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World's 'Ugliest
Woman' Buried
153 Years Later

World's 'Ugliest Woman' Buried 153 Years Later

Julia Pastrana's body finally returned to her native Mexico

(Newser) - The "world's ugliest woman" has been laid to rest—153 years after she died. Born with a genetic condition that covered her face in thick hair, Julia Pastrana was called "bear woman" by husband/manager Theodore Lent and described in an 1854 New York Times ad as the...

Sideshow Owner Wins $4K in 5-Legged Pup Case

Aug 14, 2009 5:04 AM CDT

Sideshow Owner Wins $4K in 5-Legged Pup Case

(Newser) - TV judge Jeanine Pirro has handed the freak show world a victory in the case of the 5-legged pup saved from a life on exhibit, the New York Daily News reports. Pirro ruled that the dog's original owner shouldn't have reneged on his deal to sell the animal to John...

5-Legged Puppy Has
Amputation to Foil Suit

Jul 23, 2009 6:17 PM CDT

5-Legged Puppy Has Amputation to Foil Suit

(Newser) - And you thought the story of the five-legged puppy and the Coney Island freak show couldn't get any stranger. The woman who swooped in at the last minute to save Lily from the fate of becoming a public spectacle says the dog has had her fifth leg amputated, the Charlotte ...

5-Legged
Pup Saved
From Freak Show

Jul 19, 2009 8:21 AM CDT

5-Legged Pup Saved From Freak Show

(Newser) - A good-hearted pet lover paid $4,000 to outbid a Coney Island operator to save a five-legged puppy from life in a freak show, reports the New York Daily News. North Carolinian Allyson Siegel, 45, called the owner of the Chihuahua terrier mix when she learned the puppy would be...