Johnny Eckhardt was born in 1911 with a horrifying birth defect leaving him with no body below his chest. Despite this handicap, his need for speed could not be contained. This is his amazing story.

Six years ago, when he heard the news that Robert Alexander Eckhardt was dead, and that effects belonging to him and his late twin, John, had been sold to a Fells Point antiques dealer, Jeffrey Pratt ...

Fox Searchlight has come aboard to finance and distribute “Johnny Eck,” a dramatic vehicle for Leonardo DiCaprio to play the star of the 1932 Tod Browning film “Freaks” and his identical twin brother.

cartoonist R. Crumb thinks your drawings are weird, man, they’re weird. In a short video running on a loop in the back room-which explicitly prohibits minors-of The Amazing Johnny Eck MICA’s excellent ...

Johnny Eck, the infamous "broken doll" — his mother's first words upon seeing him. Perhaps best known as one of the freaks in the Tod Browning classic of the same name. Here he emulates his idol, Lon ...

Johnny Eck had no legs. Francesco Lentini had three. Julia Pastrana had legs, but like the rest of her body — face included — they were covered in dense black hair. Prince Randian had no legs and no ...

Maryland Institute College of Art's (MICA) will present, "The Amazing Johnny Eck", "The Painted Screens of Baltimore and Beyond", and "Psychopompe" now through March 2014.Events and exhibitions are ...

John Eckhardt Jr, (August 27, 1911 – January 5, 1991), professionally billed as Johnny Eck, was an American freak show performer in sideshows and a film actor. Born with sacral agenesis, Eck is best ...

That little exchange, what passes for passing conversation in neighborhoods across the city, is just part of what Gordon is up against in his determination to turn the house where the fabled Eck lived ...

This theatrical piece of storytelling slots in perfectly with the West Yorkshire’s Playhouse’s genre-defying Transform festival. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can get ...