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Freezing weather wipes out entire German flea circus troupe

// April 3rd, 2013 // No Comments » // News

Tiny performing flea from a flea circus

Say it isn’t so! An entire troupe of circus performing fleas has fallen victim to the freezing temperatures holding Germany in its frosty grip. Flea circus director Robert Birk says he was shocked to find all of his 300 fleas dead inside their transport box Wednesday morning. Leaving him unable to fulfill his performance engagements, Birk scrambled to find and train a new batch. Luckily, an insect expert at a nearby university was able to provide 50 new fleas in time for the first show on Sunday.

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.

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.

Clark Rockefeller – AKA Karl Gerhartsreiter – Master Con Man

// December 25th, 2012 // No Comments » // Strange

He’s a Bavarian born brilliant con man named who managed to convince Boston’s elite that he was a rich heir. He hosted lavish parties, drove expensive cars, and even owned a yacht yet despite the apparent riches, he had no job and no apparent source of income. He is a person of interest in a double homicide who has changed his persona multiple times, all the while avoiding the proving eyes of the police. He even married a high profile attorney, convincing her he was a member of the Rockefeller family. After kidnapping his own daughter, police finally discovered the true identity of Clark Rockefeller – Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, a German immigrant.

Odessa – hiding Nazi war criminals

// December 25th, 2012 // No Comments » // Organizations

ODESSA, (for German Organisation der ehemaligen SS-Angehörigen, “Organization of Former SS Members”) is believed to have been an international Nazi network set up toward the end of World War II by a group of SS officers in order to avoid their capture and prosecution for war crimes. A fictional account of the organization was manifest in Frederick Forsyth’s 1972 best-seller thriller The Odessa File. Forsyth’s ODESSA smuggled war criminals to Latin America. However, several authoritative books by professionals involved in the U.S. War Crimes Commission (including T.H. Tetens and Joseph Wechsberg) have verified the organization’s existence and given details of its operations. Wechsberg studied Simon Wiesenthal’s memoirs on ODESSA and verified them with his own experiences in the book The Murderers Among Us.

The Rotenburg Cannibal – Internet Killer

// December 25th, 2012 // No Comments » // Serial Killers

Armin Meiwes, a computer technician living in the German town of Rotenburg, was born December 1, 1961. He was described by neighbors as being “very childlike”, friendly, and a sensitive person. He was also called The Master Butcher and the Rotenburg Cannibal after he achieved international notoriety for killing and eating a voluntary victim whom he had found via an Internet forum dedicated to people who fantasized about cannibalism.