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@Kaza0kun5 күн бұрын
Myrtle Corbin is my great great grandmother in law. She was a strong and amazing woman. My mother in law is the spitting image of Myrtle! We have photos of her not ever made public. Thank you for focusing on the good and what she accomplished!
@jillwklausen4 күн бұрын
How very cool that you descended from such a remarkable woman! Thank you for sharing your connection with us.
@milliesecond1024 күн бұрын
@@jillwklausenSHE DIDN'T descend from her, her husband did.
@Katakagara4 күн бұрын
That’s incredible. Poor lady with 4 legs. Bless her!
@Vangough7924 күн бұрын
Wow. Bless her ❤
@CPE1704TK54 күн бұрын
Cool family and cool hat
@schizoidboy8 күн бұрын
The sad reality was if these people with deformities didn't put themselves on display they often had no other means to make a living.
@karenneill91097 күн бұрын
And human curiosity is universal. If you’re going to be gawked at, perhaps making money off of it is a silver lining.
@souxcasa7 күн бұрын
Many of them were incredibly talented performers. It's a disservice to think of all of them as victims
@karenneill91097 күн бұрын
@@souxcasa Nothing to say they can’t be both.
@souxcasa7 күн бұрын
@@karenneill9109 no there isn't but it's often ignored from stories like these. She was obviously a very savvy woman and should have been represented as such
@mangot5897 күн бұрын
A lot of them still don’t. They’re on the dole, they hate the “do gooders” that took away a good living. They got to travel the world, meet interesting people. I personally think it should be UP TO THEM what they want to do with their own lives. And nobody, able bodied or not can tell if somebody is a POS to this day. 🤷♀️
@bwktlcn6 күн бұрын
My grandpa was a “freak.” He was a “fishman.” He had terrible psoriasis, and the rafts of psoriasis looked like scales. He had issues working -torquing the skin caused the skin to bleed. He got a job in a freak show, and made a good living. My gran and he divorced when my (perfectly normal) mom was small, and he toured the country making good money - until “them dang do gooders” decided that physical defect equaled mental defect and he (and those like him) didn’t realize he was being taken advantage of and closed down the shows - without a thought as to how these people who were not mentally challenged were going to get jobs, survive, etc. He went from having a home and a job to a drifter that was chased out of anywhere he tried to get a job. He ended his days living with his brother, shunned and hidden. For the “freaks” often the inner world of the sideshow with the other freaks was the only place they felt normal.
@Guitarman71335 күн бұрын
DAMN. MY GRANDPA WAS AN ALCOHOLIC WHO DIED OF LIVER FAILURE. LOL
@Ead321805 күн бұрын
That's what happens when the do gooders, Aka Libs, are offended for others even though those others aren't offended themselves
@jillwklausen4 күн бұрын
How awful that he was treated that way. I'm very sorry that was done to him. Thank you for sharing his story.
@bcjb7202 күн бұрын
Your grandpa might have had ichthyosis, rather than psoriasis. The name comes from the scale-like appearance of the skin ("ichthys" = "fish" in Greek). Ichthyosis is caused by one of several different genetic variations. If he had two copies of one of the ichthyosis gene variations, then he'd have ichthyosis; your mom would be a carrier; and you'd have a 50/50 chance of being a carrier. It only costs about $200-$300 to run a genome these days, might be interesting to see if anyone is a carrier.
@JamieHoward-tj9wt2 күн бұрын
@@bcjb720 WOW that's very impressive knowledge you have there. And that's incredibly nice of to share that with the individual above in regards to their Grandfather and his struggles. I agree too, that getting a genenom test would be very interesting. Regardless of the results, honestly.
@Nettsinthewoods8 күн бұрын
I’m probably being controversial here, but I think she had a good life. She found love, had a good income, had babies and lived to a reasonable age for the time. Lots of healthy ‘normal’ people of that time had none of these things. I don’t feel sorry for her, I admire and salute her and all that she achieved. Very nice video, thank you.
@janchampine18998 күн бұрын
Agreed.
@ArriusDixie8 күн бұрын
She may have had a better life than she would have if she was born now. Her wage was enormous for the time, and I would not be too quick to judge the parents, in that age if you could not make money you could literally starve. The Halloween decorations are modern so we are no better. I don't think she would like being called tragic.
@winniecash16548 күн бұрын
She certainly made the best of the situation. Life is hard. She did well with the deck she was handed.
@user-uu9yj5tt4v8 күн бұрын
Yeah, I thought the narrator was a bleeding heart liberal... I've had a harder life than her, but you'll know it by looking at me or my accomplishments
@personalcheeses80738 күн бұрын
You aren’t wrong
@Cannamom7105 күн бұрын
She had two uteruses and bled twice more than any woman! Wow! 😲😢 Poor girl
@blackswan19832 күн бұрын
I have 2 of everything belonging to the reproductive system, but only 1 pelvis. Iron supplements ftw
@cattymajivКүн бұрын
@@blackswan1983 What is ftw? Why didn't you finish your comment?
@planetaryionКүн бұрын
Ftw = for the win
@planetaryionКүн бұрын
@cattymajiv I used to think it was F* the world 😅 til I learned different
@gaudior13Күн бұрын
I thought of the same thing!
@IQTech618 күн бұрын
You did a wonderful job of presenting Myrtle Corbin as a human being. I loved your storytelling.
@Teresia128 күн бұрын
She sounds like a very amazing woman. Even though she was treated cruelly it sounds as if she lived life with courage. Im glad she found happiness with her husband and children. May she rest in eternal peace.
@BonnieM938 күн бұрын
If she's with Jesus then she's completely whole and so is her twin!!
@cattymajivКүн бұрын
@@BonnieM93 Ridiculous fairy tales are not helpful in the long run.
