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Meet Doug the Demon

​Doug the Demon is the world’s most extreme fire eater — a professional welder by day, and a fire-eating world record holder by night. He can east red hot coal, lick a red hot knife, and eat fire from metal cutting torches. He doesn’t just entertain with flame; he understands it down to the molecule. From the welding shop to the world’s stages, Doug fuses science and spectacle like no one else.

🔥 Performance Highlights:

  • Founder/Headliner with the award winning Circus of Hell, CanSpin Group of the Year 2019 (10+ years touring)

  • TV appearances on Wild & Weird America, Outrageous Acts of Science, New York Post's Extraordinary People, and more

  • Appeared as the Devil in award winning "Don't Die Until You're Dead" music video

  • Private and public events across North America

  • Collaborations with bands, festivals, and underground fire circles

  • Custom performances for art galleries, music festivals, Halloween events, weddings, and many more


With more than a decade of professional performance under his belt with the award-winning Circus of Hell, Doug has stunned audiences with fire breathing, fire eating, and flame-based stunts that defy both fear and physics. Doug’s expertise is rooted in decades of precision, heat control, and flame mechanics. He combines big flames and a demonic persona for unmatched visual intensity on stage


Doug’s act isn't just entertainment. It’s superhuman industrial performance art.

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Announcing: New Extreme Fire Eating Act Debut

Doug the Demon recently debuted a world-first fire stunt: he is the first known person to successfully fire eat using two full-size propane metal cutting torches.
This death-defying performance combines his deep technical knowledge of flame from his welding career with his unmatched physical control as a fire performer, creating a visually stunning and scientifically incredible act never before seen. With this acting, he is advancing the ancient art of fire eating and making circus sideshow history. 
This new act is available now for live bookings, media coverage, and special event features.

 

1.2 MILLION organic views of Demon's cutting torch extinguishes in this vid on Instagram 

Watch Doug the Demon's notable past appearances:

New York Post's Extraordinary People 

Don't Die Until You're Dead Music Video

Outrageous Acts of Science, Season 8, Episode 5, "Seriously?!"  



 

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Contact

I'm always looking for new and exciting opportunities. Let's connect.

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What People Say 

I've done it with a Coleman torch but this is a whole other level.

- Auzzy Blood 

 

You are a god...among men....

- Peter Excho, Pexcho's American Dime Museum 

No - he's not gonna - not in his mouth! Ahhh I can't watch this!"

- Hakeem Olusayi, Astrophysicist, Outrageous Acts of Science episode, "Seriously?"

You know the cool Uncle in the family, the one that likes to impress the kids by licking his fingers and using them to put out a match? Doug from HellnBack's latest video is kind of like that - if your uncle is Ozzy Osbourne from the eighties.

- RightThisMinute, the Viral Video Show

Thank God this guy is on stage and not in a mental hospital where he belongs.

- D Quin Hanuman,  Facebook review 

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Media & Press Inquiries 


Doug is currently available for interviews and features — especially for:

  • Welding and trades industry podcasts

  • Fire and circus performance shows

  • Extreme stunt, sideshow & oddity feature segments

  • Discussion of being called "superhuman" or "possessed," including being exorcised— twice

  • Conversations on fire safety, both in fire performance and/or welding 

  • Doug brings a knowledgeable, no-BS voice to fire arts. He is equally fluent in metallurgy and madness.

Social Media 

Fire Performance:

Circus of Hell on Instagram, 4.4 K followers

Doug the Demon on Facebook, 2 K followers 

Circus of Hell on Facebook,  2.2 K followers 

 

Welding: 

Hell 'N' Back Welding on Facebook, 6.6 K followers

Hell 'N' Back Welding on Instagram, 3.3 K followers 

YouTube

Hell 'N' Back Welding channel, 8.3 K subscribers 

Personal Profiles:

Doug Thompson Facebook profile, 3.4 K followers

Doug the Demon TikTok, 820+ followers 

Associated Personal Profiles:

Sisu van Hell (partner) TikTok, 4 K followers

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