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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, sword swallowing, body skewering and electric shock. Zamora co-authored (with Jan Gregor) Circus of the Scars, a history of the Jim Rose Circus. In 2022 Gregor produced a 96 minute documentary with the same title, featuring Cridland and other stars of the circus.

Zamora has been featured on Ripley's Believe It or Not!, 48 Hours, Man Vs Weird and Stan Lee's Superhumans.

References

1. Nickell, Joe (2005). Secrets of the Sideshows. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 236–237. ISBN 9780813123585.
2. Hartzman, Marc (21 September 2006). American Sideshow: An Encyclopedia of History's Most Wondrous and Curiously Strange Performers. Penguin. pp. 243–246. ISBN 978-1-58542-530-3.
3. Favazza, Armando R. (2 May 2011). Bodies under Siege: Self-mutilation, Nonsuicidal Self-injury, and Body Modification in Culture and Psychiatry. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 208. ISBN 978-1-4214-0111-9.
4. Kay, Tony (19 May 2023). "SIFF 2023: Circus of the Scars Revisits Jim Rose's crazed Circus Sideshow". The SunBreak.

External links

• ABC News article about Zamora and Pain Management

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