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Podcast: Fascinating Nouns
Episode: Ep. 138: Carnival Diablo – The Last Great Sideshow
Description: Carnival Diablo – The Last Great Sideshow
At the turn of the century, the circus sideshow was one of the main attractions. Typically they featured superhuman feats such as sword swallowing and glass walking, as well as rare objects of wonder including shrunken heads, two-headed animals, wax figures. These collections fell out of fashion during the 1960’s, and subsequently, most went out of business.
Scott McClelland’s grandfather N. P. Lewchuck was one such owner, and ran the largest sideshow in Canada. He started teaching Scott the family business when Scott was just 11 years old. Since then, he...