The sad reality was if these people with deformities didn't put themselves on display they often had no other means to make a living.

@karenneill9109

3 күн бұрын

And human curiosity is universal. If you’re going to be gawked at, perhaps making money off of it is a silver lining.

@souxcasa

2 күн бұрын

Many of them were incredibly talented performers. It's a disservice to think of all of them as victims

@karenneill9109

2 күн бұрын

@@souxcasa Nothing to say they can’t be both.

@souxcasa

2 күн бұрын

@@karenneill9109 no there isn't but it's often ignored from stories like these. She was obviously a very savvy woman and should have been represented as such

@mangot589

2 күн бұрын

A lot of them still don’t. They’re on the dole, they hate the “do gooders” that took away a good living. They got to travel the world, meet interesting people. I personally think it should be UP TO THEM what they want to do with their own lives. And nobody, able bodied or not can tell if somebody is a POS to this day. 🤷‍♀️

Myrtle Corbin is my great great grandmother in law. She was a strong and amazing woman. My mother in law is the spitting image of Myrtle! We have photos of her not ever made public. Thank you for focusing on the good and what she accomplished!

@jillwklausen

3 сағат бұрын

How very cool that you descended from such a remarkable woman! Thank you for sharing your connection with us.

@milliesecond102

3 сағат бұрын

​@@jillwklausenSHE DIDN'T descend from her, her husband did.

@Katakagara

3 сағат бұрын

That’s incredible. Poor lady with 4 legs. Bless her!

I’m probably being controversial here, but I think she had a good life. She found love, had a good income, had babies and lived to a reasonable age for the time. Lots of healthy ‘normal’ people of that time had none of these things. I don’t feel sorry for her, I admire and salute her and all that she achieved. Very nice video, thank you.

@janchampine1899

3 күн бұрын

Agreed.

@ArriusDixie

3 күн бұрын

She may have had a better life than she would have if she was born now. Her wage was enormous for the time, and I would not be too quick to judge the parents, in that age if you could not make money you could literally starve. The Halloween decorations are modern so we are no better. I don't think she would like being called tragic.

@winniecash1654

3 күн бұрын

She certainly made the best of the situation. Life is hard. She did well with the deck she was handed.

@user-uu9yj5tt4v

3 күн бұрын

Yeah, I thought the narrator was a bleeding heart liberal... I've had a harder life than her, but you'll know it by looking at me or my accomplishments

@personalcheeses8073

3 күн бұрын

You aren’t wrong

Bless this poor woman. The cruelty shown towards her during this era in history was vile. May you Rest in Eternal Peace Myrtle 🙏🙏🙏❣️

@Patriot1789

3 күн бұрын

Given our modern understanding of biology what’s our excuse for the nastiness we impose of LGBTQ and gender fluid people - especially given the fact that they represent a tiny proportion of the population.

@Wyonative08

2 күн бұрын

Still would be today. Humans wisdom hasn't advanced in any time/way whatsoever!! 150 yrs ago and we haven't grown, matured, educated ourselves, mellowed, grown in empathy or anything of the sort for decade after decade! 😮😢 Actually, truly sad. ❤😊❤

@aprildawnsunshine4326

2 күн бұрын

She was rich and famous, had her pick of the best doctors in the country and raised 4 successful children. Frankly I'd love to be her instead of being completely broke all the time and unable to get the medical care I need not because it hasn't been invented yet, but because it's priced stupidly high. Heck even basic household items I need cost 100x as much as the "normal" version just because it's for the disabled.

@courtneypattison4269

Күн бұрын

AMEN 🙏🙌❤

@bettym.3996

11 сағат бұрын

I'll bet that's not all Corbin's father exposed.

My grandpa was a “freak.” He was a “fishman.” He had terrible psoriasis, and the rafts of psoriasis looked like scales. He had issues working -torquing the skin caused the skin to bleed. He got a job in a freak show, and made a good living. My gran and he divorced when my (perfectly normal) mom was small, and he toured the country making good money - until “them dang do gooders” decided that physical defect equaled mental defect and he (and those like him) didn’t realize he was being taken advantage of and closed down the shows - without a thought as to how these people who were not mentally challenged were going to get jobs, survive, etc. He went from having a home and a job to a drifter that was chased out of anywhere he tried to get a job. He ended his days living with his brother, shunned and hidden. For the “freaks” often the inner world of the sideshow with the other freaks was the only place they felt normal.

@Guitarman7133

18 сағат бұрын

DAMN. MY GRANDPA WAS AN ALCOHOLIC WHO DIED OF LIVER FAILURE. LOL

@Ead32180

9 сағат бұрын

That's what happens when the do gooders, Aka Libs, are offended for others even though those others aren't offended themselves

@jillwklausen

3 сағат бұрын

How awful that he was treated that way. I'm very sorry that was done to him. Thank you for sharing his story.

