Häxan

A magazine I was reading a few years ago made reference to a film by the film director Benjamin Christensen in 1922 ....

Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages

The film (supposedly a 'documentary' ... like the nudist films of the 1960's) was called Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages, and was described as having some shocking scenes of the devil, cannibalism and baby sacrifice, especially for the times.

Freak Shows Return

In the Victorian times, many circuses and carnivals displayed freak shows in side tents, following a tradition that goes back to the 17th century, when princes around Europe would often have dwarves, midgets, and other human oddities in their courts and entourage.
 

General Tom Thumb Would Be On TV Nowadays ...

Joseph Carey Merrick, better known as the Elephant man was perhaps the most famous of the Victorian era. But others of great fame were Tom Thumb, and the various Siamese twins who toured the world.