10 Unfortunate People Who Met Unusual (and Unexpected) Deaths
2023-02-28
- Phocion the Good - Phocion was an Athenian statesman and general who was known for his integrity and simplicity. He was known as “The Good” due to his refusal to accept bribes and his dedication to serving the people of Athens. Despite his good character, Phocion died in an unusual way. He was sentenced to drink hemlock for his alleged treason and died a slow and painful death.
- John R. Brinkley - John R. Brinkley was an American doctor who became famous for his unusual medical treatments. He claimed to be able to cure infertility in women by transplanting goat testicles into their bodies. Unfortunately, he died in 1942 after drinking a cup of coffee that had been poisoned by his business partner.
- Vladimir Komarov - Vladimir Komarov was a Soviet cosmonaut who made the ill-fated first mission to the Soyuz 1 spacecraft in 1967. During the mission, several technical failures caused the spacecraft to crash and Komarov was killed on impact.
- William Huskisson - William Huskisson was a British politician who was the first person to be killed by a railway train. He was hit by an oncoming train during the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830.
- Alexander Litvinenko - Alexander Litvinenko was a former Russian spy who died from radiation poisoning in 2006. He had ingested a lethal dose of polonium-210, a rare radioactive element, which was believed to have been administered by the Russian secret service.
- Henry Hudson - Henry Hudson was an English explorer who was searching for a route to the East Indies in 1611. He and his crew were stranded in the icy Arctic waters and were forced to resort to cannibalism. Hudson was eventually abandoned by his crew and died alone in the icy waters.
- Christopher McCandless - Christopher McCandless was an American hiker who was found dead in Alaska in 1992. He had ventured into the wilderness without proper supplies, and died from starvation after becoming stranded in the harsh environment.
- William Bullock - William Bullock was an American inventor who invented the rotary printing press in 1863. He died in 1867 after his foot was caught in the machinery of the press and he was crushed to death.
- George Plantagenet - George Plantagenet was the Duke of Clarence and the brother of King Edward IV of England. He was found guilty of treason and sentenced to death by drowning in a barrel of wine in 1478.
- Hiroo Onoda - Hiroo Onoda was a Japanese soldier who refused to surrender after World War II ended in 1945. He stayed in hiding in the Philippine jungle for 29 years until he was finally discovered and convinced to surrender in 1974.
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