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183 – CALLING THE SPIRITS (Elvis, is that you?)
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182 – LOOK INTO MY EYES (Stage Hypnosis)
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181 – WHAT ARE YOU WORTH?
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180 – SELLING FOOD AT THE FAIR
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179 – NAUGHTY TUNES
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178 – WHEEL OF FORTUNE
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177 – PUNCH AND JUDY
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176 – SO MANY WONDERS
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175 – STOP THAT NOISE!
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174 – SCHLITZIE, ONE OF US
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173 – THE DARK LOOKING GLASS
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172 – BOUNTY
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171 – STAYED TOO LONG AT THE FAIR
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170 – TATTOO U.
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169 – THE FABULOUS LAND OF COCKAIGNE
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168 – THE GENDER WARS
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167 – THE BONNIE AND CLYDE DEATH CAR(s)
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166 – DEAR MISTER FANTASY
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165 – A DARKER CARNIVAL
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164 – TITS AND TITTERS
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163 – LEARNING YOUR LESSON
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162 – HELPING IN TOUGH TIMES
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161 – JULIAN ELTINGE, EARLY DRAG SUPERSTAR
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160 – BLOOD FROM BALLYCAST’S TOMB
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159 – PT BARNUM’S “THE HUMBUGS OF THE WORLD” Part 2
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158 – PT BARNUM’S “THE HUMBUGS OF THE WORLD”
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157 – BLUES WITH SEX ON THEIR MIND
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156 – BUFFALO BILL’S WILD WEST SHOW
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155 – WRESTLING STARTED IN THE CARNIVAL
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154 – SPEAKING TO (and for) THE SPIRITS
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153 – CLOUDS, SNAKES, SEX, BUT NOT BULLETS
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152 – THE MIDWAY SHOWMAN
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151 – TALKING CARNY
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150 – MALICE IN WONDERLAND
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149 – SUPERMAN’S FAVORITE AMUSEMENT PARK
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148 – THE AMAZING RANDI
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147 – BARNUM, A VERY COMPLEX MAN
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146 – OOOOH! SCARY!
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145 – WHICH WAY TO THE NEXT CARNIVAL?
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144 – NOT-SO-GAY CONEY ISLAND
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143 – GAY CONEY ISLAND
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142 – BARNUM’S BUFFALO HUNT, MOVIE/VAUDEVILLE PRESENTATION HOUSES
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141 – THE SATANIC RITES OF BALLYCAST
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140 – MORE “BEST OF BALLYCAST” – LIZARDMAN & MINSTREL SHOWS
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139 – CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL 6 – BROTHER CAN YOU PARADIGM?
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138 – CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL 5 – THE WAY IN, THE WAY OUT
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137 – CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL 4 – BEST OF BALLYCAST
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136 – CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL 3 – SLEEP NO MORE
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135 – CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL 2 – BEST OF BALLYCAST
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134 – CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL 1
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133 – THE DARK HISTORY OF VENTRILOQUISM
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132 – THE FROG MAN AND THE BABY SIDESHOW
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131 – HOUDINI’S GIRL DETECTIVE
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130 – THE GIG ECONOMY
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129 – JUST 26 DAYS TILL BOXING DAY
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128 – CHAUTAUQUA
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127 – BALLYCAST, ASSASSIN OF YOUTH
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126 – THE ROBIN MARKS FOUNDATION
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125 – FORGOTTEN THINGS
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124 – VAUDEVILLE
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123 – I LOST IT AT THE CARNIVAL
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122 – 10 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT THE CARNIVAL AND SIDESHOW
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121 – THE THREE STOOGES MEET BALLYCAST
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120 – RESTORING A HISTORIC CAROUSEL
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119 – A VARIETY OF VARIETY ARTS
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118 – ATTORNEY CARLA WARD, plus Busking
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117 – SCREAM BALLYCAST SCREAM (HALLOWEEN)
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116 – PARTY RECORDS
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115 – FRANKENSTEIN’S ELECTRICIAN
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114 – “CAMP” CULTURE, (or RuPAUL IS AN AMATEUR
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113 – PT Barnum speaks on “The Art of Money Getting”
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112 – BARNUM, THE GREATEST SHOWMAN VS THE GREATEST HUMORIST
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111 – ARF SAYS SANDY
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110 – LUCY DARLING
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109 – THEY LAUGHED WHEN I SAT DOWN TO PLAY
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108 – CABARET (Not the movie)
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107 – FRINGE FESTIVALS
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106 – THE BRIDE OF BALLYCAST
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105 – QUESTIONS FROM WRITERS (and skeawwy cwowns)
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104 – TELL ME ANOTHER (STORY AND NARRATIVE)
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103 – CURES WHAT AILS YOU, GUARANTEED! (MEDICINE SHOWS)
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102 – LULU HURST, THE GEORGIA MAGNET and Forgotten Acts
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101 – DON DRIVER, PITCHMAN (repeat)
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100 – WAYNE KEYSER
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099 – REGGIE BUGMUNCHER
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098 – SCHLITZIE (A VERY SPECIAL EPISODE)
& THE SOUTHERN SIDESHOW HOOTENANNY
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097 – RINGLING BROS AND BARNUM & BAILEY, THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
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096 – GYPSY ROSE LEE (as soon as she finds her clothes)
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095 – ELEPHANTS, CATS, GIANTS AND MUSIC (not in that order)
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094 – BALLYCAST HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE
(Two hidden civilizations)
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093 – JOHNNY ECK, a life in pictures
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BONUS EPISODE 92A – “YOU WIN THE BIG STUFFED DOGGIE”
This episode contains most of the material from deleted episodes 088 and 087,
except the interview which was deleted at the demand of the interviewee
over a Facebook disagreement over the Trump candidacy.
