A thin man with long blond hair and eyeliner burst through faded crimson curtains, revved a power drill over his right nostril, and began to shove it in. Screams rang out from a crowd of about 300 ...

VENICE, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The final curtain has fallen on the Venice Beach Freak Show, one of the most iconic shows to grace the boardwalk. The show officially closed its doors after losing ...

The freaks are feeling pushed out of their home in Venice Beach, California, and blame Snapchat for the latest causality: a boardwalk freak show. The long-running Venice Beach Freakshow -- once ...

In 2006, Todd Ray, along with his wife, Danielle, and now 21-year-old daughter, Asia, and 18-year-old son, Phoenix, opened the Venice Beach Freakshow ... roles in the show, including the Electric ...

The Venice Beach Freakshow will offer its final performances Sunday, forced to abandon its boardwalk home because its landlord declined to renew its lease, according to the founder. The news came ...

After more than a decade of thrilling visitors with acts such as the Bearded Lady, the Wolf Boy and an array of two-headed animals, the Venice Beach ... Freakshow, has said he isn't sure where the ...

After more than a decade of calling the boardwalk home, the fire-eaters, sword swallowers, bearded lady, wolf boy and other members of the Venice Beach ... the show to Las Vegas. The Freakshow ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Venice Beach Freak Show may have held its last performance after announcing it is closing due to a leasing dispute. The Los Angeles Times ...

Like any unscripted drama worth its salt, the nexus of the show is family, whether biological or chosen. In this case it's both. Opened in 2006, the Venice Beach Freakshow is run by former music ...

Forty years ago, a cadre of Venice Beach sunbathers routinely ... “It became a freak show,” Jeffrey Stanton wrote in his book, “Venice California: Coney Island of the Pacific.” ...

Jessa the Bearded Lady, left, Bob the Bubble Boy and Morgue, “a shock artist,” all with the Venice Beach Freak Show, performed for the last time on the famous boardwalk on April 30 ...