What a tragic life. Unfortunately right now parents are making money off their children on social media. Children everywhere need more protections.

@kaydeedid

3 күн бұрын

Nothing comparable about viewing a family that are not physically handicapped. This is 2024. Life is lived under cameras.. Not our choices. Everywhere we go. Kids are used to it. No exploitation involved whatsoever. These people Barnum hires were exploited

@Djulimee

3 күн бұрын

The difference there is that in those days there was no social security and so the men had to find ways of working to earn a living. Alas, poor Josephine Myrtle's father was more of an opportunist and instead of protecting his daughter, as is a father's duty, he chose to exploit her. Shameful man.

@teschchr122

3 күн бұрын

@@Djulimee I definitely agree. Unfortunately we have seen other opportunists such as these poor kids on tv (Shirley Temple among many) or in music and now social media is empowering a whole new set of opportunistic parents. SMH, I don’t understand why people seem to think they have the right to live off their kids.

@GenXsinglefree

2 күн бұрын

​@@teschchr122 The patriarchal construct treats women and children as property rather than autonomous beings. Despite much progress, that mindset still exists globally.

@teschchr122

2 күн бұрын

@@GenXsinglefree you are so right.

She sounds like a very amazing woman. Even though she was treated cruelly it sounds as if she lived life with courage. Im glad she found happiness with her husband and children. May she rest in eternal peace.

@BonnieM93

3 күн бұрын

If she's with Jesus then she's completely whole and so is her twin!!

I never heard of this brave and very strong lady, but I think Myrtle Corbin is a freaking hero! She took the bad break that an accident of birth dealt to her and made a great life for herself, giving life to three children and, for that time period, lived a long life. Hurray for Myrtle!

@mick7even

9 сағат бұрын

I see what you did there. “Freaking” hero 😂

Nowadays her parents would just have a KZread channel.

@ferociousgumby

3 күн бұрын

It's true. The sideshow mentality lives on. Society has not learned a thing.

@carolineoates5964

Күн бұрын

Truth

@gisellelabonte3206

12 сағат бұрын

True

@Want2cJesus

57 минут бұрын

Soon parents will document the castration of their Trans children and wrap it all up in Rainbow colored bow. This whole world is about to burn!

Thank you for your respectful telling of her story. People can be so cruel. I hope she rests in peace.

@kellydalstok8900

2 күн бұрын

Calling her and other people with birth defects “freaks” throughout the video isn’t very respectful though.

@san4953

2 күн бұрын

@@kellydalstok8900 You’re right, and in the current year it would not be acceptable in any venue. But they are speaking the vernacular of the time.

You did a wonderful job of presenting Myrtle Corbin as a human being. I loved your storytelling.

Beautifully told . I had heard of her but didn’t know she had two pelvic bones and reproductive systems. Thank you

she made a relatively normal life for someone with so much to overcome. I did not realize she was able to have a family A truly fascinating story

@katehack1677

4 күн бұрын

Amazing. Given medical knowledge at the time... So brave to persist with pregnancies. Bit of luck involved there!

@Zzz2x

3 күн бұрын

That’s disgusting someone laid with her like that

@SobrietyandSolace

2 күн бұрын

I can’t even get a date to show up what is this woman’s secret

@retalbtaylor370

Күн бұрын

@@SobrietyandSolacewhat??????!!!!!!

@Lickicker

13 сағат бұрын

Ya, 7 kids is pretty amazing. I could have lived without the fact that she had 2 vaginas and had a preference for which one to use in the bedroom.

I think 59 years is actually really good for someone born with this sort of deformity back that long ago. A lot of people without deformities didnt live that long.

@zztopz7090

Күн бұрын

Without antibiotics Id be dead by age 23.

@DrunkComments

Күн бұрын

59 these days, is an accomplishment!

@lozensfire

Күн бұрын

Her mama loved her

@AnniCarlsson

11 сағат бұрын

Can we stop think people died young for just die young. We allways become same age if not get sick or be in a fatal accident.

@Linnie1021

4 сағат бұрын

! ​@@zztopz7090

Sick of the parents to exploit the child but no more sick than some of the parents on social media today.

There's nothing good about being labeled a freak, including the salary.

SHE MADE 59 YEARS , AT THAT TIME WAS A LONG LIFE FOR ANYONE, STRONG SPIRITED PERSON, WITH THREE SURVIVING CHILDREN, AWESOME LIFE ALL THINGS CONSIDERED

@aprildawnsunshine4326

2 күн бұрын

Don't forget she was rolling in dough and gorgeous!

