It looked real. A niche market has evolved. Here is a man who knows that it's one thing to put what looks like a deformed fetus into a jar of formaldehyde. Bring your skepticism, Horne says. By all means.
Skeptics are always welcome at a sideshow, or at a dime museum.
For years, Taylor says, people were telling him he should meet a guy named Dick Horne. Horne's studio on Maryland Avenue, which is now the museum, is adjacent to Atomic Books, which co-publishes Taylor's magazine. Taylor wandered into the studio one afternoon about three years ago, and a rambling conversation about oddities began, and really, hasn't stopped. The Samoan Sea Worm. The Shy Dwarf of San Vincente.