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When Laurello would turn his head around, he could not breathe, however he was able to drink. Laurello was at Robert Ripley's first ever Odditorium at the 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair and had performed at many Ripley's odditoriums in the 1930s. |
When Laurello would turn his head around, he could not breathe, however he was able to drink. Laurello was at Robert Ripley's first ever Odditorium at the 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair and had performed at many Ripley's odditoriums in the 1930s. |
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| − | His last recorded appearance was on the show "You Asked For It" on March 24, 1952. He died of a heart attack in 1955 at age 70. The video below was taken from the movie "The Incredible Life and Times of Robert Ripley: Believe it or Not!." |
+ | His last recorded appearance was on the show "You Asked For It" on March 24, 1952. He died of a heart attack in 1955 at age 70. The video below was taken from the movie "The Incredible Life and Times of Robert Ripley: Believe it or Not!." After Laurello died he was cremated. |
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Revision as of 15:14, 30 December 2010
Martin Laurello
One of Laurello's dogs
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Martin Joe Laurello (May 1885 - 1955), AKA "The Man with the Revolving Head," "The Human Owl," or "Bobby, The Boy with the Revolving Head," was born in May 1885 in Nuremburg, Germany. He was born with a twisted spine that allowed his head to turn a complete 180°. He was married to Amelia Emmerling, and was a nazi sympathizer.
He moved to America from Germany in 1921 and began preforming with sideshows such as Ripley's Believe it or Not, Ringling Brothers, and Barnum & Baily. Aside from turning his head around, Martin Laurello (formally Martin Emmerling) trained dogs to do acrobatics and was a ventriloquist.
When Laurello would turn his head around, he could not breathe, however he was able to drink. Laurello was at Robert Ripley's first ever Odditorium at the 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair and had performed at many Ripley's odditoriums in the 1930s.
His last recorded appearance was on the show "You Asked For It" on March 24, 1952. He died of a heart attack in 1955 at age 70. The video below was taken from the movie "The Incredible Life and Times of Robert Ripley: Believe it or Not!." After Laurello died he was cremated.
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Photos
Sources
- Quasi-modo.net
- thehumanmarvels.com
- missioncreep.com
- Sideshowworld.com
- Book: Ripley's Believe It or Not: Encyclopedia of the Bizarre
- Book: The Life and Times of Robert Ripley
- Book: Secrets of the Sideshows
- Book:Science of Flexibility
- Many More