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Worldwide Escape Artist Relay 2009


Escape artists interested in participating in the Worldwide Escape Artist Relay 2009 should register their interest via email to Dr. Wilson, sending the following information:

  1. Name (Stage Name if preferred)
  2. Location of Performance (if known) or your home (if performance location not established)
    • City/State or Province
    • Country
  3. Time of Performance (can be TBA in initial registration)
  4. Type of escape (can be TBA in initial registration)
  5. email
  6. website
  7. I.B.M. Ring (if a member)

As participants register, they will be listed on this page. The content of all web pages associated with WEAR 2009 on the I.B.M. Ring 362 site may be mirrored by any participant's web site without further permission. All press releases, photographs, and other images may be freely used by any participant or media organization without further permission.

Escape Artist Statement (PDF)

Witness Statement (PDF)




Participants in the Worldwide Escape Artist Relay 2009
October 24, 2009
(Participants currently registered = 39)

Escape Artist Location Time* Type of Escape* Contact Additional
Performers*
extras I.B.M. Ring
Santini
Santini
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
9:00 pm 3rd Degree: Extreme Fire Escape email:
Santini

website:
Santini

     
Oge Arthemus
Oge Arthemus
Jakarta
Indonesia
TBA TBA email:
Oge Arthemus

website:
Oge Arthemus

     
Diego Minevitz
Diego Minevitz
Tel Aviv
Israel
TBA TBA email:
Diego Minevitz

website:
Magia Extrema

     
Duncan "The Shaman" McIntyre Gauteng
South Africa
TBA Water Escape email:
Duncan "The Shaman" McIntyre
     
Wolflock
Wolflock
Korat
Thailand
TBA Rope challenge between Scout master and Escapologist. See if the Specialized rope techniques in Scouts will finally bind the Escape artist! email:
Wolflock

website:
Wolflock

     
Chris Cross
Chris Cross
Grimsby, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
UK
9:00 pm Comedy Underwater Straitjacket Escape email:
Chris Cross

website:
Chris Cross

     
Tony Gough Sav Forest Picnic Site, Wilts
UK
between noon and 2:00 pm Kondini Explodes Escape:
Chains, cuffs, and padlocks, with timed explosives strapped to his body.
email:
Kondini
     
Dr. Iain Jae (The Mindwraith) Teesside
UK
TBA Multiple Restraint Escape
100ft Rope Tie Challenge
email:
Dr. Iain Jae

website:
MindScape

     
Dave Matkin Swadlincote, Derbyshire
UK
TBA Bodybag OR Jail Cell email:
Dave Matkin
     
Alexandria the Great
Alexanderia the Great
Dedham High School
Dedham, MA
USA
6:00 pm Underwater Shackle Escape: This escape is more dangerous than Houdini's Water Torture Cell escape as any open water escapes are not controllable. For this escape, Alex starts with a 15 pound lead weight belt to keep her at the bottom of the ten foot pool. Next Alex has shackles secured on her wrists and ankles with 4 Master lock padlocks. There is a connecting chain with two more Master locks attached to both shackles so she cannot swim to the surface without escaping all. She is then heavily chained with 25 feet of 3/4 inch solid linking chain and additional padlocks are added for a grand total of 8 Master lock padlocks. All totaled Alex is weighted down with over 55 pounds of chain, shackles, locks and a lead weight belt. She must escape the shackles, chains and the lead belt in order to surface. email:
Alexanderia the Great

website:
Alexanderia the Great

     
Steve Bauter Ogden, UT
USA
TBA Upside Down Strait Jacket Escape email:
Steve Bauter
Bruce Bunnell, Chris Chapman    
Bizzaro
Bizzaro
Greek Isles Casino Las Vegas, NV
USA
8:00 pm Underwater Strait Jacket Escape email:
Bizzaro

website:
Smappdooda

     
Billy Boston New Bedford, MA
USA
10:30 am 50 Feet of Chain with 8 Padlocks email:
Will Hunter

website:
Billy Boston

    Ring 44
Providence, RI
Jonathan Bryce
Jonathon Bryce
Sever's Corn Maze, Shakopee, MN
USA
TBA TBA email:
Jonathon Bryce

website:
Jonathon Bryce

    Ring 19
Minneapolis, MN
Bruce Bunnell
Bruce Bunnell
Ogden, UT
USA
TBA Guillotine/Strait Jacket email:
Bruce Bunnell

website:
Bruce Bunnell

Steve Bauter, Chris Chapman    
Chris Chapman
Chris Chapman
Ogden, UT
USA
1:00 pm Thumbcuffs Escape email:
Chris Chapman
Bruce Bunnell, Steve Bauter    
Tony Chapparo
Tony Chapparo
Albuquerque, NM
USA
TBA TBA email:
Tony Chapparo

website:
Tony Chapparo

     
The Great Cindini
The Great Cindini
Palm Beach, FL
USA
9:30 pm DEATH TANK: Underwater Straitjacket escape in a sealed water tank. email:
The Great Cindini

website:
The Great Cindini

     
Professor Fountain
Professor Fountain
Hazleton, PA 18201
USA
8:00 pm 100 Foot Rope Challenge email:
Professor Fountain

website:
Professor Fountain

    Ring 30
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Sylver Fyre Grand Rapids, MI
USA
TBA The Dragon's Egg
Chained at the wrists and ankles, Sylver Fyre will be locked into a leather sack which will then be suspended 20 feet in the air. She will have less than 45 seconds to get the bag unlocked before it is set on fire. She must escape from the chains, pick the lock on the flaming bag and let it fall to earth while she grabs onto the chain used to suspend the bag, all without running out of oxygen, burning to death, or falling.
email:
Sylver Fyre

