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“Crazy Way To Go Out”: 50 Ways People Died That Are Almost Hard To Believe
Interview With Expert
We all know we are going to die one day but the vast majority of us don't know when or how. While data shows the top causes of death worldwide are heart disease and cancer, there are an infinite number of ways we could possibly meet our end.
“She dried up in the desert. Drowned in a hot tub. Danced to death at an east-side night club,” sang Train back in 2012. “She went down in an airplane. Fried getting a suntan. Fell in a cement mixer full of quicksand.” While some of those causes of death sound too odd to be true, it turns out stranger things have happened. Redditor u/Mairon3791 recently racked up 4,000 comments when they asked, “What's an actual cause of death so extremely rare that it's hard to believe it's possible?”
Keep scrolling for some of the most bizarre situations that have led to an unexpected funeral. And if you’re scared of dying (whether it be in a crazy or common way), we invite you to take a look at the discussion we had with a “death expert” on why you shouldn’t worry.
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#1
Patricia Stallings, was wrongfully convicted of murder after the death of her son Ryan on September 7, 1989. Because testing seemed to indicate an elevated level of ethylene glycol in Ryan's blood, authorities suspected antifreeze poisoning and they arrested Stallings the next day. She was convicted in 1991, in jail had another baby, diagnosed with methylmalonic acidemia (MMA), a rare genetic disorder that can mimic antifreeze poisoning. They both died of an illness that mimics antifreeze poisoning.
It’s quite normal to fear death. Many people do. Surveys show the main reasons people are scared dying are fear of leaving loved ones behind and the actual process of death itself.
For some, it’s a mild fear or worry but for others, it’s extreme and there’s a name for it. Thanatophobia. Also known as death anxiety. It’s estimated up to 10% of people have thanatophobia. And psychologists say you’re more likely to develop it if you’ve had a near-death experience, you have PTSD, an anxiety disorder, if you’re terminally ill or have a serious illness.
If you are scared to death of dying, and suspect you might have thanatophobia, Cleveland Clinic suggests the following, “If a fear of death affects your ability to function at school, work or in social situations, seek treatment from a healthcare provider. You may benefit from psychotherapy, which helps you talk through your fear and anxiety.”
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#2
Laughing to death. Fifty-year-old Alex Mitchell could not stop laughing for a continuous 25-minute period—almost the entire length a tv show called “Kung Fu Kapers” and suffered a fatal heart attack as a result of the strain placed on his heart. Alex's widow later sent the Goodies, who were staring in that show, a letter thanking them for making his final moments so pleasant.
Tiny Dancer 5 months ago
Think you're a tough guy, eh? See if you can survive this episode of "The Goodies" that killed Alex! https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6u0reg
Sean O’Connor has made dealing with death his life’s mission. He’s the host and producer of the podcast How To Die. He’s also a death coach, doula, an end-of-life companion and a soul carer. He kindly agreed to chat to us in an exclusive interview.
And while some might consider his work morbid, he doesn’t. He has a wicked sense of humor. Hopefully, what he had to say will help put some of your fears about death to rest.
#3
I remember reading about a famous case of that…a woman named Jennifer Strange died of water intoxication while she was trying to win a Wii. A radio station had a contest called Hold Your Wee for a Wii, where you had to drink as much water as you possibly could without going to the bathroom. She drank nearly two gallons of water and ended up dying. The radio station’s parent company paid over $16M to her family in damages.
The Other Guest 5 months ago
And as if that weren't bad enough, during the contest a caller warned the DJs of how dangerous drinking so much water could be. They basically laughed and said, "Yeah, we know, but they signed waivers so we're OK."
#4
Stingray tail in the heart.
Lord_Teutonic:
Man i miss him steve. he died as he lived; with animals in his heart.
I began by asking O'Connor why death? “Obviously, the money,” he joked. Before continuing, “No seriously, it was more of a calling for me. I felt like I wanted to be as ready as possible should I be needed one day. Plus a long shadow of mortality in my family growing up, and the violent society we live in.”
He said he used to host Death Cafes regularly. One thing led to another. Before he knew it, he was doing courses, and then joining a community of soul carers. But what exactly do soul carers, death doulas, and death coaches do?
“I've just spent an hour reading to someone who is paralyzed from a stroke,” he told me. “With others, we might imagine what happens after we close our eyes for the last time. And prepare for that, emotionally. We might use some visualization. I often have to reassure people that it's ok for them to let go, that they have had a good life and done well and that their children will be ok without them, that their work is done. I hesitate to 'tell' people anything though, except reassert what they have told me.”
