11 Facts About Johnny Strange

Johnny Strange is known for performing daredevil stunts with a comedic twist.

Johnny Strange began his career as an amateur escapologist after studying the works of Harry Houdini.

Johnny Strange began picking handcuffs and escaping from straight jackets, padlocks and chains; this led to him becoming fascinated with Victorian sideshows and freak shows.

Johnny Strange has since studied various skills such as juggling running chainsaws, target whip cracking, lifting weights attached to his ear piercings, sharpshooting and prop manipulation as well as classic sideshow and fakir stunts such as sword swallowing, the human blockhead, walking across broken glass, fire eating and breathing, eating broken glass and the bed of nails.

Johnny Strange is known for performing dare devil stunts with a comedy twist.

In 2014 Johnny Strange made headlines in several national and international newspapers after teaming up with stunt rider, Vesko Lesev, to perform a unique sword swallowing stunt in Brussels, Belgium, when he became the first person to swallow a sword inside the Globe of death.

Johnny Strange has been quoted as saying that it took three years of practising to master the art of sword swallowing, and that he had to practice daily to achieve it.

Johnny Strange has made appearances on Good Mythical Morning, LastWeekTonight, F2Freestylers and Sidemen.

In 2023 Johnny Strange authored a book called 'Unusual As Usual: Bizarre stories of historical circus, sideshow and freak show performers' based on his YouTube project of the same name.

In 2024 Johnny Strange released his third book, the official biography of Elaine Davidson, the 'Most Pierced Woman In The World' according to Guinness World Records.

Johnny Strange has been recognised as an active member of;.