website:
Knotty Bits Sideshow

Gwyd the Unusual    
Cliff Gerstman
Cliff Gerstman
Long Beach, CA
USA
8:30 pm One Thin Dime: Cliff Gerstman will pick his way out of chains using only only a dime held between his teeth! email:
Cliff Gerstman

website:
Magic Experience

Sheriff Will Praisum   Ring 96
Long Beach, CA
Gwyd the Unusual Grand Rapids, MI
USA
TBA The Lobotomy Chair
Gwyd the Unusual will be locked into a contraption designed for nothing other than fiendish execution. He will be chained to the device, wrists and ankles to the seat and his neck to the upright post that forms the back of the chair with a steel collar. At the top of the post will be a spring tensioned pickaxe. At exactly one minute, the pin that keeps the pick from swinging downward will be removed, sending it crashing into the back of the chair, the tip of the pick piercing through to sever Gwyd's spine at the base of the skull.
email:
Gwyd the Unusual

website:
Knotty Bits Sideshow

Sylver Fyre    
J. Chandler Harris West Point, NY
USA
TBA TBA email:
Joel Harris
     
Shel Higgens
Shel Higgens
Dallas, TX
USA
8:00 pm Double Strait Jacket Escape on 7' Unicycle email:
Shel Higgens

website:
Metroplex Magic

     
Steve Hyde
Steve Hyde
Williamsport, PA
USA
8:00 pm Australian Torture Belt & 75 Feet of Chain email:
Steve Hyde

website:
The Magic of Steve Hyde and Melanie

Melanie Swank    
Krystine Kadaverous John Strong's Strangest Show,
Louisana State Fair,
Baton Rouge, LA
USA
3:00 pm 100' Rope Escape Challenge: Tied by an audience volunteer in a traditional sideshow. Guaranteed out in less time than it took the volunteer to tie the knots! email:
Krystine Kadaverous

website:
Something Dangerous

     
Stephen Mollett
Stephen Mollett
Monroe, Ohio
USA
TBA Tranquilizer Chair
Full-view escape from an updated version of Dr. Benjamin Rush's Tranquilizer Chair: an 18th century madhouse restraint consisting of a heavy wooden chair, fitted with leather straps and a "sensory deprivation" enclosure that completely encloses the head and locks shut on the outside with a combination-lock hasp.
email:
Stephen Mollett
     
Morgan
Morgan
"Hurricane in Handcuffs"
2009 Female Escape Artist of the Year
Worlds of Fun
Kansas City, MO
USA
TBA Barrel of Booty Escape: Morgan, the Pirate Queen, will be handcuffed and sealed inside a Rum barrel. Will she escape and steal the treasure or fail and be forced to walk the plank? email:
Morgan

website:
Morgan the Escapist

     
Harley Newman
Harley Newman
Forest of Fear
Tuxedo Park, NY
USA
7:30 pm Combination Lock in Mouth: To be opened with tongue! email:
Harley Newman

website:
Harley Newman

    Ring 362
Bangor, ME
Shetan Noir
Shetan Noir
Killer Clowns Halloween Party
Canton, MI
USA
11:15 pm Chain and Padlock Escape email:
Shetan Noir

website:
Shetan Noir

     
Josh Peters TBA, WI
USA
TBA TBA email:
Josh Peters

website:
Josh Peters

     
Sheriff Will Praisum Long Beach, CA
USA
8:30 pm Shackles   email:
Sheriff Will Praisum

website:
Sheriff Will Praisum

Cliff Gerstman   Ring 96
Long Beach, CA
Aaron Stone
Aaron Stone
Fort Worth, TX
USA
8:00 pm Two Sets of Double-Locking Handcuffs email:
Name

website:
Aaron the Magician
website:
The Real Aaron Stone

     
Melanie Swank
Melanie Swank
Williamsport, PA
USA
8:00 pm Strait Jacket & Mail Bag email:
Melanie Swank

website:
The Magic of Steve Hyde and Melanie

Steve Hyde    
Ed Underwood
Ed Underwood
Eureka Springs, AK
USA
TBA Cheat The Hangman email:
Ed Underwood

website:
The UFOs

    Ring 187
Wichita Falls, TX
John Wade TBA, TN
USA
TBA TBA email:
John Wade

     
Dr. Wilson
Dr. Wilson
Brewer, ME
USA
9:30 pm Chrysalis: Slave collar, manacles, 60 feet of chain, blindfold, capture hood, and cowl. Prior to the application of the restraints, Dr. Wilson will be searched with a hand-held metal detector. email:
Dr. Wilson

website:
Theater of Marvels

    Ring 362
Bangor, ME
Swami YoMahmi
Swami YoMahmi
Crownsville, MD
USA
5:30 pm The Impressively Named Escape: Swami YoMahmi's mouth will be blocked by a ball-gag, his nose stopped by fried chips (England's contribution to world cuisine), he will be strapped into a straight jacket, bound and padlocked into 20 feet of heavy chain, and hung upside down by his feet. He must escape the restrains and remove the gags before asphyxiating. (Please note, the Swami has died attempting this stunt before). email:
Swami YoMahmi

website:
Swami YoMahmi

     
Robert Zarins
Robert Zarins
Flint, MI
USA
9:30 pm TBA email:
Robert Zarins

     


*TBA = To be announced...



Notes to table:

  1. Location of Performance - if location of performance is not yet known, escape artist's home location
  2. Time of Performance - time at which escape performance begins
  3. Type of Escape - equipment or combination of equipment to be used
  4. Additional performers - other escape artists performing at this location