American Carnival: Barnum Project: Recent Episodes
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Learn more about P.T. Barnum’s life growing up, and what influenced him to become the successful man he is today.
Learn more about P.T. Barnum’s life with Charity and his secret marriage after her passing.
First, he bought her and destroyed her life. Then he sold tickets to her autopsy. What a monster!
PT Barnum is bringing Jenny Lind to America. Is she a dancer? No, she is America’s Swedish Nightingale.
Beauty pageants, dog shows, and hot dog eating contests. Discover how all these national competitions began by taking a closer look at the 19th century Toddlers & Tiaras.
Barnum’s life altering experience will make you adjust how you conduct business in the future.
Find out what --or who --P. T. Barnum really put on display. You’ll ask, “What is it?” And you won’t like the answer....
You may have heard of Josephine Clofullia, but the swiss lady has nothing on the American born bearded lady! Come closer to hear the grand tale of the Esau child and her life of twists and turns in Barnum’s fantastical world.
The magnificent wedding between Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren took place on February 9th, 1863. Though the event was highly publicized what can you tell me about the life of Lavinia Warren? Listen in to discover more about who this little woman is...
Listen to the tragic story of the downfall of one of the most extraordinary places in New York, the place which boosted Barnum’s reputation.
Take a trip through history and learn of a rivalry that not only happened over a hundred years ago but is still happening today.
Who was Barnum before the circus? All the things you don’t know about Barnum
before he became a showman.
Discover Jumbo the elephant, from his humble origins to his tragic, untimely death, and uncover the remarkable legacy that he left behind.
Barnum and Bailey, the perfect pair. How did these two become the greatest showmen in history?
Listen to an anecdote from Barnum's young life highlighting both his showmanship and his humbug! Phineas Barnum, a young store clerk, makes a rash decision with a peddler, and as a result has to work his way out of a tight bind.
Listen to the unbelievable and tragic life of the original Siamese twins, Chang and Eng, and their adventures touring with the infamous P. T. Barnum.
This episode is about the Joyce Heth hoax, which made P. T. Barnum famous in the entertainment industry.
New York juggler Signor Antonio, Professor of Equilibrium and Place Dancing, is recruited by the infamous P. T. Barnum. Changing the man's name to Vivalla to sound more ethnic, Barnum hypes the once-nobody to stardom.
Barnum's American Museum, once located on the corner of Anne and Broadway in New York City, was a major point of American pop culture in the mid-1800s; step in to see the build up and opening of one of Barnum's greatest triumphs!
Barnum exhibits General Tom Thumb, fresh out of England. 11 years old and only 25 inches high!
P.T. Barnum and his side show collection. The American Museum in New York welcomes the Bearded Lady of Geneva!
This episode is about one of the many natural curiosities Barnum had in his museums. His famous Woolly Horse was a popular exhibit, but was the horse actually one of a kind?
Jenny Lind, "the Swedish Nightingale," engaged in a $150,000 contract with P. T. Barnum to sing on tour in America. This episode describes the excitement over Jenny Lind's 1850 arrival in New York City.
Become one of the hundreds of onlookers who watched Barnum's "Brick Man" perform a fairly peculiar task!
Listen to this informational, jaw-dropping episode on P. T. Barnum's horrific 1865 museum fire.
Be inspired by this tall tale of love and tragedy involving one of the tallest women to grace the face of the earth -- the one, the only Anna Swan.
This episode discusses Barnum's first day running his own circus. It goes through the troubles -- and triumphs -- of the beginning of Barnum's circus life.
Take a trip to the small town of Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1875. A new mayor has just been elected, a mayor named Barnum.
Jumbo was the most famous elephant and admired by millions around the world. However, one tragic night changed everything.