Step into Coney Island on a summer day and you’ll hear it — screams from the Cyclone, music blasting from boardwalk speakers. Walk down Surf Avenue and you’ll see a different kind of spectacle: ...

Welcome to the freak show! All summer long, the Coney Island Circus Sideshow is hosting events that embrace what makes Coney Island unique. From burlesque shows to pop-ups, you never know what kind of ...

Engines Podcast The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2279: Babies in Sideshows Episode: 2279 In which medical people learn how to save babies on the boardwalk. Today, our guest, medical historian Julie ...

CONEY ISLAND, Brooklyn (PIX11) – Sweet Pepper Klopek set a world record in 2015 when he lifted a 15-pound sledgehammer using two hooks pierced into his cheeks. On Sunday, Arrie Fae Bronson-Davidson is ...

Hurry, hurry, hurry, step right up, because one of the last great traveling carnival sideshows is closing for good tomorrow, in Tampa. Ward Hall, the legendary carny impresario, is philosophical about ...

At the height of the Great Depression, the showman of a renowned circus leads his troupe through the devastated American landscape, lifting the spirits of audiences along the way. During their travels ...