Bill Shirk (born May 3, 1945 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American escape artist, radio personality, broadcast entrepreneur and actor.

On October 31, 1992, Shirk was buried alive under seven tons of dirt and cement in a Plexiglas coffin, which collapsed and almost took Shirk's life. This was performed on the 66th anniversary of Harry Houdini's death, who considered the stunt too dangerous after nearly losing his life to it in 1915,[5] as well as on the 2nd anniversary of the death of Joe Burrus, an amateur escape artist who was killed in 1990 under the same circumstances as Shirk.[6]

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