Strange ways to die... Top twenty countdown of strange ways to die (taken from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths)
20. Alex Mijtus was killed by his wife, who had had enough of his strange sexual practices, ruptured several of Alex’s organs internal organs and caused severe bleeding using a 20-inch sex toy.
19. Debby Mills-Newbroughton was killed as she crossed the road. She was to turn 100 the next day but on the way to her own birthday party she was hit by the truck delivering her birthday cake.
18. Peter Stone was murdered by his eight year old daughter, who he had just sent to her room without dinner. Young Samantha Stone inserted 72 rat poison tablets into her father's coffee the following morning.
17. David Danil was killed by his girlfriend Charla after his attempted sexual advances. The last thing he felt was four shots from a doubled barreled shot gun Charla's father had given to her an hour before.
16.Javier Halos was killed by his landlord for failing to pay his rent for eight years. Landlord Kirk Weston clubbed the victim to death with a toilet seat after he realized just how long it had been.
15. Mary-Lee Cooper was killed by her one year old sister who climbed on top of her while she was sleeping, suffocating her.
14. Megan Fri was killed by 14 state troopers after she wandered onto a live fire training scene. Seeing the troopers all walking slow down the street, Megan jumped out in front of them and yelled, "Boo!" The troopers, thinking she was a pop up target, fired 67 shots between them.
13. Fiona Given was killed by a hit man hired by her ex-boyfriend. Then the hit man killed the ex-boyfriend, after he discovered that a 16 year old high school student didn’t really have access to $500 000.
12. Louis Zaragoza was killed as he prepared to drive to work. His wife was just about to cut the brakes on his car, when Louis snuck up behind her, causing her to lose her footing and stumble into him, stabbing him fatally.
11. Mahmood Foli, a waiter, was killed by an unknown member of the Russian Mafia after he accidentally removed the gangster’s drink and was forced to drink over 27 litres of Coca Cola causing drowning.
10. Julia Smeeth was killed by her brother Michael because she talked on the phone too long. Michael clubbed his sister to death with a cordless phone and stabbed her several times with the broken aerial.
9. Helena Simms, wife of American scientist Harold Simms, was killed by her husband after she had an affair with the neighbour. Harold killed her by substituting her eyeliner with a highly radioactive uranium substance.
8. Military Sergeant John Joe Winter killed his ‘two-timing wife’ by loading her car with 500kg of C4 explosive. The explosion was heard from 14km away, and no trace of the victim or her car were ever found.
7. Patty Winter was killed by her neighbour, who had mounted a F6 Phantom jet engine in his backyard. Patty had complained to police about the noise, and when the neighbour invited her over for ‘tea’, he switched on the engine, and vaporised her with 5000 degrees of heat.
6. Michael Lewis drugged his boyfriend, Tony Berry, and dressed him in a double sided white board that read "God loves the K.K.K.". Lewis then drove the victim to downtown Harlem and dropped him off. Two minutes later Berry was deceased.
5. Jay Newton was killed after a co-worker at Sea World in Florida dropped a 20 ton killer whale on him. The whale had been hoisted out of his tank by a Master Tonne Crane, when the victim swam underneath to inspect the harness.
4. Carl Densinter was killed by a fellow worker trying to prove a point. The worker disconnected landing gear settings on a Boeing 747 test plane, and when Carl tried to land the plane it burst into a ball of flame.
3. Mary Dridely, Joseph Coles and Haven Gillies were killed as they walked past a New York apartment building. A few kids on the top floor were bored, and had decided to throw fruit, chairs, even the television from height.
2. Conrad Middleton was killed by his twin brother Brian after a disagreement over who should take the family home after their parents passed away. Conrad had no sense of smell, so Brian filled the house with gas and left a box of cigars, a lighter and a note saying, "Sorry for the spree, have a puff on me. Brian."
1. Gail Queens was killed by her zoo keeper boyfriend, after he invited her to the zoo to see the lions feed. He took her into a ‘viewing’ room and ‘ducked out for a quick smoke.’ Another door opened and three hungry lions were let into the pen...
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Way To Die #17: Lawyer proves his case by killing himself
Strange, but a lawyer proves his case by killing himself...
