4 fairs 'nightmares' in human history

Fair people, sweepstakes to get babies . are haunting fairs in history.

Discovering fairs has become a nightmare for people

When it comes to the fair, we will often think of shops and lots of games full of laughter. But sometimes there are fairs that become a nightmare that haunts people forever. Here is one of those fairs in history.

1. Fair . people

Similar to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific fair , the international colony fair (Exposition Coloniale Internationale) was held in Paris in 1931 with the aim of ' exaggerating' the world over the fruits of the war's expansion. Colonial France.

There are 'human zoo ' with very inhumane advertising words such as "Wild race exists only in French colonies. Super strange, super weird race is super brutal. The lowest level of human evolution . " displayed everywhere.

Racism to a barbaric level makes these fairs known by historians of the time as human nightmares.

In order to have fun and attract money from visitors, the French brought the colonial colored people here to keep them in cages and cribs with other animals like the zoo.

Around the audience came to admire and talk. Many people also threw stones and took sticks to poke as if it was a newly discovered 'strange animal' . But it wasn't until several months later, in November 1931, that the new fair was abolished by the strong condemnation of a few residents in the community.

2. Sweepstakes to get . baby

In 1909, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific international fair was held in the port city of Seattle, USA. There are many things displayed at the fair to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the establishment of this Klondike Gold Miner and including people.

Accordingly, a group of Eskimos was brought here to 'display' like an ancient man . 50 Igorot people were also "given " a plot of land with a few grass huts to entertain during the fair days. And visitors will have to spend some money to be admired.

Each person who comes to the fair will be given a ticket to participate in the lucky draw. And the amazing thing is the reward for the winner is a newborn baby.

According to the Seattle Times, this one-month-old baby named Ernest was abandoned by his parents and became the ' property ' of the Washington Social Protection Center.

At the fair that year, one person won this award. However, no one knows where the fate of that child has gone until now.

3. Burn the fair because of the bullfight

Instead of the usual fun atmosphere, the Louisiana Purchase fair took place in 1904 in Missouri State, the United States brought a grief-stricken space because it had just been going on for a week but everything was burned down. There was even a murder at the fair.

At this fair, people organized a bullfight . Although it is illegal to organize bullfighting, the fair owner is still quite successful with thousands of tickets sold.

The governor of Missouri - Alexander Monroe Dockery had to use force to stop the game from happening and announced that those who violated it would be arrested. However, only one or two matches were taken, due to unequal distribution, the bullfighting was quickly turned into a ' wrestling ' of the dynamic elements.

They instigated the crowd to throw stones at the officers and set fire to everything. Nightmares have not ended, not long after, the murder occurred when the match managers were killed by soldiers fighting in a wage dispute.

4. Bloody fair

Americans today still talk about the Columbian International Fair as a horror story . Held on May 1, 1893 in the state of Chicago, this is the first international fair to sell chewing gum, ice cream and revolutionary technology products such as dishwashers and fluorescent bulbs. . But the fair also left a lot of obsession with confusing barbaric murders.

Dr. Henry Howard Holmes - a history of mental illness is said to be the mastermind of the mass murder at the fair.

He built a disguised 3-storey hotel with a sophisticated murder trap. Dozens of people entering the hotel had a disastrous fate when tortured to death. Nobody knows this until the fair ends.

At the same time, on October 28, 1893, just two days before the closing ceremony, the newly elected mayor of Chicago - Carter Harrison was assassinated by a lunatic in the office . The whole city was shocked and the fair organizers had to cancel the lavish closing ceremony instead of the funeral of the city leader.