30 Strangest Deaths in History

[Monoxide Child]

Wow, are these interesting!

http://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/12/30-strangest-deaths-in-history

Enjoy!

[Whirlpool]

Wow, are these interesting!

http://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/12/30-strangest-deaths-in-history

Enjoy!

Its not enjoying to know what had happened why they died.
Yes the setting are seems funny and awkward , but it is still Death.

All of these people didnt expect they will die because of some situations, or what they are doing which they know are usually harmless.

Its just bad that they die untimely.


And its not enjoying.

:(

[Monoxide Child]

Its not enjoying to know what had happened why they died.
Yes the setting are seems funny and awkward , but it is still Death.

All of these people didnt expect they will die because of some situations, or what they are doing which they know are usually harmless.

Its just bad that they die untimely.


And its not enjoying.

:(

I clearly said "Wow, these are interesting." You can't dispute the fact that these deaths are indeed interesting. I mean, c'mon, these are by no means 'natural' ways of kicking the bucket. Learning about history in particular is indeed interesting. And many people ENJOY learning about historical events--especially when they are very strange. So, actually.. it IS 'enjoying.'

[Whirlpool]

I clearly said "Wow, these are interesting." You can't dispute the fact that these deaths are indeed interesting. I mean, c'mon, these are by no means 'natural' ways of kicking the bucket. Learning about history in particular is indeed interesting. And many people ENJOY learning about historical events--especially when they are very strange. So, actually.. it IS 'enjoying.'

I see your point. Yes learning historical events is part of knowing your past and that adds our knowledge of how it is in the past.

There are wars, killings,holocaust, there are deaths in here too.

I dont think its an amusement and "ENJOY" what happened to them.

You learn things, you begin to ask why and how that happened is natural because you are learning.

These people died in some silly acts.
Yes the silly act is funny, but to know that its the reason why they died , unfortunately , is not silly anymore.

I still dont find it amusing.

[Monoxide Child]

Well... that aside...

Does anyone ELSE think this list is interesting, and enjoy reading it?

[snarkophilus]

I thought the jury demonstration one was the best, until I hit this:

She was dragged for several yards before the chauffeur halted, attracted by her cries in the street. Medical aid was summoned, but it was stated that she had been strangled and killed instantly."

Anyone else see anything wrong with that story? Where was Encyclopedia Brown when they needed him?

[Serenitude]

I guess I'm just missing the gene that makes death "funny".

[Musashi]

Well, if she was killed instantly, who's cries attracted the driver's attention?

I found the link interesting, thanks Monoxide.

[danscope]

Well... that aside...

Does anyone ELSE think this list is interesting, and enjoy reading it?

Hi, I should think the point is that you should acquire some horse sense and caution if you would like to live longer and better than some of the victims
so illustrated there. Life is certainly not without peril, and does not suffer fools
on a regular basis. There was a guy (carpenter or so he thought) who using a
radial arm saw,swung to the left(always a difficult and a nasty situation) wound up cutting off the ends of several fingers. Sooooooo...................
***
Several weeks later he trimed those same fingers again with the same stupid manuver! Took off about 3/8 ths of an inch.
Look, Folks: Get a clamp, get a screw, make a jig, SOMETHING!!! But keep your
clothes and your tools and your body OUT OF THE Darned machinery. And learn!!! Learn every day. Look around. Learn from the other guy's mistakes.
The most important chapter in any book is titled " Don't let THIS happen to You " !!!!! Read and heed.
If you want some more macabre "entertainment" look up the Darwin Awards.
Some of these are down right comical in their fool hardyness and stupidity.
I define stupid as someone with the brains and experience to know better,...... but.......stupes below his learning and does something Foolish anyway (often taking a chance and 'thinking' they can get away with it.
There was a guy who wanted to find out where the rattle or noise was comming from ....under neath his truck. So ......he straps himself under the truck and had someone drive the thing down the road a bit so as to 'observe'
the phenomenom. Yes...he got tangled and wound around the drive shaft.
Terminal.

Think!!!!!!!!! Please !
Best regards, Dan

[Gillianren]

I'm pretty sure that first one's an urban legend, Dan. I know a lot of Darwin Award listees are.

There's a difference between "interesting" and "funny." I'm just glad they didn't repeat the old apocryphal tale of the philosopher (can't remember who) supposedly having a turtle dropped on his head from a great height.

I do, however, have to admit that I kind of find Isadora Duncan's last words funny: "My friends, I go to glory." (Followed, of course, by dramatic tossing over shoulder of long, flowing scarf.)

[Hydro]

From the article:

Death by Baseball

Cleveland Indians shortstop Ray Chapman was the only man ever killed by a baseball pitch.


He was the only man in major league baseball to be killed on the field. Here is a next day article (http://1920yankees.blogspot.com/2006/11/death-of-ray-chapman.html) recreated from the NY Times about this tragic incident.

