Episode Details

Conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker were world famous in the 19th Century, so much so that for a long period other conjoined siblings were commonly referred to as "Siamese twins". Born in Siam (now Thailand), the brothers were taken to America under false pretences and "exhibited." But when the twins turned 21, they took control of their own destiny.

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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-14/chang-and-eng-bunker-the-original-siamese-twins/7992942

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/earshot/hyphenated-lives-part-1/7912758

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/02/598796873/inseparable-recounts-the-unusual-lives-of-conjoined-twins-chang-and-eng-bunker

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2022/12/the-dark-history-of-the-original-siamese-twins-chang-and-eng-bunker-730957

https://allthatsinteresting.com/chang-eng-bunker

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Chang-and-Eng

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_and_Eng_Bunker#

https://www.chop.edu/conditions-diseases/conjoined-twins

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK560839/