Mike the Headless Chicken: How a Botched Beheading Birthed a Sideshow Celebrity
If not for Lloyd Olsen ’s desire to please his mother - in - law , Miracle Mike the Headless Chicken may never have existed . It was September 10 , 1945 , and she wasplanningto link up her daughter Clara ’s syndicate for dinner party at their farm in Fruita , Colorado . So Olsen , know his wife ’s mother had a predilection for deep-fried chicken neck , took exceptional tending not to trim it all off when he behead the 4 - month - old poultry ....