The tragic true story of Elephant Man, Joseph Merrick

When Joseph Merrick began to grow a “trunk” on his face, he became a household name. But his story is only just reaching a conclusion.

With his “trunk-like” facial growth, curved spine and enormous misshapen skull, the “Elephant Man” was the main attraction at London sideshows…

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Journalist, ex-ABC TV, HuffPost AU Assoc Editor, ABC TV, author, poet, mother of 3 boys, cancer Survivor, history lover

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Libby-Jane Charleston

Journalist, ex-ABC TV, HuffPost AU Assoc Editor, ABC TV, author, poet, mother of 3 boys, cancer Survivor, history lover