To The Hilt Deep Dive Podcast Ep 1.9 Estelline Pike: A Sword Swallower’s History of Sword Swallowing
To The Hilt Deep Dive Podcast Ep 1.9 Estelline Pike - To The Hilt: A Sword Swallower’s History of Sword Swallowing
In this episode, we explore the history of sword swallower Estelline Pike, how she learned to swallow swords from her sword swallower husband John “Lucky” Ball in 1927, how she taught her 12 year old son Jim “Lucky” Ball in 1947, and how she went on to become one of the top stars of Royal American Shows, Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Circus, Hubert’s Museum, and Ripley’s Believe It or Not for many years.
Read more about sword swallowers Lucky Ball, Estelline Pike and Jim “Lucky” Ball in the book “To The Hilt: A Sword Swallower’s History of Sword Swallowing” by Dan Meyer and Marc Hartzman (Schiffer Publishing), available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Target, Walmart and more:
https://ToTheHiltbook.com
Amazon:
https://amzn.to/47Qqw6p
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