by Cabinet of Curiosities | Feb 20, 2015 | Blog, Strange Death
San Francisco is home to The Golden Gate Bridge, definitely one of the most recognizable milestones in the world and a spectacle of engineering. However that’s all dominated by the fact that it is one of the main suicide magnets in the world. It is anticipated that...
by Cabinet of Curiosities | Feb 18, 2015 | Archeology, Blog, Grave, Strange Death, Uncategorized
There are several myths about The Great Wall of China; the most recognized myth would possibly be that the wall is the only man-made item noticeable from outer space, which is not at all true. Though, there is a much more ghoulish myth about the Great Wall that is...
by Cabinet of Curiosities | Apr 14, 2014 | Blog, Strange Death
Bobby Leach wasn’t afraid to court death: in 1911, he was the second person in the world to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. The daredevil went on to perform many other death-defying stunts, so his death is especially ironic. One day while walking down a...
by Cabinet of Curiosities | Feb 7, 2014 | Blog, Strange Death
Kenya adds to the fine tradition of dead-person-wakes-up stories—like this, this, this, and this, to name just a few—with this gem: Guy ingests insecticide, goes to the hospital, is declared dead by doctors, and gets sent to the morgue. Guy then wakes up and scares...
by Cabinet of Curiosities | Jan 23, 2014 | Blog, Strange Death
Franz Reichelt, a French tailor, was obsessed with his idea of creating a wearable parachute suit for aviators who might be in danger. He called himself The Flying Tailor, and arranged to have a test run for his invention atop the Eiffel Tower on Feb. 4, 1912,...
by Cabinet of Curiosities | Jan 19, 2014 | Blog, Strange Death
Autoerotic asphyxiation is the act of strangling or suffocating yourself to heighten sexual arousal and orgasm. Depriving the brain of oxygen gives a person a dizzy, high feeling, however it’s all too easy to make a mistake and accidentally kill yourself while...