@daphneloose5880 6 лет назад

I am surprised that Ang and Chang Bunker were not on this list. they were P.T. Barnum's famous siamese twins.

@leiannesw4926 6 лет назад

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 лет назад

LeiAnne Stevens Did you forget about the woman he bought?

@ashtheintroverted7204 6 лет назад

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 лет назад

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...

@nyloncamel9148 5 лет назад

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 года назад

Our government in general.

@aprilfox9205 4 года назад

Oof...😂

@ladyi7609 4 года назад

You misspelled "the White House".

@patremagilbert8787 3 года назад

Lol true

@Stevie-steel 3 года назад

Also.. everything on TLC

@Rattlebones427 3 года назад

very thorough research thank you for your videos thus far

@jessiejones3858 6 лет назад

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 лет назад

I would assume so since they were both fully capable of carrying and delivering children to term

@devait4752 5 лет назад

@@dramasbomin no, she had only one womb meaning she can't be pregnant twice simultaneously

@whyisnokillthecronch2772 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

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 лет назад

@Not Hitler Why ew?

@EVITANDY 5 лет назад

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 года назад

Joyce was bought as a slave- nobody can get out of the willingly

@EVITANDY 2 года назад

@@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 года назад

@@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 года назад

@@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.

@victoriaanaredding8915 3 года назад

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.

@78asasou 2 года назад

Barnum was a big showmen and a big heart!

@Shimarenda 6 лет назад

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 RU-vid.

@hazer3248 6 лет назад

that bearded lady has a lord farquaad hair cut

@addaccount9246 5 лет назад

Well atleast it wont be gay

@codywhite3340 5 лет назад

what time stamp

@cucharlie2006 3 года назад

Thank you. Very informative.

@mona-mo3sd 3 года назад

was abt to say "basically greatest showman, then" when i realised that the greatest showman _was_ based on P.T. Barnum

@lawrenceyoung6985 6 лет назад

"Chang Yu Sing" Me: "No I can't"

@capalot2704 5 лет назад

Lawrence Young 💀 Damnnn bruv

@isabea1791 5 лет назад

😂

@plut_0nyx 5 лет назад

*wheeze*

@Dogasupreme 5 лет назад

Oi Chang sing a Little

@melissacobb9800 5 лет назад

Lmao

@78Soko 6 лет назад

dude with no arms or legs was married with kids. here i am alone with no one.

@tedbundy367 6 лет назад

You don't have the bread he had

@ihateladymacbeth8170 6 лет назад

How does sex even work

@78Soko 6 лет назад

no one told you about the birds and the bees

@ihateladymacbeth8170 6 лет назад

Mike S he has no legs or arms. Does she move him?

@78Soko 6 лет назад

umm she rode him i guess

@casketbutter 4 года назад

I feel like the reason they were so amused that she looked so old was because 15 was considered middle aged at the time.

@chrisuniverse5979 3 года назад

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)

@pzooka 5 лет назад

Calling that dude the missing link was genius advertising

@sireawfulthe1st291 4 года назад

He is, he's basically the guy who invented clickbait

@fuckinantipope5511 4 года назад

@@sireawfulthe1st291 OMG! THE MISSING PIECE IN HUMAN EVOLUTION!?! (possibly gone sexual)

@davidcopson5800 2 года назад

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.

@chocod1352 6 лет назад

The Greatest Showman is a great film and very interesting to find out about the real thing. great video

@olivermiller265 6 лет назад

Yeah, he was much worse than the movie xD

@GlacialScion 6 лет назад

The Greatest Showman is basically complete fiction.

@TheForgottenPortrait 6 лет назад

TootTootMcbumbersnazzle Damn. People have different tastes. Why are you so bitter?

@snipsnip9442 6 лет назад

Right?

@JABRIEL251 6 лет назад

Well ... the cliffnotes watered down version anyway.

@davidmccann9811 Год назад

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.

@TheAcquibajo 5 лет назад

Great video!

@peterpereyra573 6 лет назад

I watched The Greatest Showman a while ago and loved it, even with its glossing over of the real history of Barnum and his museum. It's so cool to find out how many of the real-life "freaks" were put into the film.

@hallmonitor98 6 лет назад

Its nice to hear that Barnum actually paid these people well

@alexaguidry1111 3 года назад

Does anyone realize this is the greatest snowman

@shrimp274 3 года назад

SNOWMAN PLSSSS *showman

@shortbean0 3 года назад

I do... I thought this was common knowledge?

@alexaguidry1111 3 года назад

@@shortbean0 I thought it was kinda obvious but I did not see anyone else comment it so idk

@finosuilleabhain7781 3 года назад

'Colonel' Tom Parker: 'Hold my cigar.'

@jewelsgrl 3 года назад

No, Frosty was the greatest snowman

@badactor3440 2 года назад

PT Barnum was a Saint. He made many people rich who would have otherwise been cursed with miserable lives.

@luckz4873 5 лет назад

Today you just open RU-vid and you can admire thousands of freaks from the comfort of your sofa 😗

@annapaulikonis2433 5 лет назад

U got that right.

@itsnotmeitsme3923 5 лет назад

Luck z and for free 💰

@nakedmario6155 4 года назад

Marie ! Unless u got Premium

@pavelvalcov6539 5 лет назад

Why does this guy look like Michael from Vsauce?LMAO

@pandyy 5 лет назад

I DONT KNOW LOL

@thechickenmaster6543 5 лет назад

coz he be bald

@garfield9735 5 лет назад

He's a wannabe

@cinnamonsinner4619 5 лет назад

LMFAOOOO KAWAIII CHAN

@snoutysnouterson 5 лет назад

Bald head, beard, glasses.

@withlessAsbestos 4 года назад

6:55 he said nineteen sixties but the caption said 1800.

@Diamond.H.514 2 года назад

I'm watching this in 2021 and omg your camera and microphone were bad I'm so happy you got better equipment and btw I still loved the video 😃

@jhuber350 6 лет назад

Fascinating and very glad to hear how prosperous they were. Though I don’t like putting anyone on display for their differences, this sounds like it was their own choice and empowered them. Great video.

@georgesoros8589 6 лет назад

jhuber350 a lot of these people did better than able bodied people at the time they said, so work with what you got I guess, if I had a deformity and lived back then I would've done it

@joemamajoastar8708 6 лет назад

Well I mean we still do things like this look at the guy from hills have eyes he exploits his deformity to gain mad cash it's not humiliating it's brilliant

@alimayjunipper 5 лет назад

I am actually related the Lavinia Warren. My grandmother has two of the original wedding photos from her and Charles Stanton's wedding. It so interesting to still hear about them.

@hazelatwood2292 3 года назад

Gosh - She was absolutely adorable! 🥰

@apoorwtiwari5483 2 года назад

A very informative video it was.❤

@christydethlefs9850 3 года назад

Very interesting. Thank you

@rangerthegamer8093 6 лет назад

Wow this is so much different then the movie

@bevandarke2300 5 лет назад

Yes but there is a lot of link up if you wacthed the movie enough the 10 was the woman how have him the apple at the start of movie with the eyes in the head

@MrButch-ls8vl 5 лет назад

Chang and Eng ... the original "Siamese Twins" ... associated with Barnum and perhaps his most famous exhibit.

@delisiasimth6556 5 лет назад

I agree😊☝💡

@nathanpell-cook499 4 года назад

Awesome video

@dr.rajasaurusandunclebonec6526 4 года назад

When ppl see something like this on RU-vid 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!