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My mom was a Carnie when she was younger, so growing up hearing stories of her years on the road left me fascinated with circus/sideshows/vaudeville.
This is the story of Chang and Eng, the conjoined brothers from Siam who are the reason for the term “Siamese Twins”. From humble beginnings in a Siamese fishing village to their deaths at their North Carolina estate, we witness their fascinating journey and the public‘s reaction to them as “other”.