@randyhebbebusche36448 күн бұрын
Thank you for your respectful telling of her story. People can be so cruel. I hope she rests in peace.
@kellydalstok89007 күн бұрын
Calling her and other people with birth defects “freaks” throughout the video isn’t very respectful though.
@san49537 күн бұрын
@@kellydalstok8900 You’re right, and in the current year it would not be acceptable in any venue. But they are speaking the vernacular of the time.
@Fazzer579 күн бұрын
Bless this poor woman. The cruelty shown towards her during this era in history was vile. May you Rest in Eternal Peace Myrtle 🙏🙏🙏❣️
@Patriot17897 күн бұрын
Given our modern understanding of biology what’s our excuse for the nastiness we impose of LGBTQ and gender fluid people - especially given the fact that they represent a tiny proportion of the population.
@Wyonative087 күн бұрын
Still would be today. Humans wisdom hasn't advanced in any time/way whatsoever!! 150 yrs ago and we haven't grown, matured, educated ourselves, mellowed, grown in empathy or anything of the sort for decade after decade! 😮😢 Actually, truly sad. ❤😊❤
@aprildawnsunshine43267 күн бұрын
She was rich and famous, had her pick of the best doctors in the country and raised 4 successful children. Frankly I'd love to be her instead of being completely broke all the time and unable to get the medical care I need not because it hasn't been invented yet, but because it's priced stupidly high. Heck even basic household items I need cost 100x as much as the "normal" version just because it's for the disabled.
@courtneypattison42695 күн бұрын
AMEN 🙏🙌❤
@bettym.39965 күн бұрын
I'll bet that's not all Corbin's father exposed.
@clinkclunk8 күн бұрын
Nowadays her parents would just have a KZbin channel.
@ferociousgumby7 күн бұрын
It's true. The sideshow mentality lives on. Society has not learned a thing.
@carolineoates59646 күн бұрын
Truth
@gisellelabonte32065 күн бұрын
True
@Want2cJesus4 күн бұрын
Soon parents will document the castration of their Trans children and wrap it all up in Rainbow colored bow. This whole world is about to burn!
@leah__gail3 күн бұрын
The sad truth.
@Hava7449 күн бұрын
Beautifully told . I had heard of her but didn’t know she had two pelvic bones and reproductive systems. Thank you
@ocalafl9548 күн бұрын
she made a relatively normal life for someone with so much to overcome. I did not realize she was able to have a family A truly fascinating story
@katehack16778 күн бұрын
Amazing. Given medical knowledge at the time... So brave to persist with pregnancies. Bit of luck involved there!
@Zzz2x8 күн бұрын
That’s disgusting someone laid with her like that
@SobrietyandSolace7 күн бұрын
I can’t even get a date to show up what is this woman’s secret
@retalbtaylor3706 күн бұрын
@@SobrietyandSolacewhat??????!!!!!!
@Lickicker5 күн бұрын
Ya, 7 kids is pretty amazing. I could have lived without the fact that she had 2 vaginas and had a preference for which one to use in the bedroom.
@teschchr1228 күн бұрын
What a tragic life. Unfortunately right now parents are making money off their children on social media. Children everywhere need more protections.
@kaydeedid8 күн бұрын
Nothing comparable about viewing a family that are not physically handicapped. This is 2024. Life is lived under cameras.. Not our choices. Everywhere we go. Kids are used to it. No exploitation involved whatsoever. These people Barnum hires were exploited
@Djulimee7 күн бұрын
The difference there is that in those days there was no social security and so the men had to find ways of working to earn a living. Alas, poor Josephine Myrtle's father was more of an opportunist and instead of protecting his daughter, as is a father's duty, he chose to exploit her. Shameful man.
@teschchr1227 күн бұрын
@@Djulimee I definitely agree. Unfortunately we have seen other opportunists such as these poor kids on tv (Shirley Temple among many) or in music and now social media is empowering a whole new set of opportunistic parents. SMH, I don’t understand why people seem to think they have the right to live off their kids.
@GenXsinglefree6 күн бұрын
@@teschchr122 The patriarchal construct treats women and children as property rather than autonomous beings. Despite much progress, that mindset still exists globally.
@teschchr1226 күн бұрын
@@GenXsinglefree you are so right.
@kathleendobens66489 күн бұрын
Today she would have had surgery. The poor kid.
@Tempe19629 күн бұрын
Maybe.Some choose not to.
@Jane-Doe.11269 күн бұрын
They would have to remove one leg from each side for her to appear "normal". Then she would still have had two vaginas. If they removed one of them then she would have still had one regular size leg and one small one. Seems she would be better off the way she was born.
@ijoinedthedarkside3339 күн бұрын
@@Tempe1962because they cant afford it.
@lk67899 күн бұрын
@@ijoinedthedarkside333 Not every where is like the US, in the UK and the majority of Europe medical care is free. In the UK all medical care has been free (pay for in taxes) since the 1940's.
@RebeccaGogovcev9 күн бұрын
@Tempe1962 some cannot be safely separated. These people might choose to not get treatment.
@j.s.tucker69069 күн бұрын
This certainly gives one perspective. An utterly fascinating story that leaves me with more compassion and gratitude than I had a half hour ago....
@MayimHastings8 күн бұрын
Thank you for speaking my heart! 🤍🙏🕊
@adamsnewman54808 күн бұрын
That part.
@mmm7m6724 күн бұрын
She had 4 children that lived. I hope they were with her when she passed. RIP ✝️
@loricrane53159 күн бұрын
I understand the physical invasion of pretty much h any doctor . I was born in 1960 with displaced hips. For the next 10 years I had to pretty much allow any male to investigate me. Do you understand how embarrassing, humiliating that is ? Can't even imagine what she went through.
