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Vladimir Demikhov – Russia’s real-life mad scientists creates living two-headed dogs in the lab

// May 17th, 2013 // No Comments » // Strange Persons

A surviving "head" in one of Vladimir Demikhov

Vladimir Demikhov’s illustrious career provided many interesting advances in the Russian medical science field. In 1937, at the young age of 21, Demikhov designed the first ever cardiac-assist device, a pump mechanism which was capable of taking over a heart’s cardiac function for a full five and a half hours. In 1946, Demikhov became the first to perform a heart transplant on a dog. For a while, his work was renowned and respected in the medical community. But today, Demikhov is scarcely remembered for anything other than his more bizarre works of science – the creation of living, breathing two-headed dogs.

27-year-old man swallowed by hippo on African river and lives to tell about it

// May 6th, 2013 // No Comments » // People

Danerous Hippos are territorial and kill more humans each year in Africa than any other wildlife

27-year-old Paul Templer owned a safari tour guide business taking clients on sight-seeing expeditions down the Zambezi river in Africa. Templer was taking a group of tourists on a routine run when suddenly, and unexpectedly, a 4,000-pound hippo attacked the kayakers from behind. Templer quickly shuffled the tourists off the boat and began to paddle towards his fellow tour guide who was stranded in the water. When he reached his friend, he stretched his arm to reach him when suddenly he was engulfed in darkness. At first, Templer could not figure out what was going on. As it turned out, he was head first, up to the top of his legs, inside a hippo’s mouth.

British grandmother breaks silence – kidnapped as a child, she escapes and is raised by monkeys

// April 11th, 2013 // No Comments » // People in Unusual Circumstances

Marina Chapman, the girl who was raised by monkeys, and a capuchin monkey in the wild

It seems almost too bizarre to be true, something straight out of a Tarzan movie. But cases such as this have been documented before and a professor of psychology at Bucknell University who specializes in feral children has studied the case and found no evidence that she is lying. Marina Chapman, after the encouragement of her grandchildren, published her memoirs in her new book, “The Girl with No Name”, in which she revealed that at four years old, she was kidnapped and abandoned in a Colombian jungle where a troupe of capuchin monkeys, who are known to bond easily with humans, found her and adopted her as one of their own.

Mind-reading girl set to be added to worldwide registry of people with phenomenal savant talents

// April 9th, 2013 // No Comments » // Sideshow Anomalies

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In 2013, a nine-year-old autistic girl from Sharjah, India was discovered to have an extraordinary ability to feel her mother’s emotions and read her mother’s thoughts without touch or any other physical medium. Nandana Unnikrishnan was revealed to the world in April 2013 and she could be the next name added to a worldwide registry of people with savant talents. Her parents began to notice her unusual reactions to her mother’s thoughts at an early age. When her mother felt or thought something, nine-year-old Nandana would react – without being told. Before long they began to realize that it was not just coincidence – Nandana was reading her mother’s mind.

Raymond Robinson – the true story behind the legend of “Charlie No Face” (aka The Green Man) surfaces

// January 21st, 2013 // No Comments » // Sideshow Anomalies

The Green Man or Charlie No Face (Raymond Robinson)

In the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area, children are often told the tale of a monstrous creature, a faceless man that wanders the streets at night, stalking the roads, looking for prey.  They call him the “Green Man” or “Charlie No Face”.  “If you go out after dark, Charlie No Face may grab you.”  “If you stay [...]

British celebrity Jimmy Savile – Britain’s most prolific sexual predator

// January 12th, 2013 // No Comments » // Strange, Strange Persons

Jimmy Savile

Long known to be an odd and eccentric character, famous British celebrity Jimmy Savile was accused of sexually abusing hundreds of children and raping more than thirty people during his tenure as Britain’s popular media personality. The abuse, in which nearly 75% of the victims were children, spanned a period of six decades from 1955 to 2009 and was carried out at children’s hospitals, schools, and on the sets of television productions.

German Super Baby

// December 27th, 2012 // No Comments » // Sideshow Anomalies

German Superbaby at 7 months of age

In 1999, a former professional sprinter gave birth to a bouncing baby boy in Berlin, Germany. For the past 4 years the baby boy has had a somewhat normal life – that is until researchers found out about him.

Burrell Cannon and his Ezekiel Airship

// December 27th, 2012 // No Comments » // People in Unusual Circumstances

The Ezekiel Airship

in a small, rural East Texas town, people grumble that a Baptist minister flew an airplane one year before the Wright Brothers and should have rightly taken their place in the history books.

Sir Alfred Stuck in Airport

// December 27th, 2012 // No Comments » // People in Unusual Circumstances

Without a Visa, Nasseri could not step outside of the Charles de Gaulle airport terminal and there he stayed, living in the airport, for the next 12 years.

Kaspar Hauser – Wild Boy

// December 27th, 2012 // No Comments » // People in Unusual Circumstances

Contemporary painting of Kaspar Hauser

On May 26, 1828, a boy wondered into the town square of Nuremberg. Although it was a Monday, there weren’t very many people around since it was a holiday. George Weichmann, a local cobbler, discovered the boy. He took note of the fact that the boy was poorly dressed, well built, and walked in a strange manner – with legs stiff and straight.

Carlos Mirabelli

// December 27th, 2012 // No Comments » // Strange Persons

The medium - Carlos Mirabelli

Carlos Mirabelli was born in 1889. He had a very basic education and was known to be a very ‘simple’ man. Despite his humble beginnings, Carlos exhibited an remarkable array of talents.

Vlad the Impaler

// December 27th, 2012 // No Comments » // Strange Persons

Vlad's Banquet

Most people are familiar with Bram Stoker’s infamous book – Dracula. What you may not know is that Stoker’s famous writing was based upon a real-life character. Although Bram’s Dracula was indeed quite forbidding, the real life Dracula is the epitome of evil.

Hetty Green – the Witch of Wall Street

// December 27th, 2012 // No Comments » // Strange Persons

Hetty Green - the Witch of Wall Street

In 1864, Hetty Green, the ‘Witch of Wall Street’ inherited 1 million dollars from her father when she was 30 years old. Hetty, who could read the financial pages when she was 6 years old, didn’t hesitate to exercise her aggressive style with her newfound riches.

Howard Hughes

// December 27th, 2012 // No Comments » // Strange Persons

Howard Hughes

Howard Hughes was born in Texas in 1905. Raised by an overly obsessive mother who forced him to endure strange cleanliness rituals, douse himself with mineral oil daily, and forced him to stay away from other ‘germ ridden’ children, Howard had no other alternative than to be different.

Grady Stiles – the Lobster Boy

// December 26th, 2012 // No Comments » // Sideshow Anomalies

Grady Stiles, better known as the Lobster Boy, was not content to just be unusual in appearance. Born with a condition know as ectrodactyly, Grady eked out a living as a sideshow anomaly. Stranger still, his turbulent life lead Grady to drinking, murder, and eventually, death.

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