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Faked Hanging

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
March 17, 2000 Sometimes faking your own hanging can be beneficial.
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Failed Suicide

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
March 17, 2000 Did a suicide attempt involving hanging, shooting, poisoning, and immolation go wrong?
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Bicycle Pump Death

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
March 17, 2000 A purported thrill in Thailand, pumping air into the rectum with a bicycle pump to get high, was ...
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Laundry Machine Death

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
March 16, 2000 Was a Virginia man washing machined to death?
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1994's Most Bizarre Suicide

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 19, 1999 The case of bizarre suicide attempt that supposedly confounded legal authorities.
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Hoover Dam Entombments

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Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson
Oct. 1, 1999 The myth of the concrete pour too important to halt to fish out a mere body is just that, a myth.
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Motorcycle Coat Worn Backwards

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Sept. 13, 1999 Did a motorcyclist's coat worn backwards lead to his demise?
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Halloween Trickery Turns Deadly

Written by:
David Mikkelson
July 11, 1999 These Halloween hanging stunts went terribly wrong.
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Wife Crushes Husband

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 31, 1998 Did a woman kill her husband by sitting on him?
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Golf Bag Thrown in Water Hazard

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 31, 1998 If you're going to throw your golfbag into a water hazard, make sure your car keys aren't in it.
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The Great Molasses Flood of 1919

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 30, 1998 A deadly wave of molasses swept through Boston in January 1919, crushing and drowning 21 people.
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weddings

Death and the Wedding Party

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Aug. 9, 1998 The 1867 wedding of a princess and a duke was reportedly marred by tragedy on an unprecedented s ...
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Dead Scuba Diver in Tree

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Nov. 2, 1997 Was the charred body of a scuba diver recovered from a tree after a forest fire?
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