Category Archives: No Way to Go
Shopaholic died under her purchases The body of an elderly shopaholic was found underneath a pile of clothing and other items after she died of natural causes, an inquest heard. Joan Cunnane’s bungalow was so crammed with purchases it took five visits to the house before she was found.
A fugitive couple who stole a yacht apparently starved to death after it was damaged in a storm. The story of their slow, agonising death was detailed in a vivid diary found on board. Sharon Arthurs-Chegini, 46, wrote: ‘The lights are going out in my heart. We have not eaten for four weeks. I dream [...]
Too drunk to go home, a teacher passed out in a wheelie bin and was crushed to death in a rubbish truck. A teacher who fell asleep in a wheelie bin after a pub crawl was crushed to death when it was emptied into the machinery of a refuse truck. The body of Scott Williams [...]
Police were last night investigating the death of a man who fell into a vat of melted chocolate. Factory worker Vincent Smith II toppled into the mix as he was filling the eight-foot deep tank with hot chocolate. Detectives said the 29-year-old was dumping giant chunks of chocolate over the side when he was hit [...]
He went into shock during a parachute jump A British parachutist plunged 13,000ft to his death yesterday after he apparently went into a state of shock during freefall. Police said Richard Taylor, 34, fell ‘like a lead weight’ after he did not open his parachute. His automatic emergency chute failed to deploy when a line [...]
The coverage of and reaction to Michael Jackson’s death has been so over the top, I feel no need and have no desire to add to it. Clearly a very troubled man and a tortured soul, he had a tragic life. May he rest in peace. I’m going to keep mine and leave the whole [...]
When it comes to untimely or unusual death, you can’t beat the British press. D-Day hero, 93, starved himself to death after care home ‘refused to let him go home to his wife’. Alfred Tonkin, 93, went on hunger strike when he was prevented from being reunited with his wife of 68 years, Joyce. The [...]
A Spanish burglar has died inside a chimney after becoming stuck during a break-in attempt. The body of the 30-year-old man, identified by police as Ricardo CG, was discovered by the owner of the home in the town of Moron de la Frontera on Tuesday. His hand and forearm could be seen sticking out the [...]
On a dream round the world voyage, Malcolm and Linda Robertson anchored their yacht off the coast of Thailand when, in the early hours of the morning, they were awakened by a commotion. Malcolm went to check when he was beaten to death with a hammer and thrown overboard by three Burmese migrant workers. They [...]
Too many pancakes kill Russian man THE WINNER of a pancake-eating contest dropped dead after gorging himself on 43 of the cream and banana stuffed desserts. Boris Isayev, 48, from west Russia, collapsed to his knees and died on stage after stuffing himself with pancakes in a competition to mark the end of the region’s [...]
