If You’re Going to Die, Don’t Do It This Way

If you’re going to go, go out with style!

Love Hurts

Dionicio Vela didn’t trust his 22 year old wife Rosa to behave when he was away from his village in Peru whilst on business trips, so he made a chastity belt out of coarse rawhide and a padlock. Unfortunately the padlock he used was old and rusty, and in 1987 Rosa’s skin became infected with septicaemia which eventually killed her.

Sweet Tooth?

It is a tradition in Australia for newlyweds to smear wedding cake on each other’s faces. However, no one told German born bride Amy, for when new husband Chas pushed a slice into her face at their reception in Brisbane in September 1993, she hit him over the head with a bottle of wine. He died instantly.

Doctor Doctor

Shopkeeper Luigi d’ Alessio, 47, shot his doctor dead in Foggia, Italy, when the doctor said he couldn’t cure his cold.

A Bit Eggs-treme

Walter Juergens was served up eggs at every meal by his new wife Elfriede. He got so fed up with it that he left home. When he decided to return Elfriede immediately fried up some eggs for him. He shot her dead, remarking after his arrest: “I used to like eggs …”

This Really Bugs Me

Air ace Colonel William T. Whisner, 65, who shot down 24 enemy planes over Germany and Korea and won the DSC three times, died in July 1989 after being bitten on the cheek by a gnat in his garden.

He Was Stitched Up

An unnamed man of 56 tricked his way into a house in Alicante, Spain, in May 1991, by claiming to be a sewing machine repairer. Once inside, he grabbed 18,000 pesetas and ran off. As the woman chased him, he tripped, swallowed his false teeth, and chocked to death.

The Flying Snake

Young Ghulam Nabi was mending his scooter in June 1981, on the road from Srinagar, India, to his home 15 miles away. As he crouched there a bird flew overhead with a live Viper in it’s claws, which it dropped. The snake landed on Nabi’s neck and bit him; he died a few minutes later. The bird, retrieved the snake and flew off with it.

An Extreme Cure

Nicholas Lovell was working on a computer at the home of his friend David Duquette in Gloucester, Rhode island. Lovell began to hiccup, at which point Duquette decided that the best way to cure him was to give him a fright. He went to his parent’s room and got a loaded .38 caliber revolver, which he assumed was unloaded. Placing the gun to the back of Lovell’s head, he shouted “Bang!”. The gun was loaded, curing Lovell of his hiccups.