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The sword swallower

“People have died.”

While driving from Chicagoland to Oklahoma, we discovered the charmingly named Uranus Sideshow Museum near St. Robert, Missouri. Meet Katya Kadavera, Missouri’s foremost leopard-tattooed lady sword swallower. She’s among the last of a daredevil breed of sideshow performers.

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