#5
Two girls I met in my eating disorder support group died in ways people never believed were true. One died of a heart attack while purging due to the electrolyte imbalances caused by binging and purging, and the other died choking on her own vomit while purging. Bulimia (and eating disorders in general) are really disgusting, f****d up illnesses and not enough people realize that.
Puppy Dancing! 5 months ago
My mom got food poisoning and her heart stopped because she did not drink or eat, she was low in potassium and sodium salts, and dehydrated. Everytime they tried to rehydrate her, her heart would stop. Took days to stabilize her. Eat fruit, potatoes or bananas, or drink orange/tomato juice or Pedialyte if you are throwing up or diarrhea sick.
#6
In 1988 a dog fell from a building in Buenos Aires, Argentina, landed in a woman's head, [unaliving] her and the dog instantaneously, then another lady completely confused watching the event unfolding from the middle of a road, was ran over by a bus; then shortly after that an old man died from a heart attack out of the commotion of seeing both deaths, this happen under a couple of minutes. [Source](https://nicolehenley.medium.com/how-a-dogs-unfortunate-fall-led-to-death-of-3-da6c6b57982).
The Announcer 5 months ago
The angel of death tripped and tried grabbing a few people to keep its balance
#7
Guy’s beard was so long that when he tried to flee a house fire, he tripped over it and broke his neck falling down the stairs. Dude was a mayor too. Hans Steininger, mayor of Braunau in Austria.
Since you’re scrolling through a list of completely rare - and sudden - ways to die, it’s only natural you might want to know whether it’s at all possible to prepare for an unexpected death. I asked. On behalf of a friend…
“Well, yes, you can definitely prepare for a sudden death by always wearing your best knickers in case you have to take an unexpected ambulance ride - it's not as if you were planning to, after all. One day will be your last. Is it today? Tomorrow? None of us know. The Grim Reaper's receptionist isn't calling to let you know you can be squeezed in next Tuesday at 10am. So be prepared!” quipped O’Connor.
“But for those left behind, we can get rid of our old sex toys and bad poetry, our diaries and journals and broken furniture, chuck away all the things we don't need - tidy up, which makes the impact of our death less onerous for others, and the grieving process easier. After all, we won't be here, what do we care - but we can do this for our loved ones.”
#8
Greek philosopher Aeschylus was [unalived] when an eagle dropped a turtle on his head, mistaking his bald pate for a rock.
#9
Drowning in the desert.
Guy got caught in a box canyon during a flash flood. The water was quickly reabsorbed into the dry desert soil and left a drown man in the middle of the desert.
#10
Innocent people have gone to jail for murder because the real explanation for why someone died was so rare and infrequent that courts didn’t believe those explanations as plausible
Two cases off the top of my head: Lindy Chamberlain (a dingo actually did eat her baby) and Kathleen Folbigg (had four children die from a rare genetic mutation).
Beatles264@aol.com 5 months ago
Debbie Loveless and John Miller were accused of killing their 4 year old daughter, April, in some sort of satanic ritual. They said she was attacked by dogs. Authorities tried and convicted them for life based on the medical examiner's report claiming that the deadly wound on the child's thigh was caused by a knife and curling iron ( what? ) because the wound had clean edges. Two years later, during an appeal, the defense finds pictures of the wounds taken in the OR where April was brought, showing a ragged wound and bite marks. The clean edges that the Medical Examiner saw during autopsy were because of the surgery to try to save April's life. The surgeon had excised the edges to clean them up for repair. Such incompetence.
On the topic of ditching things, O’Connor said it’s important to remember we live in a digital era. “Have a place where you store your passwords - your digital death can be very messy otherwise. It gives people access to funds to buy the spirits you'll have served at your wake, if you're Irish,” he said, only half-joking this time.
#11
It doesn't happen often (in fact, I think it's really freaking rare), but there have been grown adults who have been killed by chickens.
With roosters specifically, a lot of them have a big spur on each leg. This is like, a pretty damn big-a*s horn with a sharp tip. And some of those roosters can get pretty aggressive. Like, they might just decide to jump up at you and try to stab you in the face.
I think as recently as last year, there was a guy who got killed by a rooster. It kicked him in the thigh, but it severed his femoral artery and he bled out in a matter of minutes.
#12
The guy who ate a slug on a dare and got rat lungworm disease.
#13
My MIL used to be a surgeon. She told me about a patient they had back in the 90s. He died because of holding in a sneeze. Turns out he had an aneurysm in his brain that popped at that moment.
