It’s time for another whimsical Tuesday Turnip Google search wherein I type a random phrase and we see what kind of interesting factoids “turn-up.”

Inspired by the big news this week, today I decided to type in “famous” + “hanged,” directing me to several sites filled with wonderful info on a bunch of folk who were hung, but chose to do it themselves. (Parents of young children N.B. – If this list is any barometer, don’t let your kids grow up to be rock musicians…)

• Ray Combs, host of Family Feud
• David Strickland, Suddenly Susan co-star
• Ian Curtis, of Joy Division
• Michael Hutchence, of INXS (hanging or possibly Autoerotic Asphyxiation)
• Sergei Esenin, Russian poet
• Tom Evans, of Badfinger
• Gerard de Nerval, poet and author
• Peter Ham, of Badfinger
• Jonathan Brandis, an American actor.
• Hans Berger, German inventor of electroencephalography
• Harold Shipman, English doctor, serial killer
• Phil Ochs, political folksinger
• Fred West, serial killer
• Hideto Matsumoto, Japanese rock musician
• Paul Hester, former drummer of Crowded House
• Stuart Adamson, former lead singer and guitarist of Big Country

And my personal fav: Ted Kaczynski, who tried (unsuccesfully) to hang himself with his underwear in prison