@sandrakennedy48778 күн бұрын
I a sorry that you went through this. In 1960 I was also born, as a D.E.S baby. I have had more photos taken of my internal vagina and uterus plus later ovaries to be used as "medical information." for "text books". Now I try to laugh it off, make a joke of it, and am just thankful that it has taught a lot of others about it.. In my 60's now I look at it as my private modeling albeit unpaid lol it hurts in the past but as someone once said to me, "you survived, were brave, and have moved on to a better life". I repeat that to you and hope it gives you some peace.
@annabellelee45358 күн бұрын
Doctors are very strange people with no sense of personal boundaries. I had my son by C-section and after the baby was removed the doctor called in some interns and they spent about five minutes rummaging around talking about how organs look different when they're living. Thankfully my son came back after being cleaned up so they had to sew me up. It was surreal.
@personincognito39898 күн бұрын
I was in a similar situation so I can imagine.
@CarolFremel-my4hs8 күн бұрын
I hope these males were all doctors
@lparky44098 күн бұрын
I know somebody who's child had a rare disease and they always had various doctors examining her at the children's hospital which upset her. In fact once she had an visiting American lady professor come to see her who was really kind and gentle and explained far more to the parents in one session that the usual doctor did. Also kept in touch afterwards.
@catherineromero18629 күн бұрын
That was a fascinating biographical account. She was a woman of extreme fortitude 👍🏻
@ittybittykittymama75826 күн бұрын
I never heard of this brave and very strong lady, but I think Myrtle Corbin is a freaking hero! She took the bad break that an accident of birth dealt to her and made a great life for herself, giving life to three children and, for that time period, lived a long life. Hurray for Myrtle!
@mick7even5 күн бұрын
I see what you did there. “Freaking” hero 😂
@lullabyesmom3 күн бұрын
I think he said she had 7 children, but only 4 of the 7 lived. Still i only hv 2 children. She was freaking amazing indeed!
@fixfireleo7 күн бұрын
I think 59 years is actually really good for someone born with this sort of deformity back that long ago. A lot of people without deformities didnt live that long.
@zztopz70906 күн бұрын
Without antibiotics Id be dead by age 23.
@DrunkComments6 күн бұрын
59 these days, is an accomplishment!
@lozensfire5 күн бұрын
Her mama loved her
@AnniCarlsson5 күн бұрын
Can we stop think people died young for just die young. We allways become same age if not get sick or be in a fatal accident.
@Linnie10214 күн бұрын
! @@zztopz7090
@user-bg8ne2qj8h8 күн бұрын
SHE MADE 59 YEARS , AT THAT TIME WAS A LONG LIFE FOR ANYONE, STRONG SPIRITED PERSON, WITH THREE SURVIVING CHILDREN, AWESOME LIFE ALL THINGS CONSIDERED
@aprildawnsunshine43267 күн бұрын
Don't forget she was rolling in dough and gorgeous!
@debbylou57297 күн бұрын
59 wasn’t considered a ‘long life’ by anyone. Look up how infant mortality skewed the result of ‘average lifespan
@user-bg8ne2qj8h7 күн бұрын
@@debbylou5729I'M NEVER WRONG DEBBIE DOO
@user-td4zp4gq2p6 күн бұрын
Im a 53 year old fat guy! She's running rings around me! Literally!😂
@dancingpigmonkey6 күн бұрын
The majority of people who survived childhood went on to have long lives, being 59 wasn't really a wow factor, not even back then.
@marionmarino16167 күн бұрын
I visited the Barnum Museum in Florida and was horrified by the way people with deformities were exploited by the circus owner. Later, it was explained that they were happy there. They had found each other. Separately they were freaks but together they were normal.
@deborahtaylor97545 күн бұрын
Barnum exploited wild animals for over 100 + years, too. It ended with poor ticket sales, Thank God.
@marionmarino16165 күн бұрын
@@deborahtaylor9754 Circus acts incorporating wild animals have been kept out of NYC for some time now. But it was because of PUBLIC DEMANDS that it was stopped.
@VisionaryGardener2 күн бұрын
That would have been the RINGLING museum if it was in Florida. The Barnum museum is in Connecticut. I've been to the Ringling Museum in Sarasota, Florida. They have a wonderful collection of art, in addition to their circus museum.
@marionmarino16162 күн бұрын
@@VisionaryGardener Yes. My memory was of the wife. She created many needlework designs of pillows, a piano bench cover, etc., using PETIT POINT designs, which uses much smaller stitches and a smaller, fine pointed needle. This means a lot more work and more of a task for eyesight. I was a little horrified, so much tedious effort, in the hot & humid Florida weather. She was a waitress when her husband found her. He was a rich celebrity. My thought was he must be a horrible person. Then I went to the museum where many of the, “Freak,” posters were displayed. I was kinda sorry I had visited there.
@emilyfeagin2673Күн бұрын
I don’t know that I buy that explanation
@restock_17319 күн бұрын
I heard about her before somewhere, but you totally killed it. I couldn't imagine having your life a sideshow, poor Myrtle. Awesome video.
@annabellelee45357 күн бұрын
The sideshow people loved their jobs and were paid well.
@pettytoni19557 күн бұрын
@@annabellelee4535 exactly. Most had no other opportunities to earn a living, and they made the best out of their situations. Stopping freakshows put a lot of people out of work.
@pianoreigns6 күн бұрын
@@annabellelee4535You were there , were you ?
@annabellelee45356 күн бұрын
@@pianoreigns I have talked to sideshow performers quite often and yes, they love their jobs. They made good money until someone got all offended and banned them from performing. Why are you disgusted by them? I'm not disgusted by them. I've even met "Lobster Boy" aka Grady Stiles and I don't find even Grady to be disgusting. What he did was disgusting though.
