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…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, and Erik Bates