Trapped!

Trapped - Memphis Flyer - Chris Davis

In this post-O.J., post-9/11, post-tsunami world, the term 'media circus' is all too familiar. We've seen the degree to which tragedies are manipulated by hacks and hucksters for personal gain. But America's first full-bore media circus happened in 1925, when a Kentucky caver named Floyd Collins became trapped in a narrow passage 100 feet beneath the earth.