The fatality is expected to have a depressing effect on the Cleveland and New York players. It is feared that it may impair Mays's effectiveness as a pitcher, although he said if would do him no good to brood over something which seemed unavoidable. The Cleveland players are so badly affected by the loss of one of their star players that their chances of winning this year's pennant have received a severe setback. Manager Speaker has no seasoned played to put in the vacant position, and grief among the players over Chapman's death is sure to affect their playing for some time to come.


Ironically, the Indians soon called up a young shortstop to replace Chapman, and thus began the career of Hall of Famer Joe Sewell, who for 14 years will be the hardest man in baseball to strike out. Cleveland players wore black arm bands, and manager Tris Speaker rallied his dejected men to win the first World Championship in club history.

[Maksutov]

Mine (shortly) will hopefully be funny.

I anticipate being in some kind of situation where I have some famous last words, in this case, mine would be "Hey, who turned out the lights?"

http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/verschiedene/d020.gif

That's a cigar, BTW.

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/2228/grouchody2.gif (http://imageshack.us)

[davidlpf]

mak when you pass on you probably a clause in your will to post messages on the bb's with some emoticon.

[Makgraf]

I see your point. Yes learning historical events is part of knowing your past and that adds our knowledge of how it is in the past.

There are wars, killings,holocaust, there are deaths in here too.

I dont think its an amusement and "ENJOY" what happened to them.

You learn things, you begin to ask why and how that happened is natural because you are learning.

These people died in some silly acts.
Yes the silly act is funny, but to know that its the reason why they died , unfortunately , is not silly anymore.

I still dont find it amusing.
It's true that on one hand no man is an island, the bells tolling for all of us etc etc. And that all those people had family and friends and acquaintences who (one would assume) hurt and grieved and the such.

But on the other hand, it is funny. Humour is inately cruel, I remember reading that the current thesis on its origin in when our apelike ancestors fell down we would laugh as a stress releaver and as a corrective. I think these stories fullfill both those needs. First, (spoiler alert) we're all going to die. This is of concern to certain people. A ridiculous death helps ease that. Second, a lot of these are stupid deaths and in their death they correct us (e.g. if you really got to go to the washroom, go to the washroom!)

That of course doesn't mean everyone is going to find them funny, as evidently you did not.

[Maksutov]

mak when you pass on you probably [have] a clause in your will to post messages on the bb's with some emoticon.Yup. Ashes to ashes, posts to posts.

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/4590/naughtynr7.gif (http://imageshack.us)

[HenrikOlsen]

There's a difference between "interesting" and "funny." I'm just glad they didn't repeat the old apocryphal tale of the philosopher (can't remember who) supposedly having a turtle dropped on his head from a great height.
Aeschylus, discussion of his death here (http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=112).

[Maksutov]

Originally Posted by Gillianren http://www.bautforum.com/images/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://www.bautforum.com/showthread.php?p=946020#post946020)
There's a difference between "interesting" and "funny." I'm just glad they didn't repeat the old apocryphal tale of the philosopher (can't remember who) supposedly having a turtle dropped on his head from a great height.
Aeschylus, discussion of his death here (http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=112).Let's face it.

Humphrey will do anything for G'topia.

[torque of the town]

I confess to being a fan of the "Darwin Awards", so yes I did find the link interesting after all laughing at death is a physiological blue blanket:whistle:



David

With regards to epitaph W C Fields takes some beating.....

[Whirlpool]

Let's face it.

Humphrey will do anything for G'topia.


Humphrey will die for G'topia?

:neutral:

[Maksutov]

Originally Posted by Maksutov http://www.bautforum.com/images/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://www.bautforum.com/showthread.php?p=946196#post946196)
Let's face it.

Humphrey will do anything for G'topia.Humphrey will die for G'topia?

:neutral:Sure.

Let's face it.

It would be the return of Emperor Terrapin II (the evil twin).

[Whirlpool]

Whos is Emperor Terrapin II? :neutral:

Another turtle?

:neutral:

[pumpkinpie]

I guess I'm just missing the gene that makes death "funny".
Nobody here called the deaths funny, only "interesting" and enjoyable to read about.

[farmerjumperdon]

Death, from a certain perspective anyway, must have some level of entertainment value, based on the success of things like the Darwin Awards books.

What do they call that award anyway? The Charlie?

[Doodler]

I actually had the video of the dude who explosively decapitated himself. Seriously amusing.

Some of these were funny, though. Nothing so entertaining as death by creative misadventure.

[Fazor]

Death can be halarious. Okay not for the person it happened to, or moreso to the friends/family left behind. But doesn't mean it can't be funny.

Besides, if I die in some completely rediculous fashion, I'd be happy to become an internet legend because of it. :) Oh, and those that die due to thier own stupidity forfit thier right to any modesty.

Altho after reading through that page I don't know how accurate those are. And i've heard much weirder ones (like that every year in america,there's an average of 26 adults that die from suffocation as a result of swallowing those plastic tabs used to keep bread fresh).

[torque of the town]

Whos is Emperor Terrapin II? :neutral:

Another turtle?
:neutral:




Blasphemy!! there is only ONE TURTLE.......:naughty:


the assassins guild will hear of this;)

[Gillianren]

Aeschylus, discussion of his death here (http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=112).

