Ventriloquist dummies, along with sideshows and clowns, top the list of “Things People Used to Think Were Fun But Are Actually Terrifying.” Is it the Uncanny Valley effect of the dolls? Or the ...

An unidentified man (possibly John Logie Baird) holds Stooky Bill (left) and another ventriloquist’s dummy used in Baird’s first TV transmissions. John Logie Baird made history by transmitting the ...

Cecil Wigglenose used to make his living wisecracking with a partner under hot stage lights. After years of service, this ventriloquist dummy retired and was sent to the Vent Haven Museum, a Fort ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Ventriloquist dummy Jerry Mahoney, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Lizzie has been tucked in a wooden trunk bearing her name and stowed inside Linda Mae Glader’s closet for more than 40 years. But the dummy — a handcrafted ...