How’s that working out for ya now that the self-serving traitor is A CONVICTED FELON, pal?
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092 – (Sort of) TELL ME (kind of) A STORY
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091 – Showman BOBBY REYNOLDS
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090 – HANK SEES THE THING
Chapter Guide to DVD “PERFORMING AT PICNICS” now FREE on Youtube
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089 – RAZZLE DAZZLE, THE GAME YOU CAN NEVER WIN,
Chapter Guide to DVD “BIRTHDAY PARTY BUSINESS” now FREE on Youtube
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088 – Deleted at the demand of the interviewee
These two deleted episodes have the entirety of their content,
minus the interview, re-published in Episode 92A above – don’t miss it!
087 – Deleted at the demand of the interviewee
These two deleted episodes have the entirety of their content,
minus the interview, re-published in Episode 92A above – don’t miss it!
086 – Writer/Actor KEVIN LUKACS JR.
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085 – MARC HARTZMAN “The Embalmed Head of Oliver Cromwell”
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084 – NICHOLAS J JOHNSON “The Honest Con Man”
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083 – DIA DE LOS MUERTOS (Halloween 2015)
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082 – ABANDONED THEME PARKS (etc.) Seph Lawless, Photographer
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081 – JIM HAND, SHOW PAINTER
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080 – HOUSE CONCERTS PT. 2 (Russ and Julie Paris, hosts)
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079 – HOUSE CONCERTS PT. 1 (Shannon Curtis)
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078 – ZAMORA THE TORTURE KING (TIM CRIDLAND)
also, Stan Freberg passes
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077 – FERRIS ENGLE, SIDESHOW OWNER
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076 – ERIK “LIZARDMAN” SPRAGUE
also, a return visit to “the lost city of the lizardmen”
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075 – DICK ZIGUN, the unofficial mayor of Coney Island
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074 – TIM KELLY of the Bradley Farm Haunted House
also the Haunted Attractions industry
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073 – MATT GLOWACKI TALKS ABOUT HAVING NO LEGS
also working “for exposure”
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072 – JIM ZAJICEK INTERVIEW ENCORE
also supplies for amateur game jointees & Turkey Leg recipe
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071 – PONY DEATH RIDE
also the comedians of classic Burlesque
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070 – KEITH STICKLEY, author of “The Festival Entertainer”
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069 – RILEY SCHILLACI, Sword Swallower
also Monsterkids
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068 – BRETT COPES, Aerial acts rigging specialist
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067 – STEVEN SANTOS, Simply Circus circus arts school
also Hugo, Minnesota, the Gibtown of the Midwest
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066 – TASTE THE BLOOD OF BALLYCAST! (Halloween 2013)
also Numbers stations
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065 – ANIMAL ACTS and RIPLEY’S MUSEUM
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064 – Circus Queen DIANA PHILIPS
also Pinky Lee and Joe Penner
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063 – DEMON APOCALYPSES and PRINCESS PARTIES
(and how I helped Steven King)
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062 – COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
also “Magic Party” record
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061 – JOSH ROUTH of Cirkus Kaput
also London pitchman sounds
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060 – THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF CARISA HENDRIX
also Pickled punks in a museum
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059 – SIGNS AND WONDERS
also “Mystery Spot” roadside attractions
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058 – WHAT WE HAVE TO FEAR (Halloween 2012)
also “Blackstone, the World’s Greatest Living Magician” radio drama
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057 – Pitchman WALT HUDSON
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056 – THE MAN WHO TAUGHT ME TO TALK (Norman Corwin dies)
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055 – THE BRAGGART BROTHERS
also the Jam Auction
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054- Pitchman S. DAVID WALKER
also The “Carny Code”
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053 – GO GO AMY (Pretty Things Peepshow)
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052 – Escapologist ALEXANDERIA, THE HOUSEWIFE HOUDINI
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051 – WHAT TO DO WITH A BODY (Improve your stage movement)
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050 – JOHN DUNIVANT of Theatre Bizarre
also Elmer McCurdy’s mummy
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049 – HALLOWEEN … AGAIN (Halloween 2011)
also 1961 Girl show photos, Photographer Weegee