As you might have noticed, this death expert likes to joke. But as I expected, he admitted his work is not always easy. “When people experience existential dread and are afraid to close their eyes for the last time in case they never open them again... it's hard. As I said earlier - I come with no answers, just a gentle listening presence.”
“I try to remember that we were designed to die. It's natural,” he added. “The over medicalisation of death however has hidden it from us.”
#14
That one guy who died after getting stuck face first in an extremely claustrophobic cave. They could get to him, but couldn’t get him out. Just left his body in the cave and cemented the thing shut. Nutty Putty Cave.
#15
Dying of a broken heart.
The_Town_of_Canada:
Lost my Dad to this.
My Mom died Mother’s Day 2020.
My dad, who never had health issues, was dead within a year. Just completely lost his will to live.
Laura Lawson 5 months ago
There is something called Broken Heart Syndrome & it's a legitimate medical condition. It can mimic heart attacks & other ailments, and you can die from it.
zenharmony 5 months ago
I knew when Carrie Fisher died that her mother, Debbie Reynolds, wouldn't last long without her. I was still shocked when she died the day after her daughter.
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Beak Hookage 5 months ago
Had this happen to a pet. His brother died, and after that he just gave up on life. Wouldn't eat, wouldn't interact with anyone, just sat there staring at the wall. And then one day, despite appearing outwardly healthy, he just lay down and died.
Paul Brown 5 months ago
I believe it. After my uncle died, my aunt just gave up and soon after died
JLo 5 months ago
Same here in reverse: wife died and then her husband of 50 some years (my second cousin) died a couple of weeks later. Their poor son....
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Blue Bunny of Happiness 5 months ago
A family friend was told that his Dad had died suddenly at home. In the couple of hours it took him to get there, his Mum died too, both recorded as natural causes. He fully believes that Mum died of a broken heart. They had a double funeral.
ElfVibratorGlitter 5 months ago
My cousin hung himself. His mother found him and died of a heart attack. :(
BossyHossy1 5 months ago
We called/stopped a code on a 80+ lady and went to tell 90+ husband and he just clutched his chest and died. His last words were "I can't go...." We all assumed he was saying that he couldn't go on without her. It was really sad, but also romantic in a way.
Mystery Kitteh 5 months ago
My aunt passed away from this after my mom died. They were very close. 🤎🤎
Shark Lady 5 months ago
My family have always thought that this would happen to my dad if my mum dies first. Obviously no one has mentioned this to either of my parents, it's more for us younger generations so we are prepared for it.
Kaedyn Walsh 5 months ago
An old landlord I had a few decades ago, I can't recall the details of who went first, but one of them passed and 2 or 3 days later the spouse passed also. Not due to suicide, but because of the Broken Heart Syndrome. They were married for well over 5 decades, and were each others first loves. I can't imagine what their families felt, having to plan a funeral and then suddenly plan the other nearly immediately after signing the paperwork for the first one. :(
two-sided llama 5 months ago
This does not matter at all, but it has been announced that the next sims pack will include death by heartbreak.
Luis Hernandez Dauajare 5 months ago
Swans can die of it. There was a case in a zoo when some a******s kids broke the swan's eggs by throwing bricks.
Caroline Nagel 5 months ago
My mum always said that Romy Schneider (Sisi) died of a broken heart: her 14 yo old son had died the year before her death when he fell on a spiked fence trying to sneak back in the house.
Celtic Pirate Queen 4 months ago
I'll go one better. My husband's parents, whom I never had the pleasure of meeting, had been married for 64 years. His Mom passed away from complications of COPD on April 6th (I forget which year, 2004 maybe?) and his Dad died of "nothing discernable" 11 days later. Can you imagine having to bury your Mom and then go through the whole process with your Dad 2 weeks later? Damn.
Abbas Fahmy 4 months ago
One of my best friends lost his mom (to illness) , his perfectly healthy dad, died 3 days later of a broken heart.
Teresa Spanics 4 months ago
This happened to a neighbor couple of my parents. The husband asked one of his sons to take him to the doctor. The son was at the barber when he was contacted that his father had suddenly pass in his office of a heart attack. A neighbor drove the son home to tell the family what had happened. When the wife found out, she looked like all the life had drained out of her according to the neighbor. The wife was buried six weeks after her husband.
Arlene Harris 5 months ago
I always thought that's why Debbie Reynolds died so soon after losing her daughter, Carrie Fisher
Binky Melnik 5 months ago
I thought it was common knowledge that spouses often die within a year of their partner’s death.
#16
I think people turning to stone/bone is utterly horrifying. Like you get hurt and instead of healing you turn to bone, till eventually you're imprisoned by your own body.
