i'm him, and the breath is so different than my own. >> rose: who is john meric. >> john meric's real name was joseph carey meric, born there 1863, died in 1890, grew newspaper england and moved to london. and he was a man who had a horrible affliction that started to come on from the five years to 12. and they still to this day aren't exactly clear what it is. it's neuro-- protea syndrome but his skeleton to such a degree they can't get a dna sample. he is a man who had this affect on london at that time. because he started to exhibit himself as a freak show artist. and then-- . >> rose: it was his idea. >> it was his idea. different from the play, yeah. he grew up, his mother died when he was ten. his father remarried the landlord. and her children tortured him. he left there, lived with his uncle for a while am couldn't make any more money as he rolled si dars-- cigar yous about hi hands got deformed and couldn't do did any more. but he was educated. 1901 was the ed case act. in order to be educated as a child you had to be religiously affiliated and his mother was baptist so he knew the bible by