My History.

My name is Roger Tann but I am more commonly known as ‘Viking’.

As a hobby at the age of 12, I began doing magic while going to circus school to learn juggling.
During this time I had the dream of working in cybernetics. I began studying as an electronics engineer while in my spare time doing a few magic shows. At this time I was also training in martial arts and security.
After a small stint with in the cybernetics field I began working within the security industry for many years.
The final security position I held was ‘Security Officer’ with a magician called Simon Drake, and that as they say was just the beginning.

For close up magic I created the persona of ‘The Great Hoodunit’ and after a while he seemed the perfect platform for my pyrotechnic abilities.
As I had always had a deep fascination with all things horrific and macabre. After much thought some strange discussions with friends and the odd snifter of alcohol the persona of ‘Doctor Gore’ was created.

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I have a brother but we don’t need to bother about him much as he won’t be around for much longer, as I should be taking care of him as soon as humanly possible. But, I don’t wanna let the cat out of the bag on that one.

I was the tender age of 12 when I performed my first, shall we say, ‘surgery’ in the back streets of Camden, London under the ever so gentle tuition of those colorful punks of the day.

I’m exceptionally effective within my field of expertise. Even if I’m somewhat alternative within my style, although I personally would say I’m much more sadistic in my dealings with the common man, woman, cat, dog, elephant.. let’s face it if it moves I’ll gut it. All in the name of entertainment, of course!!!!

I’ve had the pleasure of being called a great many unkind things in the past, I was even once called fluffy by a girl, I say once… it was never repeated…

I guess you could say I enjoy putting little old me in front of an audience to better their education on the subject of mutilation, torture and magic.

My work is my life, my passion is your pain, and therefore is a thing of beauty

Doctor Gore

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Greetings and salutations,

I would like to introduce myself to you, I am The Great Hoodunit.

I have the unfortunate displeasure of being the sibling of Dr Gore.  However, I see myself as being the more refined of the two of us.  As such, the passion for my despise of him goes beyond measure.

As my brother abandoned me to follow his own depraved pursuits I decided to lead myself upon a path towards becoming a world champion poker player, so to this end I began my foray into the art of cards, to which I have become highly adept.

Due to the spot in the poker world I sort already being taken by somebody else I decided to turn my hand, so to speak, to magic.  More specifically card tricks and that of slight of hand.

Then came the most beautiful of things I had ever seen within my existence, FIRE. I saw the family home burn, no one could say for sure what started it, all we know was it wasn’t me.  I was innocent.  I didn’t do it.  Well at least they couldn’t prove it! At that point the obsession with the noble art of pyromania took hold.

While traveling round the globe making money from giving people the option at games of chance like ‘Find the Lady’.  I started practicing my new found passion round various galleries, forested areas and basically anywhere that was combustible. It makes things look so pretty.

Games of chance and pyromania, I can’t ask for anything more.

The Great Hoodunit