ALTON — A short story on the the front page of the July 6, 1940 Alton Evening Telegraph bared the first semblance of the sorrow to come for Alton’s 8-foot-11-inch, 439-pound boy wonder. “Robert Wadlow ...
The police had their hands full getting the 8-foot-8.25-inch Robert Wadlow in and out of a Missouri courtroom where he was suing Dr. Charles Humberd for diagnosing him as a “freak.” Even though an ...
This is another installment of “Into the Archives,” a series that looks back on stories from the Belleville News-Democrat archives. Robert Pershing Wadlow, also known as "The Alton Giant," was born on ...
Our video documentary on the life and death of Robert Wadlow, Alton’s gentle giant, attracted some wonderful comments on Facebook from our readers. Here are some of them, unedited by us. The video can ...
The police had their hands full getting the 8-foot-8.25-inch Robert Wadlow in and out of a Missouri courtroom where he was suing Dr. Charles Humberd for diagnosing him as a “freak.” Even though an ...
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