@ekaterinasergeyeva4534 күн бұрын
Wow, what a life story! Both shocking and inspiring. What a great lady! So strong!
@lilianmcguigan92409 күн бұрын
Great doc on Corbin, done with compassion and respect.
@Sibealove7 күн бұрын
She made the best with what life gave her. Incredible story!!
@marilynbrown52749 күн бұрын
This poor woman..going though life with this abnormality. The courage..and strength it took to face each day..had to be tremendous. She had a strength that enabled her to cope. I am sure she had some weepy nights..wondering why. How Barnum treated his workers and animals...is.was cruel and revolting. It makes me sick at heart.
@pettytoni19557 күн бұрын
Her strength enabled her to take honest stock of her situation, and to do what she needed to do to make an independent living for herself.
@3mastiffsme7 күн бұрын
Not everyone sits around feeling sorry for themselves. She obviously didn't, which is why she had such a great life. Especially for those times. She had an excellent life. One to be envied, not to be cried over. Barnum wasn't a saint but he gave disabled people a way to have a life. Paid them very well, access to healthcare. She found love & had children. The way he treated animals was typical of those times. This narrator is a bleeding heart. She would never want all this pity!
@elsablue549 күн бұрын
I cannot imagine going through life like that and being treated so badly. So sad.
@RachelLinks-pk6dr7 күн бұрын
$400 every 2 weeks in 1920 was being treated badly?
@marycampbell15767 күн бұрын
@@RachelLinks-pk6drHer humiliation
@RachelLinks-pk6dr7 күн бұрын
@@marycampbell1576 That's around 200k a year in today's money. People humiliate themselves for less.
@AA-ct7cb7 күн бұрын
Horrible Parents.
@madreamer045 күн бұрын
@@RachelLinks-pk6drhaving your disability on display for the world to see and having people gawk at you and make comments about your body just so that your parents can make money ….yeah that’s pretty bad. People should not exploit their children. Dad should have put all that effort into working.
@DawnSuttonfabfour9 күн бұрын
I must take slight issue with you on one point. I was a medical secretary for many years. Invariably, no matter which hospital, there was a medical dictionary which was large, very old and filled with hand drawn illustrations. The doctors meant no unkindness by calling them "monsters". Any extremely rare or hitherto unknown deformity was labelled as such. It was a medical definition. Generally back then, the babies died, were stillborn and were sometimes helped out of the world because the physical defects were such as to be considered incapable of life and the mother was told the baby was stillborn. They had no treatment or cure. People were poor with no social medical care. Of course it sounds dreadful but it was ignorance not unkindness. I have been in a pathology museum with things in jars and they can be alarming enough to see, even now. Anyway, I just wanted your viewers to know that.
@aaronbarnett71139 күн бұрын
That was the first thought for me r me too. So sad.
@user-ii3vn8tn3q9 күн бұрын
Silent deliveries where every glance marks the time waiting .
@Elfrida-ls2mo9 күн бұрын
Total BS They knew Calling a Child or any Human a Monster was insulting they Don't call disabled People Monsters today Why
@user-dx8wy1zs5p8 күн бұрын
Ummm. Monster meant the same back they. Cold azzholes
@PickleSammich-nd7pv8 күн бұрын
Monster is unkind in any century.
@Real1C9 күн бұрын
Wow...what a story! Thank you.
@annepoitrineau56509 күн бұрын
Thank you for this compassionate and unsensational report. Really interesting and human.
@Factinate8 күн бұрын
Thanks for the kind words.
@katharinatrub13388 күн бұрын
It is a sad story, but historically important, and so very well documented by you.
@Yogisince956 күн бұрын
This is the kind of history I enjoy learning about. Amazing story
@heidibee5018 күн бұрын
She had a more normal life than others with physical anomolies. I hope her children lived well too.
@annabellelee45358 күн бұрын
How is it outrageous that the doctors said she was a twin who didn't completely split? That's what her condition, Dipygus, is- twins that have not separated and one absorbed into the body of the other twin.
@tuft92508 күн бұрын
This is completely incorrect. That is not at all what dipygus is. Simply go check online. It's easy to dispell.
@marydlutes17928 күн бұрын
I think you have this wrong.
@Ninjanimegamer8 күн бұрын
Yes, I agree that dipygus is the deformity that is caused by incomplete mono zygotic twinning; an incomplete absorbed twin. Why they thought it was strange, was because it was very rare, these doctors probably only read about it, and it was shocking to see back then. Also, newspapers, articles, scientific journals all hyped up the condition to attract readers, and followers.
@Ninjanimegamer8 күн бұрын
I read the definition. I think you need to explain your theory of the condition dipygus.
@sevenandthelittlestmew8 күн бұрын
@@tuft9250It’s not *completely* incorrect. There is speculation that this may be “a cause” of dipygus. The truth is, medical professionals don’t really know what causes the disorder, or if there are multiple factors contributing to the disorder. There have been studies showing a genetic expression that may be the reason that some people are born with dipygus.
@kathyn87808 күн бұрын
she had lots of positives in her life, well done Myrtle.
@rogertorgersen99955 күн бұрын
Sick of the parents to exploit the child but no more sick than some of the parents on social media today.
@hal7ter8 күн бұрын
Thank you for making and posting this video. I hope her family appreciated her.
@darlaann16107 күн бұрын
I just love your channel. You tell their story in such a caring and respectful way.
@maryohare41416 күн бұрын
I am wondering why her doctor husband didnt suggest the infected leg be amputated in order to save her life. Amputation of limbs was done, especially since Civil War times...so many doctors had training and experience in that type of surgery.
