Old ventriloquist memorabilia is on display in Linda Mae Glader's home in Grand Junction Thursday morning Feb. 25, 2021. A museum for dummies ...

Among the fascinating stories is one about ventriloquist Jules Vernon, whose set of dummies now reside at Vent Haven. A famous vaudeville performer (1867-1937), Jules used seven characters who ...

Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham knows how to please a crowd, and he also brings a crowd along with him. His gaggle of dummies includes Achmed, Peanut, Walter, José, Bubba J. and a new character, Url.

I'm Rob Schmitz. The latest "Antiques Roadshow" episode in the U.K. left some viewers unable to sleep after a couple of dummies came on - that is, ventriloquist dummies - really creepy ones.

They may be dummies, but the 1,100 of them at the world's only ventriloquist museum in Northern Kentucky are picky. For years, they've needed climate control, special lighting, and bigger digs.

"Sally, who has automatonophobia, had a nightmare about ventriloquist's dummies chasing her and killing her. She had a heart attack and died," is the way Urban Dictionary used it in a sentence.

W. S. Berger was an amateur ventriloquist who began collecting dummies around 1910 and never stopped until his death in 1972. Over the years, his home became filled with ventriloquial figures and ...

maker Lamb, Frederick Description (Brief) This is one of three ventriloquist dummies that belonged to Frederick Lamb. This figure, made of wood and painted black, has a hand carved head, a hinged jaw, ...

Ventriloquist Ryan Bomgardner holds two of his characters, Grandpa Harold and Grandma Irene, who are appearing with him in his Bird-in-Hand Stage show, "Ryan & Friends: Lifetime of Laughter." ...

If 13-year-old ventriloquist Darci Lynne Farmer could win the 2017 edition of “America’s Got Talent,” maybe their passion has a future. “It’s a little cooler because of Darci,” said ...

If 13-year-old ventriloquist Darci Lynne Farmer could win the 2017 edition of “America’s Got Talent,” maybe their passion has a future. “It’s a little cooler because of Darci,” said ...

These days there are a lot of dummies out there. Sad to say, too many of them are human. However, there was a time when the most popular dummies were made out of wood. Those were ventriloquist ...