In 1871 while representing a defendant in a murder case lawyer Clement Vallandigham a United States Congressman and one time political opponent of Abraham Lincoln wanted to prove the supposed murder weapon could have accidentally been fired by the victim. Taking the gun from evidence Vallandigham tried to demonstrate to the jury how the victim might have shot himself. His mistake was in not checking to see if the gun was loaded. Just as Vallandigham had speculated the firearm discharged and just as he’d conjectured the result was a mortal wound. On an upbeat note at least the defendant was acquitted.
In 1871 while representing a defendant in a murder case lawyer Clement Vallandigham a United States Congressman and one time political opponent of Abraham Lincoln wanted to prove the supposed murder weapon could have accidentally been fired by the victim. Taking the gun from evidence Vallandigham tried to demonstrate to the jury how the victim might have shot himself. His mistake was in not checking to see if the gun was loaded. Just as Vallandigham had speculated the firearm discharged and just as he’d conjectured the result was a mortal wound. On an upbeat note at least the defendant was acquitted.
Way To Die #16: Drink Yourself To Death
& no, it's not with alcohol :)
In June of 2007 Jennifer Lea Strange joined a short list of people who drank themselves to death with water when she fatally consumed an overdose of H2O during a radio contest called “Hold Your Wee for a Wii”. The young wife and mother agreed to drink as much water as possible as part of the contest in order to win a Wii game player for her family. Contestants competed to see who could go the longest without stopping to urinate. After the contest Strange collapsed and died resulting in a civil lawsuit against the radio station. Water intoxication which is also known as hyper-hydration can cause a fatal disturbance in the brain when the electrolytes in the body are thrown off their normal balance. Other famous deaths from water intoxication include artist Andy Warhol whose family claimed he was given too many fluids following gallbladder surgery in 1987.
In June of 2007 Jennifer Lea Strange joined a short list of people who drank themselves to death with water when she fatally consumed an overdose of H2O during a radio contest called “Hold Your Wee for a Wii”. The young wife and mother agreed to drink as much water as possible as part of the contest in order to win a Wii game player for her family. Contestants competed to see who could go the longest without stopping to urinate. After the contest Strange collapsed and died resulting in a civil lawsuit against the radio station. Water intoxication which is also known as hyper-hydration can cause a fatal disturbance in the brain when the electrolytes in the body are thrown off their normal balance. Other famous deaths from water intoxication include artist Andy Warhol whose family claimed he was given too many fluids following gallbladder surgery in 1987.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Odds On Dying A Strange Death
Here are some statistics regarding the odds of dying a strange or odd death:
300,000,000/1 SHARK ATTACK
AROUND 40 people are killed every year from shark attacks, with the numbers increasing as more people take holidays on coasts where sharks live.
300,000,000/1 FAIRGROUND ACCIDENT
THE worst rollercoaster accident in Britain was in 1972 when five children were killed on the Big Dipper in Battersea, London, when one of the cars broke loose and collided with another. Just last week 29 people were injured when the Runaway Mine Train at Alton Towers split in two.
250,000,000/1 FALLING COCONUT
COCONUTS apparently kill around 150 people every year. Falling from a height of 80 feet, they can build up an impact speed of 50 mph.
11,000,000/1 PLANE CRASH
PLANE crashes worldwide claim 1,300 people every year. Young men are most likely to emerge from the wreckage alive - and 12 per cent of passengers who survive the impact will die from shock later.
10,000,000/1 KILLED BY LIGHTNING
IN the UK around five people are killed by being hit by lightning every year. And men are four times more likely to be struck than women.
10,000,000/1
KILLED BY THE ESCAPE OF RADIATION FROM A NEARBY NUCLEAR POWER STATION.
THE chances of an explosion at a nuclear reactor are increasing with the risk of terrorism and as conventional fuels run out. The Chernobyl nuclear disaster and its aftermath has killed an estimated 30,000 people.
9,300,000/1 DYING IN TERRORIST ATTACK
LAST year there were 651 significant international terrorist attacks worldwide, killing nearly 2,000 people.
5,000,000/1 SCALDED BY HOT TAP WATER.
CHILDREN under five are most at risk, with 126 accidents reported every year in Britain. In Japan, around 150 people die from hot water scalding every year.
4,400,000/1 LEFT-HANDED PEOPLE KILLED USING A RIGHT-HANDED PRODUCT.
300,000,000/1 SHARK ATTACK
AROUND 40 people are killed every year from shark attacks, with the numbers increasing as more people take holidays on coasts where sharks live.
