you're probably familiar with the routine by now in the past we've
taken a look at some people from history who died under strange and unusual circumstances
we barely scratched the surface though so today we're going to be
examining a few more examples of truly bizarre baffling and bewildering deaths
number eight the dancer who went for a drive born in san francisco in the late 19th century isadora
duncan relocated to europe in her early twenties where she became one of the most acclaimed dancers
of a time she remained popular and influential until her death in a car accident in france at
50 years of age you might say that a car accident fatality isn't exactly bizarre since while they
happen every day but the exact circumstances make this death memorable and unique it was september
14 1927 in nice france duncan had a brand new convertible sports car that she had wanted to
learn how to drive so she went out for a ride on the promenade anglais she was sitting in the
passenger seat as part of her look at the time the dancer almost always wore a long red scarf which
allegedly signified her communist leanings as her driver began speeding up as adora leaned
back in her seat to enjoy the autumn breeze at that point the wind blew her scarf out of the
car which went into the rear wheel and got tangled up in the axle as the other end of
the scarf was still tied around duncan's neck she was forcefully pulled out of the vehicle she was
dragged along the cobblestone street until the car came to a stop but by then it was already too late
isadora duncan had broken her neck which caused the dancer to die almost instantly
7. the shave that started the myth of the pharaoh's curse george edward stanhope
molyneux herbert was the fifth earl of carnavan but he is better known to history as the guy who
funded howard carter's excavations in the valley of the kings which eventually led to
the discovery of tooting carmen's tomb however carnival himself never got to enjoy the find
as he died just a few months after the tomb was located and before the discovery of the actual
sarcophagus where the young pharaoh was resting herbert died on april 5th 1923 in a hospital
in cairo he had developed a severe infection after cutting a mosquito bite while shaving which caused
blood poisoning which led to pneumonia his death was slightly unusual but probably not good enough
for this list if it had not given rise to the myth of the pharaoh's curse which strikes at anyone who
disturbs the pharaoh's eternal slumber never mind the fact that most the people who helped uncover
the tomb including howard carter himself lived long afterwards and never mind the fact that
there was no curse inscribed in the tomb the media sensationalized the story to the point
that the pharaoh's curse became part of pop culture and even today almost 100 years later
people still believe in it decades later the story changed somewhat as people argued that the tomb
still caused herbert's death although it happened inadvertently by exposing him to deadly toxic mold
this notion was also dismissed by the medical journal the landsat which mentioned that of the
25 people who first entered the tomb herbert was the only one who got sick and this happened four
months later making it highly unlikely that the tomb had anything to do with his death
6. all the money in the world the people who attended george getty's pool party at his house in
bel air on june 6 1973 were treated to a bizarre scene they witnessed getty completely intoxicated
having a meltdown and frantically stabbing himself in the stomach repeatedly with a barbecue fork
before falling into a coma then came the matter of what to do with him after all george getty was
the oldest son of j paul getty at the time the richest man in the world he was also the vice
president of the getty business empire there would be a scandal if the press found out what he did so
instead it was decided to take him to a discreet hospital that would be further away where he could
be checked in under a pseudonym unbeknownst to everyone georgia doors had taken a fistful of
sleeping pills prior to his outburst and he died a few hours later the press of the time reported
that his death was caused by a cerebral hemorrhage this however was the work of his father who used
his extensive resources to dismiss the police's initial report that george getty's death had been
a suicide instead the story that went around was that getty suffered a stroke and that he fell on
the barbecue fork which caused his stab wounds even to this day the exact circumstances of his
death remain a mystery as witnesses have provided conflicting testimonies what was not a mystery
however was his motive getty killed himself over his strained relationship with his father a man
who was notoriously distant with all of his children and grandchildren at work george was
considered humiliated and ignored by his father who he referred to as mr getty his father was a
constant source of anger and anxiety for him and he began drinking heavily and taking sedatives to
cope with the stress allegedly the first thing john paul getty did when he heard of the death
of his son was to request a list of suitable candidates to serve as temporary vice president
somewhat fittingly george soon became as ignored in death as he was in life as just a month later
a much more notorious event happened to the getty family when the billionaire's grandson john paul
getty iii was kidnapped by the italian mafia and everyone forgot about george's death number five
ignoring the first law of robotics on january 25th 1979 25 year old robert williams of dearborn
heights michigan died in a factory accident thus earning him the unfortunate distinction of
becoming the first known human to be killed by a robot williams worked on the assembly line of the
flat rock casting plant for the ford motor company his job involved operating a one-ton industrial
robot which had a mechanic alarm which was used to move casting components from one place to another
however sometimes the robot got stuck or delayed and williams had to do the job manually
that was what happened on the day of his death due to an error the robot initially refused to
retrieve a casting from a shelf which prompted williams to climb up onto the rack and get himself
that was when the robot arm activated and hit the worker in the head crushing his skull and
killing him instantly the family sued litton industries and was awarded 10 million dollars
number four the dangers of dental hygiene we're going back to ancient history for this one to the
death of a tyrant named agatha cleese as told to us by the historian diodora sycalis around 317 bc
agatha cleese arrived at the city of syracuse on the island of sicily after having previously
