Death
Nikita Made Me Kill!
Not only did he not like modern art, but he caused mental illness!
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 07, 2017 -
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Category: Death, 1950s, Russia, Brain Damage
Orangeine: Death in a Box
Original ad here.
The deadly chemical in question.
"I was first called to see the patient, a young lady, physically sound, who had been taking Orangeine powders for a number of weeks for insomnia. The rest of the family noticed that she was very blue, and for this reason I was called. When I saw the patient shoe complained of a sense of faintness and inability to keep warm. At this time she had taken a box of six Orangeine powders within about eight hours. She was warned of the danger of continuing the indiscriminate use of the remedy, but insisted that many of her friends had used it and claimed that it was harmless. The family promised to see that she did not obtain any more of the remedy. Three days later, however, I was called to the house and found the patient dead. The family said that she had gone to her room the evening before in her usual health. The next morning, the patient not appearing, they investigated and found her dead. The case was reported to the coroner, and the coroner's verdict was "Death was from the effect of an overdose of Orangeine powders administered by her own hand, whether accidentally or otherwise, unknown to the jury.'"
Full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 03, 2017 -
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Category: Death, Advertising, Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, Nineteenth Century
Insane Killer Dynamited in His Fortress
In earlier eras, there were different strategies for ending a siege than what we are accustomed to today.
Source of fotos.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 29, 2017 -
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Category: Crime, Scary Criminals, Death, Destruction, 1930s
Limited edition mayonnaise jar
Duke's mayonnaise is celebrating 100 years in business by selling limited edition glass jars of its mayonnaise — as opposed to those plastic jars all condiments come in nowadays.Duke's has rather passionate followers. It's some kind of Southern thing. Southerners LOVE their mayonnaise, especially mayonnaise and tomato sandwiches. And Duke's is held in high regard as being the premier Southern mayonnaise. I've had it, and I agree it's pretty good. It's not a sweet mayonnaise. In fact, it has no sugar in it at all. It's like Hellmanns, but a bit tangier.
Anyway, some people love the stuff so much that they've arranged for their ashes to be stored in a Duke's jar after their death. So if you order the limited-edition jar, that's one thing to do with it once you've eaten the mayo.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jul 31, 2017 -
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Category: Death, Food, Mayonnaise
Murder by Flypaper
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 19, 2017 -
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Category: Death, Scary Criminals, Children, 1930s
Outboard Motorboat Steeple Chase
The stuff with the girls in the first video is charming. But the insane part is the motorboat steeple chase race.
Apparently, a version of this is still practiced in--where else?--Australia. Although they seem to have eliminated the airborne part of the race.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 09, 2017 -
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Category: Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Death, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, 1950s, Australia, North America
The Funeral of Mike Merlo
Original picture here.
A wax and flower effigy of the deceased featured at his funeral, attended by ten thousand people.
His Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 16, 2017 -
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Category: Death, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, 1920s
Postmortem Hyperthermia
Some weird, morbid trivia: After a person dies, their body will usually start to cool down. Except, not always. Sometimes the body of a recently deceased person will actually rise in temperature. The phenomenon is known as "postmortem hyperthermia."A recent article in the American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology described a case that occurred in the Czech Republic, involving a guy who died of heart disease, while in a hospital:
Source: "Postmortem Increase in Body Core Temperature"
Am J Forensic Med Pathol - 38(1), Mar 2017
Scientists really aren't sure what causes postmortem hyperthermia, but the list of possible causes includes: "pathological processes," violent incidents resulting in hidden cerebral traumatism, brain trauma with cerebral hypoxia, death by asphyxiation, and excited delirium.
More info: popsci.com
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jun 05, 2017 -
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Category: Death
Helpful Dead Wife
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 02, 2017 -
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Category: Crime, Death, Superstition, Marriage, 1900s
Graves will be open Memorial Day
I came across this ad while browsing an old National Lampoon True Facts book, which described it as being from an "unidentified Kansas newspaper":
After a bit of research I tracked the business down. It was Graves Drug Store in Emporia, Kansas. And it's still around.
The Emporia Gazette - May 26, 1977
Posted By: Alex - Mon May 29, 2017 -
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Category: Death, Advertising
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