@debbylou5729

2 күн бұрын

59 wasn’t considered a ‘long life’ by anyone. Look up how infant mortality skewed the result of ‘average lifespan

@user-bg8ne2qj8h

2 күн бұрын

@@debbylou5729I'M NEVER WRONG DEBBIE DOO

@user-td4zp4gq2p

Күн бұрын

Im a 53 year old fat guy! She's running rings around me! Literally!😂

@dancingpigmonkey

Күн бұрын

The majority of people who survived childhood went on to have long lives, being 59 wasn't really a wow factor, not even back then.

Today she would have had surgery. The poor kid.

@Tempe1962

4 күн бұрын

Maybe.Some choose not to.

@Jane-Doe.1126

4 күн бұрын

They would have to remove one leg from each side for her to appear "normal". Then she would still have had two vaginas. If they removed one of them then she would have still had one regular size leg and one small one. Seems she would be better off the way she was born.

@ijoinedthedarkside333

4 күн бұрын

​@@Tempe1962because they cant afford it.

@lk6789

4 күн бұрын

@@ijoinedthedarkside333 Not every where is like the US, in the UK and the majority of Europe medical care is free. In the UK all medical care has been free (pay for in taxes) since the 1940's.

@RebeccaGogovcev

4 күн бұрын

​@Tempe1962 some cannot be safely separated. These people might choose to not get treatment.

She had a more normal life than others with physical anomolies. I hope her children lived well too.

I heard about her before somewhere, but you totally killed it. I couldn't imagine having your life a sideshow, poor Myrtle. Awesome video.

@annabellelee4535

3 күн бұрын

The sideshow people loved their jobs and were paid well.

@pettytoni1955

3 күн бұрын

​@@annabellelee4535 exactly. Most had no other opportunities to earn a living, and they made the best out of their situations. Stopping freakshows put a lot of people out of work.

@pianoreigns

Күн бұрын

​@@annabellelee4535You were there , were you ?

@annabellelee4535

Күн бұрын

@@pianoreigns I have talked to sideshow performers quite often and yes, they love their jobs. They made good money until someone got all offended and banned them from performing. Why are you disgusted by them? I'm not disgusted by them. I've even met "Lobster Boy" aka Grady Stiles and I don't find even Grady to be disgusting. What he did was disgusting though.

She made the best with what life gave her. Incredible story!!

I’m old enough to remember as a child (under 10) when the Annual Fair came to town, they had a section that had all the “Freak Shows” (as they were referred to back then). We weren’t even allowed to walk through that area - we would skirt around it. I was one of 7 kids. Both of my parents absolutely hated this kind of abuse / taking advantage of someone’s disability. By time I was a tween these shows had been banned in our city. They may have still been part of the Fair, but they weren’t allowed to set up. Amazing that Corbyn has such a “full” life.

@user-ch9if6px6r

2 күн бұрын

My Mom was exactly the same way. We didn't go near the freak show.

@americandevo

Күн бұрын

Like it or not most of those who appeared in Circus "Side Shows" were happy to exhibit themselves. People with those type of "disabilities" had no other way of earning a living, were gawked at anywhere they went anyway and they actually made very good money exhibiting themselves. There is a documentary about former side show participants, they all speak with great resentment about how their chosen livelihood was ended by "do-gooders" who needed to mind their own business. According to the "mule faced woman" she was formerly earning $5 thousand dollars a month on the circuit but after laws were created to "protect" her she was forced to live in a tiny travel trailer and live on a little more than $1 thousand dollars a month in social security. People with "disabilities" are smart and fully capable of making decisions for themselves, they don't need anybody who is offended to "protect them". And this narrator has is WRONG! The "freaks" in the documentary spoke highly of Barnum, the was no need to portray him as some abusive "slave owner". I think the documentary (shown on PBS) may have been called "After the Sideshow".

@bonnylouwho76

Күн бұрын

@@user-ch9if6px6r The same, I could not stand it that people were called "freaks," even when I was tiny. They are people that are born differently that is all.

This certainly gives one perspective. An utterly fascinating story that leaves me with more compassion and gratitude than I had a half hour ago....

@MayimHastings

3 күн бұрын

Thank you for speaking my heart! 🤍🙏🕊

@adamsnewman5480

3 күн бұрын

That part.

she had lots of positives in her life, well done Myrtle.

I understand the physical invasion of pretty much h any doctor . I was born in 1960 with displaced hips. For the next 10 years I had to pretty much allow any male to investigate me. Do you understand how embarrassing, humiliating that is ? Can't even imagine what she went through.

@sandrakennedy4877

4 күн бұрын

I a sorry that you went through this. In 1960 I was also born, as a D.E.S baby. I have had more photos taken of my internal vagina and uterus plus later ovaries to be used as "medical information." for "text books". Now I try to laugh it off, make a joke of it, and am just thankful that it has taught a lot of others about it.. In my 60's now I look at it as my private modeling albeit unpaid lol it hurts in the past but as someone once said to me, "you survived, were brave, and have moved on to a better life". I repeat that to you and hope it gives you some peace.