@letstalkaboutit78796 күн бұрын
But a vagina was attached, nor do we know what would have been affected internally. Plus how it was positioned.
@fionnsgirl176 күн бұрын
Great story! I'm just upset that you called her Corbin the whole time. It felt a little undignified. I think she deserved to be Myrtle throughout the story.
@Tengokuchi3 күн бұрын
You're ridiculous. It's her last name. That's such a normal thing to call somebody.
@janetshade46593 күн бұрын
@@Tengokuchi Not for girls. She should at least be called Miss Corbin.
@GanjaLady3 күн бұрын
To call someone only by their surname is rude. Especially a woman !! I agree she should be called Myrtle as that is her name ❤
@gaudior13Күн бұрын
I did feel it was awkward at first, too, but I t’s professional. You’ll find it in newspapers, journals, etc. At the first mention, the full name is often used and just the last name after. This was done as a documentary, so whatever guidelines that industry uses was used here. Why should women-then and now-be referred to differently than men? She had her own business for a while.
@StanCat4Күн бұрын
@@janetshade4659Ms.
@tngirl3418 күн бұрын
Born in Bono, Johnson County, Texas on 22 May 1896 to James Clinton Bicknell and Josephine Myrtle Corbin. Clinton Francis Bicknell married Alma Cordelia Jameson and had 3 children. He passed away on 8 April 1966 in Temple, Bell County, Texas, USA.
@sandmors79987 күн бұрын
Interesting
@sueball5955 күн бұрын
I’m a Bicknell by birth. When I was a teenager, my dad told me we had a relative that had 4 legs. I thought he was joking until he took out a small black & white photo of Myrtle when she was young. It seems that the man she married, Clinton Bicknell, was closely related to my grandfather. I think first cousins. So, I’m not blood related to Myrtle but I definitely am related to her descendants. I have a photo of her grave that my sister took some time ago. I’m fascinated by her life story. On a side note, I believe Blount County is in Alabama rather than Tennessee.
@holleyhillfarm5 күн бұрын
There is a Blount county in both states. The one in Tennessee is south of Knoxville and the one in Alabama is north of Birmingham.
@user-mq8qy6cn8x4 күн бұрын
Both
@SerenityPeaceTree8 күн бұрын
Was the rash cellulitis? It spread so fast on my mom that she passed away quickly from it... Tragic ending for Myrtle...
@anastasiabeaverhausen86526 күн бұрын
Methotrexate (the medication showed when they were discussing her fatal infection) is a chemotherapy medication frequently used to treat Psoriasis as well as Psoriatic and/or Rheumatoid Arthritis. Odd choice, as they were lamenting the lack of antibiotics. 🤷🏻♀️
@laurie23558 күн бұрын
This was very interesting, thank you for taking the time to educate us on this lovely woman.
@lisawilson1057 күн бұрын
Props to her for making the most out of what she was given in life. I see no need to pity her.
@Canuckmom1287 күн бұрын
I’m old enough to remember as a child (under 10) when the Annual Fair came to town, they had a section that had all the “Freak Shows” (as they were referred to back then). We weren’t even allowed to walk through that area - we would skirt around it. I was one of 7 kids. Both of my parents absolutely hated this kind of abuse / taking advantage of someone’s disability. By time I was a tween these shows had been banned in our city. They may have still been part of the Fair, but they weren’t allowed to set up. Amazing that Corbyn has such a “full” life.
@user-ch9if6px6r7 күн бұрын
My Mom was exactly the same way. We didn't go near the freak show.
@americandevo6 күн бұрын
Like it or not most of those who appeared in Circus "Side Shows" were happy to exhibit themselves. People with those type of "disabilities" had no other way of earning a living, were gawked at anywhere they went anyway and they actually made very good money exhibiting themselves. There is a documentary about former side show participants, they all speak with great resentment about how their chosen livelihood was ended by "do-gooders" who needed to mind their own business. According to the "mule faced woman" she was formerly earning $5 thousand dollars a month on the circuit but after laws were created to "protect" her she was forced to live in a tiny travel trailer and live on a little more than $1 thousand dollars a month in social security. People with "disabilities" are smart and fully capable of making decisions for themselves, they don't need anybody who is offended to "protect them". And this narrator has is WRONG! The "freaks" in the documentary spoke highly of Barnum, the was no need to portray him as some abusive "slave owner". I think the documentary (shown on PBS) may have been called "After the Sideshow".
@bonnylouwho765 күн бұрын
@@user-ch9if6px6r The same, I could not stand it that people were called "freaks," even when I was tiny. They are people that are born differently that is all.
@mikeharrington55934 күн бұрын
Those were hard times & despite her ups and downs & her personal tragedies, she made her blighted life a triumph over adversity.
@TX200AA9 күн бұрын
Barnum was not the originator of the phrase "Suckers, there's one born every minute." It was used against him in court by a banker in a case over the "Cardiff Giant."
@melissapinol72797 күн бұрын
Also remember that for a woman to show her leg above the ankle was considered shameful. I suspect she was raised with the same puritanical attitude everyone had at the time. It was embarrassing in a way it would not be today.
@colleenhelminiak14298 күн бұрын
One thing that people forget all of time is that they look at someone with a disability is that they do not see the "ability" that is within the person. As with the word "disabled" the "able" gets lost - no one is perfect (and if you think that you are, you are on the wrong planet).
@cassandraknight88047 күн бұрын
I usually say don’t dis my ability. Thank you for your message and understanding.
@colleenhelminiak14297 күн бұрын
@@cassandraknight8804 You are very welcome - and I like your saying. ☺
@bonnylouwho765 күн бұрын
I have always preferred " Other-abled."
@cassandraknight88045 күн бұрын
@@bonnylouwho76 Thank you, I like this
@Janeburns-mi9dh5 күн бұрын
You are so right!
