In Search Of The Sons Of Barnum

Thanks to Zach McNeir for sending me some information on a movie publicist called Sherman Calloway. Sherman was born in 1889 and died at tragically young age of 34 the result of a freak boating accident. Zach’s notes document McNeir as an adroit showman with a clever eye for a publicity stunt.

Among the many examples that Zach has emailed me is the file that suggests that the floating corpse in Central Park was indeed a stunt for a 1929 film called The Canary Murder Case.

Legend has it that an unidentified body was purchased illegally from the city morgue and then positioned strategically at the edge of Central Park.

The clamor and outrage resulted in a lengthy police investigation but the true culprits were never named.