@annabellelee4535

4 күн бұрын

Doctors are very strange people with no sense of personal boundaries. I had my son by C-section and after the baby was removed the doctor called in some interns and they spent about five minutes rummaging around talking about how organs look different when they're living. Thankfully my son came back after being cleaned up so they had to sew me up. It was surreal.

@personincognito3989

4 күн бұрын

I was in a similar situation so I can imagine.

@CarolFremel-my4hs

3 күн бұрын

I hope these males were all doctors

@lparky4409

3 күн бұрын

I know somebody who's child had a rare disease and they always had various doctors examining her at the children's hospital which upset her. In fact once she had an visiting American lady professor come to see her who was really kind and gentle and explained far more to the parents in one session that the usual doctor did. Also kept in touch afterwards.

I visited the Barnum Museum in Florida and was horrified by the way people with deformities were exploited by the circus owner. Later, it was explained that they were happy there. They had found each other. Separately they were freaks but together they were normal.

@deborahtaylor9754

21 сағат бұрын

Barnum exploited wild animals for over 100 + years, too. It ended with poor ticket sales, Thank God.

@marionmarino1616

19 сағат бұрын

@@deborahtaylor9754 Circus acts incorporating wild animals have been kept out of NYC for some time now. But it was because of PUBLIC DEMANDS that it was stopped.

I cannot imagine going through life like that and being treated so badly. So sad.

@RachelLinks-pk6dr

2 күн бұрын

$400 every 2 weeks in 1920 was being treated badly?

@marycampbell1576

2 күн бұрын

@@RachelLinks-pk6drHer humiliation

@RachelLinks-pk6dr

2 күн бұрын

@@marycampbell1576 That's around 200k a year in today's money. People humiliate themselves for less.

@AA-ct7cb

2 күн бұрын

Horrible Parents.

@madreamer04

19 сағат бұрын

@@RachelLinks-pk6drhaving your disability on display for the world to see and having people gawk at you and make comments about your body just so that your parents can make money ….yeah that’s pretty bad. People should not exploit their children. Dad should have put all that effort into working.

That was a fascinating biographical account. She was a woman of extreme fortitude 👍🏻

I must take slight issue with you on one point. I was a medical secretary for many years. Invariably, no matter which hospital, there was a medical dictionary which was large, very old and filled with hand drawn illustrations. The doctors meant no unkindness by calling them "monsters". Any extremely rare or hitherto unknown deformity was labelled as such. It was a medical definition. Generally back then, the babies died, were stillborn and were sometimes helped out of the world because the physical defects were such as to be considered incapable of life and the mother was told the baby was stillborn. They had no treatment or cure. People were poor with no social medical care. Of course it sounds dreadful but it was ignorance not unkindness. I have been in a pathology museum with things in jars and they can be alarming enough to see, even now. Anyway, I just wanted your viewers to know that.

@aaronbarnett7113

4 күн бұрын

That was the first thought for me r me too. So sad.

@user-ii3vn8tn3q

4 күн бұрын

Silent deliveries where every glance marks the time waiting .

@Elfrida-ls2mo

4 күн бұрын

Total BS They knew Calling a Child or any Human a Monster was insulting they Don't call disabled People Monsters today Why

@user-dx8wy1zs5p

4 күн бұрын

Ummm. Monster meant the same back they. Cold azzholes

@PickleSammich-nd7pv

4 күн бұрын

Monster is unkind in any century.

My grandmother was raised in an orphanage in the early 1900s in Minnesota. She told me that people dropped off their deformed babies and often times the babies were allowed to starve to death in a dark room all alone. The baby would be given just enough food to survive but no one held the baby and it eventually died. That was back before social security disability and the church thought it was better to allow the baby to die than to suffer all its life. The orphanage had barely enough food to eat. Sometimes the children ate oatmeal that had been donated and the oats had bugs. She told me that hearing a baby cry haunted her because she thought about the suffering babies. When she became an adult she adopted my father who is mixed with black. Interracial marriage was not legal then.

@ace6285

2 күн бұрын

That still happens except they are given sugar water to fill their stomachs but no nutrition. On the other hand, some babies in some states are born full term and healthy but are euthanized because the mother doesn’t want them, while others are born so early in the pregnancy that it costs a fortune and a team of medical professionals and high tech to bring them to maturity. It’s all a crap shoot basically.

@northernlady212

2 күн бұрын

​@@ace6285😢

@lemurlover7975

Күн бұрын

Your grandmother sounds like a kind and caring woman and I am glad her horrible experiences led her to go do something good and adopt a baby herself.

