Attempt to decipher the elephant secret
123 years after the death ofDiscover the mystery of 'the elephant'
Joseph Merrick, born in 1862 in Leicester, was the horror of a young, socially disadvantaged young Victorian queen. But Merrick's elephant then became immortal in film and drama.Find out the mystery of the Elephant's death
Scientists have discovered the real cause of Joseph Merrick's death, dubbed the Elephant, due to the weight of his oversized big head that crushed his spinal cord.