Joseph Merrick
publication date: Thursday, January 11, 2018 (part of Winter 2018)
category: 
Controversy
clue: Londoners couldn't stop talking about the elephant in the room.
explanation: Merrick was stricken with deformities that made him famous as "the Elephant Man." He spent most of his (brief) adult life in London. more…
difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Matthew Preston, Richard Slominsky, and Erik Bates
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