Tim "The Torture King" Cridland has been featured on television shows such as Guinness World Records Primetime, The Penn & Teller Show, Ripley's Believe It or Not!, Real TV, and 48 Hours, among others. He has also appeared several times on The Learning Channel and The Discovery Channel.

He was one of the founding members of The Lollapalooza Sideshow (his own Zamora's Touring Sideshow won the Battle of the Sideshows in Winnipeg, Canada), and co-authored the book, Circus of the Scars, an insider's look at the original Jim Rose Circus Sideshow.

The Torture King has spent years perfecting his chosen craft. Through his knowledge of martial arts techniques, hypnosis, Middle-Eastern teachings, science, and anatomy, he is able to overcome dangerous situations - fire eating, sword swallowing, body skewering, electrocution, and more - and emerge unscathed and unharmed … and all in the name of entertainment.