American Carnival: Barnum Project

Season 1.7 Barnum's New American Museum

Barnum's American Museum, once located on the corner of Anne and Broadway in New York City, was a major point of American pop culture in the mid-1800s; step in to see the build up and opening of one of Barnum's greatest triumphs!

Season 1.8 The Fiji Mermaid

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Season 1.9 General Tom Thumb

Barnum exhibits General Tom Thumb, fresh out of England. 11 years old and only 25 inches high!

Season 1.10 The Buffalo Hoax

Come get excited to experience the Great Buffalo Show... or Great Buffalo Hoax!

Season 1.11 Bearded Lady

P.T. Barnum and his side show collection. The American Museum in New York welcomes the Bearded Lady of Geneva!

Season 1.12 Prince of Humbug

How Barnum got the nickname "Prince of Humbug."

Season 1.13 Woolly Horse

This episode is about one of the many natural curiosities Barnum had in his museums.  His famous Woolly Horse was a popular exhibit, but was the horse actually one of a kind?

Season 1.14 The Swedish Nightingale

Jenny Lind, "the Swedish Nightingale," engaged in a $150,000 contract with P. T. Barnum to sing on tour in America. This episode describes the excitement over Jenny Lind's 1850 arrival in New York City.

Season 1.15 Brick Man

Become one of the hundreds of onlookers who watched Barnum's "Brick Man" perform a fairly peculiar task!

Season 1.16 Fire!

Listen to this informational, jaw-dropping episode on P. T. Barnum's horrific 1865 museum fire.