The Dark Secret of America's Millionaire Dwarf | Lavinia Warren

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  • @annfisher3316
    @annfisher3316 3 місяці тому +157

    Tom had a lovely adapted home built for Lavinia, featuring a small cast iron stove as she loved to cook for her husband.

    • @etrosen1
      @etrosen1 3 місяці тому +13

      Would be so neat to see their home, does it still exist? Did their family members ever talk of them I wonder. I have googling to do 😂

    • @flazada
      @flazada 3 місяці тому +7

      ​@@etrosen1It's still here

    • @rhondaartz5398
      @rhondaartz5398 3 місяці тому +3

      @@flazada😊

    • @etrosen1
      @etrosen1 2 місяці тому +3

      @@flazada any pics anywhere? Open to the public at all?

  • @karenroot450
    @karenroot450 3 місяці тому +90

    This was a fantastic but also a little tragic story. I remember as a young child in the 1960’s we would go visit Seal Rocks, the huge telescope you could pay to look out, and go into the Cliff House to eat. One of the best displays was all about General Tom Thumb! Original furniture and clothing from him and his wife , a bed and numerous photos! It was amazing. I really connected to it as I was little myself at the time. Too bad this was all lost during a fire. Too bad people wanted to treat Lavinia as if she were a child! Had to have been frustrating. I’m happy to have watched this amazing video! Thanks so much!

    • @maureencarr242
      @maureencarr242 3 місяці тому +7

      Lost from a "fire". Like every major city has fires to destroy our heritage and history.

    • @glamourgirl-n9b
      @glamourgirl-n9b Місяць тому +2

      I use to go to the cliff house and look @ the sealions in the outside telescopes, seal rock, 1980-93. I never saw anything about Lavinia/Tom.
      Weren’t their Sumo baths there once upon a time?? Great Highway.

    • @karenroot450
      @karenroot450 Місяць тому +3

      @@glamourgirl-n9b
      Hello. I actually have my moms woolen bathing suit. She used to swim in the Sutro Bath House as a young adult.

    • @glamourgirl-n9b
      @glamourgirl-n9b Місяць тому +2

      @@karenroot450 I graduated from SFSU & the food @ the Cliff house was sooooo good. Allways busy, lots of people. Calamari was great! Miss that place. I have so many pics @ the restaurant & beach.

    • @ValynneStelling
      @ValynneStelling 9 днів тому

      Sutro baths

  • @darriendastar3941
    @darriendastar3941 3 місяці тому +59

    I've never joined a channel as quickly as I did yours as soon as you said you'd opened UA-cam memberships.
    You put one hell of a lot of work into these videos - both in terms of research as well as editing and production, so it was a no-brainer.
    I never reach the end of one of your videos without having learnt something emotionally and/or intellectually. You produce quality work, man, and I'm so glad I can now contribute more than just the usual "like, comment, subscribe".
    And I'm raising a cup of tea to Lavinia Warren as I type this.

    • @ForgottenLives
      @ForgottenLives  3 місяці тому +6

      Thank you so much for becoming and a member and for the support 😊

    • @Bubbies-777
      @Bubbies-777 3 місяці тому +2

      Cringe

  • @apostolicengineer8251
    @apostolicengineer8251 3 місяці тому +38

    I have a photo of Tom Thumb and his wife standing on the balcony of the White house after their marriage. On the back of the old frame in pencil is the date 1877.

    • @demijour1234
      @demijour1234 8 днів тому +1

      @apostolicengineer That is Amazing. How did you get a picture of that?

  • @maryroberts9315
    @maryroberts9315 3 місяці тому +136

    The business with the baby is crazy! I'm sure Barnum just slipped the attendants some money and "rented" the baby.

    • @JudithBisson
      @JudithBisson 3 місяці тому +11

      Right! The baby was never mentioned again. Lol

    • @comradewolf4901
      @comradewolf4901 3 місяці тому +17

      Back then you could literally walk into, or essentially mail order orphaned children.

    • @SherryHill-k5y
      @SherryHill-k5y 3 місяці тому

      ​@@comradewolf4901That's so true! And it happened.

    • @phaedrapage4217
      @phaedrapage4217 3 місяці тому +12

      ​@@comradewolf4901 They didn't even have to be orphans. People who were poor enough sold their own kids all the time.

