Comments on: The Strange Deaths of 20 Interesting People

By: LOVETHISSITE

LOVETHISSITE — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 15:54:31 +0000

These are great, even those with questionable authenticity. Please anyone who injures an extremity, keep a close eye on it. Had a dear friend almost die from a simple cut on his hand that became infected and resulted in blood poisoning. His wife noticed a red line from the cut going up his arm and made him go to the ER. Another 24 hours and he wouldn’t have been around any longer. With all of our exposure to antibacterial soaps and lotions and antibiotics, the germs have become resistant and meaner than ever. Don’t ever think it’s foolish to have an injury checked out, especially if it’s red and tender. Better to be sure and stay alive.

By: em

em — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:39:00 +0000

fran-
if you’re talking about boudicea of the iceni- she was actually irish, and she most likely died in battle against the romans.

and that poisoned umbrella was specially made to inject a pellet riacin (i believe)into the guy. eeech.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:30:00 +0000

Back in 8th grade, I was told that frozen foods inventor Clarence Birdseye died when we got locked into one of his large Freezers. Not sure if that’s true. But, being only 13 at the time, I laughed so hard I was crying.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:50:00 +0000

Andy: I too have seriously bit my tongue. I don’t know how I did it, but the wound was very far back in my mouth. The worst part though was that I must have bit a nerve, because the pain went from my tongue, through my jaw and into my ear. Some of the worst pain I’ve ever had and it lasted for over a day.

By: DW

DW — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:56:00 +0000

I thought Attila the Hun died of an aortic anurism during sex… actually I believe I read it in one of your sources 5 People Who Died During Sex and 100 Other Terribly Tasteless Lists. I could be mistaken but I’m pretty sure it was Attila.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:09:00 +0000

I’m lucky i didnt pull a Pinkerton. I was eating pizza a few weeks back and bit the hell out of my tongue. I bit it so hard that it almost went all the way through and it was bleeding for like 15 minutes. I wondered how i could do such a thing, but then realized that i was heavily under the influece…so that makes sense. But it was pretty much a big open wound on my tongue for a few days. Luckily it happened on a friday, so i was able to kill off any infection with a lot of alcohol the next day. It has since healed almost all the way, but there is still a weird little bump on it…and i’m not sure if it will go away

By: Southern Buddhist

Southern Buddhist — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:39:00 +0000

A strange– and hilarious — death of a probably not-too-interesting person: our small-town Southern paper has a history page with headlines from the same paper a century ago. In 1905 or so, a local died accidentally. He was apparently attempting to beat a squirrel to death with the butt of a LOADED shotgun. After a few good thumps on the ground, the gun (unsurprisingly to anyone but the victim) went off. If you’ve ever wondered what it sounds like when a squirrel laughs, that would have been the moment to find out.

Even dumber, a century later, the EXACT SAME THING happened again, just an hour and a half north of here. Some guy was attempting to beat his estranged wife’s dog, and once again the shotgun went off and killed the guy.

We don’t grow ‘em smart in these parts.

By: CK

CK — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:13:00 +0000

Gosh.. about 10 years ago I stubbed my toe and it got infected. It oozed blood for a few weeks until one day it wouldn’t stop. I finally decided it was time to visit a doctor. I didn’t know you could die from a stubbed toe! If that ever happens again, I’ll be sure to go in a more timely fashion!

By: DYMongoose

DYMongoose — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:23:00 +0000

More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths

By: chris

chris — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:20:00 +0000

man, i thought getting pooped on by a bird was bad, but obviously having an eagle drop a turtle on you is much worse.