@CritterKeeper01

Күн бұрын

​@@ace6285 There are no states where it is legal to euthanize a healthy newborn.

@Duchess_of_Cadishead

Күн бұрын

@@ace6285that does not happpen in Australia or the uk.

Great doc on Corbin, done with compassion and respect.

One thing that people forget all of time is that they look at someone with a disability is that they do not see the "ability" that is within the person. As with the word "disabled" the "able" gets lost - no one is perfect (and if you think that you are, you are on the wrong planet).

@cassandraknight8804

3 күн бұрын

I usually say don’t dis my ability. Thank you for your message and understanding.

@colleenhelminiak1429

3 күн бұрын

@@cassandraknight8804 You are very welcome - and I like your saying. ☺

@bonnylouwho76

Күн бұрын

I have always preferred " Other-abled."

@cassandraknight8804

Күн бұрын

@@bonnylouwho76 Thank you, I like this

@Janeburns-mi9dh

6 сағат бұрын

You are so right!

This poor woman..going though life with this abnormality. The courage..and strength it took to face each day..had to be tremendous. She had a strength that enabled her to cope. I am sure she had some weepy nights..wondering why. How Barnum treated his workers and animals...is.was cruel and revolting. It makes me sick at heart.

@pettytoni1955

3 күн бұрын

Her strength enabled her to take honest stock of her situation, and to do what she needed to do to make an independent living for herself.

@3mastiffsme

2 күн бұрын

Not everyone sits around feeling sorry for themselves. She obviously didn't, which is why she had such a great life. Especially for those times. She had an excellent life. One to be envied, not to be cried over. Barnum wasn't a saint but he gave disabled people a way to have a life. Paid them very well, access to healthcare. She found love & had children. The way he treated animals was typical of those times. This narrator is a bleeding heart. She would never want all this pity!

Born in Bono, Johnson County, Texas on 22 May 1896 to James Clinton Bicknell and Josephine Myrtle Corbin. Clinton Francis Bicknell married Alma Cordelia Jameson and had 3 children. He passed away on 8 April 1966 in Temple, Bell County, Texas, USA.

@sandmors7998

2 күн бұрын

Interesting

Wow...what a story! Thank you.

Thank you for making and posting this video. I hope her family appreciated her.

It is a sad story, but historically important, and so very well documented by you.

How is it outrageous that the doctors said she was a twin who didn't completely split? That's what her condition, Dipygus, is- twins that have not separated and one absorbed into the body of the other twin.

@tuft9250

3 күн бұрын

This is completely incorrect. That is not at all what dipygus is. Simply go check online. It's easy to dispell.

@marydlutes1792

3 күн бұрын

​I think you have this wrong.

@Ninjanimegamer

3 күн бұрын

Yes, I agree that dipygus is the deformity that is caused by incomplete mono zygotic twinning; an incomplete absorbed twin. Why they thought it was strange, was because it was very rare, these doctors probably only read about it, and it was shocking to see back then. Also, newspapers, articles, scientific journals all hyped up the condition to attract readers, and followers.

@Ninjanimegamer

3 күн бұрын

​​ I read the definition. I think you need to explain your theory of the condition dipygus.

@sevenandthelittlestmew

3 күн бұрын

⁠@@tuft9250It’s not *completely* incorrect. There is speculation that this may be “a cause” of dipygus. The truth is, medical professionals don’t really know what causes the disorder, or if there are multiple factors contributing to the disorder. There have been studies showing a genetic expression that may be the reason that some people are born with dipygus.

I just love your channel. You tell their story in such a caring and respectful way.

This is the kind of history I enjoy learning about. Amazing story

I’m a Bicknell by birth. When I was a teenager, my dad told me we had a relative that had 4 legs. I thought he was joking until he took out a small black & white photo of Myrtle when she was young. It seems that the man she married, Clinton Bicknell, was closely related to my grandfather. I think first cousins. So, I’m not blood related to Myrtle but I definitely am related to her descendants. I have a photo of her grave that my sister took some time ago. I’m fascinated by her life story. On a side note, I believe Blount County is in Alabama rather than Tennessee.

@holleyhillfarm

6 сағат бұрын

There is a Blount county in both states. The one in Tennessee is south of Knoxville and the one in Alabama is north of Birmingham.

Poor baby she didn't ask for that to happen or anything but made the most out of it.

Also remember that for a woman to show her leg above the ankle was considered shameful. I suspect she was raised with the same puritanical attitude everyone had at the time. It was embarrassing in a way it would not be today.

Thank you for this compassionate and unsensational report. Really interesting and human.

@Factinate

4 күн бұрын

Thanks for the kind words.

That "lifting her skirt" thing is very offensive.

