Tag Archives: Circus

June 29, 1940

Posted on June 29, 2019 by Joel Byers

On June 29, 1940, New York mobsters assassinated the acrobatic highwire act, the Flying Graysons. The husband and wife team, ‘The Graysons’ were the main draw of Haly’s Circus and their trapeze act was sabotaged by a young and on-the-rise mobster, Anthony Zucco. He did it because circus owner, C.C. Haly wouldn’t pay protection money. … Continue reading →

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April 12, 1985

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1985 Federal inspectors declared that four animals of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus were not unicorns. They were goats that had a single horn surgically implanted on their foreheads. Also, the fake unicorns did not poop rainbows and preferred sluts over virgins or so the inspectors … Continue reading →

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April 12, 1985

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1985 federal inspectors declared that four animals of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus were not unicorns. They were goats with horns that had been surgically implanted. They did verify that the bearded lady was in fact a lady and it was really her beard.

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October 20, 1873

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1873 Phineus T. (P.T.) Barnum opened a hippodrome in New York City and disappointed thousand of school age boys who thought it was going to be a 30 foot tall mechanical hippopotamus that would shoot fire from its mouth and butt. To their subsequent delight, it was a large … Continue reading →

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