    • @pageribe9412
      @pageribe9412 2 місяці тому +4

      ​@@comradewolf4901
      It's surprising how little people know about the treatment of some children in the past!

  • @shortyblackwellll
    @shortyblackwellll 3 місяці тому +60

    there is a child buried in England somewhere that died in 1873 from pneumonia, that has them listed as the parents. it's in the church records and everything. and there's a gravestone with the baby's dates of birth and death.

    • @rosameryrojas-delcerro1059
      @rosameryrojas-delcerro1059 3 місяці тому +14

      There is also a child buried in the same cemetery as Lavinia that claims to be thier daughter "Minnie"....

    • @stillhere1425
      @stillhere1425 3 місяці тому +11

      Too bad there was no DNA technology at the time.

    • @rosameryrojas-delcerro1059
      @rosameryrojas-delcerro1059 3 місяці тому +17

      @@stillhere1425 They could still try. They did with Richard the 3rd.

    • @koloagirl
      @koloagirl 3 місяці тому +9

      Minnie was Laviniaʻs sister

    • @rosameryrojas-delcerro1059
      @rosameryrojas-delcerro1059 3 місяці тому +5

      @@koloagirl The stone has the incorrect dates to be her sister.....

  • @Mattostar-z2d
    @Mattostar-z2d 3 місяці тому +38

    How wonderful! Forgotten Lives, thank you for another upload. I love listening to the interesting people you have in each video. 😊

    • @ForgottenLives
      @ForgottenLives  3 місяці тому +3

      Thanks for watching and all the support, thanks for becoming my 1st member!! I have some good things planned!!

    • @Mattostar-z2d
      @Mattostar-z2d 3 місяці тому +2

      @@ForgottenLives You're welcome Forgotten Lives! 🤗 Your content is excellent and you added memberships to your channel. I couldn't help but give you something for all the hard work doing each video. Giving back to you for years of entertainment. 😁

  • @rocksiirose4536
    @rocksiirose4536 3 місяці тому +11

    I really enjoyed this episode about Lavinia and Tom. I had subscribed to your channel awhile back and haven't gotten any notifications, I checked and for some odd reason I was unsubscribed. This is why I periodically check to see if I'm still subscribed to channels that I'm subscribed to.

    • @missjoshemmett
      @missjoshemmett 3 місяці тому +2

      Thank you. This has been happening to me, too. I always think the worse when I don't hear from someone for awhile.

  • @beachrose88
    @beachrose88 3 місяці тому +36

    sure freak. shows BUT IT KEPT THEM OUT OF ASYLUMS. AND GAVE THEM PAY. AND A PROTECTIVE COMMUNITY

  • @Brenda-xz9vh
    @Brenda-xz9vh 3 місяці тому +25

    Your narration was wonderful. The life of Lavinia was super fascinating.

  • @berenicewaters4096
    @berenicewaters4096 3 місяці тому +17

    Thaks for the story of the eventful life of this lady and the entertainment at the time.
    🎉

  • @DawnOldham
    @DawnOldham 3 місяці тому +24

    It’s odd that she was buried next to her first husband with a tombstone that read, “His Wife” while still married to her second husband!

    • @Brooks-wz5gs
      @Brooks-wz5gs 2 місяці тому +4

      Well she never divorced him so I guess it makes sense plus she and her second husband weren’t faithful to each other. Sounds like she just really only loved him.

  • @Justchillinawhile
    @Justchillinawhile 3 місяці тому +4

    Here to support🙏❤️🙏 Great info, the most info I’ve ever heard about Tom Thumb and never heard about the babies before. Thanks again for your hard work, awesome storytelling and great pics

  • @jbills3000
    @jbills3000 3 місяці тому +15

    I've heard of her before bu these details were very interesting. Thank you!

  • @TawnyC_
    @TawnyC_ 3 місяці тому +31

    Minnie was five inches shorter than Lavinia, which is quite a bit shorter.

    • @TheDarkDutchman
      @TheDarkDutchman 3 місяці тому +6

      5 inch is Approx. 15 cm.... It's indeed quite a lot. 🤔

  • @AnotherTaco.YesPlease
    @AnotherTaco.YesPlease 3 місяці тому +4

    Bravo! Wonderful pictures, maps and very informative. Lovely narration as well. Liked and subscribed. Cheers!

