“The Congress of Curious Peoples” is set to arrive in Coney Island on Friday for the first of two weekends of performances showcasing an array of unique and unusual circus and sideshow arts. The south ...

99-year-old, Annie Duplock of Leicestershire, England, had a lifelong dream to be the “target girl” in a knife-throwing act. Thirty years ago, while working in ticketing and public relations for ...

A 99-year-old British woman finally had a daring dream come true — getting knives thrown at her during a circus performance.. Annie Duplock entered the ring at the end of Zippo Circus’ finale and ...

A 99-year-old woman from Leicestershire took center stage at a Zippos Circus show on Friday. Annie Duplock, a former circus worker, said she always dreamt of being in a knife-throwing act. She told ...

Our Halloween show under the big top kicks off with a welcome from Ringmasters Maggie and Farron. Plus, we meet the real life ...

LANDIS — The town of Landis is home to many uniquities and recently added a gold medalist knife thrower to the list after a successful showing last month in Ohio. Judah Myers won the top prize in the ...

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Fearless woman's 100th birthday celebration is truly death-defying Annie Duplock's 100th birthday dream gift was to have knives thrown at her. So, she joined a knife-throwing act at Zippos Circus in ...