List Of Unusual Deaths

[Joest]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths

There are alot of good ones there.

458 BC: The Greek playwright Aeschylus was killed when an eagle dropped a live tortoise on him, mistaking his bald head for a stone.
Awesome!2007: An Australian woman was killed after her pet camel attempted to have sex with her. Bow chika bow wow...

[Super Nova]

1327: Edward II of England, after being deposed and imprisoned by his Queen consort Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer, was rumored to have been murdered by having a red-hot iron inserted into his anus.

.

[Blaze Zero-Three]

Sherwood Anderson, writer, swallowed a toothpick at a party and then died of peritonitis.

Yummy!

[ccc.money]

"Honey, whats for diner?"

"Severed penis left-overs!"

"Again?"

[Spartan 1337]

28-year-old South Korean, Lee Seung Seop, collapsed of fatigue and died after playing Starcraft for almost 50 consecutive hours in an Internet cafe.

Addicted much?

[Dragon]

2007: A man accidentally boiled his face. Boiling eggs, he slipped on an ice cube, boiling water fell on his face, burnt out his eyes, and cooked, his, brain.

[Denex]

2007: A man accidentally boiled his face. Boiling eggs, he slipped on an ice cube, boiling water fell on his face, burnt out his eyes, and cooked, his, brain.
that's not very unusual. Hundreds of people die daily due to burns.

[Vagrant]

On 24 March 1975 Alex Mitchell, a 50-year-old bricklayer from King's Lynn, England, died laughing while watching an episode of The Goodies, featuring a Scotsman in a kilt battling a vicious black pudding with his bagpipes. After twenty-five minutes of continuous laughter Mitchell finally slumped on the sofa and expired from heart failure. His widow later sent the Goodies a letter thanking them for making Mitchell's final moments so pleasant.[7]

[Mr. Anderson]

2003: A woman is hit by the toliet seat of the re-entering Space Station Mir.[/deadlikemereference]

[gufu1992]

2007: Jennifer Strange, a 28-year-old woman from Sacramento, died of water intoxication while trying to win a Wii console in a KDND 107.9 "The End" radio station's "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" contest, which involved drinking large quantities of water without urinating. She placed second in the contest.

death by Wii

[Mr. Anderson]

: French president Félix Faure died of a stroke while receiving oral sex in his office

I want to go out like that.

[Kevim]

28-year-old South Korean, Lee Seung Seop, collapsed of fatigue and died after playing Starcraft for almost 50 consecutive hours in an Internet cafe.

I have so much respect for this guy.

That is freakin' determination, my friends.

[Mr. Anderson]

Wonder if he won. xD

[e p]

2005: Kenneth Pinyan of Seattle died of acute peritonitis after submitting to anal intercourse with a stallion in the town of Enumclaw, Washington.

Ew...

[Freddy]

On 24 March 1975 Alex Mitchell, a 50-year-old bricklayer from King's Lynn, England, died laughing while watching an episode of The Goodies, featuring a Scotsman in a kilt battling a vicious black pudding with his bagpipes. After twenty-five minutes of continuous laughter Mitchell finally slumped on the sofa and expired from heart failure. His widow later sent the Goodies a letter thanking them for making Mitchell's final moments so pleasant.[7]

That's probably the best way to go. I'd luv it if that was the way I died.

[Taktwo]

2006: Ohtaj Humbat ohli Makhmudov a 45 year old Azerbaijani man lowered himself by a rope into a lion enclosure at the Kyiv zoo and shouted to horrified zoo visitors, "God will save me, if he exists!" Moments later a lioness pounced on him, severing his carotid artery, killing him instantly.

Matt's going to enjoy that.

[DorfusDunkin]

207 BC: Chrysippus, a Greek stoic philosopher is believed to have died of laughter after watching his drunken donkey attempt to eat figs

Another death by laughter. Certainly the best way to go. I'm not sure whats more disturbing, the fact that his donkey was drunk or that he found it trying to eat figs amusing.

[Frosty]

1916: Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic, was poisoned while dining with a political enemy, and supposedly he was given enough poison to kill three men his size. When he did not die, the assassin snuck up behind him and shot him in the head, and while checking Grigori's pulse the mystic grabbed him by the neck and strangled him. He proceeded to run away, while the other assassins chased. He was caught up to, lying on the ground having been hit with three shots during the chase. The pursuers bludgeoned him then threw him into a river (in Russia in the winter). When his body washed ashore, an autopsy showed the cause of death to be drowning.

This guy was pretty tough.

1923: George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon allegedly became the first to die from King Tut's Curse after a mosquito bite on his face became seriously infected.

I read about this one in a book.

1927: Isadora Duncan, dancer, died of accidental strangulation and broken neck when her scarf caught on the wheel of a car in which she was a passenger.

Sad.

[Vagrant]

Yeah, Rasputin's story is insane. That guy took a whole hell of a lot, and died of drowning...

