The police had their hands full getting the 8-foot-8.25-inch Robert Wadlow in and out of a Missouri courtroom where he was suing Dr. Charles Humberd for diagnosing him as a “freak.” Even ...

Robert Wadlow, 10, right, of Alton, poses with an 11-year-old boy of average height in 1929. Wadlow, who has an over-active pituitary gland that causes his radical growth, is 6 feet 5 inches tall ...

Flashback: Robert Wadlow, the ‘Alton Giant’ who at age 21 was over 8 feet tall, fought for his dignity in court ...