Uploaded August 2013 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Ladies and gentleman step right up ... to the geek show, a place where people live on the fringes of society, pulling off death-defying acts like sword-swallowing. How do they do it? And what does it say about us?

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VIDEOS REFERENCED:

Circus Acts: "Here Comes the Circus" 1942 Castle Films
youtube.com/watch?v=EiJ02o6Tkdc

Freaks 1932 Highlights
youtube.com/watch?v=stXcSdV7IeU

JIM ROSE CIRCUS - part 4 of 6
youtube.com/watch?v=NdBYlH4H9Ck

Luther The Geek
youtube.com/watch?v=zNKPAibmS-M

Mariam the bearded woman
youtube.com/watch?v=5eNVFVLDFRs

Original - Prancercise: A Fitness Workout
youtube.com/watch?v=o-50GjySwew

Takeru Kobayashi eats 32 eggs in one minute.
youtube.com/watch?v=QEsAANvuUEE

120 Degree sword swallowing world record - Dai Andrews
youtube.com/watch?v=4k6jFivKLgE

Alexandr Magala - Sword Swallower Does Backflips and Blows Fire - America's Got Talent 2013
youtube.com/watch?v=ojlnkIf_tdQ

Amazing Sword Swallower Brad Byers Performs on French TV
youtube.com/watch?v=WEhRH1DVnFI

Brianna Belladonna swallowing a sword
youtube.com/watch?v=elimhcTMN7I

How Sword Swallower does it on Americas got Talent
youtube.com/watch?v=KUurSR3ptU8

INSIDE of Sword Swallower Dan Meyer swallowing CURVED SWORD moving X-ray Fluoroscope
youtube.com/watch?v=wo0LIXkLnQ8

Limbo: We meet sword swallower and fire breather Heather Holliday
youtube.com/watch?v=EVnZMUx-Ak0

Moving X-ray Fluoroscope of Sword Swallower Dan Meyer swallowing Dan Meyer Swallowing a Sword for Discovery Canada
youtube.com/watch?v=OH7N9TKme0s

Moving X-ray Fluoroscope of Sword Swallower Dan Meyer swallowing Dan Meyer Swallowing a Sword for Discovery Canada
youtube.com/watch?v=T5n-UiXGBCo

Space Cowboy - World Record Sword Swallowing Attempt
youtube.com/watch?v=A6Pzr_5GQ_4

World Sword Swallowers Day 2009 Ripleys NYC
youtube.com/watch?v=xkdGe94_QUc

An Introduction to Magic Grand Prix
youtube.com/watch?v=fiakR7NgtF0

DIY - Build A Homemade Hovercraft For Under $50!
youtube.com/watch?v=H_VXaCXT7U0

THE JOURNEY BEGINS - Realm of LARP - Chapter 1
youtube.com/watch?v=qTVjjYsH92w