@forestgirl92339 күн бұрын
With aaaaall respect to this poor woman and all tragedy and hardship she went through her life, with the statement that she had everything double down there, does it mean she had double periods? And hiw did her digestive system work? Things came out both ways? I mean people only saw her legs but she must have been dealing with so much stuff all her life!
@annabellelee45358 күн бұрын
I wonder how that worked? She had children from both sets so they had to be fully functional.
@SapiophileGoddess8 күн бұрын
I wondered the exact same thing. Especially when he stated that she was confused as to being pregnant on the left side when she said that the right side was being used for… that purpose. Or did I misunderstand? So, two separate uteri?
@Ninjanimegamer8 күн бұрын
Yes, if she had double uteruses, therefore she had double periods. She would also have had double bladders, and she had double clitorises. Not necessarily would she have had double stomachs, and it didn't seem like it, or she would have been wider above the waist. She also had double anuses, because it was implied she had "double of everything down there." How that worked one could only imagine. It's crazy how we're still analyzing and dissecting this poor woman's body apart after she's been laid to rest. Curiosity, will get the better of people. Maybe donating her body to science would have been a better choice. Her spirit is long gone, but her body remains a novelty.
@Draggonny8 күн бұрын
@@SapiophileGoddess It makes more sense when you understand that ovaries aren't neatly sealed to the ends of the fallopian tubes. Sperm can leave the fallopian tubes and enter the abdominal cavity. So they could have then entered the unsealed end of the other uterus' fallopian tube. It's all highly unusual but so is being a four legged woman.
@Patriot17897 күн бұрын
Excellent questions and not really answered.
@Swelte9 күн бұрын
What a unique story!
@SerenDipity647118 күн бұрын
Her sad little face in the photos says everything. What a heartbreaking story - Barnum was the biggest freak. RIP Myrtle🌹
@Momtomany19717 күн бұрын
A somber face in her photos doesn’t indicate she was unhappy… people didn’t smile in photos back in those days.
@pettytoni19557 күн бұрын
They didn't smile because still photography exposures took a long time. You'd have gotten muscle cramps by the end if you tried to smile.
@SerenDipity647117 күн бұрын
@@pettytoni1955that's interesting!
@user-yw9dr4mj5o6 күн бұрын
He sure was.... and in the 90's some one made a Broadway musical about his tail. And for what??
@micaelamorrigan25445 күн бұрын
@@user-yw9dr4mj5olove the greatest showman. Awesome musical
@JO-hu4dx8 күн бұрын
Poor woman. Double the periods too. 😢
@melissapinol72797 күн бұрын
Didn't think about that!
@ace62857 күн бұрын
yes, put your head back into the sand, don’t think, don’t wonder.
@northernlady2127 күн бұрын
@@ace6285 OUCH! Are you perfect? Do you always think of everything from every angle? That Must stop you from doing much as you won't have the time, you'll be too busy thinking.
@ace62856 күн бұрын
@@northernlady212 The epidemic of people who don’t think and advise the same for others has led us to the idiocy we see all around us now. Of course, perhaps the commenter was making a joke.
@liscatcat87565 күн бұрын
Women have double periods without having 2 lots of uterus 🙄
@AuntieSara459Күн бұрын
Excellent Narration Dear❣️ You cared to listen and take our words to heart and now you're a delight to listen to.🥰
@nuthinmuffins50732 күн бұрын
When life gives you four legs and two pelvises, make as much lemonade as you can, girl!
@t.deshawn65197 күн бұрын
Thank you for an excellent video. It's so nice to hear people talking about people. Gives much more feeling than if some AI voice reported at me for half an hr
@moonprincessRN9 күн бұрын
There was no "good news" about her death. She clearly did not want to die and was otherwise healthy.
@ethanlamoureux53062 күн бұрын
The subject of this story is named Josephine Myrtle Corbin. Why does this story constantly refer to her, even as a little girl, by her last name only? This is especially confusing as the same story mentions her family members who of course all bear the last name Corbin. Even after her marriage, the narrator still refers to her as Corbin, even though her last name at that time was almost certainly that of her husband.
@Volfan22 күн бұрын
I was presenting breach at my birth, but my mom's OB/GYN, Dr. McGregor, was one of the few doctors in our area trained to 'flip' a breach baby to allow for normal, head first, delivery. As a result, 22 young, predominantly male, interns watched my 18yr old mother give birth to me. My diminutive, beautiful, young mom gave permission for this viewing to educate new doctors so that they too might use the knowledge they gained to save lives. God Bless you Mom & Dr. McGregor ❤️
@lindamoser63179 күн бұрын
I feel sorry for the child. She had been exploited by both her parents and by Barnum. Her childhood had to be unbearably sad. And adulthood didnt sound much better. She doesnt look happy in the pics. I hope she found some happiness at some point in her life. ❤😢
@dreadcthulhu59 күн бұрын
Honestly in most pics of that time period no one really looks happy. Given that this was during the 1800s where one had to sit entirely still so as not to ruin the exposure that is a contributing factor to the often serious look people of the time had.
@sarahstrong71748 күн бұрын
Thankyou for sharing.
@annabellelee45358 күн бұрын
She married a doctor and had 5 healthy children so I'm sure she had happiness.
@lindamoser63178 күн бұрын
@@annabellelee4535 I would definitely like to think so. In a book I read about her it seems her husband liked the money she could make going on tour too.
@joanhuffman21668 күн бұрын
Circus people have a reputation for treating each other better than outsiders do.
@ferociousgumby7 күн бұрын
That "lifting her skirt" thing is very offensive.
@christinapalafox2 күн бұрын
I once heard a humorous version of "More Than a Woman": "Four legged women...." I'm not even joking.