  • @megs4193
    @megs4193 3 місяці тому +18

    Super interesting, and a little sad. Money, greed, fame. To often have the same results, it seems poor people get a gift and, they are in that moment, the happiest people in the world. And yet, so many of the rich, they just never seem satisfied, so sad 🥺. Always a good video, always told with respect and kindness 😊 thank you ❤❤❤.

    • @ForgottenLives
      @ForgottenLives  3 місяці тому +3

      Thanks as always for watching!!

    • @megs4193
      @megs4193 3 місяці тому +3

      @@ForgottenLives you're one of my absolute favourite channels, you bring class and education. Thank You 🙂🦘💞🦘💞.

  • @pilipalaglas36
    @pilipalaglas36 3 місяці тому +20

    Very interesting episode. Thank you.

  • @tamibell4325
    @tamibell4325 3 місяці тому +4

    I loved this story!❤ Ive always wanted to know more about her. Thank you so much for sharing!

  • @CarpeNutella
    @CarpeNutella 3 місяці тому +21

    Out West... To the Mississippi River 😂😂😂
    It's wild how recessive genes could cause standard-height parents to have two children with dwarfism.

  • @Charlotte66666
    @Charlotte66666 3 місяці тому +15

    Always glad to see a new upload ❤😊

  • @DianeC.
    @DianeC. 3 місяці тому +15

    Hi!!! I enjoyed this story. I have heard of her before but did not know her whole story. This was very interesting. I'm sure P.T. was behind many of this story. Great Video!!!...Your fan&friend from USA...🇺🇸🦋

  • @MightyMezzo
    @MightyMezzo 3 місяці тому +22

    This was fascinating.

  • @stephaniesews6603
    @stephaniesews6603 Місяць тому +2

    Lavinia had impeccable fashion taste. She is dressed so well in every picture.

  • @ShesInHerElement
    @ShesInHerElement 3 місяці тому +26

    The Thumbs lived in my town, Middleboro MA. I go past their home daily

    • @stillhere1425
      @stillhere1425 3 місяці тому +3

      How very cool. But did they go by Thumb or Stratton?

    • @ShesInHerElement
      @ShesInHerElement 3 місяці тому +2

      @@stillhere1425 Thumb. She had married Tom and this is where they resided.

    • @TaraLevy-n5e
      @TaraLevy-n5e 3 місяці тому

      I live in Middleboro also!! Where is their house?? I want to drive by!!!

    • @ShesInHerElement
      @ShesInHerElement 3 місяці тому +1

      @@TaraLevy-n5e 351 Plymouth Street. It’s a beautiful old manse ❤️

    • @TaraLevy-n5e
      @TaraLevy-n5e 3 місяці тому +1

      @@ShesInHerElement thank you, I’m definitely going to drive by!!

  • @joelmoses2599
    @joelmoses2599 3 місяці тому +7

    General Tom Thumb was one of the greatest performers of any size. Like Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) and Michel Dunn (The wild Wild West) would having similar opertunities as he did in his real life would have been a major star today.

  • @alexhayden2303
    @alexhayden2303 3 місяці тому +7

    Thinking about the difficulties of being small in the ordinary world made me think about constructing a world that was twice full size, as place to visit and wonder at. Imagine that house.
    Approached thro' a garden of large plants, you reach the front door.
    You have to reach up to the handle: The knocker is out of reach!
    The door swings open, to a world of monster furniture.
    Think about all the items in an everyday dwelling.
    Movie set producers could do the job, aided nowadays, of course, by 3D printing and Virtual Reality!

  • @Dawna-gp1zk
    @Dawna-gp1zk 3 місяці тому +24

    It is unfortunate that Lavinia didn't simply sell some of her real estate & boat for additional income.

    • @shanabanana2675
      @shanabanana2675 2 місяці тому +2

      I believe she did. I know she loaned a lot of money to Barnum towards the end of his life and was never repaid.

  • @gamesssful
    @gamesssful 3 місяці тому +17

    Excellent

  • @ferociousgumby
    @ferociousgumby 3 місяці тому +12

    I've seen this story covered in other YT videos, and these "historians" all claimed the baby was real and actually theirs.

  • @LowejaDogs
    @LowejaDogs 3 місяці тому +3

    Lovely story. Always well told. See you in the next video. From a Ozzy subscriber who loves your stories and storytelling.

