The Amazing Criswell
- Name:
- The Amazing Criswell
- Age:
- 75
- Date of Birth:
- Aug 7, 1907
- Occupation:
- Showman, Actor, Writer, Seer
- Spouse:
- Halo Meadows
- Residence:
- The Highland Towers Apartments At 1922 N. Highland Avenue (in The Early Part Of The 1950s)
- Years active:
- 1950s – 1970s
- Known for:
- Making Erroneous Predictions, Predicting The Future On TV, Radio, Books, Records And In Newspapers And As A Narrator And Actor In The Films Of Ed Wood
- Died:
- Oct 4, 1982 (Cardiac Arrest)
- Resting place:
- Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park
The Amazing Criswell - Biography Summary
- For the mentalist Kreskin (born 1935), see The Amazing Kreskin.
Jeron Criswell King (August 18, 1907 – October 4, 1982), born Jeron Criswell Konig, and known by his stage-name The Amazing Criswell , was an American psychic known for wildly inaccurate predictions. In person, he went by Charles Criswell King, and was sometimes credited as Jeron King Criswell.
Criswell was flamboyant, with spit curled hair, a stentorian style of speaking, and a sequined tuxedo. He owned a coffin in which he claimed to sleep. He grew up in a troubled family in Indiana with relatives who owned a funeral home, and said that he became comfortable with sleeping in caskets in the storeroom. He appeared in two of Ed Wood's films.
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