25 Incredibly Weird Ways People Have Died

In 2013, 58-year-old Denver died after receiving an atomic wedgie from his stepson during a fight. The cause of death was asphyxiation because his underwear had been pulled up and over his head.

A Toronto lawyer, Garry fell to his death when he threw himself against a window on the 24th floor of a downtown skyscraper. Ironically, he was trying to demonstrate to visitors that the glass was “unbreakable.”

In 2013, João was fatally crushed by a cow that fell through the roof of his home in Caratinga, Brazil. The cow had apparently climbed onto the roof from a nearby hillside.

The son of Bruce Lee, Brandon died in 1993 while filming “The Crow.” He was shot by fellow actor Michael Massee with an improperly loaded prop gun.

A professor of chemistry at Dartmouth College, Karen died in 1999 of dimethylmercury poisoning 10 months after she got a few drops of the substance on one of her gloves. Her death lead to a massive overhaul of safety regulations.

David died in 1982 while shooting at cacti with his gun near Lake Pleasant, Arizona. Apparently, after firing several shots at a rather large cactus, its arm fell and crushed him.

Jeremy died in 1994 while golfing. Frustrated, he struck a bench with his golf club after which the shaft broke, bounced back, and pierced his heart.

Crown Prince Philip of France died in 1131 while riding his horse through Paris. Bystanders described a black pig darting out from beneath a dung heap which caused Philip’s horse to trip.

Although his death wouldn’t necessarily be weird today, at the time it was. In 1979, Robert became the first person to be killed by a robot. He was working at a Ford Motor Co. plant when the arm of a manufacturing robot struck him in the head.

In 2013, Takuya, of Japan, began to slither on the floor claiming that he was a snake. In an even more bizarre twist of events, Takuya died due to bite wounds inflicted by his father. Apparently, Takuya’s dad had repeatedly bitten him in an attempt to “drive out” the snake that was possessing him.

A 24-year-old from Kent, Washington, Philip died when a lava lamp that he was heating on his stove exploded and a shard pierced his heart.

The Austrian-American mathematician died of starvation when his wife was hospitalized. Apparently, he was really paranoid and refused to eat food prepared by anyone else.

There are a million different ways to stop snoring. Here is one NOT to try. Mark decided to try going to bed with tampons up his nose. While it might have stopped his snoring, it also stopped his breathing. He suffocated in his sleep.

In 2010, Jim Heselden, the owner of Segway Inc died when he drove one of his own products off of a cliff.

In 1919, a large molasses storage tank burst in the North End neighborhood of Boston. This resulted in a huge wave of molasses rushing through the streets. It killed 21 people and injured a further 150.

This 48-year-old health food advocate from Croydon, England died of liver damage when he consumed 10 gallons of carrot juice over a course of 10 days (too much Vitamin A). Even healthy things should be taken in moderation.

In 2011, Fagilyu suffered a heart attack, was wrongly pronounced dead, and woke up at her own funeral in Kazan, Russia. When she opened the coffin and saw what was happening, she suffered another heart attack and died.

In 1871, Ohio lawyer Clement Vallandigham was defending a client on a charge of murder. While showing the court how the victim might have accidentally shot themselves, Clement really did accidentally shoot himself. He died, but he won the case.

In 1567, Hans Steininger, the mayor of Braunau, Austria died when he tripped over his own beard. It was allegedly 1.4 meters long at the time (4.5 feet) and he normally kept it rolled up.

A resident of New South Wales, Geoffrey pretended to be blind in order to receive pity. Things backfired, however, when Geoffrey fell into a ditch and died. Apparently, he failed to see the hazard.

In 1927, the famous dancer died when her unnecessarily long scarf got wrapped around the wheel of the car in which she was a passenger. The force of the event broke her neck.

In 1601, Danish nobleman Tycho Brahe died after attending a banquet in Prague. Apparently, he didn’t want to relieve himself because he thought it would be rude. Instead, he held it in and paid the ultimate price several weeks later. (He developed some kind of bladder or kidney disorder.)

In 2012, Edward Archbold of West Palm Beach, Florida died after winning a cockroach eating contest. The official cause of death was accidental choking due to “arthropod body parts.”

The British actor died of a heart attack while shooting a live television play in which he was supposed to get a heart attack.

On February 12, 1771, the King of Sweden, Adolf Frederick, was really hungry. He allegedly ate a meal consisting of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, smoked herring, champagne, and 14 servings of his favorite dessert, hetvägg. Shortly thereafter he died of digestion problems. Today, he is remembered by Swedish schoolchildren as the “king who ate himself to death.”