36 - The Life and Death of Julia Pastrana

Profile of Julia Pastrana, Mexican "freak show" performer of the 1850s, who was misused - shockingly - after her death in childbirth, and her eventual return to Mexico.

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Opening music by Kevin MacLeod.

Closing music by Soma.

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“A novel suit,” Baltimore Sun, November 10, 1855.
“Common pleas – special term,” New York Herald, April 18, 1849.
“Freaks' requests,” Reading (PA) Times, April 8, 1885.
“Later from Mexico,” New York Times, November 1, 1854.
“Police intelligence,” New York Herald, October 11, 1848.
“Police intelligence,” New York Herald, December 14, 1848.
“Police intelligence,” New York Herald, March 10, 1853.
“Police intelligence,” New York Herald, March 15, 1853.
“Police intelligence,” New York Herald, June 30, 1853.
“Trouble about a hybrid,” American and Commercial Advertiser (Baltimore), November 12, 1855.
Unknown. Curious History of the Baboon Lady, Miss Julia Pastrana. London: E. Hancock, n.d.
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Garland-Thomson, Rosemarie. “Julia Pastrana, la Dame Extraordinaire.” Alter 11:1 (March 2017).
Gould, George M. and Walter L. Pyle. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1898.

http://juliapastranaonline.com/

https://publicdomainreview.org/2014/11/26/julia-pastrana-a-monster-to-the-whole-world/