[Matt]

Matt's going to enjoy that.
AHAHAHA that is awesome-ness.
Great find. *goes to read them for myself*

edit:
"1983: Sergei Chalibashvili, a professional diver, died after a diving accident during World University Games. When he attempted a three-and-a-half reverse somersault in the tuck position, he smashed his head on the board and was knocked unconscious. He died after being in a coma for a week."
I will NEVER do that dive...

edit:
1916 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916): Grigori Rasputin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_Rasputin), Russian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia) mystic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysticism), was poisoned while dining with a political enemy, and supposedly he was given enough poison to kill three men his size. When he did not die, the assassin snuck up behind him and shot him in the head, and while checking Grigori's pulse the mystic grabbed him by the neck and strangled him. He proceeded to run away, while the other assassins chased. He was caught up to, lying on the ground having been hit with three shots during the chase. The pursuers bludgeoned him then threw him into a river (in Russia in the winter). When his body washed ashore, an autopsy showed the cause of death to be drowning.

[Viper456]

2007: An Australian woman was killed after her pet camel attempted to have sex with her.
WTF?!?!!?

[Mvbomber]

1751: Julien Offray de La Mettrie, the author of Man a machine, a major materialist and sensualist philosopher died of over eating at a feast given in his honour. His philosopher adversaries suggested that doing so, he had contradicted his theoretical doctrine with the effect of his practical actions.

death by food a good way to go out

1771: King of Sweden, Adolf Frederick, died of digestion problems on February 12, 1771 after having consumed a meal consisting of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, smoked herring and champagne, which was topped off with 14 servings of his favourite dessert: semla served in a bowl of hot milk. [citation needed] He is thus remembered by Swedish schoolchildren as "the king who ate himself to death."

same with this guy death by food that would be almost as good as death by laughter or starcraft

1933: Michael Malloy, a homeless man, was murdered by gassing after surviving multiple poisonings, intentional exposure and being struck by a car. Malloy was murdered by five men in a plot to collect on life insurance policies they had purchased.

this guy is almost as tough as that mystic guy

[Frosty]

Viper456: That is truly creepy.

Mvbomber: I read that in a book, some guys fed him bad clams, anti-freeze and then finished him off with gas. The investigators found that the corpse was pink, confirming he had been gassed.

270 BC: The poet and grammarian Philetas of Cos reportedly wasted away and died of insomnia while brooding about the Liar paradox.

Interesting.

[Kevim]

Viper456: That is truly creepy.

Mvbomber: I read that in a book, some guys fed him bad clams, anti-freeze and then finished him off with gas. The investigators found that the corpse was pink, confirming he had been gassed.

270 BC: The poet and grammarian Philetas of Cos reportedly wasted away and died of insomnia while brooding about the Liar paradox.

Interesting.
You don't die of insomnia.

You can survive without a wink of sleep in your life.

[MushroomMammoth]

1751: Julien Offray de La Mettrie, the author of Man a machine, a major materialist and sensualist philosopher died of over eating at a feast given in his honour. His philosopher adversaries suggested that doing so, he had contradicted his theoretical doctrine with the effect of his practical actions.

death by food a good way to go out

1771: King of Sweden, Adolf Frederick, died of digestion problems on February 12, 1771 after having consumed a meal consisting of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, smoked herring and champagne, which was topped off with 14 servings of his favourite dessert: semla served in a bowl of hot milk. [citation needed] He is thus remembered by Swedish schoolchildren as "the king who ate himself to death."

same with this guy death by food that would be almost as good as death by laughter or starcraft

1933: Michael Malloy, a homeless man, was murdered by gassing after surviving multiple poisonings, intentional exposure and being struck by a car. Malloy was murdered by five men in a plot to collect on life insurance policies they had purchased.

this guy is almost as tough as that mystic guy
Isn't there a Primus song called You Can't Kill Micheal Malloy? At least, I think there is...

[c00lryguy]

That is a bold face lie. The human body cant survive after around 2 weeks without sleep. It's a household fact.

[Kevim]

Isn't there a Primus song called You Can't Kill Micheal Malloy? At least, I think there is...
The actual song is by some other guys, the version your thinking of is just a little snippet of that song.
That is a bold face lie. The human body cant survive after around 2 weeks without sleep. It's a household fact.
An old wive's tale, not a household fact.
Although many horrible things will happen to your body after 2 weeks without sleep, none of those will directly kill you.

[Tanktunker]

An old wive's tale, not a household fact.
Although many horrible things will happen to your body after 2 weeks without sleep, none of those will directly kill you.
You can get diabetes from sleep deprivation, which WILL kill you.

[swatdude]

Not really a strange death, but very ironic situation: Peg Entwistle of California wanted to become an actress, so she sent a mail to the movie director. After awhile without response, she got depressed and committed a suicide by hanging herself off the letter H of Hollywood sign. Next day, her friend received her mail. The mail stated that she is accepted, and can play a role as a girl who commits a suicide.

[Gerbil!]