While it’s highly unlikely you’ll meet your maker in any of the ways discussed here, the fact of the matter is that we are all going to die.
And on that note, O’Connor had these parting words: “No-one has been beyond the veil to tell us what happens on the other side. All we can do is approach that moment with love and awe, even curiosity. Maybe even gratitude. For it would be awful, and awfully boring, if we lived forever.”
#17
The show, 1000 Ways To Die, covered a lot of the weirdest ones. The one that I remember being like wtf on was a guy who tied a sausage to his thigh, to make it look like he had huge junk. He cut off circulation throughout the night of dancing and died from cardiac arrest in the club bathroom.
#18
This woman was getting a drink and she had a metal straw in her cup. She slipped and the metal straw punctured her eye and went through her brain. Crazy way to go out.
She who must not be named 5 months ago
I've heard the story about this one. It was a mason jar type glass that had a hole in the lid that the straw went through so it was held in place making it unable to move when she tripped. I threw my lid out after hearing this. I know the chances of it happening are super slim but if there was no lid the straw would have moved to the side of the glass, been less rigid and she may still be alive. Such a tragic accident from something you wouldn't even consider usually 😔
#19
The strangest I've seen in 20 years of medicine here was when someone's aorta got punctured by a sliver of wire from a grill brush they had accidentally ingested and ultimately died. The proximity to the esophagus is not all that far. Still would have been hard to believe until I saw the imaging. I immediately threw mine away and have used plastic bristle ever since. Not long after, someone tried to off themself by sticking a crossbow to their chin. There was an x-ray I wish I still had of the broadhead lodged in the top of her skull. Made a full recovery. Some of the stuff on TV pale's in comparison to what actually goes on out there.
Jay Scales 5 months ago
I saw an episode of 'Monsters inside me' where a guy did the same thing with a metal grill brush wire, and was critically ill, but survived thanks to a solid diagnosis & good surgeon.
#20
The uncle of a high school friend hit a deer with his car. Got out to move the deer off the road. It was stunned but still alive. Kicked him the forehead and instantly killed him before it jumped up and ran into the woods.
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
I have heard deer are as deadly as kangaroos when hit by cars. My mum's cousin and their son were killed when their car hit a roo.
#21
People in my family keep getting struck by lightning. There was a bit on unsolved mysteries about it. Guess someone pissed off Thor or something. I was narrowly missed and my dad was missed. Grandpa was hit and tossed off a ladder and lived.
#22
Fatal Familial Insomnia: you can't sleep, and you don't sleep, until you die, and it runs in the family.
Samsquatch & Monko 5 months ago
This was here yesterday I think. It’s been on here a million times.
#23
Look, I don't know if it's extremely rare but in this day and age it's pretty unheard of because of the access to healthcare the 1st world country has. My friend died of an ear infection last year. For context, we are in Australia, so we dont pay for emergency hospital visits- cost of treatment was not an issue. She went to the hospital 3 times and was turned away twice. The third time the doctors basically told her the infection was so bad they could not treat it. The next day she was in an induced coma and 2 days later she was gone.
T'Mar of Vulcan 5 months ago
Happened to a friend's child in the 1980s. He lived in KZN where it's very rural. Got an ear infection which spread and killed him. He was only 6 years old. We remember you, Melusi.
#24
I heard that a sinkhole formed under some man's bedroom & took him with it. It was so deep that they couldn't find him. Definitely a unique death situation.
#25
Prion diseases. For some random reason a protein gets folded the wrong way and totally f***s you up. It’s not alive, you can’t kill it or fight it with d***s or antibiotics. Your own immune system is helpless against it. It causes more proteins to become misfolded and spreads through your body. Even after you die your corpse is a hazard because the misfolded proteins are *still there, waiting*.
#26
Every year a small handful of people still have polio on their death certificates. Post-polio syndrome can develop decades after a person is first exposed to polio, and it’s occasionally severe enough to kill someone.
Bob Brooce 5 months ago
And there are millions of morons trying to have it make a comeback so it can cripple of kill even more people.
#27
Dancing plague of 1518.
By August, the dancing epidemic had claimed as many as 400 victims.
The Strasbourg dancing plague might sound like the stuff of legend, but it’s well documented in 16th-century historical records. It’s also not the only known incident of its kind. Similar manias took place in Switzerland, Germany and Holland, though few were as large—or deadly—as the one triggered in 1518.
Tiny Dancer 5 months ago
"I got the rockin' pneumonia and the boogie woogie flu!" Sorry, couldn't help myself.
#28
A 60-year-old fisherman trying to snap a photo of a beaver on a roadside in Belarus is dead after the rodent attacked. The beaver bit an artery in the man's leg, which caused him to bleed to death. “The character of the wound was totally shocking.”
