Death
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
Unlikely Reasons for Murder No. 15
Source: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) 17 Feb 1949, Thu Page 21
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 13, 2023 -
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Category: Death, Food, Scary Criminals, Stupid Criminals, 1940s, Alcohol
Freak auto accident
More info: Motorsport Memorial
Florida Today - May 31, 1976
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jul 09, 2023 -
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Category: Death, 1970s, Cars
The Aerowagon
The Wikipedia page.The Aerowagon or Aeromotowagon (Russian: Аэроваго́н, аэродрези́на, romanized: aerovagon, aerodrezyna) was an experimental high-speed railcar fitted with an aircraft engine and propeller traction invented by Valerian Abakovsky, a Soviet engineer from Latvia. It produced speeds of up to 140 kilometres per hour (87 miles per hour).[1] The Aerowagon was originally intended for the express transportation of important documents, and to carry Soviet officials on government business.[2]
Good article and more pics here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 28, 2023 -
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Category: Death, Inventions, Motor Vehicles, 1910s, Russia
Struck by falling dog
I posted a few days ago about a woman who was struck by a sheep that fell off a bridge. Here's a similar (but fatal) case of a motorcyclist hit by a dog that fell off a bridge.So, while I knew that people being hit by falling humans is a recurring phenomenon, evidently so is people being hit by falling animals.
Rapid City Journal - July 18, 1993
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jun 27, 2023 -
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Category: Accidents, Death, Dogs, 1990s
Snake As Tourniquet
I find only three instances of this useful and innovative technique in all my searching. But surely there must be more...?
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 26, 2023 -
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Category: Death, Hobbies and DIY, Medicine, Reptiles, Snakes, Worms and Other Slithery Things, 1950s, 1990s
True Crime Podcast on Vinyl
Well, not exactly, but close enough. Use embedded player below.History of the case here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 25, 2023 -
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Category: Crime, Death, Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings, United Kingdom, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
The Doomsday Will of Maurice Dekobra
According to Wikipedia, during the 1920s and 30s Maurice Dekobra was probably the best-known French writer in the world. His most famous book was La Madone des Sleepings (The Madonna of the Sleeping Cars), which according to its Amazon blurb is "one of the first and most influential spy novels of the twentieth century."I hadn't heard of it. This is probably because (again according to Wikipedia) by the 21st Century Dekobra had become a "total unknown."
In 1945, while Dekobra was still near the height of his fame, he drew up an unusual will. He left his entire library of 17,000 books as well as his art collection to the town of Papeete in Tahiti. He did this because he figured that big cities such as Paris and London would probably soon be destroyed by nuclear bombs. But Papeete might survive. Therefore, so might his books.
Dekobra ended up living until 1973. I haven't been able to find out if, by that time, he had changed his will, or if Papeete ever got his books.
Los Angeles Times - Oct 3, 1945
Dekobra in 1965 holding some of his books
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jun 15, 2023 -
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Category: Death, Inheritance and Wills, Books
Cremation Bed
Use it as a couch, a bed, or a coffin.Available from dögg design.
via bookofjoe
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jun 09, 2023 -
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Category: Death, Furniture
Unlikely Reasons for Murder No. 14
Source: The Monitor (McAllen, Texas) 02 Nov 1960, Wed Page 1"I was sick and tired of having to ask for every nickel from my wife," was the reason retired film producer James Howlett gave Glendale police for trying to hire a man to murder his 78-year-old wife.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 02, 2023 -
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Category: Death, Stupid Criminals, Husbands, 1960s
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