30 Strangest Deaths in History
March 14th 2007 18:08
This blog post is worth a read. These are my favorites:
via Skirmisher
Death by Beard
Austrian Hans Steininger was famous for having the world’s longest beard (it was 4.5 feet or nearly 1.4 m long) and for dying because of it.
One day in 1567, there was a fire in town and in his haste Hans forgot to roll up his beard. He accidentally stepped on his beard, lost balance, stumbled, broke his neck and died!
Austrian Hans Steininger was famous for having the world’s longest beard (it was 4.5 feet or nearly 1.4 m long) and for dying because of it.
One day in 1567, there was a fire in town and in his haste Hans forgot to roll up his beard. He accidentally stepped on his beard, lost balance, stumbled, broke his neck and died!
Death by Suicide During a Live TV News Broadcast
Christine Chubbuck [wiki] was the first and only TV news reporter to commit suicide during a live television broadcast.
On July 15, 1974, eight minutes into the broadcast, the depressed reporter said "In keeping with Channel 40’s policy of bringing you the latest in blood and guts, and in living color, you are going to see another first: an attempted suicide." With that, Chubbuck drew up a revolver and shot herself in the head.
Christine Chubbuck [wiki] was the first and only TV news reporter to commit suicide during a live television broadcast.
On July 15, 1974, eight minutes into the broadcast, the depressed reporter said "In keeping with Channel 40’s policy of bringing you the latest in blood and guts, and in living color, you are going to see another first: an attempted suicide." With that, Chubbuck drew up a revolver and shot herself in the head.
Death by Giant Umbrellas
In 1991, artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude put up an environmental installation art of thousands of giant yellow and blue umbrellas in California and Japan.
The giant umbrellas, which measured about 20 foot (6 m) in height, 28 foot (8.7 m) in diameter and weighed about 500 lb, became a huge tourist attraction.
Less than two months after the installation opened, Lori Rae Keevil-Mathews, a 33-year-old woman drove out to see the umbrellas in California. A wind gust uprooted one of the umbrellas and blew it straight at her, crushing her against a boulder and killing her.
Christo immediately ordered all of the umbrellas taken down. The umbrellas, however, took another life - this time in Japan. Crane operator Masaaki Nakamura was electrocuted when the machine’s arm touched a 65,000-volt high-tension line when removing the umbrellas.
In 1991, artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude put up an environmental installation art of thousands of giant yellow and blue umbrellas in California and Japan.
The giant umbrellas, which measured about 20 foot (6 m) in height, 28 foot (8.7 m) in diameter and weighed about 500 lb, became a huge tourist attraction.
Less than two months after the installation opened, Lori Rae Keevil-Mathews, a 33-year-old woman drove out to see the umbrellas in California. A wind gust uprooted one of the umbrellas and blew it straight at her, crushing her against a boulder and killing her.
Christo immediately ordered all of the umbrellas taken down. The umbrellas, however, took another life - this time in Japan. Crane operator Masaaki Nakamura was electrocuted when the machine’s arm touched a 65,000-volt high-tension line when removing the umbrellas.
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Comment by Damo
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Comment by Wendi
I'd heard about that reporter's suicide before, but I can't remember when, where, or why I'd heard it. I'm glad I wasn't around to be watching t.v. at that time - that's totally twisted!
Comment by Lilla
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the curse of the bright swirling umbrella's... it sounds like something Bryn would be watching, doesn't it... I think there is potential here for a great horror film of possesed yellow and blue stripes... bizarre... and really tragic.
Great post as always,
Lilla~
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Comment by Daressi
English is not my mother tongue , so I don't know more synonyms ...but I hope You understand now...
And he didn't do it with purpose , he did from some overpass , down into dark
Comment by Bryn
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Comment by Mark Schultz
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The guy who kept a revolver on his bedside table... the phone rang early in the morning, waking him up. He answered, but picked up the revolver instead of the receiver, and accidentally shot himself in the head.
The security guiard who worked at a microwave (think big satelliite dishes and actual microWAVES.
He sat on the hill near the plant because it was about 10 degrees warmer (because it was in the path of the waves bouncing off the dishes). One night, no one told him there was a big increase in the amount of waves being transmitted.
They found him the next morning, cooked alive in the chair he took up on to the hill. He'd taken a 6 pack of beer with him, and they'd all exploded from heat on his lap.
Or, the sadistic janitors. They worked at some building, and every night they would take a small rodent to torture in a closet, with acids and shit.
One day they were torturing a hamster by pouring acid onto it in the closet. They stopped hearing movement, so one of them lit a lighter to see if it was still alive.
The fumes from the acid combusted, creatin g an explosion. The only survivor of the blast: the tortured hamster.
Comment by Mark Schultz
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Don't judge me. =P
Comment by dementia
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Getting included in the Darwin Awards is one of my fears. I love the one about the microwave and those sadistic janitors deserved it.
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Comment by Wendi
That's what I call karmic justice! Ha!
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