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In the early 1900s, young men sometimes wanted to get out of their boring hometowns and out from under their parents' thumbs. The flashy lights, roar of the animals and the big top tents often seemed to call to them offering a more exciting life. Countless teens ran off and joined the circus, some made a career out of it, some came crawling back home to their parents never wanting to leave again. Others, like the two boys discussed in this episode had their lives changed forever. 

Learn about Sheridan Justus and Ross Habernick and their brief times with the Ringling Bros. Circus caravan. 

An unbelievable true story pulled from newspaper headlines in 1910 and 1911. 

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