#29
Trying to impress your dad by riding in a submersible that never got fully certified to dive to the depth required to get to the titanic.
Raphapablap 5 months ago
From what I understand the 19 year old didn't want to go but was pressured by his dad into doing so which would mean this is wrong.
#30
When I was an emergency call taker we had an accident where the guy carrying his plate back to the kitchen, slipped, fell and cut his own throat with broken plate shard. He bled out before services were able to get there.
Bob Brooce 5 months ago (edited)
I have several metal straws that can (well, duh) be reused over and over. Somebody told me they heard a story about somebody tripping while drinking with one, putting it through their throat or up into their brain, and dying. Edit: saw that story farther down the page a couple of minutes after posting.
#31
Being hit in the sternum at just the right moment to interfere with the heart's beating. It can't be predicted or avoided with any consistency, and leaves no clinical evidence - if it happens and someone with CPR skills isn't around, the person just dies, without a mark on them.
halloweeninstepford:
That happened to a lacrosse player in my high school in 2000. Dropped dead right on the field. It ended up changing and creating laws in New York.
Samsquatch & Monko 5 months ago
Hockey helmets were invented after an ice skate hit someone’s artery. The guy lived
#32
Some rich lady in the early days of automobiles was known for always wearing long scarfs and one day it got caught in her wheels and snaped her neck.
Tiny Dancer 5 months ago
Her name was Isadora Duncan and she was glorious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdHiFMYUzkw
#33
Drowning in an elevator.
A couple in Tel Aviv lived in a building which had an elevator going down to the parking garage. Due to very heavy rainfall, the elevator flooded while they were in it.
#34
Wasn’t there a Japanese boy pretending to be a snake, his parents thought he was possessed and they killed him? It may be on the weird list of deaths on wiki I remember.
Liuniam:
Yeah but he was a grown man not a little boy and his father was deeply religious so he head butted him to death
#35
I had a co-worker whose daughter died during a tonsillectomy. The co-worker hadn't even taken the day off, because a tonsillectomy is so mundane, so when she got the phone call.....rough stuff.
#36
I read once of a world class mountain climber who fell down his stairs at home and died.
#37
I used to work with a man who had an elderly relative come to the hospital with symptoms suggesting a stroke, and he died later that evening. I don't remember all the details, but everyone thought the family might be sitting on a big fat lawsuit, until the labs all came back. The relative had a type of leukemia that is diagnosed about 10 times a year in the U.S., and they've never come up with a chemotherapy protocol for it because nobody has ever lived long enough for them to do so.
#38
The 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia, the Suda, chronicles a folkloric story of lawgiver Draco's death in the Aeginetan theatre: in a traditional ancient Greek show of approval, his supporters "threw so many hats and shirts and cloaks on his head that he suffocated, and was buried in that same theatre".
#39
If you jump into a fresh water lake without holding your nose, and if water gets up your nose, that’s how some people have (rarely) gotten a brain-eating amoeba that will kill you within 2 weeks. Naegleria fowleri is “typically found in bodies of warm freshwater, such as ponds, lakes, rivers, hot springs, warm water discharge from industrial or power plants, geothermal well water, poorly maintained or minimally chlorinated (under 0.5 mg/m^3 residual) swimming pools, water heaters, soil, and pipes connected to tap water” and “can be pathogenic, causing an extremely rare, sudden, severe and usually fatal brain infection called naegleriasis or primary amoebic meningoencephalitis” which has a 98.5% fatality rate within 1 to 2 weeks after getting infected water up your nose.
#40
Driving down a quiet country road when a giant hay bale dislodges from the hill you’re driving past, crashes into your car just at the wrong moment as you’re passing and kills you.
Vale Mike Edwards.
#41
Molar sepsis… a man died where I live from an infected molar… kinda crazy right? It's not super rare I know but I had never heard of someone passing away from that personally….
#42
Food-dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis. For some people, eating a certain food and then exercising just after eating that food can send them into anaphylactic shock. I had a friend who nearly died from eating celery before a run. The only reason he lived is that two weeks before that, he learned his next-door neighbors were EMTs after they responded to the scene of him crashing his road bike (pedal, not motor) going 45mph down a hill and hitting gravel.
#43
Shallow water blackout is crazy given how often people swim underwater in pools - you’re just holding your breath swimming under the water and you are over-oxygenated so you don’t get the brain signal that you need to breathe. Feels like you could keep swimming for ages. Then you pass out and drown. I don’t think I’ve ever been with a group of guys in a pool who haven’t seen who can swim the furthest without coming up for air. But I know someone who died of it.
