freakish fatalities Archives - Page 2 of 5

We'd like to think beheadings happen only in campfire tales and low-budget thrillers, but they take place in real life too.

The case of bizarre suicide attempt that supposedly confounded legal authorities.

Does an Internet-circulated list entitled '2005 Darwin Awards' detail actual deaths and mishaps

Was a man convicted of manslaughter for accidentally killing his wife with a 'Dutch oven'?

Did a coed die pleasuring herself with a broom?

Sometimes faking your own hanging can be beneficial.

Did the author of 'Black Like Me' die from skin cancer caused by the treatment he underwent to darken his skin?

Does an Internet-circulated list titled '2006 Darwin Awards' detail actual deaths?

A (surprisingly) long list of deaths that took place either onstage or in front of the cameras.

Ordinary objects used in unconventional ways can be harmful, even fatal.

A pedestrian was killed by a flying fire hydrant?

Do electric fans left running overnight kill persons sleeping in the breeze they generate?

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