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An elderly Ukrainian man, his wife and their grand daughter died of carbon monoxide poisoning when an ill-conceived rat extermination plan went wrong. The 71-year-old had planned to gas the vermin in the basement of his home using exhaust fumes from his car. So he attached a hose to...
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A South African soccer fan was beaten to death so that his family could watch a religious television program. Anyone with siblings will know that battles over remote controls are serious business – they can even turn violent. Thankfully the violence usually falls short of the type that was...
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Danish police are urging the Vatican to take action over a Dutch nun suspected to be involved in the death of one of her fellow sisters. The nun in question, one Mother Theresa Brenninkmeijer, is suspected to have covered up the death of an elderly sister who succumbed to...
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When Richard Butler took his girlfriend Bethany Lott on a hike in the North Carolina mountains, he had a surprise in store. He was planning to propose. It was raining heavily on Max Patch Bald, as the couple neared the place where the 30-year-old Butler planned on popping the...
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Well, indirectly the toilet brush embedded in Cindy Corton’s buttock caused her untimely death, but there were other mitigating factors that led to her passing. In 2005, a drunken accident led to the six-inch plastic toilet brush handle becoming lodged in Corton’s buttock. You’d think that a chunk of...
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Share A Chinese man died after an eel ate his bowels – how said eel came to be in the presence of his bowels is where things get more than a little weird. The 59-year-old, who has not been identified, was drinking with what can be presumed to be...
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A 22-year-old murder victim was sent off in style atop his pride and joy, a Repsol Honda motorcycle, that had been given to him by an uncle. David Morales Colón and his $14,000 speed machine were on display at the Marin Funeral Home in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico for...
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Innerzehent, Austria: A 50-year-old Austrian farmer was killed when he was struck on the head by an out of control manure hose. According to The Austrian Times, the man’s 79-year-old father was unaware of his son’s location began to pump manure onto a steep field by way of the...
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The body of an apparent stowaway was found in the wheel well of a Delta Airlines plane after it completed a trip from New York to Tokyo. The man seemed ill-prepared for the lack of oxygen and extreme cold that come with a high-altitude cruise – he was wearing...