Double Sword Swallowing Guinness World Record Holder

World renowned Natasha Veruschka won Guinness immortality by swallowing 13 swords for which the belly dancer nearly died of her injuries of a severe hemorrhage — a bystander pushed dollar bills into her belt, triggering 3 blades in her throat to scissor.

Natasha won her 2nd world title in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. She and 8 sword swallowers of the Sword Swallowers Association International (SSAI) broke the 2002 SSAI and Guinness World Record by simultaneously swallowing a total of 52 swords on September 3, 2005 at the ‘Big Swallow’ annual sideshow.

Born in India of white Russian and British descent, the world’s only sword swallowing belly dancer has lived, studied, and performed her art around the world, and currently lives in New York City. Natasha Veruschka trained for the art with ‘Sai Master’ John Bradshaw of Bradshaw’s Circus World of Curiosities.

The ‘Neon Sword’ is the most dangerous on her ‘Swords on the Menu’ — 24 inches of glass and poison gas.

1. Guinness World Record — the most swords swallowed at once — thirteen 22 inch (55 centimeters) long swords

2. Guinness World Record — the most swords swallowed at once by a group (52). Natasha downed 11 swords

3. SSAI World Record — longest sword swallowed by a female — 27.5 inches (69 centimeters) long

4. SSAI World Record — the only female ‘Neon Sword Swallower’ — 24 inches (60 centimeters) long

5. SSAI World Record — the only female ‘Sai Weapon Sword Swallower’ 24 inches (60 centimeters) long

6. SSAI World Record — the most swords swallowed simultaneously — thirteen 22 inch (55 centimeters) long swords)!

7. SSAI World Record — the most swords simultaneously swallowed by a group (50). Natasha swallowed 11 swords

The ‘World Class Belly Dancer’ has won scores of national and international belly dancing contests. The dance is but one of many reasons her shows are so widely received.

Natasha has been featured by CNN, HBO, MTV, The Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, and National Geography to name but a few.

Natasha swallows seven swords at once in her ‘Sword Sandwich’ performance, then removes them one by one.

The art of sword swallowing began more than 4000 years ago in India and the Middle East. It requires fierce mind-over-matter to control the body and repress natural reflexes in order to insert the solid steel blades from 15 to 25 inches down the esophagus and into the stomach.

With the demise of the traveling circus sideshow over the past 30 years, there are currently less than 40 full-time professional sword swallowers actively performing the ancient but deadly art around the world today.

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