The real-life stars of 2020's viral hit Netflix series Tiger King still intrigue years later ... Staff Writer for PEOPLE Digital, covering modern monarchies and the world's most famous families.

Perhaps the biggest figure in 19 th-century animal entertainment, though, and the most relevant to the modern subculture we see in Tiger King, was the German animal dealer Carl Hagenbeck.

As a refresher, Tiger King was the sordid ... Exotic came across like a modern day, white trash P.T. Barnum. But in the course of the doc narrative, the carnival sideshow aspect got dark with ...

Tiger King. “I’m thrilled to take on the role of this modern folk antihero,” said Mitchell in a statement. “Joe and I are the same age and like him, I grew up queer in Texas, Oklahoma and ...

We went ‘Joe crazy’ but everybody forgot that at the end of ‘Tiger King’ he was behind bars. The men who conspired to frame him walk free and reap the rewards of his hard work,” The ...