Has Thomas Selbit Lost his Head?

We have learned through our sourced that self proclaimed showman Thomas Selbit is stooping to all new levels of depravity. It seems the younger Selbit plans on displaying the mummified head of his grandfather, Dr. T.H. Selbit, during his fall carnival event. But read on my friends, for it gets worse!

Doctor Selbit is reported to have died from a stage illusion gone horribly wrong. Selbit was staging the debut of his latest idea, The Self Decapitated Man, at the Mosque Theater in Richmond Virginia in 1938. (We know. Somehow this reminds us of the saying "Hey y'all, watch THIS!") As it turns out, the promotional poster was only too prophetic.

In a horrific act of carnage before the eyes of a live audience, Selbit managed to sever his own head, thus (thankfully!) ending the life and career of one Thomas Holmes Selbit. The Mosque Theater was sold to the City of Richmond two years later.

Selbit's body, (sans head) was buried in a family mausoleum in Dinwiddie County just outside of Petersburg, Virginia. But apparently his grandson, Thomas Selbit, not only has kept his grandfather's head, but is planning something truly ghastly.

His fall sideshow act, "Something Wicked", will employ a medium of reported gypsy background, Madam Maleva, to contact the spirit of Doctor Selbit before the eyes of a live audience, allowing audience members to ask a question of the deceased showman. Reportedly, this sideshow act, "Madam Maleva Asks Doctor Selbit", will result in an answer from the departed doctor. We are beginning to fully understand why this travesty passing for entertainment is called "Something Wicked".