death

  • Retired Gorkha takes on 40 armed robbers

    A train robbery in West Bengal went horribly awry for a gang of 40 bandits armed knives, swords and pistols – when they encountered the sharp end of a retired Gorkha’s khukuri. The robbers stopped the train and were busy relieving passengers of their valuables when they came across...
  • Man killed by well-trained cock

    An Indian man is believed to have been killed by a reluctant fighting cock. According to witnesses Singrai Soren was killed by his cockfighting rooster after it emerged victorious from the ring. In the brutal sport of cockfighting, attach razor blades to the legs of their birds – and...
  • Chinese computer maniac dead, tombstone kinda funny

    A previously unknown Chinese computer maniac -I hate the word NERD, possibly for being one myself- Hu Chuang has died, so his family decided to honor his memory (pun), by having a granite computer made and by using it as a tombstone. I think I speak for everyone here...
  • Rapper accidentally confesses to murder

    Rapper G-DEP, also known as Trevell Coleman, is facing the prospect of a lengthy custodial sentence after he went to a police station and accidentally confessed to a 17-year-old murder. The rapper turned himself in to police over the shooting of one John Henkel on October 19 of 1993....
  • Man wants mother out of his grave

    A Dutchman has reportedly said that he wants his mother out of his grave if he dies before 2015. The man, aged in his 50’s is reported to have purchased burial plots for himself and his father. When his mother died, she was laid to rest by her late...
  • Kitesurfer dies after falling seven stories from building

    A 24-year-old kitesurfer died on a wet and windy day after being blown onto hard land. The young man, who has not been named was “overwhelmed by the force of the wind while he was kitesurfing at sea” on a beach in Saint-Jean-de-Luz on France’s southwest Atlantic coast. In...
  • Death by caffeine

    Unfortunately for 23-year-old Michael Lee Bedford, washing down 32 times the recommended dose of powdered caffeine with an energy drink at a party was the last decision he would ever make. The Nottingham Coroner’s Court heard that 15 minutes after he took the two teaspoons of caffeine, Bedford was...
  • Russian elite dying for a new cemetary

    Latest reports out of Moscow this week reveal that a new cemetery for the elite will be open by 2012. According to the report, Russia’s high mortality rate is causing concern that the city’s famous and wealthy residents may not have a final resting place. With a drop in population by some 6.8 million people...
  • Boy, 8, sees donated pet eaten alive by zoo’s alligator

    It must have been a tough decision for young Colton Guthrie to donate his pet turtle Gulfarium in Fort Walton Beach, Florida – sadly, Tomalina had grown to large for her aquarium. Unfortunately, the 8-year-old boy was going to learn a cruel lesson about nature. Tomalina was released into...