To mark Elephant Man Joseph Merrick's 150th birthday, Mirror Online looks back at his life and those of others made their own way in the uniquely exploitative showbiz underbelly of the sideshows ...

THEIR appearance may have made some look away in horror and disgust but these circus performers made good money thanks to their looks. And these never-before-seen photos show some of the most succe… ...

The genesis of MGM's Freaks was a magazine piece by Ted Robbins titled Spurs. The story involved a terrible revenge enacted by a mean-spirited circus midget upon his normal-sized wife. In adapting ...