A Rambling Description from 1820 of Armless Wonder John Valerius
How to Become a Three-Legged or Four-Legged Woman if You’re Not One Already
Fancy Dinners and Psychic Orgies with the London Ghost Club
Professor Fischer and His Most Extraordinary Hen with a Human Face
200 Words About the Man with Two Noses and Three Eyes
Giant Mirrors for Mars and a Plea to Andrew Carnegie
Taphophobia and a Little Help From Dead-Houses
Things Said About the Talking Mongoose of the Isle of Man
Nikolai Kobelkoff: No Arms, No Legs, Lots of Everything Else
Johnny Fox: A Tribute to the King of Swords
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Things to Know About the No Noses Club
A Case of Hypnotism Gone Wrong and a Desperate Attempt to Make It Right
Dan Rice, The Clown Who Ran For President
The Irish Giant vs. The Eager Anatomist
Myths and Misunderstandings Regarding Mermaids
After 92 Years, A Two-Headed Calf Get Its Own Festival
Stone-Eaters: A Hard Way to Make An Easy Buck
Daniel Lambert and the Origins of Obesity on Exhibition
The Unfortunate Case of the Two-Headed Sparrow
![Premature Burial [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons-Illustration for Edgar Allan Poe's story The Premature Burial by Harry Clarke (1889-1931), published in 1919.](https://www.weirdhistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/premature-burial-crop-370x297.jpg)
Proper Care for the Not-Quite-Dead-Yet: The London Association for the Prevention of Premature Burial
Les Diableries: A Jaunt Through Hell in Spectacular 3D
Lottie Fowler: The Psychic Who Officially Went Insane
Galileo Observed the Universe. You Can Observe His Fingers.
Inside the Never-Before-Seen Scrapbook of the Rubber Skin Lady, a 1930s-era Sideshow Star
Death, Design, and the Extraordinary Crypt of the Capuchin Monks
Body Snatching and a Singular Case of a Corpse’s Revenge
A Clever Escape For The Buried Alive
A Short History of the Exhibition of Ossified People
Post-Mortem Telepathic Hypnotism: A Theory on Haunted Houses
Dr. Ding and His Three Extreme Fingernails
The Wonderful and Eccentric Lazarus Colloredo and his Parasitic Twin
A Strange Case of Animals Generating Within the Human Body
A Short Story About The Long Nose of Thomas Wedders
The Funeral Rite Few Could Stomach
Medusa Van Allen: The Woman Who Couldn’t Grow
Mars Has Women. And Other Tall People with Big Ears.
Just a Few Tricks Mediums Use To Lift Tables At Séances
![Ted Serios, by Jule Eisenbud [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](https://www.weirdhistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Ted_Serios_1-crop-370x297.jpg)
Ted Serios, the Man Who Could Print Photos From His Mind
![Toby The Sapient Pig, 1817 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](https://www.weirdhistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Tobythesapientpig-1871-crop-370x297.jpg)
Words of Wisdom from History’s Most Scholarly Swine
The First Female Pope, Maybe
Thomas Edison’s Creepiest Invention: The Talking Doll
History’s Most Unusual Gift: A Table Made of Brains, Ears, a Foot and Other Preserved Body Parts
The Unfortunate Career of Charles-Henri Sanson: Executioner of France
Struggles and Triumphs: The Life of the Bearded Lady
The True But False Story of Edward Mordrake
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7 Examples of Medical Remedies Using Animal Dung from 1747
Dave Ballard, aka Tobor the Robot, the World’s Tallest Santa, and the Texas Giant
![Lady Wonder - By Francis Wickware (Dr. Rhine and ESP. Life Magazine. April. 15, 1940) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](https://www.weirdhistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Lady_Wonder_Horse-By-Francis-Wickware-Dr.-Rhine-and-ESP.-Life-Magazine.-April.-15-1940-Public-domain-via-Wikimedia-Commons-370x297.png)
Lady Wonder: The Nostradamus of Horses
The Oldest People Who Ever Lived, Or Didn’t
Clifford Calverley: Flirting with Death for Fun and Fame
Believe It Or Not: The World Famous Armless Musician, Ray Myers
Matthew Buchinger: The Most Wonderful Character in The Book of Wonderful Characters
Notes and Reminiscences Regarding the Elephant Man
