Zamora the Torture King is the stage name of Tim Cridland, an American sideshow performer.
Zamora was an original member of the
Jim Rose Circus, where he performed painful feats as entertainment. His stunts include
fire eating
Fire eating is the act of putting a flaming object into the mouth and extinguishing it. A fire eater can be an entertainer, a street performer, part of a sideshow or a circus act but has also been part of spiritual tradition in India.
Physi ...
,
sword swallowing
Sword swallowing is a skill in which the performer passes a sword through the mouth and down the esophagus to the stomach. This feat is not swallowing in the traditional sense. The natural processes that constitute swallowing do not take place, bu ...
, body skewering and
electric shock. Zamora co-authored (with
Jan Gregor) ''Circus of the Scars'', a history of the Jim Rose Circus.
Zamora has been featured on ''
Ripley's Believe It or Not!'', ''
48 Hours'',
Man Vs Weird and ''
Stan Lee's Superhumans
''Stan Lee's Superhumans'' is a documentary television series that debuted from August 5, 2010 to September 17, 2014 on History. It is hosted by Marvel comic book superhero creator Stan Lee and follows contortionist Daniel Browning Smith, "th ...
''.
References
External links
ABC News article about Zamora and Pain Management*
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Sideshow performers
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