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The Residents: Freak Show

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The Residents: Freak Show is a game where players can explore a "Disneyland of the damned" based on the 1990 album Freak Show by the avant-garde band The Residents.

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There are three recordings intended for the Pickled Punks booth that go unused.

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MARTO

Avelino Marto, a Cuban, had the ability to pop his eyes forward so they protruded from their socket in an insect-like manner.

MILLECH

Millie-Christine, black Siamese twins, were originally promoted as a two-headed girl. Born into slavery in Columbus County, North Carolina on July 11, 1851, the girls shared a single anus and vagina, but were mirror images in every other way, including having hearts on opposite sides of their bodies. As the value of their status as human oddities became apparent, they were sold several times, their final purchase price being $30,000. The girls' last owner, J.P. Smith, reunited the separated family and turned their management over to an unscrupulous showman, who promptly stole the twins and began exhibiting them all over the country. He was finally caught by Smith and the girls' mother, Monemia, in England two years later. Still only four years old, they were billed as united African twins and soon became a huge attraction. They were received by Queen Victoria several times and eventually retired to a ten-room house back in Columbus County in the early 1900s. Millie died of tuberculosis on October 9, 1912, with Christine surviving her by only seventeen hours.

SERPENT

A shortage of bones combined with a unique incidence of double-jointness gave Miss Serpentina, born in Douglas, Ontario, the ability to move her body in almost any direction. Unfortunately, another result of her condition was total helplessness, and she had to be cared for by her manager, Bill Gregory. A total distrust of banks caused Miss Serpentina to invest her rewards of a successful career in diamonds, which she always kept beneath her helpless body.