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048 – THINGS LOST, THINGS REGAINED
also more on the Carny Lingo Dictionary
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047 – Food jointee KATHY FOUST
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046 – SECRETS AND VICES (and a donkey show)
also Old BILLBOARDs online,
Mexican carnival photos,
mentalism secrets
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045 – STEVIE COYLE and his album “Ten In One”
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044 – DREAM ROCKWELL of Lucent Dossier
also Bailey’s Circus winter quarters (almost in my back yard)
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043 – WAYNE KEYSER, your podcaster
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042 – Fire Performer CARISA HENDRIX (Halloween 2010)
also my visit to a voodoo supply store
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041 – KEITH STICKLEY ON SPOOK SHOWS
also Le Petomane (a very unusual performer)
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040 – DR. MYTHSONIAN (MIKE MELILLO)
also David Foster Wallace article on carnivals
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039 – DEVONSHIRE CREAM, Burlesque artiste
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038 – NOEL BENEDETTI, blogger of “Hey Rube Circus”
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037 – P.T. BARNUM: THE ART OF MONEY GETTING
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036 – TONY GANGI, Author of “Carny Sideshows”
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035 – THE CARNIVAL AS FOLK ART
also Hubert’s Museum & the secret city of the Lizard Men
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034 – HARLEY NEWMAN
also Eva Tanguay the “I Don’t Care girl”
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033 – JAY HUMANN
also Walt Whitman’s voice, The Amazing Vanteen
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032 – HALLOWEEN 2009
also Houdini’s Last Seance, Houdini’s Voice, Poe’s rare books digitized
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031 – BAR HUMOR
Also Lawanda Page, Moms Mabley, many more
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030 – SWING SHIFT SIDESHOW
also “Hubert’s Freaks” book
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029 – PROFESSOR SPROCKET
also Times Square Hubert’s Museum
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028 – THE SCARBOROUGH SIDESHOW
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027 – Performer MAB JUST MAB
also Oldest recorded sound updated, Recorded porn from the 1890’s,
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026 – Sign maker CINDA
also “Eefing'”, Fair food “Tornado Potato” recipe
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025 – MINSTREL SHOWS
also Give ‘Em A Little Extra
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024 – JEREMY WEISS, “The Shock Doc”
also SPECIAL BLOWOFF for the courageous
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023 – Pitchman DON DRIVER
also Misguided Opinions About Carnivals, Whole Earth Catalog Online
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022 – SHOW BUSINESS ON YOUR OWN
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021 – MUSIC FOR SHOW PEOPLE
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020 – Sword Swallower ALEXANDER KENSINGTON
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019 – Jointee & Author BARBARA BAMBERGER SCOTT
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018 – THE GREAT NIPPULINI
also Gibsonton visit video, Regurgitator Hadji Ali
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017 – DOUG HIGLEY, maker of “Zibits”
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016 – Fat man BRUCE SNOWDEN
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015 – GEORGE MACARTHUR (GEORGE THE GIANT)
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014 – TRAVIS FESSLER of the Pickled Brothers Sideshow
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013 – LORI MAYNARD, The Carnival Poet
also Carnytown websites
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012 – THE OLDE CITY SIDESHOW
Amusement employees low pay
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011 – Ex-Carny KEVIN MORRA
also “American Talkers” on iTunes
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010 – Burlesque star LADY AYE
also The Amazing Vanteen
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009 – SWAMI YOHMAHMI
also the Grand Guignol theatre and Dissection in High School
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008 – JOHN ROBINSON of the Sideshow World website
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007 – JIMMY ZAJICEK, veteran showman
also “Circus History Message Board”
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006 – REV. TOMMY GUNN
also Lucky Mojo Voodoo Supply, Bleeding Brain Jell-O Mold recipe
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005 – Glass Eater GLASSERELLA
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004 – Sideshow School instructor ADAM RINN
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003 – GWYD & SYLVER FYRE
also my background and why I do Ballycast
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002 – JAMES TAYLOR
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001 – BRETT LOUDERMILK
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