A sideshow circus troupe invites audiences to "face your fears" as acrobats fly without nets and performers swallow swords and razor blades, eat and breathe fire or walk on broken glass while others ...

Ward Hall, an impresario of the carnival sideshow who beckoned customers with oddities and amazements, and who withstood decades of cultural change to be among the last of his kind in the United ...

I remember as a youth visiting fairs and hearing the booming voices of carnival barkers on the midway trying to divert my attention from the games and rides and into their sideshows. “Right this way ...

Denver's Conspiracy Circus celebrates 44 shows of sideshow spectacle at the Learned Lemur on East Colfax on October 11.

Step into Coney Island on a summer day and you’ll hear it — screams from the Cyclone, music blasting from boardwalk speakers. Walk down Surf Avenue and you’ll see a different kind of spectacle: ...