The unmarked grave of Joseph Merrick - who is better known as the Elephant Man - has been traced after nearly 130 years, it has been claimed. Merrick had a skeletal and soft tissue deformity which ...

The only known surviving letter from Joseph Merrick, known as the Elephant Man, has gone on display. The letter was written to a young widow called Leila Maturin, who was said to have been the ...

The life of Joseph Merrick, the man they dared to call "The Elephant Man", will fill you with pain and anger. He was treated so cruelly by society that he found becoming a freak show exhibit ...

Lynch’s 1980 film The Elephant Man, based on the real-life story of Joseph Merrick, is unusual in his career for many reasons. It is a period drama based on a true story, set in Victorian ...

The play is about the cruelty Merrick endures as the sideshow freak dubbed “Elephant Man,” and the compassion he receives ...