Fräulein Elsa's Cabinet of Curiosities

Freak Show may be used as a generic term when referencing a traveling carnival that specializes in human oddities, but in terms of this database, it is the name of one particular such business featured on the FX Network television series American Horror Story. Freak Show was the primary setting of season four of the program, which was also subtitled as "Freak Show". It was first seen in the season premiere, "Monsters Among Us", and had subsequently appeared in the remaining twelve episodes of the season.

Freak Show was founded in the early twentieth century by German expatriate Elsa Mars, who harbored great compassion upon the so-called "freaks" in her employ. Perhaps this was due to her own disability in that she had no legs, though she kept this characteristic a secret from the others. By the early 1950s, the popularity of carnival sideshows was waning, and Elsa's troupe was one of the last great Freak Shows in North America.

Staff

 * Elsa Mars
 * Dell Toledo
 * Jimmy Darling
 * Maggie Esmerelda
 * Desiree Dupree
 * Ethel Darling
 * Pepper
 * Ma Petite
 * Amazon Eve
 * Paul, the Illustrated Seal
 * Salty
 * Legless Suzi
 * Meep