#UnusualDeaths
In 1926, 16-year-old Phillip McLean was kicked and killed by the cassowary he was attempting to club. pic.twitter.com/RtV1omURxR

— Joseph Mallozzi 🏴‍☠️ (@BaronDestructo) April 9, 2023

#UnusualDeaths
In 1974, health food addict Basil Brown died after consuming ten gallons of carrot juice over the course of ten days, turning his skin bright yellow and damaging his liver beyond repair.
Stick to bourbon! pic.twitter.com/x6eKRayZrH

— Joseph Mallozzi 🏴‍☠️ (@BaronDestructo) April 10, 2023

#UnusualDeaths
Attila the Hun died of a nosebleed in 453, falling unconscious after celebrating his wedding night and subsequently drowning in his own blood. pic.twitter.com/kHyGJKIq5J

— Joseph Mallozzi 🏴‍☠️ (@BaronDestructo) April 11, 2023

#UnusualDeaths In 1924, lawyer Thornton Jones woke up to find he had slit his own throat – after dreaming he had slit his own throat. "I dreamt that I had done it. I awoke to find it true," he scribbled down, then died 80 minutes later. pic.twitter.com/KRmH0B3zLM

— Joseph Mallozzi 🏴‍☠️ (@BaronDestructo) April 12, 2023

#UnusualDeaths
On December 30th, 1916, Grigori Rasputin, was assassinated. After eating cyanide-laced cakes and wine to no ill effect, he was shot in the chest, then shot in the head, then had his body dumped into the Malaya Nevka River.
Cause of death? Hyopothermia. pic.twitter.com/Vt4SBBIU2W

— Joseph Mallozzi 🏴‍☠️ (@BaronDestructo) April 13, 2023

#UnusualDeaths
In October, 1951, golfer Edward Harrison was playing a round at Inglewood in Kenmore, Washington when the shaft of his broken driver pierced his groin, causing him to bleed out on the 9th tee. pic.twitter.com/RjRXhnRDsa

— Joseph Mallozzi 🏴‍☠️ (@BaronDestructo) April 14, 2023

#UnusualDeaths
On August 12, 1987, Paul G. Thomas, the co-owner of a wool mill, fell onto the spool of a pin-wheel dresser machine and was subsequently wrapped and suffocated in 800 yards of yarn.

— Joseph Mallozzi 🏴‍☠️ (@BaronDestructo) April 15, 2023

#UnusualDeaths
On Christmas Eve of 1885, Sam Wardell was killed by his improvised alarm, a paving stone that would roll off a shelf wired to his alarm clock, awakening him with a loud thud every morning…until the the day he moved his bed and the stone landed on his head. pic.twitter.com/IM0570nC71

— Joseph Mallozzi 🏴‍☠️ (@BaronDestructo) April 16, 2023

#UnusualDeaths
English explorer John Ainsworth Horrocks was shot by his own camel when the kneeling animal tripped the barrel of his shotgun, blasting him in the face. He died 22 days later in a hospital on September 23, 1846 – but only after ordering the camel be shot as well. pic.twitter.com/9FBL1FX9sZ

— Joseph Mallozzi 🏴‍☠️ (@BaronDestructo) April 17, 2023

Thomas Midgley, the inventor of leaded gas and chlorofluorocarbons, was left paralyzed after contacting polio, so he created a system of ropes and pulleys that allowed others to lift and maneuver him. But on November 2, 1944, Midgley was strangled to death by his own invention. pic.twitter.com/wUDQsGV3TL

— Joseph Mallozzi 🏴‍☠️ (@BaronDestructo) April 18, 2023