Binky Melnik 5 months ago
I cannot for the life of me work this one out, but I suspect I’m not the problem here. How is one “over-oxygenated” in this scenario? And if you’re in fact “over-oxygenated,” why would you need to breathe? Can someone who knows what this guy’s talking about explain like I’m twelve, please? Thanks! 💋
#44
Internal decapitation.Head still attached but spinal cord severed below brain stem.
#45
Decapitation by an elevator.
orphan_blud:
Every time I enter or exit an elevator I imagine it falling and cutting me in half.
#46
I once read about a guy who got impaled by dry spaghetti in a kitchen explosion.
#47
In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the tip of a skyscraper broken down and fell to a car on the road. It smashed the car so deep in the ground, that they were never able to recover the car and the driver who died there. It's been 10 years and he is buried underground in his car.
#48
SCA (sudden cardiac arrest) my best friend was literally laughing across the kitchen table from me and the next few seconds she dropped dead her heart stopped due to SCA .. I did manage to keep her body flowing with blood and oxygen with strenuous cpr they said she literally was a miracle and I was a angel personally it's something that makes me both fear time and value it considerably. But they said she was deceased before she hit the floor.
#49
That one person who accidentally swallowed molten metal because of a fire, his doctor didnt believe him so he died and when doing the autopsy it was revealed that he did swallow some. That autopsy report sounded so fake that some doctors thought that he had lied in the report.
Steve Hall 5 months ago
I'm pretty sure that if anyone were to swallow molten metal, they would not be able to tell anyone what happened.
#50
Sachi Hidaka and his wife Tomio died from heart attacks during their first attempt to make love. The chance of suffering from a heart attack during sex is incredibly rare. But in the case of Schi Hidaka and his wife, Tomio. The Japanese couple were married for fourteen years but were too shy to have sex. Later one night they both got drunk while having plum wine and they decided to finally make love.
What do you think ?
Tiny Dancer 5 months ago
As some know, I lost my hubby last year. He choked on a bite of pizza. Not "crazy" and certainly not a rare way to go, but it only happened because he fought (and won! 5 years cancer-free when he passed) Stage 4 throat cancer with chemo and 33 shots of radiation in his neck. He had to have a trach for a while so he could breathe. Over 10 years, his throat went through a lot. For weeks, I'd had to give him a little thump on the back now and then when he was eating to get something that was stuck moving. His poor ragged throat just couldn't take much food. So, one fateful evening when we weren't sitting next to each other, a stupid bite of pizza took him out. He was only 60. Crazy, huh?
Jan Castle 5 months ago
I'm truly sorry, we can see this kind of stories with a morbid humour and make jokes about "weird" ways to die, but if we see the details behind as you share with us, i think it make us see we are so fragile. And at the same time, despite all the bitter and all the bad...we are a constant miracle happening every second, i'm really sorry for your loss and i hope you can find strong and relieve in the good memories and the nice thing of the present.
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nana theater 5 months ago (edited)
This "unalive"-nonsense is so incredibly stupid. Those people have been killed. Killed. Killed.Killed. Dead People. Dead.
BoredHouseKitty 5 months ago
Yeah, pretty ironic when the stories are more gruesome than certain words they censor
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Refeeding syndrome happens when a person starts eating after a period of malnutrition. You often see it in people that have been in active addiction and then get clean and sober because they haven't eaten a substantial meal sometimes in years. The same for people with eating disorders. Malnourished people should have a gradual increase in calorie intake because if food is reintroduced too quickly it can cause shifts in electrolytes and in some cases it can be fatal.
Awkward lady 5 months ago
This happened to concentration camp victims, who were fed a normal diet after liberation and unfortunately their bodies couldn't cope with that.
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CD King 5 months ago
Man man who was out of town for a few days came home to find out his mom had died. He was very upset and drank some moonshine he had brewed. He died the same way his mom did by drinking dodgy moonshine.
Justin Tyme 5 months ago
Bored Panda Staff: "Let's repost this list every month. It's easier than finding new content.
Mark Fuller 5 months ago
So we literally have a post about death and dying... but cannot use the word killed. FFS Bored Panda - sort it out!!
T'Mar of Vulcan 5 months ago
The British magazine Fortean Times always has fascinating lists of strange deaths.
Luis Hernandez Dauajare 5 months ago
Best historical case I know: Robert Liston, a British surgeon of the XIX century, holds the record from the only surgery with a 300% mortality rate: he was amputating someone's leg (this was before anesthesia) and did it so fast that he accidentally cut off two of his assistant's fingers. The patient and the assistant died of infection, and one elderly gentleman, who was splashed with blood, thought he had been wounded and died of a heart attack.