300,000,000/1 FAIRGROUND ACCIDENT
THE worst rollercoaster accident in Britain was in 1972 when five children were killed on the Big Dipper in Battersea, London, when one of the cars broke loose and collided with another. Just last week 29 people were injured when the Runaway Mine Train at Alton Towers split in two.
250,000,000/1 FALLING COCONUT
COCONUTS apparently kill around 150 people every year. Falling from a height of 80 feet, they can build up an impact speed of 50 mph.
11,000,000/1 PLANE CRASH
PLANE crashes worldwide claim 1,300 people every year. Young men are most likely to emerge from the wreckage alive - and 12 per cent of passengers who survive the impact will die from shock later.
10,000,000/1 KILLED BY LIGHTNING
IN the UK around five people are killed by being hit by lightning every year. And men are four times more likely to be struck than women.
10,000,000/1
KILLED BY THE ESCAPE OF RADIATION FROM A NEARBY NUCLEAR POWER STATION.
THE chances of an explosion at a nuclear reactor are increasing with the risk of terrorism and as conventional fuels run out. The Chernobyl nuclear disaster and its aftermath has killed an estimated 30,000 people.
9,300,000/1 DYING IN TERRORIST ATTACK
LAST year there were 651 significant international terrorist attacks worldwide, killing nearly 2,000 people.
5,000,000/1 SCALDED BY HOT TAP WATER.
CHILDREN under five are most at risk, with 126 accidents reported every year in Britain. In Japan, around 150 people die from hot water scalding every year.
4,400,000/1 LEFT-HANDED PEOPLE KILLED USING A RIGHT-HANDED PRODUCT.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Way To Die # 15: Death By Shot - Death By Drinking / Circus Death
Bad Day at the Circus
A circus act in Romania ended in tragedy on 23 January when fire-eater Vlad Cazacu, 43, belched in mid-performance and was blown to bits. Incredibly no one came to his rescue as stunned onlookers assumed this was part of an amazing illusion. Consequently this unfortunate man, who probably could have been saved, was allowed to just lie there and die.
"In the first part of the performance," said fellow circus performer Nicole Antosu, "Vlad held a flammable cocktail in his mouth to spit fire at a burning torch. Somehow, he must have swallowed some of the liquid, because when he burped he triggered an explosion."
A circus act in Romania ended in tragedy on 23 January when fire-eater Vlad Cazacu, 43, belched in mid-performance and was blown to bits. Incredibly no one came to his rescue as stunned onlookers assumed this was part of an amazing illusion. Consequently this unfortunate man, who probably could have been saved, was allowed to just lie there and die.
"In the first part of the performance," said fellow circus performer Nicole Antosu, "Vlad held a flammable cocktail in his mouth to spit fire at a burning torch. Somehow, he must have swallowed some of the liquid, because when he burped he triggered an explosion."
Way To Die #14: Death by Storm Drain
Way To Die #14: Death by Storm Drain
Sadly, more than one person has died after getting stuck in a storm drain.This bizarre and sad death is a good example of tragic bad luck. In 2008, a Canadian man died after attempting to retrieve his stolen wallet from a storm sewer drain. The wallet and some other personal items were stolen after the 57-year-old man left them at a gas station. He called police before finding the wallet in a nearby sewer drain. He tried unsuccessfully to reach it once before the police arrived and cautioned him not to try again. But the man came back later, removed the grate and gave it another shot. When an officer investigating the crime noticed the man's truck had returned, he went to check out the drain and found the man wedged headfirst several feet below the street. The victim was still alive at this point and remained so as firefighters used a tow truck to pull him from the drain. Sadly, he was pronounced dead at the hospital a short time later.
Sadly, more than one person has died after getting stuck in a storm drain.This bizarre and sad death is a good example of tragic bad luck. In 2008, a Canadian man died after attempting to retrieve his stolen wallet from a storm sewer drain. The wallet and some other personal items were stolen after the 57-year-old man left them at a gas station. He called police before finding the wallet in a nearby sewer drain. He tried unsuccessfully to reach it once before the police arrived and cautioned him not to try again. But the man came back later, removed the grate and gave it another shot. When an officer investigating the crime noticed the man's truck had returned, he went to check out the drain and found the man wedged headfirst several feet below the street. The victim was still alive at this point and remained so as firefighters used a tow truck to pull him from the drain. Sadly, he was pronounced dead at the hospital a short time later.
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