  • @darleneww3670
    @darleneww3670 3 місяці тому +12

    Unfaithful dwarfs 😂 Now that's an uncovered issue

  • @mistyblues6762
    @mistyblues6762 3 місяці тому +4

    Thank you for another interesting video!

  • @addie_is_me
    @addie_is_me 3 місяці тому +9

    I’m used to Barnum’s lack of ethics, but it’s sad he got so many people to go along with his disgusting schemes. I mean renting babies. Geez!

  • @lauralafauve5520
    @lauralafauve5520 3 місяці тому +5

    Fascinating. Thank you!

  • @meganalderton9273
    @meganalderton9273 3 місяці тому +5

    Very cool episode. Thank you!

  • @ElkeMB
    @ElkeMB 3 місяці тому +9

    This was great to watch! Your awesome voice narration, made it even more interesting! Thank you FLives

    • @ForgottenLives
      @ForgottenLives  3 місяці тому +2

      Thanks again for the comments!!

    • @ElkeMB
      @ElkeMB 3 місяці тому +2

      @@ForgottenLives
      Always a pleasure!! Thank you

  • @sandic3892
    @sandic3892 3 місяці тому +6

    Wonderful video! Thank you!

  • @demijour1234
    @demijour1234 8 днів тому +1

    There is a movie I saw called, Freaks. Movie about travelling Circus performers (It was like Barnum). All the actors were real life performers and they were all great. The ending was scary. I wish I could get a copy of that movie because it talks about the history of each performer as an added bonus.

  • @deecooper1567
    @deecooper1567 23 дні тому

    Very interesting & entertaining. Thank you 👵🏻❣️

  • @carmenrico4945
    @carmenrico4945 3 місяці тому +5

    wait why is this my favorite channel

  • @Dihechuwa
    @Dihechuwa 3 місяці тому +4

    Great video! Entertainment achieved❤

  • @amurray1149
    @amurray1149 3 місяці тому +11

    She looks like the short lady from the movie Poltergeist

  • @Dawna-gp1zk
    @Dawna-gp1zk 3 місяці тому +7

    Nothing wrong with the nickname "PeeWee". or "Tiny Mite" ... no doubt spoken with much affection.

  • @flazada
    @flazada 3 місяці тому +8

    I know the channel's called forgotten lives but she's not forgotten here. I'm from Middleboro Mass and Tom thumb and Lavinia are very much alive here still.

  • @barbarabrooks4747
    @barbarabrooks4747 3 місяці тому +2

    It's nice that Barnum treated them with dignity and had them presented them as royalty. It's very sad that they were not able to restrain their expenses and had to work hard into old age.

  • @cadillacdeville5828
    @cadillacdeville5828 3 місяці тому +10

    Well HELLO 👋🏾🤗 there ❤

  • @sarahsilverlight2064
    @sarahsilverlight2064 3 місяці тому +2

    Great video!

  • @melaniesmith1313
    @melaniesmith1313 3 місяці тому +3

    Well done. New subscriber.

  • @debbralehrman5957
    @debbralehrman5957 3 місяці тому +5

    Thanks👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

  • @susansanford9846
    @susansanford9846 3 місяці тому +2

    A wonderful Story I did not know what happen to them people.

  • @starlight7159
    @starlight7159 3 місяці тому +7

    In today times. Now they showcase on reality tv…

  • @StacyL.
    @StacyL. Місяць тому

    For such a little person she had an amazingly large life! No life of a performer of Barnum's I've ever heard has ever been so full! She lived the American dream despite her tiny stature. Finding love, having a grandest of weddings, touring Europe and meeting the most prominent leaders of the day-What a BIG little life.
    Just one question though- where was her second husband buried? If she was buried next to general Tom, and but she remarried after his death, you would think that she would be buried next to her second husband....

  • @alicewilloughby4318
    @alicewilloughby4318 3 місяці тому +3

    4:42 ,- My God, those eyes! I wonder if the artist exagerated them or if they were really that big.

  • @zero_bs_tolerance8646
    @zero_bs_tolerance8646 3 місяці тому +3

    Thank you.

  • @siomi2701
    @siomi2701 3 місяці тому +3

    Where on the mayflower did she come from ? Has she even been to the Caribbean on that mayflower journey ?

  • @AmorDivino-e5q
    @AmorDivino-e5q 3 місяці тому +14

    I love dwarfs in general, although I met one once who was a real SOB.

    • @garden_3130
      @garden_3130 3 місяці тому +1

      Was he doing seminars?