Lara Verne 5 months ago (edited)
My grand-uncle was beheaded. He was driving his car uphill, and the truck in front of his car was carrying some metal sheets. It wasn't secured properly. One metal sheet fell off the truck on grand-uncle's car and sharp edge went through his car and cut off his head.
BossyHossy1 5 months ago
Here is a cautionary tale for those planning a destination wedding/honeymoon. A mid-20's couple married in a small island nation at an exclusive resort with private beaches. Apparently, they engaged in a lot of nude swimming and in the water sex. They come home and the wife sees her ob-gyn for itching and burning. By the time we got her everything down there looked like hamburger and she passed away a short time later. Small island nations, and many other countries, dump raw sewage into the ocean and other bodies of water. This leads to an abundance of flesh eating bacteria near their beaches.
Andy Frobig 5 months ago (edited)
I knew a guy who was said to have died three ways. He was riding a moped on a highway around 3 AM, and was on an overpass over another highway. He was almost certainly high AF, because he usually was. A truck going in the opposite direction made a left turn in front of him and cut him off. He rode into the side of the truck and bounced off, fell off of the overpass, and was run over by another truck on the lower roadway. RIP Howie Corman
Looz-ashae 5 months ago (edited)
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Tobias Reaper 5 months ago
a doctor during Victorian times was doing an amputation on a patients leg he cut so fast through the leg he accidently severed 3 of his own fingers. He died from blood loss the patient died as a result and nurse who was watching had a heart attack and died. Its the only surgical procedure with a 300% mortality rate
Douglas Tucker 5 months ago
To add a twist to the comments, just recently, many of our current pool of America voters quickly and seriously applied "God's Will" to a close call of someone who touched their hearts and they feel they have an intense connection with. Had this been a horrific death and not an injury, I wonder if that particular group of voters would use that term of "God's Will" or would it be the opposing group of voters saying it. After reading of these incidents, we might guess any of these odd incidents of death are just bad luck, destiny, stupidity, or being in the wrong place at the wrong time with the familiar, "Why him/her?" added by friends and family members. Bottomline enjoy the time you have and continue to be a wonderful human because "stuff" really does happens.
Caroline Nagel 5 months ago
On Wkipedia you can find an extensive list of unusual deaths: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths
Libstak 5 months ago (edited)
There was a lady who had breast implants that had some sort of gas in them, not approved. The implants blew up like a balloon while she was in a plane at 10,000 feet or sometching close to that due to change in air pressure and exploded destroying her heart and lungs.
Freya the Wanderer 5 months ago
This is an urban legend that has been around for over 70 years
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SkippityBoppityBoo 5 months ago
I deleted said comment because it mentioned death. But yes, I've faced the very real possibility of dying. Been through a lot... So now? I do joke about it because it's how I deal with things.... I apologise if I've offended anyone.
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Piwakawaka 5 months ago
Maybe a bit insensitive but, "Set fire to your hair, poke a stick at a grizzly bear, eat medicine that's out of date, use your private parts as pirahna bait ..."
Tiny Dancer 5 months ago
As some know, I lost my hubby last year. He choked on a bite of pizza. Not "crazy" and certainly not a rare way to go, but it only happened because he fought (and won! 5 years cancer-free when he passed) Stage 4 throat cancer with chemo and 33 shots of radiation in his neck. He had to have a trach for a while so he could breathe. Over 10 years, his throat went through a lot. For weeks, I'd had to give him a little thump on the back now and then when he was eating to get something that was stuck moving. His poor ragged throat just couldn't take much food. So, one fateful evening when we weren't sitting next to each other, a stupid bite of pizza took him out. He was only 60. Crazy, huh?
Jan Castle 5 months ago
I'm truly sorry, we can see this kind of stories with a morbid humour and make jokes about "weird" ways to die, but if we see the details behind as you share with us, i think it make us see we are so fragile. And at the same time, despite all the bitter and all the bad...we are a constant miracle happening every second, i'm really sorry for your loss and i hope you can find strong and relieve in the good memories and the nice thing of the present.
Load More Replies... nana theater 5 months ago (edited)
This "unalive"-nonsense is so incredibly stupid. Those people have been killed. Killed. Killed.Killed. Dead People. Dead.
