The Feejee Mermaid - Odd history

The true story of one of the most ridiculous hoaxes ever. The Feejee Mermaid was made famous by P.T. Barnum when it was shown to audiences in 1842. Subtitles in English and Spanish. Follow Crypticc! Twitter: ****** Facebook: ****** Music: Enchanting Adventures by Jay Man (ourmusicbox.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License ****** No changes were made to this work. Cherry Blossom Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative ve Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License ****** Image: Wellcome Library, London By: Edward Purcell  Collection: Iconographic Collections  Library reference no.: ICV No 7688  Full Bibliographic Record Link to Wellcome Library Catalogue  Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0****** Subscribe to Crypticc for more. ...