Episode

#484 The Phrenology Craze

Podcast: The Bowery Boys: New York City History
Published: Apr 24, 2026
Duration seconds: 3279
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Summary

During the mid 19th century, New Yorkers flocked to a very curious tourist attraction near City Hall -- a "house of skulls," the phrenological cabinet of the Fowler family.