September 22, 2025

Back in the late 19th century, sideshow audiences couldn’t get enough of two unlikely performers: George Moore, “The Living Skeleton,” and Fred Howe, “The Fatman.” 📖 According to The Strand Magazine (1897), Howe once tried carpentry but grew “too fat” for the trade, eventually weighing 422 lbs at just 4’2”. Moore, born in Montana, stood…