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Lists of unusual deaths

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These are a series of incomplete lists of unusual deaths, unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources.

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File:Death of Aeschylus in Florentine Picture Chronicle.jpg|alt=|The death of Aeschylus, killed by a tortoise dropped onto his head by an eagle, illustrated in the 15th-century Florentine Picture-Chronicle by Baccio Baldini{{cite journal |title=Meditation in Solitude |first=Ursula |last=Hoff |journal=Journal of the Warburg Institute |volume=1 |year=1937 |pages=292–294 |jstor=749994 |issue=44 |doi=10.2307/749994 |s2cid=192234608 |issn=0959-2024}}

File:Barbarossa smrt.jpg|alt=|Frederick Barbarossa's strange drowning gave rise to legends that he was still alive

File:Flying tailor.png|alt=|Franz Reichelt, known as the "Flying Tailor", prior to his death testing an early wingsuit

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Due to the length of this list, it has been divided into the following sections:

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References

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Further reading

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  • {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1wrJygAACAAJ|title=Strange Inhuman Deaths|isbn=978-0-7509-3864-8|last1=Bellamy|first1=John G|year= 2008|publisher=History Press}}
  • {{cite book|first=Nick|last=Daws|title=Daft Deaths and Famous Last Words|publisher=Lagoon Books|date=2005|isbn=978-1-9047-9715-9}}
  • {{cite book|last=Dreher|first=Dale|title=Death by Misadventure: 210 Dumb Ways to Die|asin=B007JYWNV4|date=2012-03-12}}
  • {{cite book|last=Dunning|first=John|author-link=John Dunning (journalist)|title=Strange Deaths|series=True Crime|date=February 1997|isbn=978-185958498-9}}
  • {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7HTfGRRllAQC|title=Curious Events in History|first=Michael|last=Powell|publisher=Sterling Publishing|year= 2008|isbn=978-1-4027-6307-6}}
  • {{Cite book|title=Strange Deaths: More Than 375 Freakish Fatalities|last1=Sieveking|first1=Paul|last2=Simmons|first2=Ian|last3=Stevenson|first3=Val|location=New York|publisher=Barnes & Noble Books|year=2000|page=14|isbn=978-0-7607-1947-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fijmTMOJrJcC|access-date=4 January 2022|via=Google Books}}
  • {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=py_ZAAAACAAJ|title=The Fortean Times Book of More Strange Deaths|isbn=978-1-902212-02-9|year=1998|last1=Sieveking|first1=Paul|publisher=John Brown }}
  • {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5RpLMwEACAAJ|title=The Fortean Times Book of Strange Deaths|isbn=978-1-907779-97-8|year=2011|last1=Sieveking|first1=Paul|publisher=Russell Blackman }}
  • {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HCExOEknBQ0C|title=Mysterious Deaths and Disappearances|last1=Southwell|first1=David|author1-link=David Southwell|last2=Twist|first2=Sean|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group|year=2007|isbn=978-1-4042-1081-3}}
  • {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JS5mHAAACAAJ|title=Curious and Unusual Deaths|last=Winterbotham|first=Russell R.|author-link=Russell R. Winterbotham|publisher= Haldeman-Julius|location=Girard, KS|year=1929}}

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External links

  • {{cite web|url=http://health.discovery.com/tv-shows/curious-and-unusual-deaths-pictures.htm|archive-date=2013-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130916213200/http://health.discovery.com/tv-shows/curious-and-unusual-deaths-pictures.htm|title=Curious and Unusual Deaths Pictures|website=Discovery Channel|publisher=Discovery Communications|access-date=2024-08-07}}
  • {{cite web|url=https://www.snopes.com/tag/freakish-fatalities/|title=Freakish Fatalities Articles|website=Snopes|access-date=2024-08-07}}

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