death

Most of us brush our hair every day and night without consequence. For 13-year old Megan Stewart brushing her hair could kill her. Doctors have diagnosed the teen with a rare condition called “Hair Brushing Syndrome.” It is so rare Stewart’s doctors have actually only heard of one other...

This makes me sick. My stomach is literally in knots right now. A Japanese man’s child – 2 years and 10 months old – has starved to death. Autopsy found pieces of paper, cat liter, diaper and plastic in his mouth leading officials to believe he had gone into...

You can’t make a fortune without making a few enemies. A New Culture News survey that was reported in China Daily found that 53 Chinese billionaires have died of unnatural causes since 2003. Of the 53 fabulously wealthy and extremely unlucky individuals, 15 were murdered, 17 committed suicide, seven...

A word to the wise… if you don’t want your loved one dug up from their grave better make sure the hospital put the right dentures back in their head. That’s the mistake that is causing the exhumation of a 76-year old Tennessee man. Kenneth Ray Manis, who died...

Drug shortages are making it increasingly difficult for the U.S. to execute inmates via lethal injection. When the sole U.S. manufacturer of sodium thiopental halted production of a vital part of the lethal three-drug cocktail. They later announced that they were no longer going to produce the drug –...

A couple of years ago 25-year-old Tomohiro Kato drove a rented truck into Japan’s electronics Mecca, Akihabara – having previously posted messages on a website that he was planning to do some killing. He picked a Sunday for his knife rampage because he knew that on Sunday the streets...

Radio contests come in all shapes and sizes but one at Radio Galaxy in Germany has memorable memorial written all over it. More than 600 people have entered a contest to win money to cover their funeral by writing their own epitaph for their gravestone. The lucky winner will...

A New Orleans man who was accidentally shot in the mouth survived when the bullet ricocheted off one of his gold teeth. The accidental shooting occurred following a weed-related dispute between the victim and his brother. The victim was smoking his brother’s weed, so the brother, one Waltdell Davis,...

A Chinese gamer is reported to have died after embarking on a a three-day gaming marathon at an Internet cafe, during which time he went without sleep, and consumed very little food or water. Details are scant but it appears that the man, who has not been identified) was...