Ben-Ghou-Bey

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Ben-Ghou-Bey (born April 23, 1931 in La Verpillière , Isère as Léon Goubet , † December 20, 1990 in Paraguay ) was a French fakir and actor.

biography 

Born near Lyon , he became a fakir as a boy and roamed the world for more than 30 years, performing piercing crucifixions and living funeral tricks. In 1979, Wolfgang Larbig, a German doctor, became interested in him and wrote a book, Pain , which tells of his own trials with the fakir.

Ben-Ghou-Bey's life in Paraguay ended with a cerebral haemorrhage.

Records

Ben-Ghou-Bey holds the world record in these feats:

  • 4 days with the nailed tongue
  • He was crucified 700 times in the course of his life, for which he received a “world champion title” from a fakir association on March 30, 1964.
  • In 1963 he was buried in Nice for half an hour.

In the media

Paris Interdit is a 1969 film directed by Jean-Louis Van Belle.

The journalist and writer Jean-Luc Coatalem took Ben-Ghou-Bey as a model for his book Fakirssohn . 

His son Jean-Luc Goubet wrote two books about him:

  • Ben-Ghou-Bey. Mon père, ce fakir . ("Ben-Ghou-Bey, my father, this fakir.")
  • Le Secret d'un fakir, Ben-Ghou-Bey l'homme . ("One factories secret, Ben-Ghou-Bey, the man.")

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ PARCOURS D'UN HOMME HORS DU COMMUN. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 8, 2017 ; Retrieved November 7, 2017 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / benghoubey.skynetblogs.be
  2. ↑ Aude Spilmont: L'incroyable histoire du paranormal fakir lyonnais Ben-Ghou-Bey Simone Garnier douleur Henri Broch. Retrieved November 7, 2017 (French).
  3. ↑ REPORT TUBINGEN Mise a jour May 21, 2008. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 8, 2017 ; Retrieved November 7, 2017 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / benghoubey.skynetblogs.be
  4. ↑ Jean-Pierre Schnyder: Ben-Ghou-Bey, un authentique fakir. Retrieved November 7, 2017 (French).
  5. ↑ Aude Spilmont: L'incroyable histoire du paranormal fakir lyonnais Ben-Ghou-Bey Simone Garnier douleur Henri Broch. Retrieved November 7, 2017 (French).
  6. ↑ BEN-GHOU-BEY, Mon père, ce fakir. Retrieved November 7, 2017 .
  7. ↑ AlloCine: Paris interdit. Retrieved November 7, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Le fils du fakir . In: Editions Grasset . July 22, 2017 ( grasset.fr [accessed November 7, 2017]).
personal data
SURNAME Ben-Ghou-Bey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goubet, Léon (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French fakir and actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH La Verpillière , Isère
DATE OF DEATH December 20, 1990
Place of death Paraguay