  • @sandeesimons6045
    @sandeesimons6045 3 місяці тому +4

    Proportional Dwarfism is what they used to call being a "midget", isn't it? ❤😊

  • @tiniowien57401
    @tiniowien57401 Місяць тому +1

    Sadly freak shows and circuses were sometimes the only way someone with an obvious disability could earn a days pay

  • @tonib4380
    @tonib4380 3 місяці тому +4

    Wait ….. her cousin tricked her into performing? What happened to her family?

  • @marygiles607
    @marygiles607 3 місяці тому +3

    Lived across the street from her middlebough house.

  • @geelizzie
    @geelizzie 3 місяці тому +2

    Beaufitul little house! And the cutest little dog.

  • @KarenLulay-vc8kb
    @KarenLulay-vc8kb 3 місяці тому +2

    Very interesting.

  • @JosephMiller-gh6mv
    @JosephMiller-gh6mv 3 місяці тому +9

    So I take it they didn't want a big wedding just a small one with a small group of guests and and it didn't go over big , and only a small article in the paper about it

  • @r3db0x
    @r3db0x 3 місяці тому +6

    "His wife."
    Ouch. 😶

    • @DeborahThird-og1uo
      @DeborahThird-og1uo 3 місяці тому +2

      Odd, married 22 years then 36, then stacked in with the first one with nary a mention. Where’d the Count end up?🤷‍♀️

  • @beachrose88
    @beachrose88 3 місяці тому +6

    genetic as 2 dwarfs can have children normal height too

  • @Kathleen-cz4ik
    @Kathleen-cz4ik 3 місяці тому +2

    I think I've connected with a past life 💜

  • @EmbalmerEmi
    @EmbalmerEmi 3 місяці тому +4

    Could you do Typhoid Mary?

  • @LKMNOP
    @LKMNOP Місяць тому

    Thank you very much for keeping the emphasis on Lillian rather than on time. You would call him her husband. I'm sure she would appreciate that even though she loved him deeply.

  • @alih429
    @alih429 2 місяці тому

    This was such an interesting sad story

  • @raspberryfruiths
    @raspberryfruiths 3 місяці тому +3

    2:26 are these kids hands tied behind their back to the chairs? They all look so unhappy for a class photo. Not even one with a bit of a smile 😕

    • @myoldvhstapes
      @myoldvhstapes Місяць тому +1

      I think they are posing formally with 'arms reversed.' I've only ever seen it standing up, though. It's very strange when sitting down. Smiling in photos is a modern phenomenon.

  • @darcicali7693
    @darcicali7693 3 місяці тому +3

    Wow amazing 👍🏼👍🏼

  • @tinagrunst
    @tinagrunst Місяць тому +1

    My daughter and her kids have never been to a circus because she is terrified of clowns. If there is a clown in a parade, she is immediately gone.
    When the original movie of IT came out, she completely freaked out. The movie gave her nightmares.
    When she was a toddler, I found the cutest clown lamp for her room. She screamed blood murder until I put it in the closet. After that, if I went near the closet, she would start screaming. I finally gave it away.
    She is now 36 and still can’t stand clowns. She says they are just plain creepy.
    She like me loves horror movies but if there is a clown in it, she is gone!

  • @cheerlynstovall5506
    @cheerlynstovall5506 3 місяці тому +2

    Interesting 🧐

  • @Bigmama415
    @Bigmama415 25 днів тому

    Her story would be a great Film 🤎

  • @audreymuzingo933
    @audreymuzingo933 3 місяці тому +10

    Oof. "normal height" -Gonna catch some grief for that, I'm afraid.
    Otherwise, ANOTHER GREAT ONE, THANK YOU!

    • @ForgottenLives
      @ForgottenLives  3 місяці тому +4

      Hope not! I think everyone should know what was meant by that 🤔

    • @audreymuzingo933
      @audreymuzingo933 3 місяці тому +2

      @@ForgottenLives I don't think it's as taboo as differentiating someone with autism from people of "normal intelligence". But yeah in general the word "normal" is kind of hot-button nowadays, so the safer bet is "average."

