Medusa Van Allen was nothing like the mythical Medusa, though she was equally as strange. Born in Ohio on March 19, 1908, the bones in Medusa’s body never grew, with the exception of her head. Because of her undeveloped bones, Medusa could never sit or stand. She could only lay flat. Doctors could do nothing for her bizarre condition.
As an adult, Medusa’s head was a normal size, yet her body remained like that of a baby. With the help of a private tutor her brain also reached an adult level. She exhibited herself as one of Ripley’s human oddities in the 1930s. In her pamphlet pitched at shows, Medusa said, “I enjoy life in much the same way as any normal person, and find life filled with really worthwhile pleasures.”

Billed as the “Thinnest Man in the World,” Harry V. Lewis stood 5 feet, 7 1/2 inches and weighed 80 pounds. He didn’t always hold such a title. Born in 1895 in Leon, Iowa, Lewis was a normal boy until the age of 12. That was when he began to notice .....

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"Well hello...Welcome to my home....I feel style is as important to your life as your look..."

Amazing....what a helpful lady!

Museum of Interactive Failure.

Quoted: Ghost Sites' Museum of I-Failure is an annotated screenshot gallery of departed Web Sites from the Dawn of the New Economy

"Disturbingly Informative"

The Mutter Museum.
Medical Science Museum and Archive.
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Is there a better way to spend an afternoon? NO. THERE IS NOT.

"The museum is best known for its large collection of skulls and anatomical specimens including a wax model of a woman with a human horn growing out of her forehead, the tallest skeleton on display in North America, a 5'-long human colon that contained over 40 pounds of fecal matter, and the petrified body of the mysterious Soap Lady, whose corpse was turned into a soapy substance called adipocere. Many wax models from the early 19th century are on display as are numerous preserved organs and body parts. The museum also hosts a collection of teratological specimens (preserved human fetal specimens), a malignant tumor removed from President Grover Cleveland's hard palate, the conjoined liver from Siamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker, and a growth removed from President Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth."

Genderbending Bloodsucking Freaks!

A delightful, nauseating, admirably obsessive blog about bedbugs.
Don't forget to vote for their Bloggers Choice award. They are in the running in the "Blogs About Stuff" category. Quote: "Do You Love Bedbugger? PROVE IT! I hate to bother you with this, but I am going to make a shameless plea for votes.."

Don't let them down. They have earned it. damn....I feel itchy.......