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American Carnival: Barnum Project

P.T. Barnum, reimagined by an honors first-year seminar at Worcester State University

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05:34

Season 2.16 Railway Behemoth

American Carnival: Barnum Project ·

2019/12/04

Witness the rise of P.T. Barnum’s monstrous railway empire!

05:07

Season 2.17 The Spectacular Jumbo

American Carnival: Barnum Project ·

2019/12/04

Discover Jumbo the elephant, from his humble origins to his tragic, untimely death, and uncover the remarkable legacy that he left behind.

05:21

Season 2.18 Barnum and Bailey

American Carnival: Barnum Project ·

2019/12/04

Barnum and Bailey, the perfect pair. How did these two become the greatest showmen in history?

05:27

Season 2.19 How it Ended

American Carnival: Barnum Project ·

2019/12/04

Tune in to hear more about the end of Barnum’s life, legacy and his death!

04:35

Season 1.1 Ivy Island

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2014/12/04

Follow young Barnum as he discovers Ivy Island.

04:01

Season 1.2 The Lottery

American Carnival: Barnum Project ·

2014/12/04

Listen to an anecdote from Barnum's young life highlighting both his showmanship and his humbug! Phineas Barnum, a young store clerk, makes a rash decision with a peddler, and as a result has to work his way out of a tight bind.

04:51

Season 1.3 Chang and Eng

American Carnival: Barnum Project ·

2014/12/04

Listen to the unbelievable and tragic life of the original Siamese twins, Chang and Eng, and their adventures touring with the infamous P. T. Barnum.

04:07

Season 1.4 Jailed for Libel

American Carnival: Barnum Project ·

2014/12/04

Liar, Liar, Robes on Fire. Barnum doesn't stand for anyone's lies, even a minister's.

06:30

Season 1.5 Joyce Heth

American Carnival: Barnum Project ·

2014/12/04

This episode is about the Joyce Heth hoax, which made P. T. Barnum famous in the entertainment industry.

03:56

Season 1.6 Signor Vivalla

American Carnival: Barnum Project ·

2014/12/04

New York juggler Signor Antonio, Professor of Equilibrium and Place Dancing, is recruited by the infamous P. T. Barnum. Changing the man's name to Vivalla to sound more ethnic, Barnum hypes the once-nobody to stardom.

04:03

Season 1.7 Barnum's New American Museum

American Carnival: Barnum Project ·

2014/12/04

Barnum's American Museum, once located on the corner of Anne and Broadway in New York City, was a major point of American pop culture in the mid-1800s; step in to see the build up and opening of one of Barnum's greatest triumphs!

05:15

Season 1.8 The Fiji Mermaid

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2014/12/04

Genuine Mermaid for Lease -- Profit Guaranteed.

04:11

Season 1.9 General Tom Thumb

American Carnival: Barnum Project ·

2014/12/04

Barnum exhibits General Tom Thumb, fresh out of England. 11 years old and only 25 inches high!

05:28

Season 1.10 The Buffalo Hoax

American Carnival: Barnum Project ·

2014/12/04

Come get excited to experience the Great Buffalo Show... or Great Buffalo Hoax!

05:06

Season 1.11 Bearded Lady

American Carnival: Barnum Project ·

2014/12/04

P.T. Barnum and his side show collection. The American Museum in New York welcomes the Bearded Lady of Geneva!

06:22

Season 1.12 Prince of Humbug

American Carnival: Barnum Project ·

2014/12/04

How Barnum got the nickname "Prince of Humbug."

04:51

Season 1.13 Woolly Horse

American Carnival: Barnum Project ·

2014/12/04

This episode is about one of the many natural curiosities Barnum had in his museums. His famous Woolly Horse was a popular exhibit, but was the horse actually one of a kind?

04:51

Season 1.14 The Swedish Nightingale

American Carnival: Barnum Project ·

2014/12/04

Jenny Lind, "the Swedish Nightingale," engaged in a $150,000 contract with P. T. Barnum to sing on tour in America. This episode describes the excitement over Jenny Lind's 1850 arrival in New York City.

08:24

Season 1.15 Brick Man

American Carnival: Barnum Project ·

2014/12/04

Become one of the hundreds of onlookers who watched Barnum's "Brick Man" perform a fairly peculiar task!

04:08

Season 1.16 Fire!

American Carnival: Barnum Project ·

2014/12/04

Listen to this informational, jaw-dropping episode on P. T. Barnum's horrific 1865 museum fire.

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