@nickelliott11748 күн бұрын
Sad. But at least she was able to earn a decent amount of money. I know it was a terrible way to do it, but all her private business was already public knowledge. And we can't be hard on societal norms of 150 years ago, look at the absolute disgrace we have in trashy social media and reality tv. 150 years from now people may be looking at us and saying can you believe what these people were doing?
@alycewich44727 күн бұрын
🎯
@tinytt8547 күн бұрын
More than decent for that time in history.
@eurekahope53105 күн бұрын
I love the term "presentism." It is our insistence on judging people from the past based on the standards of today.
@bergenpines18 күн бұрын
Really enjoyed! You have a very mesmerizing voice! Sad but she atleast had some joy in her life!
@tuft92508 күн бұрын
The voices used on this channel are AI generated. They are computer created. Some are more 'human' sounding than others.
@bergenpines18 күн бұрын
@@tuft9250 even more interesting! Well I liked the AI voice, and it enhanced your telling the story! Thanks for the info…..
@rncine8 күн бұрын
What she had to endure as a person from ignorant people, glad she was able to work and support her family and still keep her great disposition. This video was great, can you please do a video on PT Barnum, never knew how evil he was to animals and people. ( I am not criticizing you, but Methotrexate is not an antibiotic but a med given as a chemo med. Also for people that have auto - immune problems like Rheumatoid Arthritis and patients that have psoriasis etc)
@lzzy82629 күн бұрын
I live in Blount County, Tennessee and did know this.
@JJW779 күн бұрын
You did an excellent in your narration. I will be viewing your channel, since you don't have the excessive repeats like the other channels...
@Factinate9 күн бұрын
Appreciated! Welcome 🤗
@vkdee447 күн бұрын
Very interesting! Great video.
@cecoya6 күн бұрын
Poor baby she didn't ask for that to happen or anything but made the most out of it.
@inconceivabledarkКүн бұрын
From what I have gathered she was a pretty amazing woman. Self willed, determined and bold. And of course a great wife and mother. Thank you for your showwomanship😁rip
@daisysingh46598 күн бұрын
Very unique and interesting! Thanks for sharing
@eller34527 күн бұрын
She made more money way back then, than I do now!
@alycewich44727 күн бұрын
🎯💯
@Matilda-y8 күн бұрын
It’s a very high salary for the time, i dont understand why at least one parent didn’t go with her to care for her.
@alycewich44727 күн бұрын
Her father did for several years before PT Barnum came into the picture. I'm guessing that he thought she was old enough to be left with him. After all, there were children who were given to trades people as an apprentice to learn the trade, thus ensuring the child would have a better life than the parents.
@northernlady2127 күн бұрын
Also, when she was with P T Barnum, she was in a community of people who were earning their living by showing what made them unique.
@athena87294 күн бұрын
7,000$/week
@cindylynch52593 күн бұрын
I was adopted..I was born 3 pounds..I never got to meet my parents or seen any pictures of me when I was a baby....I was 6 when I got adopted...by bad people...😢😢...Sad for her 😢
@juliejohnson4972 күн бұрын
I am sorry for you and, as an adoptive parent, very angry at those who were mean to you.
@5u1c1dal24Күн бұрын
Im same situation exept my abusive adkpted parents refused to adopt me and inly ling term foster because they wanted the money that social services pay foster parwnts, and its alot, and pocketed it all and neglexted me etc. Plus i was put into this foster "care" as a new born so i never ever met my birth family or seen any phots of them
@TheKimikazi8 күн бұрын
Great content great presentation
@KaiyaCorrbin7 күн бұрын
As a medical professional, I would definitely consider this a case of conjoined twins rather than polymelia. Polymelia is usually the growth of a single extra appendage, not the growth of an extra entire half of a body, as would be the case with a conjoined twin who is only there from the waist down. It's like the opposite of the Hensel twins, Brittany and Abby. This was interesting, all the same, so thank you for that!
@tinytt8547 күн бұрын
I read that one of the young ladies got married. I know they share a body and have separate heads, but I don't know how I would handle that.
@KaiyaCorrbin6 күн бұрын
@@tinytt854 Yeah, one of them did recently get married. Idk, I'm sure they are kinda used to it, at this point in their lives lol.
@MG-nf3fr8 күн бұрын
The real monsters were the heartless public!!!
@tinytt8547 күн бұрын
They were curious and willing to pay. Truth be told, they were the suckers. She got paid big bucks for that time by sitting down and showing her legs.
@joannhempen82105 күн бұрын
Loved and subbed❤
@kathyreinhardt89985 күн бұрын
Extraordinary story.....thank you so much for sharing.
@Crazycatlady1968.7 күн бұрын
Did she leave a diary,or journal? If not we have no idea what her feelings were.Salute to this strong,intelligent woman! ❤❤Wonder what the FAKES were using,as fake legs ? Needles to say human NATURE,has only gotten worse.
@tinytt8547 күн бұрын
Your last sentence is 100%. If anyone says anything, we are "shaming". They need to be ashamed but anything goes now. Except telling the truth.
@franceyneireland16337 күн бұрын
In India in recent years a boy was born with four legs and four limbs attached at the abdomen plus a girl born with four arms and four legs in both cases it was a parasitic twin. Both had surgeries to remove their parasitic twin the boy in 2010 and the girl in 2007.
@northernlady2127 күн бұрын
There's an Indian god or goddess rather like that. I think I've heard about a high number of similar people in India 🤔 I wonder if there is something in the Indian genetics 🤔
@Guitarman71335 күн бұрын
IT'S ALL FROM THE DEPLETED URANIUM THE US ARMY BOMBED AND SHOT UP THE PLACE. FOR 10 YEARS.
