William Shakespeare

A 58 Year Old Bullet

W. V. Meadows of West Point, Georgia, was shot in the eye at the battle of Vicksburg on July 1, 1863.

Fifty-eight years later he unexpectedly coughed up the Civil War slug (as shown) – July 21, 1932

“The Devil’s Daughter”

Leona Young, of Norwich, NY, applies a blowtorch to her tongue. A colleague of professor Kongee, The Painless Wonder, Young called herself the Devil’s Daughter and performed with hot lead, volcanic explosions and a regulation plumber’s torch, which she passed over her exposed flesh. (March 3, 1938)

Mr. Asbestos Skin

Edmonton, Alberta, boasted a citizen with “asbestos skin”. It seems a Mr. H. H. Getty walked into the editorial offices of the Edmonton Bulletin and proceeded to prove his fire-resisting abilities to a bug-eyed staff.

Mr. Getty could hold a lighted match close to the skin on various parts of his body without an blistering or pain!(may 20, 1940)

A direct descendant of the Chevalier Troupe of acrobats, Lorraine Chevalier of Philadelphia, PA, was actually able to sit on her own head!

The family claims that in 200 years only one person per generation of Chevaliers was suited for this type of work.

The Human Belt

Los Angeles dancer Miss Renee DeLue and her partner, Ruby Dale, demonstrate their version of a human belt.

Appreciative audiences put them on a pedestal for many years (August 29, 1946)

F. Velez Campos

F. Velez Campos, dislocationist, strikes a peculiar pose in Fortuna, Puerto Rico (September 23, 1933)

Human Flag

Perry L Biddle of DeFuniak Springs, FL, hoists himself up into a human flag position on his ninetieth birthday!

90 year old Perry L Biddle