I am wondering why her doctor husband didnt suggest the infected leg be amputated in order to save her life. Amputation of limbs was done, especially since Civil War times...so many doctors had training and experience in that type of surgery.

@letstalkaboutit7879

Күн бұрын

But a vagina was attached, nor do we know what would have been affected internally. Plus how it was positioned.

Methotrexate (the medication showed when they were discussing her fatal infection) is a chemotherapy medication frequently used to treat Psoriasis as well as Psoriatic and/or Rheumatoid Arthritis. Odd choice, as they were lamenting the lack of antibiotics. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Just to clarify, methotrexate is NOT an antibiotic. Do your research before publishing false information.

This was very interesting, thank you for taking the time to educate us on this lovely woman.

Props to her for making the most out of what she was given in life. I see no need to pity her.

Her sad little face in the photos says everything. What a heartbreaking story - Barnum was the biggest freak. RIP Myrtle🌹

@Momtomany1971

3 күн бұрын

A somber face in her photos doesn’t indicate she was unhappy… people didn’t smile in photos back in those days.

@pettytoni1955

3 күн бұрын

They didn't smile because still photography exposures took a long time. You'd have gotten muscle cramps by the end if you tried to smile.

@SerenDipity64711

2 күн бұрын

@@pettytoni1955that's interesting!

@user-yw9dr4mj5o

Күн бұрын

He sure was.... and in the 90's some one made a Broadway musical about his tail. And for what??

@micaelamorrigan2544

Күн бұрын

​@@user-yw9dr4mj5olove the greatest showman. Awesome musical

You did an excellent in your narration. I will be viewing your channel, since you don't have the excessive repeats like the other channels...

@Factinate

4 күн бұрын

Appreciated! Welcome 🤗

Was the rash cellulitis? It spread so fast on my mom that she passed away quickly from it... Tragic ending for Myrtle...

Great story! I'm just upset that you called her Corbin the whole time. It felt a little undignified. I think she deserved to be Myrtle throughout the story.

Thank you for an excellent video. It's so nice to hear people talking about people. Gives much more feeling than if some AI voice reported at me for half an hr

Extraordinary story.....thank you so much for sharing.

Loved and subbed❤

Really enjoyed! You have a very mesmerizing voice! Sad but she atleast had some joy in her life!

@tuft9250

3 күн бұрын

The voices used on this channel are AI generated. They are computer created. Some are more 'human' sounding than others.

@bergenpines1

3 күн бұрын

@@tuft9250 even more interesting! Well I liked the AI voice, and it enhanced your telling the story! Thanks for the info…..

This is horrible and disgusting how cruel they were to a human being who should have had surgery. What a nightmare life she lived poor lady.

@Melissa-gc1hz

3 күн бұрын

Surgery was not an option back then.

@alycewich4472

3 күн бұрын

The medical field has vastly changed since Corbin died in 1928 at the age of 59. And her death was almost 100 years ago. Even in the last few years we have made great strides in all of the sciences. We cannot judge the past by what we think they should have known when we have much more information than they did.

@michelleobrien6996

2 күн бұрын

First of all surgery was not an option. Second why should she have surgery. Thirdly she had a great life under the circumstances.

Barnum was not the originator of the phrase "Suckers, there's one born every minute." It was used against him in court by a banker in a case over the "Cardiff Giant."

With aaaaall respect to this poor woman and all tragedy and hardship she went through her life, with the statement that she had everything double down there, does it mean she had double periods? And hiw did her digestive system work? Things came out both ways? I mean people only saw her legs but she must have been dealing with so much stuff all her life!

@annabellelee4535

4 күн бұрын

I wonder how that worked? She had children from both sets so they had to be fully functional.

@SapiophileGoddess

4 күн бұрын

I wondered the exact same thing. Especially when he stated that she was confused as to being pregnant on the left side when she said that the right side was being used for… that purpose. Or did I misunderstand? So, two separate uteri?

@Ninjanimegamer

3 күн бұрын

Yes, if she had double uteruses, therefore she had double periods. She would also have had double bladders, and she had double clitorises. Not necessarily would she have had double stomachs, and it didn't seem like it, or she would have been wider above the waist. She also had double anuses, because it was implied she had "double of everything down there." How that worked one could only imagine. It's crazy how we're still analyzing and dissecting this poor woman's body apart after she's been laid to rest. Curiosity, will get the better of people. Maybe donating her body to science would have been a better choice. Her spirit is long gone, but her body remains a novelty.

@Draggonny

3 күн бұрын

​@@SapiophileGoddess It makes more sense when you understand that ovaries aren't neatly sealed to the ends of the fallopian tubes. Sperm can leave the fallopian tubes and enter the abdominal cavity. So they could have then entered the unsealed end of the other uterus' fallopian tube. It's all highly unusual but so is being a four legged woman.