been banished this time though he had an army of mercenaries with him and was able to overthrow
the oligarchy which controlled the city and he installed himself as the new ruler of syracuse
agathocles reigned for about two and a half decades time he spent mainly fighting carthage
over control of sicily towards the end of his reign the tyrant became the target of
intrigues and conspiracies by people who wanted to rule after his death chief among them was his
grandson archer gathers who enlisted the help of one of the king's servants named mennon to kill
agathocles using a poison toothpick but we'll let diodorus describe the event now it was the king's
habit after dinner always to clean his teeth with a quill having finished his wine therefore he
asked manon for the quill and mennon gave him one that had been smeared with a putrefactive drug the
king unaware of this applied it rather vigorously and so brought it into contact with the gums all
about his teeth the first effect was a continuous pain which grew daily more excruciating and this
was followed by an incurable gangrene everywhere near the teeth then when the king was already at
the point of death oxythemus the envoy of king demetrius placed him on the pyre and burned him
still alive but because of the characteristic ravages of his affliction unable to utter a sound
number 3. radiating with good health back in the early 20th century radioactivity was still poorly
understood and the devastating effects it could have on our bodies had not been well established
yet consequently radioactive material such as radium was used without much care or oversight the
most notorious example of this was the so-called radium girls female factory workers who ingested
high levels of radium while painting watch and clock dials using radioluminescent paint back then
not only did people not realize how dangerous radiation could be but many of them actually
thought that it was good for you and radioactive substances were used in several pseudo-scientific
medical treatments and products one of them was a drink called radothor which mainly consisted of
distilled water containing radium it was invented by a harboured dropout named william bailey who
claimed that radethor was a tonic that could cure all kinds of ailments in 1927 he gained a new
client named erbin buyers a wealthy industrialist and former golf champion at the recommendation of
his doctor buyers began drinking radothor to treat some chronic arm pain and he absolutely loved it
he started ordering it by the caseload taking several doses a day and recommending it to all
of his friends this went on for almost three years buyer stopped in 1930 when the adverse
effects of radiation became too obvious to ignore since he was a famous public figure his condition
garnered a lot of attention and finally got the ftc to crack down on radioactive cures in 1931 a
lawyer for the ftc visited buyers and described the shocking state he was in as such young in
years and mentally alert he could hardly speak his head was swathed in bandages he had undergone
two successive operations in which his whole upper jaw accepting two front teeth and most of
his lower jaw had been removed all the remaining bone tissue of his body was slowly deteriorating
and holes were actually forming in his skull to nobody's surprise evan byers died a few months
later of radium poisoning number two bite your tongue born in scotland and emigrating to america
in the mid-19th century alan pinkerton served as a spy during the american civil war but is
best remembered today for founding the pinkerton detective agency during his time in charge of the
company the pinkertons tangled with gangs of the wild west track down fugitives on the run and most
controversially acted as a ruthless private police force for rich industrialists looking to break up
labor unions alan pinkerton died on july 1 1884 in chicago at 64 years of age his cause of death is
somewhat uncertain as some sources reported that pinkerton died following a stroke or something
else equally common others however such as the new york times claimed the pinkerton died after
biting his own tongue according to this version of events the 64 year old pinkerton slipped on the
pavement which caused him to bite off a chunk of his tongue for whatever reason he decided this was
not the sort of thing that would require medical attention so he left it to heal on its own it
didn't and instead gangrene set in and the tongue soon became infected causing pinkerton to fall
ill for several weeks before finally succumbing to the infection number one the flaying of marc
antonio bragadin we end with what is undoubtedly the most gruesome death on our list today that of
the 16th century venetian captain marc antonio bragadin who led the defense of the city of
augusta in cyprus during the ottoman venetian war of 1570. despite a valiant resistance in the face
of superior forces famine gusta fell in july 1571 following a prolonged siege by the enemy braggadon
then met with the leader of the ottoman army pasha lala mustafa to negotiate their surrender bragadin
arrived in the enemy camp with approximately 300 men soon enough they had all been executed
with their heads chopped off and gathered in a pile the reason for this extreme action varies
based on which side you believe according to the venetians they were simply betrayed but according
to an ottoman account mustafa was angered when bragadon informed him that all the muslim captives
who would have been released as part of the treaty had already been tortured and killed
consequently he had braggadon's entire retinue executed but he saved a special treatment for
the venetian captain first he was imprisoned for a few weeks with his untreated wounds left to fester
then he was forced to march through the city carrying heavy sacks of earth and kneeling and
kissing the ground when he passed the pasha then he was tied to the ship's mast so that sailors
could hurl insults and hit him with rocks after his humiliation was complete bragadin was taken
to the city square where he was stripped naked and a butcher began skinning him alive starting
from the head mercifully he died before the ghastly procedure was finished his skin was then
sewn back together and stuffed with straw it was then dressed in the captain's uniform placed on an
ox and paraded through the streets before being ultimately sent to the sultan as a trophy a few
years later the venetians managed to recover the skin from constantinople and brought it back to
venice where marc antonio bragadine was declared a hero even today the skin is preserved in the city
saint john and paul basilica so i really hope you found that video interesting if you did please do
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