Known as the “Monarch of Manacles,” Harry Houdini’s younger brother Theo “Dash” Hardeen, was also once a famous magician and escapist artist, but somehow, his story has been forgotten by history… Theo was a handcuff and straightjacket escape wiz (he’s…
Maybe you’ve heard of Gibsonton (aka Showtown), the winter haven for carnival performers near Tampa, Florida, home to side-show performers like Priscilla the Monkey Girl and the Alligator Man, where post office counters were lowered for the convenience of little…
At 6’4” and 240 pounds, handsome, muscular Russian-American Vincent Natulkiewicz looked like he’d stepped out of a Tarzan movie. And like Tarzan, he lived in the jungle with his animals. Vince “Trapper” Nelson—or Tarzan of the Loxahatchee River—arrived in Hobe…