@Patriot1789

3 күн бұрын

Excellent questions and not really answered.

Very interesting! Great video.

Very unique and interesting! Thanks for sharing

I feel sorry for the child. She had been exploited by both her parents and by Barnum. Her childhood had to be unbearably sad. And adulthood didnt sound much better. She doesnt look happy in the pics. I hope she found some happiness at some point in her life. ❤😢

@dreadcthulhu5

4 күн бұрын

Honestly in most pics of that time period no one really looks happy. Given that this was during the 1800s where one had to sit entirely still so as not to ruin the exposure that is a contributing factor to the often serious look people of the time had.

@sarahstrong7174

4 күн бұрын

Thankyou for sharing.

@annabellelee4535

4 күн бұрын

She married a doctor and had 5 healthy children so I'm sure she had happiness.

@lindamoser6317

3 күн бұрын

@@annabellelee4535 I would definitely like to think so. In a book I read about her it seems her husband liked the money she could make going on tour too.

@joanhuffman2166

3 күн бұрын

Circus people have a reputation for treating each other better than outsiders do.

What a unique story!

That poor woman. I had 4 miscarriages back when I was married and trying to make my Ex-husband happy. I quit trying after the last one. I truly hope she got from this life what she came here to do.

It’s a very high salary for the time, i dont understand why at least one parent didn’t go with her to care for her.

@alycewich4472

3 күн бұрын

Her father did for several years before PT Barnum came into the picture. I'm guessing that he thought she was old enough to be left with him. After all, there were children who were given to trades people as an apprentice to learn the trade, thus ensuring the child would have a better life than the parents.

@northernlady212

2 күн бұрын

Also, when she was with P T Barnum, she was in a community of people who were earning their living by showing what made them unique.

There was no "good news" about her death. She clearly did not want to die and was otherwise healthy.

Great content great presentation

In India in recent years a boy was born with four legs and four limbs attached at the abdomen plus a girl born with four arms and four legs in both cases it was a parasitic twin. Both had surgeries to remove their parasitic twin the boy in 2010 and the girl in 2007.

@northernlady212

2 күн бұрын

There's an Indian god or goddess rather like that. I think I've heard about a high number of similar people in India 🤔 I wonder if there is something in the Indian genetics 🤔

@Guitarman7133

18 сағат бұрын

IT'S ALL FROM THE DEPLETED URANIUM THE US ARMY BOMBED AND SHOT UP THE PLACE. FOR 10 YEARS.

'She was able to keep a household' well, why would she not? It's not that she had less, she had more

@alycewich4472

3 күн бұрын

That was a high complement for a woman in that time period.

Doctors were alerted to the fact the parents looked alike. Inbreeding !

This was very well done. I believe Barnum never made the “sucker” remark.

She made more money way back then, than I do now!

@alycewich4472

2 күн бұрын

🎯💯

Great video

Why can’t you be bothered to call her by her name Josephine , it’s soo disrespectful

@dragonshadow4145

Сағат бұрын

Calling someone by their last name is usually considered more respectful, first name is only if you personally know them.

Sad. But at least she was able to earn a decent amount of money. I know it was a terrible way to do it, but all her private business was already public knowledge. And we can't be hard on societal norms of 150 years ago, look at the absolute disgrace we have in trashy social media and reality tv. 150 years from now people may be looking at us and saying can you believe what these people were doing?

@alycewich4472

3 күн бұрын

🎯

@tinytt854

2 күн бұрын

More than decent for that time in history.

@eurekahope5310

Күн бұрын

I love the term "presentism." It is our insistence on judging people from the past based on the standards of today.

You have a new sub and likes for every video. Thank you! 😊

Poor woman. Double the periods too. 😢

@melissapinol7279

3 күн бұрын

Didn't think about that!

@ace6285

2 күн бұрын

yes, put your head back into the sand, don’t think, don’t wonder.

@northernlady212

2 күн бұрын

​@@ace6285 OUCH! Are you perfect? Do you always think of everything from every angle? That Must stop you from doing much as you won't have the time, you'll be too busy thinking.

@ace6285

2 күн бұрын

@@northernlady212 The epidemic of people who don’t think and advise the same for others has led us to the idiocy we see all around us now. Of course, perhaps the commenter was making a joke.

@liscatcat8756

15 сағат бұрын

Women have double periods without having 2 lots of uterus 🙄

Did she leave a diary,or journal? If not we have no idea what her feelings were.Salute to this strong,intelligent woman! ❤❤Wonder what the FAKES were using,as fake legs ? Needles to say human NATURE,has only gotten worse.

