After his handlers died in the ‘60s, their daughter put Schlitzie in a hospital to die. Luckily, another sideshow performer, a sword swallower, saw him in the hospital and got him out to perform ...

Schlitzie sailed for Hawaii. In 1965, George Surtees, died leaving Schlitzie alone and committed to the Los Angeles Hospital. Then he was discovered and rescued by a friend, Bill Unks, a sword ...

Bill Griffith’s new graphic biography Nobody’s Fool: the Life and Times of Schlitzie the Pinhead tells the life story of Schlitzie, the microcephalic sideshow performer who inspired Griffith ...

Rogue Artists Ensemble will present a limited engagement production of Schlitzie: Alive and Inside, by Eric Fagundes and directed by Nikki DiLoreto. Previews begin March 13 at the Heritage ...

To sideshow patrons of the 20th Century, the Bronx-born man who performed as "Schlitzie the Pinhead" was an amusement. Now, he's the subject of a new biographical comic book called Nobody's Fool ...

After his handlers died in the ‘60s, their daughter put Schlitzie in a hospital to die. Luckily, another sideshow performer, a sword swallower, saw him in the hospital and got him out to perform ...

Rogue Artists Ensemble presents Schlitzie: Alive and Inside, a limited engagement that delves into the life of Schlitzie, an iconic performer from the sideshow circuit in the early 20th century.