BoredHouseKitty 5 months ago
Yeah, pretty ironic when the stories are more gruesome than certain words they censor
Load More Replies... Emma S 5 months ago (edited)
Refeeding syndrome happens when a person starts eating after a period of malnutrition. You often see it in people that have been in active addiction and then get clean and sober because they haven't eaten a substantial meal sometimes in years. The same for people with eating disorders. Malnourished people should have a gradual increase in calorie intake because if food is reintroduced too quickly it can cause shifts in electrolytes and in some cases it can be fatal.
Awkward lady 5 months ago
This happened to concentration camp victims, who were fed a normal diet after liberation and unfortunately their bodies couldn't cope with that.
Load More Replies... CD King 5 months ago
Man man who was out of town for a few days came home to find out his mom had died. He was very upset and drank some moonshine he had brewed. He died the same way his mom did by drinking dodgy moonshine.
Justin Tyme 5 months ago
Bored Panda Staff: "Let's repost this list every month. It's easier than finding new content.
Mark Fuller 5 months ago
So we literally have a post about death and dying... but cannot use the word killed. FFS Bored Panda - sort it out!!
T'Mar of Vulcan 5 months ago
The British magazine Fortean Times always has fascinating lists of strange deaths.
Luis Hernandez Dauajare 5 months ago
Best historical case I know: Robert Liston, a British surgeon of the XIX century, holds the record from the only surgery with a 300% mortality rate: he was amputating someone's leg (this was before anesthesia) and did it so fast that he accidentally cut off two of his assistant's fingers. The patient and the assistant died of infection, and one elderly gentleman, who was splashed with blood, thought he had been wounded and died of a heart attack.
Lara Verne 5 months ago (edited)
My grand-uncle was beheaded. He was driving his car uphill, and the truck in front of his car was carrying some metal sheets. It wasn't secured properly. One metal sheet fell off the truck on grand-uncle's car and sharp edge went through his car and cut off his head.
BossyHossy1 5 months ago
Here is a cautionary tale for those planning a destination wedding/honeymoon. A mid-20's couple married in a small island nation at an exclusive resort with private beaches. Apparently, they engaged in a lot of nude swimming and in the water sex. They come home and the wife sees her ob-gyn for itching and burning. By the time we got her everything down there looked like hamburger and she passed away a short time later. Small island nations, and many other countries, dump raw sewage into the ocean and other bodies of water. This leads to an abundance of flesh eating bacteria near their beaches.
Andy Frobig 5 months ago (edited)
I knew a guy who was said to have died three ways. He was riding a moped on a highway around 3 AM, and was on an overpass over another highway. He was almost certainly high AF, because he usually was. A truck going in the opposite direction made a left turn in front of him and cut him off. He rode into the side of the truck and bounced off, fell off of the overpass, and was run over by another truck on the lower roadway. RIP Howie Corman
Looz-ashae 5 months ago (edited)
You know what, Bored Panda, [HAVE A PENIS INSERTED IN] your policies
Tobias Reaper 5 months ago
a doctor during Victorian times was doing an amputation on a patients leg he cut so fast through the leg he accidently severed 3 of his own fingers. He died from blood loss the patient died as a result and nurse who was watching had a heart attack and died. Its the only surgical procedure with a 300% mortality rate
Douglas Tucker 5 months ago
To add a twist to the comments, just recently, many of our current pool of America voters quickly and seriously applied "God's Will" to a close call of someone who touched their hearts and they feel they have an intense connection with. Had this been a horrific death and not an injury, I wonder if that particular group of voters would use that term of "God's Will" or would it be the opposing group of voters saying it. After reading of these incidents, we might guess any of these odd incidents of death are just bad luck, destiny, stupidity, or being in the wrong place at the wrong time with the familiar, "Why him/her?" added by friends and family members. Bottomline enjoy the time you have and continue to be a wonderful human because "stuff" really does happens.
Caroline Nagel 5 months ago
On Wkipedia you can find an extensive list of unusual deaths: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths
Libstak 5 months ago (edited)
There was a lady who had breast implants that had some sort of gas in them, not approved. The implants blew up like a balloon while she was in a plane at 10,000 feet or sometching close to that due to change in air pressure and exploded destroying her heart and lungs.
Freya the Wanderer 5 months ago
This is an urban legend that has been around for over 70 years
Load More Replies... SkippityBoppityBoo 5 months ago
I deleted said comment because it mentioned death. But yes, I've faced the very real possibility of dying. Been through a lot... So now? I do joke about it because it's how I deal with things.... I apologise if I've offended anyone.
Load More Replies... Piwakawaka 5 months ago
Maybe a bit insensitive but, "Set fire to your hair, poke a stick at a grizzly bear, eat medicine that's out of date, use your private parts as pirahna bait ..."
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