History: Freaks Of Nature

Changes in popular culture and entertainment led to the decline the freak show as a form entertainment. As previously mysterious anomalies were scientifically explained as genetic mutations or diseases, freaks became the objects sympathy rather than fear or disdain.
Today, Michigan law forbids the "exhibition any deformed human being or human monstrosity, except as used for scientific purposes". However, in many states in the USA and in other countries abroad, one can still see freak shows at carnivals and state fairs, in bars and nightclubs, and on daytime television talk shows.