CONEY ISLAND, Brooklyn (PIX11) – Sweet Pepper Klopek set a world record in 2015 when he lifted a 15-pound sledgehammer using two hooks pierced into his cheeks. On Sunday, Arrie Fae Bronson-Davidson is ...

Sideshow performer Jared Rydelek is no second banana. The sword-swallowing, walk-on-glass escape artist is a world record holder who has been featured on the National Geographic and Discovery channels ...

Sideshow performer Jeremy Kinison of Cut Throat Freak Show loves to shock and awe with his dangerous-looking antics. And he did plenty of both while living in the Valley for more than a decade, ...

Sideshow freaks? (Freak is a word we use endearingly.) First thing we think of is the lady who can grow a beard. No doubt she exists. We see gals with killer ’staches all the time. But she’s not a ...

Ripley’s new book, Seek the Strange, is packed with all-true stories, rare artifacts, bizarre art, and incredible stunts. Two of those featured are husband and wife duo Dan Block and Carmen Getsum.

Society / Black and trans drag performers are crowdfunding to survive in one of the most expensive cities in the world. Ava ...

For some, having a staple gun repeatedly pierce your body sounds like a form of torture. But for members of The Squidling Bros. Circus Sideshow, it’s two thumbs up for sickos who love to watch others ...

The new track is a musical ode to sideshow performers — the fire-breathers, human blockheads, knife-throwers, jugglers, contortionists, strongmen, bed-of-nails artists, tightrope walkers, sword ...

Plates (between pages 214 and 215). https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!1039747~!0#focus ...