About the Podcast

To The Hilt Deep Dive Podcast takes a deep dive into the history and lives of historical sword swallowers from the 1800s up until the end of the circus sideshow sword swallower era about 1980. We discuss the bizarre lives and stories of sword swallowers such as Cliquot, Delno Fritz, The Victorinas, Karmi and Miss Victorina, Edith Clifford, Edna Price, Lucky Ball, Estelline Pike, Jim Lucky Ball, Mighty Ajax, Alex Linton, Capt Don Leslie, Lady Diane Falk, Lady Sandra Reed, Count Desmond, Betty Bancroft, and many other sword swallowers over the past 200 years. Much of this info comes from the Sword Swallower's Hall of Fame (swordswallow.com/halloffame.php) and the book "To The Hilt: A Sword Swallower's History of Sword Swallowing" (Schiffer Books) https://ToTheHiltbook.com

About the Host

Dan Meyer, Marc Hartzman, Sword Swallowers Association International

To The Hilt Deep Dive Podcast is a collection of podcasts on the history of sword swallowing, researched over 28 years by sword swallower Dan Meyer, president of the Sword Swallowers Association International, and celebrated sideshow historian Marc Hartzman. Together we bring out the stories of historical sword swallowers from the past, and well as bizarre Jackpot stories from living sword swallowers of the present in our To The Hilt podcast.

Additional Information