Vaudeville Ventriloquist Dummy Portraits

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Ventriloquism creeps me out as it is, but these vaudeville era portraits of ventriloquists with their creepy dummies are, well, creepy. This first one is quite possibly the most unsettling thing I have ever seen. Enjoy the rest, including the random police booking photo of “The Great Lester”.

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  • holly

    Thanks Ross this was great   a little scary  but  old time great.. Holly the Holiday Clown  ardy richter

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  • maxkent

    the second from the top  is the great radio comedian Fred Allen

  • Jibby

    Third from the bottom is the great Paul Winchell, with his dummy Jerry Mahoney. Winchell also did the voice of Tigger in the original Winnie the Pooh shorts and films. Most people don’t know he pioneered the first artificial heart after leaving show business.

  • Jingles

    Stuff of nightmares!

  • Nikkisr

    scariest ever

  • Tommy Moore

    5 from the top is film actor Lon Chaney as Professor Echo

  • Theflamingnosetvblog

    Always fascinating and unsettling, except for Winchell who was a complete genius!   Great collection!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Robert-Pilk/100000067846556 Robert Pilk

    Wow – there’s a lifetime of sleepless nights after seeing these pics.

  • BarGranny

    Really creepy!

  • http://www.mrpitts.com Mr. Pitts

    5th from the top, talking to the lady, is Lon Chaney Sr. in “The Unholy Three”. I think this is the later ‘talkie’ version. The last movie he made I believe.

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  • Thestapeliacompany

    Holy crap. I knew I loved you guys for a reason. These are great.

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  • Dschooler

    Where is the most famous of them all…….Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen?

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  • http://www.facebook.com/mindrew Mindy Lopkin

    Third from the bottom is Paul Winchell and his dummy Jerry Mahoney, possibly from Paul’s tv show.  He doesn’t scare me.. but only because he was also the voice of Tigger.  The others will now haunt my dreams… 

  • Mummahawkes

    why is that lady ventriliquist about to flash her boob?

  • http://www.jlmartin.ca Janet

    These are fantastic and completely bizarre.

  • Billie Parker

    Assured of bad dreams tonight…

  • Janestorozenko

    I can understand your feelings, they are not the best of them. I grew up with a dummy named Jerry Gee he never really gave me the creeps though.

  • Janestorozenko

    Because the dummy told her to?????

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  • Fredrick the chosen fruit

    I won’t sleep for 2 nights

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  • http://mudpuppy83.livejournal.com/ TheMudPuppy

    We all float down here.

  • http://www.UsborneActivities.com Kristie

    I’m not sure which one creeps me out more!

  • CT Rob

    Well I am not going to be able to sleep tonight.

  • Mrvantee

    Early Don Knotts photo fits in here, too…

  • Mike Murphy

    Just bits of wood!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1035375108 Rin Kate Watt

    No No No No No.  I’ll have nightmares for weeks!  Dummies have freaked me out ever since Dead of Night and Magic.  Thanks so much for renewing deep childhood traumas.  Also, ewwwwww!

  • Martin Olson

    Superb

  • tim

    great, i won’t sleep for a month, thanks.

  • http://twitter.com/drschaos David Strong

    I saw Jerry Mahoney (the one shown smoking) live at the Texas State Fair in Dallas in the fifties.

  • http://twitter.com/drschaos David Strong

    Why do not all ladies constantly flash their boobs? I would not object.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=571432796 Karin Andersen

    I can remember seeing him on TV…

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Xavier-Lopez-Jr/1140153280 Xavier Lopez Jr.

    Awesome!

  • anon

    btw. “bauchredner” is german for Ventriloquist. bauch means stomach/tummy and redner is “a speaker” so it’s quite literally “a person who talks with his stomach”.

  • anon

    which, as a quick to wikipedia taught me, is basically the translation for (the latin) Ventriloquist:
    “The name comes from the Latin for to speak from the stomach, i.e. venter (belly) and loqui (speak).”

    the more you know.

  • Outa_Spaceman Being: 53

    Please make ‘Timmy’ go away.

    OSM

  • Anonymous

    Scary.

  • Ricky

    My only advice is, don’t let them sleep in the same room with you.

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  • Barrerboy

    I think there is a basis for a class action suit against the producers of ‘Magic’ and ‘Dead of Night’ on behalf of the public who, until those movies came along, all had a good laugh at the antics of the dummies. Just kidding, there is a place for horror – but not on my screen. Ventriloquism is a good basis for a comedy act and a great change from the never-ending boring ‘observational humour’ that passes for comedy now. See Jeff Dunham or London Bobby.

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Jay B Sauceda

Date

June 21st, 2011

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