# #484 The Phrenology Craze

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Podcast: [The Bowery Boys: New York City History](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bowery-boys-new-york-city-history-745168)
Published: 2026-04-24T04:05:00+00:00
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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.

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