    • @susanmcentee7522
      @susanmcentee7522 3 місяці тому +3

      Normal statistically means the normal curve which includes all of us. The very short and very tall at either end and the average height people in the middle. It's a rather nice thought that we are all normal really 😊

    • @grimtt
      @grimtt 3 місяці тому +3

      “Normal” in this context means “conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected”. It is not pejorative terminology to say that there are people who fall into a normal height range of that time/place/demographic and there are people who fall on the outside of those ranges perhaps due to disease, genetics, etc. To say we are all normal height, or that no one is of normal height, is nonsensical.
      Thank you ForgottenLives for helping these people be remembered! First time here, love to see a creator who avoids stock pics/video👍

    • @audreymuzingo933
      @audreymuzingo933 3 місяці тому +1

      @@grimtt I'm a biologist so although I have no problem assuming that you found that exact definition somewhere, even science nerds would not use it as a standalone term. -Look, even you realized that it was necessary to clarify that normal height really means a RANGE of heights. Without that word, the implication is that normal is a binary that you either "are" or "aren't", and so then you have to ask what is the word for "aren't"? -Abnormal. And would you tell someone to their face that they are that?
      I swear I'm not calling you a pedantic jacka _ _ ! What's interesting is that "woke," and its' 1990's predecessor "politically correct" both started out as positive, gestures of good will, but then almost immediately became negative, pejorative, accusations of speech-policing, censorship, pedantic jacka _ _ ery.
      I say, if you learn that there are alternative ways to talk about a minority or marginalized group that they find less painful to hear than another (even if that one is technically correct) ... why not at least try to remember to use it? It may not be technically wrong to call people "homosexuals," or "blacks" or "prostitutes," or "not normal," and if nobody has ever told you that those terms can be injurious, then you are truly innocent. -Just the other day I listened to an archival story from NPR (and you know how "politically correct" they're accused of being) about a serial killer, and the commentator referred to one of his victims as "a 14 year old prostitute". I literally gasped, imagining how it would feel to be one of that child's parents, hearing that. And that story was less than 20 years ago! -But it was innocent, because they didn't know any better yet. So the real, original, meaning of "woke" is, once you are awakened to the better choice between two different ways of saying something, it's "woke" to try to choose the better one in the future, to the best of your ability. If you ever forget, that's okay, just keep trying.

  • @francas277
    @francas277 2 місяці тому +2

    The husband looks to have the same type of dwarfism as hasbullah

  • @myriamguns2162
    @myriamguns2162 29 днів тому

    riding around on Shetland ponies? interesting story, thank you for posting!

  • @Sydroo1969
    @Sydroo1969 3 місяці тому +24

    Sorry you have to make disclaimers about things being politically incorrect. Some of us don't get butthurt easily.

    • @ForgottenLives
      @ForgottenLives  3 місяці тому +4

      Definitely, thanks for the feedback!

    • @user-Tn2Dn
      @user-Tn2Dn 3 місяці тому +3

      Political correctness isn’t about protecting people’s feelings, it’s about learning and growing and rejecting ignorant, outdated beliefs from the past. To proudly proclaim you are against political correctness is such an insult to yourself and ironically, you end up sounding like the one that is butt hurt because society is expecting you to evolve and be better.

    • @CanaryCaia
      @CanaryCaia 3 місяці тому +1

      @user-Tn2Dn fascism gets boring, don't you know?

    • @deniseamundson5617
      @deniseamundson5617 3 місяці тому +2

      @@user-Tn2Dn
      Don’t adhere to politically correct, don’t care to. My correctness/morals, like my rights, come from a much higher standard.

  • @beachrose88
    @beachrose88 3 місяці тому +2

    ALSO. ITS. GENETIC !!!!

  • @cyankirkpatrick5194
    @cyankirkpatrick5194 3 місяці тому +13

    ❤ I never had any trouble with dwarfs I mean they were all nice and one was a friend in high school but when I met my 3rd nephews wife who was five foot even she had the attitude and a huge chip on her shoulder I was taken a back by this but then I found out she was teased and bullied in school and I knew first hand what that's like it sucks, but that's no excuse for her attitude towards me. Now we joke about height

    • @wheresmyoldname
      @wheresmyoldname 3 місяці тому +8

      5 feet tall? Why was she teased, that's not dwarfism, my 19 year old daughter is 4ft 10 inches, and she is just considered petite, she isn't drastically shorter than her classmates...? Was she bullied for a different reason?

    • @A.Girl.Has.No.Name.
      @A.Girl.Has.No.Name. 3 місяці тому +5

      Dwarfism is a genetic condition, NOT a specific (lack of) height. Sheesh.

