Evatima Tardo

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Evatima Tardo , also Thardo, (* 1871 or 1872 in Trinidad ) was an American variety artist .

She became known for being bitten by poisonous snakes ( e.g. rattlesnakes ) in front of an audience (often by doctors who she invited to her weekly demonstrations and where she was considered a medical miracle ) - according to her own account, she was one from a bite Terciopelo lance viper (Fer de Lance) immunized as a child. She took some of the venom from the snake and injected it into a rabbit during the demonstration, which died.

In other performances she regularly had herself nailed to a cross for two hours (with horseshoe nails through her hand and foot, which she had previously soaked in hydrogen cyanide ), without showing any pain , while she sang and laughed.

According to newspaper reports in the 1890s, she was insensitive to all kinds of pain , her wounds healed very quickly, and she was able to control the flow of blood from wounds.

For example, she performed in Chicago and lived in Minneapolis . She died of gunshot wounds in a jealous drama.

Their performances aroused the admiration of Harry Houdini , who reported on them in his book Miracle Mongers and their Methods . He describes her as extraordinarily beautiful, eloquent and could not discover any deception in her performance (he was engaged with her in Chicago for several weeks at the same time).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ This is how it is written by Houdini
  2. ^ The Strangest women in the world. In: The Star. Christchurch, New Zealand, February 5, 1898, p. 7, after which she was then 26 years old.
  3. ↑ They also allowed them to infect her with typhus , cholera and other pathogens
  4. ↑ William Kalush, Larry Sloman: The secret life of Houdini. The making of America's first superhero. Atria Books, New York and London 2006, ISBN 0-7432-7207-2 , ISBN 978-0-7432-7207-0
  5. ↑ Harry Houdini: Miracle Mongers and their Methods. Chapter 10, Online
personal data
SURNAME Tardo, Evatima
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thardo, Evatima
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American variety artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1871 or 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Trinidad
DATE OF DEATH 20th century