To The Hilt Podcast

09/19/2025

offers a riveting exploration into the mysterious and dangerous world of sword swallowing, charting its history from ancient rituals to modern-day performances. This comprehensive volume, cowritten by world-renowned sword swallower Dan Meyer and celebrated sideshow historian Marc Hartzman, ...

09/19/2025

To The Hilt: A Sword Swallower’s History of Sword Swallowing

Available at:
https://ToTheHiltbook.com

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0764368826l

06/27/2025

Check out Chris Steel’s wild stories of sword swallowing! Chris Steele is the sword swallowing half of America's Favorite Sideshow Couple, Captain & Maybelle. In this episode, you'll hear about his start in gulping steel, his adventures on America's Got Talent, Wife Swap, Hunger Games, working with Ripley's, lifting cinder blocks from a swallowed sword, twisting 7 swords 180 degrees, the extra-dangerous lightning bolt sword, nearly dying from a sword swallowing injury, spilling a bag of swords at the airport, and much more.

Chris Steele is one of more than a hundred sword swallowers featured in the book, To The Hilt: A Sword Swallower's History of Sword Swallowing, published by Schiffer Publishing.

Find Chris Steele online:
Website: CaptainandMaybelle.com
Instagram:
Facebook: Captain & Maybelle

Listen to his To The Hilt Podcast:
https://www.swordswallow.com/podcasts.php

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06/13/2025

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06/05/2025

This week Marc Hartzman and I speak to legendary sword swallowerwer Stuart on the To The Hilt Podcast!

Red, is a Living Legend, who has been swallowing swords since 1967 when he learned from sideshow performer Toni Del Rio. Within two years, his quick mastery of the art led him to become the only sword swallower at that time to swallow broadswords and car axles (which he’s swallowing in the photo). Red has worked with many shows over the years, including Ward Hall and Chris Christs’ World of Wonders. He can currently be seen at Pexcho's American Dime Museum in Augusta, Georgia. Red has also taught 61 apprentices over the years, and at the end of this episode, two of his latest students join us— Silvertree, and 11-year-old Billy Excho.

Red Stuart is one of more than a hundred sword swallowers featured in the book, The Hilt: A Sword Swallower’s History of Sword Swallowing, published by Publishing

Listen on:

Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/to-the-hilt/id1807844977?i=1000711588663

Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4K8oKxzNIbNDVvXNLnaX2g?si=o5dLuEnvR1OgFTDo2QEagg

Amazon Music
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Listen to more fascinating podcasts of sword swallowers past and present at
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