    • @cyankirkpatrick5194
      @cyankirkpatrick5194 3 місяці тому +1

      @@A.Girl.Has.No.Name. I know this.

    • @cyankirkpatrick5194
      @cyankirkpatrick5194 3 місяці тому +1

      @@wheresmyoldname she wouldn't say anything about that but my little sister s best friend was ,4'11" and she was a ball of energy and the best person around and my third nephew's grand mom was 4 foot even more feisty.

    • @heidikroft3337
      @heidikroft3337 3 місяці тому +5

      I'm 5 foot and 1 inch, have never been bullied.

  • @HannahJack123
    @HannahJack123 3 місяці тому +2

    So sad how they were exploited by Barnum

    • @yvonnekelly1345
      @yvonnekelly1345 3 місяці тому +1

      He also made them very rich. So I wouldn’t feel too sorry for them.

  • @MausMasher54
    @MausMasher54 3 місяці тому +2

    Her Hubby looks like the Munchkin Mayor....

  • @dengelking2121
    @dengelking2121 3 місяці тому +3

    They looked like little dolls.

  • @Love-hn6hi
    @Love-hn6hi Місяць тому

    I hope, I don't get nightmares from this story. The way they use the babies was horrible so sad. Maybe adopting those babies could have give them a better life. 🥺 🤔 😔

  • @lees2angels355
    @lees2angels355 3 місяці тому +1

    She looks like the little person from Poltergeist the movie, now that’s stranger than anything here.

  • @shosmyth1454
    @shosmyth1454 3 місяці тому +3

    👍

  • @ToniHunterOne
    @ToniHunterOne Місяць тому +1

    They weren't unfaithful. They had an open marriage.

  • @marlynkruger910
    @marlynkruger910 2 місяці тому +1

    Hi

  • @anamariecameron7874
    @anamariecameron7874 3 місяці тому +2

    💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔

  • @cherylbrooks7005
    @cherylbrooks7005 3 місяці тому +1

    ❤😊❤

  • @tinagrunst
    @tinagrunst Місяць тому

    That’s sad.

  • @jovanweismiller7114
    @jovanweismiller7114 3 місяці тому +1

    Just for the record, Bld Pius IX was not the longest-reigning Pope. He reigned for 31 years, 7 months and 23 days (11,560 days). Pope Peter reigned between c. 30-64/68, so between 34 & 38 years (around 12,000-14,000 days).

  • @toniajohnson9223
    @toniajohnson9223 Місяць тому

  • @No1grandma74
    @No1grandma74 3 місяці тому

    1963????????

  • @notbill08
    @notbill08 3 місяці тому +21

    I have followed your channel for several years now. Please don't succumb to "Presentism". That's where you apologize for the behaviors of the past because of present or modern values.

    • @ForgottenLives
      @ForgottenLives  3 місяці тому +5

      Will do, i will watch out for that, thanks!

    • @sophroniel
      @sophroniel 3 місяці тому

      It's for modern ppl who don't understand, sadly

    • @notbill08
      @notbill08 3 місяці тому +6

      @@sophroniel I respectfully disagree. I think 99% of people watching the video know that Freak Shows (a show exploiting people with deformities or rare physical disorders) is wrong. It is a modern value as is using the term "PC" which wasn't even used till the late 1980's. But that value of seeing that it was wrong didn't start till sometime after WWII.
      By using terms such as PC, feminism, racism, homophobia etc you are applying a Present *subjective perception* to the past rather than objectively telling a story about the past. And it's a slippery slope from "Presentism" to political bias.

    • @Bubbies-777
      @Bubbies-777 3 місяці тому +2

      ​@@notbill08Shhh Derp

    • @notbill08
      @notbill08 3 місяці тому

      @@Bubbies-777 who me?

  • @LisaWilder-ue9gj
    @LisaWilder-ue9gj 2 місяці тому +1

    With the woke mixed up mess of today, I would gladly go back to the "politically incorrect " days of past.........

  • @marilynyoh7951
    @marilynyoh7951 3 місяці тому +1

    Vote joe biden

  • @jodietowne4706
    @jodietowne4706 Місяць тому

    Ok too much Peter. Too much.

  • @pippinbaker8440
    @pippinbaker8440 Місяць тому

    that voice ughhhhhhhhhh