Cassandra Pepper was born to a pair of sideshow performers who later became regulars with a traveling circus. It made for an interesting time growing up, to put it mildly. Her mother had a snake pit, appeared as a mermaid and also as a half-horse, half-woman. Her father ate fire, was electrocuted nightly, and sewed buttons to his chest. In the summer months, she traveled with the circuses, performing at the various shows with her parents. During the years with the circus she became known as 'Sno Cone Annie', and was lucky to count all kinds of special people as her friends, including Gorilla G...