Hundreds of eyes stare at me. Unblinking lifeless eyes. A bit unsettling. But, of course, what gave life to these unmoving creatures were the talented ventriloquists behind them. “This is the only ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Lizzie has been tucked in a wooden trunk bearing her name and stowed inside Linda Mae Glader’s closet for more than 40 years. But the dummy — a handcrafted ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a new travel blog. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. Vent Haven Museum in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, is the only place in the world where you ...

They may be dummies, but the 1,100 of them at the world's only ventriloquist museum in Northern Kentucky are picky. For years, they've needed climate control, special lighting, and bigger digs. Thanks ...

There are very few things left in this world that are genuinely surprising. Every once in a while you may read something or come across an odd fact that really causes you to say “Seriously?” to ...

ERLANGER, Ky. — For years, ventriloquism has held a reputation as being dorky at best, sinister at worst. Even now it summons up horror movies about a homicidal dummy, or a homicidal ventriloquist, or ...

The ventriloquist world has been stunned. Alan Parsons, one of the all-time greats, was found dead in his home alongside his dummy, Lance. Also dead. The cause of death is unknown, but, according to ...

Ventriloquist dummies, along with sideshows and clowns, top the list of “Things People Used to Think Were Fun But Are Actually Terrifying.” Is it the Uncanny Valley effect of the dolls? Or the ...