History of Sorts

Circus

  • The Real “Greatest Showman”— The Truth Behind PT Barnum

    Throughout history, we have gone through several eras, and I believe we have now arrived at the era of hypocrisy. If we ever need a prominent example, it is the continuous praise of the merits of the musical The Greatest Showman. Some people often use the song “This is Me” to validate an inclusive society.

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  • P.T. Barnum-the Greatest show on earth

    With the musical “the Greatest showman”  starring Hugh Jackman,to hit the cinema soon and in some countries it already is in the movie theaters, it is time to have a look what that greatest show actually was. Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891) was an American showman, politician, and businessman remembered for

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  • The Circus that saved a Jewish family

    I stumbled upon this story by accident. I was actually doing research on a Jerry Lewis movie called “The Day the Clown Cried “The film was met with controversy regarding its premise and content, which features a circus clown who is imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp. Lewis has repeatedly insisted that The Day the Clown Cried would never be

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  • Mary ,the murderous elephant

    Mary was a five-ton Asian elephant, also known as Murderous Mary, who performed in the Sparks World Famous Shows circus. After killing a trainer in Kingsport, Tennessee, she was hanged in 1916. Her death is sometimes interpreted as a cautionary tale of circus animal abuse during the early 20th century. On September 12, 1916, a hobo

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  • The Hammond circus train wreck.

    In a quiet cemetery outside Chicago lies a mass grave of clowns, strongmen, and acrobats who died in one of the worst circus tragedies in history. In the early morning hours of June 22, 1918, the members of the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus were fast asleep in the wooden cars at the back of their train. The Hammond

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