Ward Hall: King of the Sideshow
Ward Hall (1930-2018) was a living legend of the American sideshow. His name has become iconic for the sideshows and the circus and carnival industry as a whole. worked with so many famous people in the sideshow industry such as the Percilla Bejano the Monkey Girl, Norbert Pete Terhurne (Poobah) the 3 ft 7-inch dwarf fire eater, Dick Brisbane, with feet growing directly from his hips, causing a waddling walk, became Penguin Boy. Stanley Barent, born with stumps for arms, became Sealo the Seal Boy. Louise Capps Hill, the armless girl who drove a tractor, milked cows, played guitar and raised her children on her farm, Grace McDaniels the Mule-Faced Woman, Melvin Burkhart the Anatomical Wonder, Eddie Camel, Giant, Betty Lou Williams, the Double Bodied Girl, Frank Lentini the Three Legged Man, Dolly Reagan the Ossified Girl, Betty Macgregor - Stella The Beared Lady, Sandra Reed the Albino Girl, Albert Short the Rubber Man, William Dirks the Three-Eyed Man or the Two-Faced man, and Johann Peterson the Viking Giant just to name a few.
