Cirque des Horreurs

<p>Prepare to be amazed, Weirdos! </p> <p>We're heading back to the Big Top this week with another CIRCUS episode! </p> <p>This week we're covering the darker side of the carnival and taking a closer look at some of our favorite side show performers throughout history.</p> <p>Ashley is being a real bummer and teaching us about the Hartford Circus fire, the Flying Wallenda family deaths, and the tragic stories of Tyke the Elephant and Massarti the lion tamer.  </p> <p>Lauren is introducing us to several wonderful sideshow performers.</p> <p>Simon Metz aka Schlitzie the pinhead.</p> <p>Change and Eng the conjoined twins who founded the (not so PC) nickname "Siamese Twins"</p> <p>Francesco Lentini who had three legs (and TWO of you know what)</p> <p>Johnny Eck who was an amazing and talented man that just so happened to only have a torso! </p> <p>Mary Anne Bevans, the unfairly titled "Ugliest Woman"</p> <p>& Lauren's true love Joseph "John" Merrick who is famously known as The Elephant Man.</p> <p>We'll also be trying to teach each other how to whistle and covering some CIRCUS SUPERSTITIONS and LINGO to break up some of the morbid stories.</p> <p> </p> <p>WARNING: This Episode contains discussions of animal abuse and differently abled persons.</p> <p> </p> <p>Closing Music by composer Erik Margolin who you can check out here: <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYODOfLu7bE&t=9s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYODOfLu7bE&t=9s</a></p>