Death
Man insists he’s in perfect health, then drops dead
Nov 1939: John H. Mills, 70, appeared before the city board of education to plead for his old job back. Insisted he was in perfect health. Then dropped dead.Sounds like a heart attack, probably triggered by the stress of the situation.
Roanoke World News - Nov 14, 1939
Los Angeles Daily News - Nov 16, 1939
Posted By: Alex - Sun Oct 08, 2023 -
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Category: Death, 1930s
The Hobo Jungle Murder
You might or might not be surprised at the number of hits one gets when searching for "hobo murder." I guess that milieu was a really violent one. In any case, I highlight this instance for the great hobo names. I assume "Knubbs" meant "nubs," referring to the dead man's lack of hands.What would your own hobo name be, by the way?
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 26, 2023 -
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Category: Bums, Hobos, Tramps, Beggars, Panhandlers and Other Streetpeople, Death, Odd Names, Police and Other Law Enforcement, 1940s
Dirt Danger Days
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 18, 2023 -
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Category: Death, Hygiene, Advertising, Children, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #575
Who knew a simple cough could prove fatal?
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 16, 2023 -
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Category: Death, Advertising, 1960s, Diseases
Death by parmesan
Giacomo Chiapparini recently died when a shelf broke in a warehouse, causing thousands of wheels of "a Parmesan-style cheese" to fall down on top of him. The collapse reportedly sounded "like thunder." It took 12 hours to find his body.More info: BBC News
Posted By: Alex - Sun Sep 03, 2023 -
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Category: Death
Red Hill Jr.‘s Niagara Falls Plunge
Once a common trope, the voluntary plunge over Niagara Falls seems to be extinct. This list at Wikipedia records the last such try as occurring in 2017. Would authorities even allow such an attempt these days?Wikipedia entry for Hill Senior and Junior.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 29, 2023 -
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Category: Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Death, Lakes, Ponds, Rivers, Streams, Swamps and Other Bodies of Fresh Water, North America, Twentieth Century
Liquid Cremation
Aquagreen Dispositions LLC is one of the few companies that offers body disposal by alkaline hydrolysis. This involves using a highly alkaline solution to break down a corpse into its chemical components. The company argues it's an eco-friendly alternative to cremation. It refers to it as flameless or liquid cremation.On its website, the company states that after the process is complete the remains "are returned to the family in the same manner as with flame cremation, however, the cremated remains are lighter in color because it is clean and without carbon discoloration."
What it doesn't mention is that this is only the skeletal remains, which have been ground up into a powder. The rest of the chemical soup gets flushed into the sewer system — and this is why the process remains controversial. From wikipedia:
More info: cbc.ca
Posted By: Alex - Sat Aug 19, 2023 -
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Category: Death
Unlikely Reasons for Murder No. 16
Source: The Evening Sun (Baltimore, Maryland) 01 Jan 1963, Tue Page 4
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 12, 2023 -
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Category: Death, 1960s, Cars
Waiting for her husband
Another entry in our ongoing exploration of people killed unexpectedly by falling objects.
Victoria Times Colonist - Jan 21, 1976
Posted By: Alex - Tue Aug 01, 2023 -
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Category: Death, 1970s
Flying Manhole Cover
Continuing our recent theme of random airborne objects that kill or injure people:
Arizona Daily Star - Feb 13, 2016
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jul 14, 2023 -
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Category: Death, 2010s
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