| 词条 | Martin Laurello |
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| name = Martin Joe Laurello | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Martin Emmerling | birth_date = circa 1886 | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = Sideshow performer | known_for = Could turn his head 180 degrees }} Martin Joe Laurello (born Martin Emmerling, 1885-1955), also known by the stage names Human Owl and Bobby the Boy with the Revolving Head, was a German-American sideshow performer and biological rarity who could turn his head 180 degrees. He performed with groups such as Ripley's Believe it or Not, Ringling Brothers, and Barnum & Bailey. He also trained animals to do things such as acrobatics. Early life and careerLaurello was born Martin Emmerling in Germany circa 1886.[1] In 1921, together with a handful of other people with biological rarities from Europe, Laurello arrived in the United States.[1] Laurello could turn his head 180 degrees.[3] In the words of fellow sideshow performer Percilla Berjano, known as the "Monkey Girl", "[Laurello] could put his head all the way around".[3] To accomplish this feat, he reportedly practised rotating his head for three years[2] and also had to "dislocate various vertebrae".[3] Being born with a slightly bent spine might have also aided Laurello in pulling off his act of flexibility.[1] For a period of time, Laurello was billed at the Bailey Circus as "Bobby the Boy with the Revolving Head".[3] Laurello also worked at the New York City-based Hubert's Museum, mostly during the winter,[3] as well as Ringling Brothers and Coney Island.[1] During his stint at the Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditoriums in the 1930s, Laurello managed to attract massive crowds.[4] When performing, Laurello preferred to don a white shirt.[3] He also trained dogs and cats to do acrobatic tricks.[5] Personal lifeThere is not much documented about Laurello's personal life. Berjano described Laurello as "a Nazi" who "didn't like the American flag".[3] In April 1931, Laurello was arrested by Baltimore police for abandoning his spouse, after she lodged a complaint via telegram.[6] References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite book|pages=21–|title=Ripley's Believe it or Not! – Strange but True|year=2009|isbn=9781422225738|publisher=Ripley Publishing}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Laurello, Martin}}2. ^{{cite book|author=Eric Gryzymokowski|title=Attack of the Killer Facts!: 1,001 Terrifying Truths about the Little Green Men, Government Mind-Control, Flesh-Eating Bacteria, and Goat-Sucking Vampires|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q3shlXjo6LgC&pg=PA78|date=18 April 2011|publisher=Adams Media|isbn=978-1-4405-2539-1|pages=78–}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite book|author=Joe Nickell|title=Secrets of the Sideshows|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p4vQeM0dJAAC&pg=PT292|date=9 September 2005|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=978-0-8131-3737-7|pages=292–293}} 4. ^{{cite book|author=Mary Packard|title=Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: Bizarre Collection|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lMTKoqZDDGMC|date=1 January 2004|publisher=Scholastic|isbn=978-0-681-02479-3}} 5. ^{{cite book|author=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|title=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lkUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA57|date=29 May 1948|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=57–|issn=0006-2510}} 6. ^{{cite news|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/05/01/archives/rotating-head-leads-to-arrest-of-man-for-abandoning-wife.html|title='Rotating Head' Leads to Arrest of Man for Abandoning Wife|date=1 May 1931}} 6 : 1885 births|Year of birth uncertain|1955 deaths|German entertainers|Sideshow performers|Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus |
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