His take on the heartbreaking story of Joseph Merrick made his ... merely bearable but enjoyable, until Merrick died from asphyxia – the result of his sleeping lying down rather than sitting ...

The unmarked grave of Joseph Merrick - who is better known as the Elephant Man - has been traced after nearly 130 years, it has been claimed. Merrick had a skeletal and soft tissue deformity which ...

Joseph Merrick, who was from Leicester, is thought to have had a condition called Proteus syndrome People with conditions similar to "Elephant Man" Joseph Merrick have spoken out against an event ...