Tim cridland biography

Dec.13, 2006— -- Dr. Joshua Prager was amazed when he saw the pain-defying performer known as Zamora.

"He stuck a spike through his face -- through his mouth and it went right through his chin," said Prager, director of the Center for the Rehabilitation of Pain Syndromes at the University of California at Los Angeles.

Zamora the Torture King is the stage name of Tim Cridland, an American sideshow performer.

Tim Cridland.

Zamora the Torture King is the stage name of Tim Cridland, an American sideshow performer.

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"It was fascinating."

Zamora, whose real name is Tim Cridland, specializes in sword swallowing, fire walking, sleeping on beds of nails and other feats that bring him none of the wrenching pain you might expect.

Zamora claims his sideshow tricks are a feat of his mind, but he might be one of the rare people born without the ability to feel pain.

Scientists now might be a step closer to unraveling the mystery behind Zamora's sideshow and closer to finding a way to help the rest of us live life without the sort of pain we don't need.

It sounds nice, doesn't it?

A life without aches