tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345163190462091457.post3526830133297248021..comments2024-03-27T18:36:14.234-07:00Comments on Mitch O'Connell: Sideshow #5, fraturing the Fat Lady and Lobster Boy!Mitch O'Connellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05508188313778912920noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345163190462091457.post-25008946958677748462022-10-29T00:04:07.296-07:002022-10-29T00:04:07.296-07:00You couldn't have been married to her for 20 y...You couldn't have been married to her for 20 years. Aunt Susie was with our family a long time before Grady Stiles. I went down there with her at stiles for a while & all she had was a bf for a short time. She died young & was single most of her adult life. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345163190462091457.post-80570746692455092932020-12-08T22:24:47.219-08:002020-12-08T22:24:47.219-08:00I remember her fondly. She was on a MF wagner show...I remember her fondly. She was on a MF wagner show circuit I worked as a young teenage. Later on she did work a spot in PA sask where she ended up meeting my whole family. She convinced me to come back out on the road and I did I worked in front of her tent pulling in spectators, she was a sweet gal. I however did not get along with her then boss Charlie and changed bosses in Kansas city and went on to s different show but I always wondered what became of her. <br />Ronniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04191995824317608114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345163190462091457.post-24736130732309130382020-12-08T22:24:43.407-08:002020-12-08T22:24:43.407-08:00I remember her fondly. She was on a MF wagner show...I remember her fondly. She was on a MF wagner show circuit I worked as a young teenage. Later on she did work a spot in PA sask where she ended up meeting my whole family. She convinced me to come back out on the road and I did I worked in front of her tent pulling in spectators, she was a sweet gal. I however did not get along with her then boss Charlie and changed bosses in Kansas city and went on to s different show but I always wondered what became of her. <br />Ronniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04191995824317608114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345163190462091457.post-18876648873247130232020-02-23T00:58:31.298-08:002020-02-23T00:58:31.298-08:00Sad to say she also worked for my father. Sailor B...Sad to say she also worked for my father. Sailor Bill Killingsworth treated her inhumane too.So many memories as a chikd with her. She was one of the most important people in my life. Remember nights of playing cards and days of shopping at the mall. She introduced me to romance novels. Kindest most loving person you will ever know. Rip Dee! We will meet again in a place where there is no pain.April Killingsworth Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18210917063375595095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345163190462091457.post-28457756042755156582019-03-04T10:04:21.427-08:002019-03-04T10:04:21.427-08:00im gonna paint your house interior for you if you ...im gonna paint your house interior for you if you don't stop right nowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345163190462091457.post-40662718843123636722019-03-04T10:03:47.351-08:002019-03-04T10:03:47.351-08:00I honestly couldn't care lessI honestly couldn't care lessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345163190462091457.post-45315690501797108672019-03-04T10:03:31.644-08:002019-03-04T10:03:31.644-08:00I thinbk soI thinbk soAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345163190462091457.post-24628233671589793852019-03-04T10:03:11.447-08:002019-03-04T10:03:11.447-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345163190462091457.post-71504107553537114592017-05-15T22:04:41.562-07:002017-05-15T22:04:41.562-07:00I worked the midway with the side show in 1988 in ...I worked the midway with the side show in 1988 in Indiana and met the entire cast. Great post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345163190462091457.post-1782359404595341292014-07-08T11:10:31.513-07:002014-07-08T11:10:31.513-07:00Unfortunately it could have been any one of a doze...Unfortunately it could have been any one of a dozen towns outside or near Pittsburgh. Do the towns of Crafton, Green Tree, Ingram or Mount Oliver ring a bell? Did you play in a band preforming at a carnival or at a local bar? Either way, Dee could have been there and I could have as well. There were a lot of bands in and around the carnival circuit in the 70s and early 80s. What was the name of the band and maybe I can figure it out that way. Unfortunately Dee, aka Suzy Farmer has passed on; she was much better with names and places than I am. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345163190462091457.post-74280229307212757312014-02-26T11:21:51.613-08:002014-02-26T11:21:51.613-08:00as a teenager I played in a band. one night a trav...as a teenager I played in a band. one night a traveling show set up on the out skirts of Pittsburgh and I am sure lobster boy and suzy were there. I wish I knew a date and location of that show for my scrapbook. any ideas? thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345163190462091457.post-9377401412468440322013-01-17T20:14:30.347-08:002013-01-17T20:14:30.347-08:00O-M-G I saw Lobster Boy and Suzy Farmer at the Min...O-M-G I saw Lobster Boy and Suzy Farmer at the Minnesota State Fair. Suzy sat in a tent with a dirt floor, on a broken couch and read romance novels while everybody gawked at her. <br /><br />Lobster Boy thoght he was the shit because he could do this flip-spin thing with a pack a Marlboro Reds, it was like pinching a water melon seed between your fingers.<br /><br />It didn't take much for him...to amuse himself.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02748441484232139833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345163190462091457.post-2055689529445386102012-08-01T09:45:54.869-07:002012-08-01T09:45:54.869-07:00I too remember “Suzy Farmer”. I knew her quite wel...I too remember “Suzy Farmer”. I knew her quite well as we were married for over 20 years. She was born Jul 21 1947 and her real name was Deidra (Dee Dee) Spencer; she used to go by the name “Miss Peggy” as well. In fact you can still find some of her AKA “Miss Peggy” pitch cards on eBay. She was a regular carnival performer during the 70s and 80s. Although it wasn’t that long ago, it was a time when people her size were a rarity. Suzy was one of the last fat lady performers to actually work the carnival circuit. <br />In reality Dee was taller than 4’6”, she was actually 5’2” but unlike a lot of fat people who worked the shows she weighed every bit of the 558lbs she was usually billed at. At her heaviest she was actually well over 600lbs. <br />I’m sorry to report that Dee passed away from complications due to pneumonia in 2008. <br />Dee worked for Grady Stiles performing in his 10 in 1 show for only a couple seasons. Stiles was a real bastard and was usually drunk more often than not. Although Dee was friendly with his family she couldn’t stand the man as he used to treat her with disrespect and would many times berate her in private. I myself almost killed the SOB one night when he threatened to withhold Dee’s salary because she had been ill with food poisoning and missed a day of work. He changed his mind after I firmly persuaded him otherwise; after that Dee never worked for him again. But that was nothing compared to how he treated his own family members. I can’t even tell you how many times he threatened to kill one of them of menaced one of them with a knife or a gun. Stories abound and it is said that one time he actually shot his daughter’s boyfriend killing him but he never did any jail time and only received probation. I always found that rather curious and bordering on bullshit. The reality was that he was a pathetic little man who dealt with his own self-loathing by abusing others. Like most bullies he only abused people he knew he could bully and who would take pity on him and not turn his useless ass into the authorities. It wasn’t long after Dee left his show that his wife Mary and son had him killed. We weren’t all that shocked to hear of it because anyone who ever knew Stiles knew someone was going to kill him eventually, he was just that big of a prick and deserved whatever nasty end he got.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com