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Embalming as a Fine Art Conspicuously Absent from The Great Exhibition: 18512 comments

chriswoodyard wrote 1 week ago: The Crystal Palace RECALLING A FAMOUS ENGLISH EXHIBITION By Frederick Owen The talk about the exhibi … more →

Tags: fads, Edwardian, Victorian, Humour and Satire, animals, Death, Wonders And Curiosities, coffins, embalming

World Ugliest Woman receives Burial After 153 years 3 comments

dmaranatha wrote 1 month ago: Julia Pastrana She was called “bear woman,” “the bearded and hairy lady” and once described as the h … more →

Tags: World News, woman, Ugly, World, burial, News, University of Oslo, lent, united states

CARE2: Freak, Orcas, Abortions and more ... take action

Nativegrl77 wrote 3 months ago: 150 Years Later, Mexican Woman Exhibited as “Freak” Finally Laid to Rest                             … more →

Tags: Political Action, Obama news and events, united states, México, Perú, University of Oslo, sinaloa, ape woman, Mario Lopez

'Ape Woman' And 'Ugliest Alive Circus Freak' Finally Gets To Rest In Peace 150 Years After Death

demetrev wrote 3 months ago: She spent her tragic life being shuttled between circuses and sideshows after being dubbed a freak o … more →

Tags: ape woman, circus, circus freak, Freak Show, History, Mario Lopez, México, sinaloa, Theodore Lent

Julia Pastrana

travsd wrote 3 months ago: I had originally planned to do this post in May, but a recent development has pushed it to the front … more →

Tags: Freaks, Dime Museum and Side Show, Women, Horror (Mostly Gothic), Missing Link

Article: Mexico - Julia Pastrana

particularkev wrote 3 months ago: The link below is to an article about the very sad story of Julia Pastrana, who was called the … more →

Tags: México, Article, World, Story, bear woman, Sad, ugliest, woman

LA MUJER MÁS "FEA" DEL MUNDO: vida, esclavitud y muerte de Julia Pastrana

NATAN OLIVOS wrote 3 months ago: Si tuviéramos que aplicar la frase “La realidad supera la ficción” a la vida de una pers … more →

Tags: sinaloa, La mujer más fea del mundo, México, Universidad de Oslo, noticia, repatriación

'World's Ugliest Woman' Finally Given a Dignified Burial, 153 Years After Her Death

Intern - TIME Asia wrote 3 months ago: She was called “bear woman,” “the bearded and hairy lady” and once described as the hybrid of a huma … more →

Tags: World, repatriation, world's ugliest woman

Ugliest Woman Ever finally buried

Slayer Muser wrote 3 months ago: Too good not to copy/paste. This is an equal opportunities site. As such, all women, present and pas … more →

Tags: Female Beauty, Women's rights, news 2, art 2, 'Ugliest woman ever' buried, Theodore Lent, Freak Show

World's "ugliest woman" buried in Mexico 150 years after her death

maineyak wrote 3 months ago: Visit Bizzare News MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The “ugliest woman in the world” was bu … more →

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What You Missed in Today’s Times

J.W. wrote 3 months ago: Lent toured his wife throughout Europe, where some newspapers and books described her appearance uns … more →

Tags: Things I Would Have Shared in Google Reader, N.Y.T., New York Times, united states, New York, Women, Recreation, John McCain, Scorched Earth

The Bearded Lady Revealed3 comments

Allie wrote 4 years ago: In the mid 1800s, a rare syndrome appeared for the first time in medical literature.  The case was t … more →

Tags: Genetics, research blogging, DNA, bearded lady, genetic locus, mutations, chromosomes

The Restless Corpse of Julia Pastrana25 comments

lisa waller rogers wrote 4 years ago: An illustration of Julia Pastrana, a Victorian stage performer who toured Europe, Canada, and the Un … more →

Tags: People, Restless Corpses, Juliana Pastrana, Theodore Lent, Charles Darwin, The Missing Link, Gunnar Nicolaysen, Freak Show, medical curiosities


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