Date:  Fri, 1 Dec 1995 13:41:52 -0500

From:  Bob Haas <rahaas[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]HAMLET.UNCG.EDU>

Subject: Re: -head



On Fri, 1 Dec 1995, SETH SKLAREY wrote:



> Pinheads were a fascinating group of circus sideshow freaks who I presume

> were hydoencephalitics whose water had been removed.  The head came to a

> point and they were somewaht mentally retarded. Tod Browning's 1932 movie

> Freaks, an all time classic, featured them. They resided in Gibsontown

> Florida where the sideshow people from the circus winter quartered. Flossie,

> who was featured in the movie, died about 10 years ago.



Seth,



Thanks for the background. Still looking for a copy of _Freaks_.



Bob