Heath Ledger, 28, was found dead today by his housekeeper in his Manhattan apartment. picked by unzercharlie 2 years ago

A prominent human rights activist was found dead after being kidnapped in Russia's troubled republic of Chechnya Wednesday, provoking outrage from President Dmitry Medvedev and the international community. picked by nateebiinature 5 months ago

The gruesome discoveries continued Friday as authorities found as many as 150 dead animals in basement freezers in the same Dearborn house where at least 112 live dogs -- all Chihuahuas and Chihuahua mixes -- were discovered in filthy conditions beginning Wednesday. picked by kakana 4 months ago

An elderly woman who had been missing for seven years was found dead in her own home!

The remains, nothing more than a skeleton at this point, appear to have lain undisturbed in her apartment since the day she had been reported missing. picked by funkfrost 8 months ago

Chris Benoit and his family were found dead in their Fayette County home Monday. picked by punthe 2 years ago

Police suspected he wasn't really dead when they saw him breathing.

The funeral home said it was mystified about what the man could have been after, because there were no valuables or cash inside the funeral parlor. I guess they never heard of (dare I say it) necrophilia. *shudders* picked by tigertony 2 years ago

Five children between the ages of three and nine were found dead in a house in the northern German village of Darry on Wednesday, police said. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Omaha, Nebraska, police found a mother and her toddler dead in their apartment.

*this is terribly sad and tragic. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Man who led police on high-speed chase claiming he was taking sick cat to vet had a house of horrors. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

The new version of Dead.net, the fan site for Dead Heads, which is soon to be released, will be a full blown social network similar to Myspace.

Mershaullk, don't leave us!!! picked by suebe 2 years ago

Brad Renfro, the former one-to-watch whose acting work was often overshadowed by reports of drug abuse and legal troubles, was found dead Tuesday morning at his Los Angeles home. He was 25. picked by punthe 2 years ago

Kill Bill and Kung Fu star David Carradine has been found dead in a Bangkok hotel room, BBC correspondent Jonathan Head has reported. picked by cmgoings 6 months ago

Parents of a 2-year-old boy found their son dead inside a hope chest used to store linens in his bedroom, in what Brevard County sheriff's deputies said appears to be a tragic accident.

*Yes. Florida. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Thousands of starfish have been found washed up dead on a beach in Kent. A carpet of the dead creatures covered hundreds of yards of the beach at Pegwell Bay near Sandwich. picked by topofall 2 years ago

A 2-year-old boy was pronounced dead after he was found unresponsive beneath his passed-out mother -- who investigators say admitted she'd been drinking.


*No. Not Florida. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

A California man has been arrested after police say they found about 300 dead cats stuffed into freezers in his house. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

TULSA, Okla. - The bodies of two girls were found shot to death in rural Oklahoma along a dirt road that the best friends walked dozens of times for play and to go to sleepovers. picked by bevissimo 1 year ago

VILNIUS (Reuters) - Police in the Lithuanian city of Klaipeda were baffled to discover that a woman arrested for shoplifting last weekend had been registered as dead a month earlier. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

A new trend to harvest transplant organs from people whose hearts have just stopped - but may not be yet brain dead - has underlined the "pressing need" for federal legislation to define exactly when someone has perished, a leading medical ethicist argues. picked by Bingo 5 months ago

GRAFTON TWP. — Animal rescuers sobbed as they assisted starving farm animals found Wednesday in a barn behind a home on state Route 83. A weak brown-and-white mare was led to a trailer after rescuers from Friendship Animal Protective League responded to an anonymous complaint with assistance from the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office. picked by TraumaMamma 5 months ago