It seemed like almost every decent sized town around the turn of the last century had it’s own dime museum featuring all kinds of odd things, strange animals and weird people. These places were widely popular as people were curious to see things that they would not normally see. One such oddity that toured many of these places across the country in 1891 was the Tocci twins.

The Tocci twins were described as “The two headed boy”, “The blended twins”, and many other colorful descriptions on posters across the country. The Tocci  brothers were siamese twins, but they were a little more unusual than most twins. Unlike the Siamese twins Chang and Eng who were attached to each other at the breastbone by a small piece of flesh, the Tocci twins were virtually a single body with two heads.

Each of the Tocci brothers had his own head and arms, but shared a single chest and lower body starting at the sixth rib. The twins each had a backbone which which came together in the lower back to form one single backbone. They also shared a single abdomen, one set of sex organs, and two legs.  Other than having three buttocks the Tocci twins almost had a normal lower body.

Although their lower body was fairly normal looking the twins were unable to walk on the two legs that they shared. This was because the the two boys were only able to control one leg each with made walking all but impossible. They were however able to stand for short periods of time with the aid of some sort of support.

The twins traveled across the United States putting on show after show, and it was reported that during their tour across the country that the twins were earning an astonishing $1,000 a week. After their American tour the Tocci twins returned to Italy where they never displayed themselves to the general public again.