The Greatest Showman was loosely based on the life...  ...Greatest Showman was loosely based on the life of PT Barnum . Proving that there's a sucker born every minute,...  ...lly fictional and had nothing to do with the real Barnum .[https://youtu.be/CaE0JD1X12g] (YouTube link)Scre...

What would you think if you heard that three busin...  ...e man burned down? And what if that man were P.T. Barnum , the famous hoaxter? You’d probably think h...  ...arsonist, but although bad luck seemed to follow Barnum ’s buildings, he lost too many priceless art...  ...squo;t lucrative enough to...

Franklin and Penelope Shields worked the land in T...  ...ked the land in Texas with their seven sons. P.T. Barnum ’s agents heard about the sons, who were cal...  ...nts," and went to investigate. In the late 1870s, Barnum hired the four of the men to tour in his Barnum...

The freak show has been around for hundreds of yea...  ...ut it reached new heights under the reign of P.T. Barnum in the 19th century, whose cobbled-together mummy...  ...the “Feejee mermaid” made him a star. Barnum embarked on a ferocious campaign to convince his...  ...ter of weeks, he had the pub...

You've heard of General Tom Thumb, one of P.T. Bar...  ...hen he was discovered at the age of four by P. T. Barnum little Charles stood a mere 25 inches in height a...  ...his son to a month-long trial as an attraction in Barnum ’s New York Museum. The agreed rate of pay was $...  ...f some interest and moneta...

If P.T. Barnum were alive today, he'd totally promote his bicent...  ...ker of George Washington.It was 1835 when a young Barnum got a taste of his budding powers of publicity wi...