The Memphis Flyer is Memphis’ alternative newsweekly, serving the metro Memphis area of nearly a million residents. The Flyer was started in 1989 by Contemporary Media, Inc., the locally owned ...

Aaron Wollin, a sideshow “half-man” with no legs or hips, likes to unwind with a bong after his nightly act of leaping onto broken glass doused in flaming lighter fluid. Wollin is a “natural-born” ...

Freaks, illusions, and death-defying stunts; Hellzapoppin, the world-renowned circus freak show, offered audience members a night of thrill and wonder last night at Wildwood Saloon. Outside of the ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Sideshows by the Seashore is the last permanently housed theatre in the USA, where ...

I remember as a youth visiting fairs and hearing the booming voices of carnival barkers on the midway trying to divert my attention from the games and rides and into their sideshows. “Right this way ...

The retro-tiki haven Five Points Lounge is gearing up for Halloween by welcoming all Fort Lauderdale ghastly ghouls and sideshow freaks to the “Kreepy Circus.” On hand will be the live music of ...

Freaks was released in 1932, and it's as disturbing as any film you'll see today. A feature about love and deception set within a carnival sideshow, it stars real freaks — people of varying ...