2001: Bernd-Jürgen Brandes was stabbed repeatedly in the neck and then eaten by Armin Meiwes. Before the killing, both men dined on Brandes' severed penis. Brandes had answered an internet advertisement by Meiwes looking for someone for this purpose. Brandes explicitly stated in his will that he wished to be killed and eaten. This is referred to in the song "Mein Teil" by German NDH band Rammstein.

[Marty]

The actual song is by some other guys, the version your thinking of is just a little snippet of that song.

An old wive's tale, not a household fact.
Although many horrible things will happen to your body after 2 weeks without sleep, none of those will directly kill you.

Um, no. During sleep your heart rate drops. If you have a lack of sleep it causes stress which can raise the chances of getting cardiovascular disease. That's fatal. It can also, with enough time, give you a heart attack because you're never giving your heart a chance to rest.

[game-bot]

1993: Garry Hoy, a Toronto lawyer, fell to his death after he threw himself through the glass wall on the 24th floor of the Toronto-Dominion Centre in order to prove the glass was "unbreakable."

LOL

[swatdude]

1998: A Frenchman (do not know his name) tried to commit a complex suicide over body of water. He tried to hang, burn, poison, and shoot himself in the head. After he drank the poison, set himself on fire, and hang himself, he fired a bullet. He missed and instead, the bullet disconnected the rope. He fell into cold water below, distinguishing the flame while the shock of cold water caused him to vomit up the poison. Nearby fisherman fished him out of the water and took him to the hospital where he died of hypothermia.

[october]

MyDeathSpace.com has some good ones.

http://www.mydeathspace.com (http://www.mydeathspace.com/)

[Kevim]

Um, no. During sleep your heart rate drops. If you have a lack of sleep it causes stress which can raise the chances of getting cardiovascular disease. That's fatal. It can also, with enough time, give you a heart attack because you're never giving your heart a chance to rest.
Again, it doesn't directly kill you. Increased chance of cardiovascular disease is just a side effect.

And there are ways besides sleeping that give your heart a chance to rest.

[game-bot]

Well, going by your logic, pointing a gun to your head, and pulling the trigger, doesn't directly kill you. After all, it's the bullet that kills you.

Okay, bad example, but still. Your logic is flawed.

[gufu1992]

Your windows is also flawed

[Kevim]

Well, going by your logic, pointing a gun to your head, and pulling the trigger, doesn't directly kill you. After all, it's the bullet that kills you.

Okay, bad example, but still. Your logic is flawed.
Your mother is flawed!!!!111one!!11!

If some 500 pound dude dies of a heart attack, they don't say:

"Mr. McFatty died from being a fatass yesterday morning".

They say "Mr. McFatty died from a heart attack yesterday morning."

[Super Nova]

1601: Tycho Brahe, according to legend, died of complications resulting from a strained bladder at a banquet. It would have been extremely bad etiquette to leave the table before the meal was finished, so he stayed until he became fatally ill. This version of events has since been brought into question as other causes of death (murder by Johannes Kepler, suicide, and lead poisoning among others) have come to the fore.[10]

Sounds painful.

[*blank*]

Wow some guy died having butt sex with a horse.

[Tanktunker]

Again, it doesn't directly kill you. Increased chance of cardiovascular disease is just a side effect.

And there are ways besides sleeping that give your heart a chance to rest.
You must've overlooked my post, because you wouldn't sink to the level of just ignoring things that prove you wrong, would you?!

So anyway, sleep deprevation causes (not raises risks, causes) diabetes, which can and probably will kill you.

[Marty]

If sleep deprevation "causes" something then by his logic is a "side-effect," the lack of sleep wouldn't be the direct cause. But I'm just assuming this, don't want to put words in people's mouths yet. I mainly don't understand the logic he's trying to point out.

[Tanktunker]

Part of the sleep deprivation is the diabetes, just like boils are part of the plague.

Anyway, your nervous system shuts down after a week or two of no sleep, that's pretty much a fact.

[Marty]

Are you saying that diabetes will kill you, or that you've lost enough insulin during the lack of sleep that will kill you?

[Kevim]

You must've overlooked my post, because you wouldn't sink to the level of just ignoring things that prove you wrong, would you?!

So anyway, sleep deprevation causes (not raises risks, causes) diabetes, which can and probably will kill you.
Aye, I did overlook it.

Marty said something very similar to what you did, and I replied to what he said.
If sleep deprevation "causes" something then by his logic is a "side-effect," the lack of sleep wouldn't be the direct cause. But I'm just assuming this, don't want to put words in people's mouths yet.
Hit the nail on the head.

[Tanktunker]

Diabetes, unlike risk of heart disease, isn't a side effect, it's a part of the sleep deprevation.

If you get herpes, the sores on your mouth aren't a side effect, they're part of the herpes.

[zbooyjack]

http://www.aintnowaytogo.com/home.htm

Here's a website dedicated to unusual deaths.

[hamza]

wierd some