Tag: death
Atomic wedgie kills Oklahoma man: underwear’s elastic waistband pulled over man’s head suffocates him to death.
Oklahoma authorities have arrested a 33-year-old man who they say killed his stepfather by giving him an “atomic wedgie” that caused the victim to suffocate on his own underwear. 33-year-old Brad Lee Davis was fighting with 58-year-old Denver St. Clair (the man’s stepfather) at their residence in McLoud, Oklahoma (just east of Oklahoma City) when…
Mind-blowing list of the many famous celebrities who died untimely deaths from drug or alcohol abuse
The following is a partial list of notable celebrities, along with their profession and cause of death, who have died from drug-related causes. Each of these persons met their untimely end from either drug overdose, death from organ-failure due to or exacerbated by drug use, or death from suicide/misadventure under the influence of drugs. Each…
The mysterious case of Elisa Lam – bizarre behavior caught on video prefaces drowning death in hotel rooftop water tank
In February 2013, after hotel residents complained of funny-tasting water and poor water pressure, 21-year-old Elisa Lam, a student from Vancouver, Canada, was found dead inside the Cecil Hotel’s rooftop water tank in Los Angeles. The coroner’s finding was surprising to many – accidental death by drowning – despite the fact that no drugs nor…
Ten seconds of light – mysterious beam of light shines down on body of boxer killed in ring (1913)
On May 24, 1913, up-and-coming boxer Luther McCarty kissed his wife and young son goodbye and headed from his home in Wild Horse Canyon, Nebraska to the boxing ring in Calgary, Alberta where the heavyweight hopeful would face his next opponent, Arthur Pelkey. The match would not proceed beyond the first round and the boxing…
Sad news – Pillsbury Dough Boy died yesterday
Eh, dead MI6 agent found padlocked inside own gym bag probably a self-inflicted accident?
In a classic WTF moment, the ruling on the death of MI6 espionage agent Gareth Williams has been changed. Originally the secret code breaker’s death was ruled a “unnatural and likely criminally meditated act” after his lifeless body was found stuffed inside his own padlocked gym bag. Now British police say that Williams’ death was…
“Island of the Dolls” – site of little girl’s death is adorned with hundreds of creepy, dead-eyed dolls hanging from the trees.
It’s a common theme in horror movies – creepy, dead-eyed dolls dangling from a cord hung from a tree. If the scenario gets your chest a thumping, you may want to visit Mexico’s Isla de las Munecas, or Island of the Dolls, where the entire island looks like it came straight from a horror movie…
Don’t let go – I don’t wanna die!!!
14-year-old boy killed after being impaled on bull horn statue at Texas Tech campus
A 14-year-old boy was tragically killed this weekend after being impaled on a bull statue on the Texas Tech University campus. The young victim, Miguel Martinez, and the family of his best friend Jeremy, went for a walk early Saturday morning outside the National Ranching Heritage Museum (located on the Texas Tech campus) when the…