@tinytt854

2 күн бұрын

Your last sentence is 100%. If anyone says anything, we are "shaming". They need to be ashamed but anything goes now. Except telling the truth.

I live in Blount County, Tennessee and did know this.

What she had to endure as a person from ignorant people, glad she was able to work and support her family and still keep her great disposition. This video was great, can you please do a video on PT Barnum, never knew how evil he was to animals and people. ( I am not criticizing you, but Methotrexate is not an antibiotic but a med given as a chemo med. Also for people that have auto - immune problems like Rheumatoid Arthritis and patients that have psoriasis etc)

First time viewer. Great Job

She wasn’t one foetus absorbing her twin but an incomplete siamese twin. In the case of identical twins the fertilised egg splits completely before the first cell division and develops into two individuals. When it splits after the first cell division the split is often incomplete, which leads to a siamese twin. The extent to which the two halves are connected varies widely, from just some soft tissue and blood vessels to two half bodies fused together and two heads and ultimately to someone with three or four legs or arms.

@CharityAngelSpectrum

9 сағат бұрын

You're absolutely right. However, the term "Siamese" is a smidge on the racist side - "conjoined" is the modern term. (Though it absolutely is the name they would have used in Myrtle's lifetime.)

WoW! This story was very interesting and sad but amazing of the turns of events till the very end.

As awful as the language was, the observations of those doctors can contribute to helping disabled people with the same condition today.

Horrible parents! I would have kept her in long dresses

@izzydeadyet7336

3 күн бұрын

Even today so many exploit their kids online! Healthy or not , people use their kids to get the attention they want themselves

@alycewich4472

3 күн бұрын

Her parents did keep her in long dresses. But her "selling point" was to show her 4 legs. That could only be done by having her in either a short dress, which wasn't in style then or have her raise her skirt to show them once the audience had paid to enter the tent where she performed.

@tinytt854

2 күн бұрын

Her parents were smart. Take her to make great money showing just her legs. Or become homeless and starve to death. They didn't take all her money like the parents did in the 1940's (the little rascals , the gang and I ) and all the way up until the 1980's. They did what they needed to to survive.

@northernlady212

2 күн бұрын

Parents who helped her to the only position she could have. I'm using the word Position as it was used, meaning the only work.

@topcat32349

Күн бұрын

If you look, she has a long dress on. It’s rolled up to show the legs.

The real monsters were the heartless public!!!

@tinytt854

2 күн бұрын

They were curious and willing to pay. Truth be told, they were the suckers. She got paid big bucks for that time by sitting down and showing her legs.

The dead twin usually get absorbed by the healthy twin. For some reason the twins don't separate in time.

Born in Texas on May 21, 1906 to James Clinton Bicknell and Josephine Myrtle Corbin. Lillian Josephine Bicknell married Charles Hampton Hammack and had 1 child. She passed away on Aug. 14, 1973 in Tarrant, Texas.

super storytelling

She was a beautiful lady. GOD bless her🫂✝️✝️ May she REST EASY 🌹🌹

There is something extremely unsettling that people would want to go to a "freak show" and gawk at people whose physical appearance is outside the norm. To paraphrase John Bradford's remark in the 16th century, "There but for the grace of God go I."

@sanniepstein4835

4 күн бұрын

It gave them a livelihood and a community. "Normal" life was probably far more lonely.

@sylvia106

4 күн бұрын

We are partaking in a kind of “freak show” by watching this!

@annabellelee4535

4 күн бұрын

I really enjoyed the freak show at the circus. The performers were so nice and it was enjoyable talking to them. They were not ashamed of themselves.

@renep.1451

3 күн бұрын

We still do it. We watch "based on a true story" movies, reality shows, stalk celebrities through magazines, tv reports. Same thing.

@12thDecember

3 күн бұрын

@@sylvia106 Point taken. But Factinate shows us the human side of everyone they showcase. I don't think people who attend freak shows are interested in anything more than the superficial.

Thank you

She was likely a set if conjoined twins. If the zygote doesn’t split all the way you will have conjoined twins. Depending on how and where it separates will determine how that conjoining looks.

@tinytt854

2 күн бұрын

🤦🏿

People are talking about how people were treated back then, but today is not much better .some people with the slightest deformity cannot even get a job. Think about that .

Thank you.

I feel so sorry for myrtle corbin, she deserved better!!😢

@alycewich4472

3 күн бұрын

She earned a fantastic salary, found a man who didn't love her for her money, had several children and lived to be 59 years old. That right there is amazing for the time (150 years ago). I think it is safe to say she was happy.

@tinytt854

2 күн бұрын

Better than what!? She was loved by her parents, strangers were paying a great deal of money to look at her legs, she married and had babies, she wasn't homeless and hungry.

Cj This three kegged woman was on display right here in Texas.

What an amazing woman