Thank you kindly.

[publiusr]

This ranks up there with the most dangerous roads.

[danscope]

Death is nature's way of telling you to slow down.
Shakespear

[publius]

This one is pure urban legend, the man who killed himself from his own flatulence. :lol:

http://www.darwinawards.com/legends/legends1998-12.html

You will notice reference there to study by a York, who is apparently the doctor of the subject, doing exhaustive research on human flatulence. There is no difference in production between women and men, so don't believe 'em when they tell you that you are gross.

-Richard

[sirius0]

Below is my favourite; all about Thomas Midgley

Life story (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley)

Apparently he had hundreds of patents. Surely some benefitted humanity?

His death is tragic but poetic in the way the article was written.

[HenrikOlsen]

In 1940, he contracted polio at the age of 51, which left him severely disabled. This led him to devise an elaborate system of strings and pulleys to lift him from bed. This system was the eventual cause of his death when he was accidentally entangled in the ropes of this device and died of strangulation at the age of 55.[6] Midgley died before the effect of CFCs upon the ozone layer became widely known.

The Inventor's gene is not entirely beneficial.

[Maksutov]

Alkan's death (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles-Valentin_Alkan) is, somehow, within the Victorian framework, an appropriate way to check out.

[HenrikOlsen]

How is dying trapped beneath an umbrella stand appropriate?

[Christopher Ferro]

Well, if she was killed instantly, who's cries attracted the driver's attention?

I found the link interesting, thanks Monoxide.

Coming in late on this...

I think it was onlookers' cries, not Isadora Duncan's.

[LurchGS]

Death of an adult is inherently funny. Unfortunately, we go out of our way to stifle the humor

In my book, *pain* isn't funny - and many people confuse the two.

[Damien Evans]

While i wouldn't call this "funny", certainly the most innovative way i have heard of killing someone was the death of Edward II of England, this is how historian Sir thomas moore related his death:

"On the night of 11 October (1327) while lying in on a bed [the king] was suddenly seized and, while a great mattress... weighed him down, a plumber's iron, heated intensely hot, was introduced through a tube into his secret parts so that it burned the inner portions beyond the intestines."


Greusome (sp?), huh?

[danscope]

" And so....the head of Anne Boleyn was placed on a pike, and...
the pike swam away and was never seen again."
From Candice Bergen and Phil Hartman on Saturday Night Live. :)
Dan

[Celestial Mechanic]

[Snip!] "On the night of 11 October (1327) while lying in on a bed [the king] was suddenly seized and, while a great mattress ... weighed him down, a plumber's iron, heated intensely hot, was introduced through a tube into his secret parts so that it burned the inner portions beyond the intestines."

Gruesome, huh?
But it did cure his hemorrhoids! :eek: :sick:

[Gillianren]

Interestingly, one of the later members of the English royal family (as in, later than Edward II--who was gay and let his lovers have a lot of control of royal politics, which historians believe goes a long way to explaining the manner of his death), the Duke of Clarence and brother of Richard III and Edward IV, is said in Shakespeare to have "drowned in a butt of Malmsey." (A kind of wine.) By some accounts, this is a euphemism for "Wow, he was an alcoholic."

[Ilya]

"On the night of 11 October (1327) while lying in on a bed [the king] was suddenly seized and, while a great mattress... weighed him down, a plumber's iron, heated intensely hot, was introduced through a tube into his secret parts so that it burned the inner portions beyond the intestines."
Raises a few questions:

1. Were Edward's guards bribed? This whole thing had to take a noticeable amount of time and make a lot of noise. The guards should have arrived in time to kill the assassins, if not to save the king's life.

2. Why did assassins bother with the tube? Simply jamming the iron into his rear orifice would have been faster and easier, and just as painful -- although messier.

1 and 2 are related: "introducing" a tube (which, by definition, does not have a pointy end) into someone who does not wish to be "introduced" seems like a difficult and noisy work. Again, can't see it happening unless the guards were in on the plot.

[sirius0]

Maybe it was some ancient cure for being anally retentive.:)
Seriously they may have tricked him into thinking it was a treatment in the early stages. The guards may have been warned about the screams and then told "he is resting; please don't disturb".

[Gillianren]

Probably the guards were bribed/in on it. The man was not a popular king. However, the version I always heard did not have the tube and did not take place in bed; he was supposedly in the privy at the time. (And if you've seen the privies in castles, you'll understand how that was possible.)

[Damien Evans]

Raises a few questions:

1. Were Edward's guards bribed? This whole thing had to take a noticeable amount of time and make a lot of noise. The guards should have arrived in time to kill the assassins, if not to save the king's life.

2. Why did assassins bother with the tube? Simply jamming the iron into his rear orifice would have been faster and easier, and just as painful -- although messier.

1 and 2 are related: "introducing" a tube (which, by definition, does not have a pointy end) into someone who does not wish to be "introduced" seems like a difficult and noisy work. Again, can't see it happening unless the guards were in on the plot.

No bribing needed, he really was that despised

[publiusr]

I lament any death.