@KMStarner824 күн бұрын
Genetic mutation, and pollution.
@lindasharp85233 күн бұрын
They marry their cousins sometimes so the genetic pool would be quite weird.
@gaudior13Күн бұрын
Please refer to your theories as speculation. @northernlady, yes, there is a Hindu (I think) goddess with multiple arms on each side.
@suzannemartin68178 күн бұрын
She was likely a set if conjoined twins. If the zygote doesn’t split all the way you will have conjoined twins. Depending on how and where it separates will determine how that conjoining looks.
@tinytt8547 күн бұрын
🤦🏿
@marceypoeckes19687 күн бұрын
Great video
@sherlhoeppner23928 күн бұрын
Horrible parents! I would have kept her in long dresses
@izzydeadyet73368 күн бұрын
Even today so many exploit their kids online! Healthy or not , people use their kids to get the attention they want themselves
@alycewich44727 күн бұрын
Her parents did keep her in long dresses. But her "selling point" was to show her 4 legs. That could only be done by having her in either a short dress, which wasn't in style then or have her raise her skirt to show them once the audience had paid to enter the tent where she performed.
@tinytt8547 күн бұрын
Her parents were smart. Take her to make great money showing just her legs. Or become homeless and starve to death. They didn't take all her money like the parents did in the 1940's (the little rascals , the gang and I ) and all the way up until the 1980's. They did what they needed to to survive.
@northernlady2127 күн бұрын
Parents who helped her to the only position she could have. I'm using the word Position as it was used, meaning the only work.
@topcat323496 күн бұрын
If you look, she has a long dress on. It’s rolled up to show the legs.
@allylabar218 күн бұрын
You have a new sub and likes for every video. Thank you! 😊
@5thribroarn3043 күн бұрын
Thank you for sharing such an interesting story!!
@photohoot9 күн бұрын
I think you have been harsh on Barnum. One needs to remember it was a very long time ago. He provided a better than average income for individuals that would have otherwise made no money. Many of his sideshows went on to live great lives with the income they earned. They also found living there a comfort because they were around others with distracting features and all their needs were met.. I am not saying the man is perfect or didn't do some questionable things, but he wasn't all bad. Most of his employed people loved the man for the chance he gave them. Lastly, Ringling and Barnum merged in 1919 but Ringling and Barnum worked together for years prior. If she hated her life with Barnum, I highly doubt she would have returned to Ringling and Barnum. Nice documentary, just a bit exaggerated.
@kimsherlock89698 күн бұрын
Sadly 😥 it is true in some circumstances of working as a freak in a show There comes a feeling of camaraderie with other members of Entertaining the lewd Ghouls whom want to be shocked.....paying a penny for a clance. Maybe safe yes especially in the callous past where difference was monstrosity. Unfortunately it separated understanding of difference by making it a side show act .
@Draggonny8 күн бұрын
Yes, he certainly could have offered them a much lower salary if he had chosen to. Clearly he valued them as performers and was more generous as an employer than he could have been. There were certainly worse employers at the time.
@kathrynkildow37436 күн бұрын
There's nothing good about being labeled a freak, including the salary.
@gaudior13Күн бұрын
As said above, it was high, especially for a woman, then. Two hundred dollars is over $7,000 today.
@kellydalstok89007 күн бұрын
She wasn’t one foetus absorbing her twin but an incomplete siamese twin. In the case of identical twins the fertilised egg splits completely before the first cell division and develops into two individuals. When it splits after the first cell division the split is often incomplete, which leads to a siamese twin. The extent to which the two halves are connected varies widely, from just some soft tissue and blood vessels to two half bodies fused together and two heads and ultimately to someone with three or four legs or arms.
@CharityAngelSpectrum5 күн бұрын
You're absolutely right. However, the term "Siamese" is a smidge on the racist side - "conjoined" is the modern term. (Though it absolutely is the name they would have used in Myrtle's lifetime.)
@tinyhouseranch6 күн бұрын
First time viewer. Great Job
@Replicanna-rl6zg7 күн бұрын
'She was able to keep a household' well, why would she not? It's not that she had less, she had more
@alycewich44727 күн бұрын
That was a high complement for a woman in that time period.
@lindasharp85233 күн бұрын
With those 2 useless legs dangling round her knees all the time???
@Lemarchelesa9 күн бұрын
What an amazing woman
@D_Cat38 күн бұрын
This is horrible and disgusting how cruel they were to a human being who should have had surgery. What a nightmare life she lived poor lady.
@Melissa-gc1hz8 күн бұрын
Surgery was not an option back then.
@alycewich44727 күн бұрын
The medical field has vastly changed since Corbin died in 1928 at the age of 59. And her death was almost 100 years ago. Even in the last few years we have made great strides in all of the sciences. We cannot judge the past by what we think they should have known when we have much more information than they did.
@michelleobrien69967 күн бұрын
First of all surgery was not an option. Second why should she have surgery. Thirdly she had a great life under the circumstances.
@Tara-vj6to9 күн бұрын
super storytelling
@johnruggiero33668 күн бұрын
I feel so sorry for myrtle corbin, she deserved better!!😢
@alycewich44727 күн бұрын
She earned a fantastic salary, found a man who didn't love her for her money, had several children and lived to be 59 years old. That right there is amazing for the time (150 years ago). I think it is safe to say she was happy.
@tinytt8547 күн бұрын
Better than what!? She was loved by her parents, strangers were paying a great deal of money to look at her legs, she married and had babies, she wasn't homeless and hungry.
@goombabear5 күн бұрын
The dead twin usually get absorbed by the healthy twin. For some reason the twins don't separate in time.
@dave36576 күн бұрын
This was very well done. I believe Barnum never made the “sucker” remark.