He was as reported the 19th century heir to an English peerage. He supposedly had an extra face on the back of his head, which could neither eat nor speak, although it could laugh or cry. Edward begged doctors to have his "demon head" removed, because, supposedly, it whispered horrible things to him at night, but no doctor would attempt it. He committed suicide at the age of 23.
SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mordrake
I think it's very dubious but maybe they're not fully developed conjoined twins? (hahaha.) I don't know, but I'm really amazed with this.
Due to my curiosity, I have searched the net about this case and guess what, I have found another case like Edward's. Look!
He is Pascual Pinon. He was known as the TWO HEADED MEXICAN. He was a performer with the Sells-Floto Circus in the early 1900s. A railroad worker fromTexas, Pinon was discovered by a sideshow promoter, whose attention had been caught by a large benign cyst or tumor at the top of his head. The promoter drafted Pinon into his freak show and had a fake face made of wax to place onto the growth, allowing the claim that Pinon had two heads. (Some reports state that it was made of silver and surgically placed under the skin.) After several years of touring, the circus manager paid to have the growth removed, and Pinon returned to Texas.
SOURCE:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasqual_Pinon
Hahaha. At least Pinon's originally doesn't really have a face.
I've read something about it that says it's somewhat like the case, Craniopagus parasiticus where the parasitic twin head(head with an undeveloped body) is attached to its twin whose body is fully developed.
I really don't have enough information with this one, but to those who are really curious, well, the just search the internet!
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