Mongolian Death Worm! Posted: 1 year ago by Bornbad
Bigfoot? Meh. If reports are to be believed, the Mongolian Death Worm is the ultimate animal psycho.
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Hunting the Mongolian Death Worm Posted: 4 weeks ago by AutumnLotus
It lives beneath the sands of the Gobi Desert in southern Mongolia. The blood-red creature surfaces only occasionally, but when it does – beware. It spits a yellow, acid-like saliva at its victims. And should you get close enough to touch it, you're not lucky, you're dead.
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The Strange Cult of Santa Muerte: Saint Death Posted: 2 weeks ago by AutumnLotus
The Grim Reaper as a cross-dresser? In South America, Saint Death (Santa Muerte) will visit you one day - or so it is believed - and it will come in female form dressed up to the nines. Take a look at the strange tradition of Saint Death. A pagan mix of the supernatural and black magic or a Catholic saint worthy of veneration?
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Celebrity Death Beeper Posted: 2 years ago by steelshooter
Emails you (example) when a celebrity or sports figure dies. Free. Simple. Easy. Fun. No bull.
Now checking for deaths every 10 minutes at excite.com entertainment, sports & top news.
WARNING: Cheesy factor VERY high
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Animal Cracker Deathmatch... Place Your Bets Now Posted: 5 months ago by doggylives
Animal crackers fight to the death, Street Fighter style.
Strange, strange stuff from a disturbed or possibly stoned mind.
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Gas Pump Blue Screen of Death is Poo Poo Inducing Posted: 2 weeks ago by AutumnLotus
Seeing a Windows blue screen of death is fine, if annoying, if you’re just balancing your checkbook, but what if you see it in more… precarious situations? Like when you’re pumping gas?
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High-resolution images of Death Row at San Quentin Posted: 1 year ago by 2manyusernames
Large images, 3000x2000 or so of death row at San Quentin state prison in California
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Man Leaps to His Death From Bridge, Asks Obama for Help Posted: 1 month ago by muppet
A 52-year-old man who leapt to his death from a freeway overpass left a note asking for Barack Obama to help his family.
This is really sad. :(
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Why the Death Penalty is Pro Life and Pro Justice Posted: 2 years ago by GKar975
Death penalty opponents often argue that it has limited deterrent value. However, a 1999 study conducted at Emory and Clemson Universities found that each execution results in an average of 18 fewer murders. The DPINFO website cites another 2003 University of Colorado study found that the death penalty reduced homicides by five to six victims, but for every three additional pardons or commutations, 1-1.5 additional murders result.
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Teenage girl facing the death sentence in Saudi Arabia for accidental death of infant Posted: 1 year ago by super
The 17-year-old girl was in charge of taking care of 10 children along with other household chores at the time of the accidental death of a 4-month-old infant. She is sentenced to be beheaded unless an appeal is filed by July 16Th.
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Sleeper hold of death Posted: 10 months ago by wags273
Homicide detectives are investigating the bizarre death of a San Diego man after his suicide attempt turned into a fight with his girlfriend.
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Death special: How does it feel to die? Posted: 1 year ago by fogowar
"None of us can know the answers for sure until our own time comes, but the few individuals who have their brush with death interrupted by a last-minute reprieve can offer some intriguing insights. Advances in medical science, too, have led to a better understanding of what goes on as the body gives up the ghost."
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Transplant surgeon prescribed drugs to hasten death Posted: 1 year ago by misswinkle
The drugs were prescribed "to accelerate Mr Navarro's death in order to recover his organs."
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Man jailed for faking his death Posted: 6 months ago by bevissimo
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singapore man was jailed for three years after he faked his own death in a civil war shoot-out in Sri Lanka in 1987 to escape his creditors and claim S$331,341 ($243,600) in insurance money, a newspaper reported Saturday.
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Woman beat to death for dressing like a goth. Posted: 9 months ago by 2manyusernames
A 15-year-old boy kicked and stamped to death a woman because she was dressed as a Goth, a court heard.
The drunk teenager was among a gang of five who "savagely and mercilessly" attacked Sophie Lancaster, 20, and her boyfriend, Preston Crown Court heard.
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Life Before Death Posted: 6 months ago by 2manyusernames
Death and dying are arguably our last taboos
This exhibition features people whose lives are coming to an end. It explores the experiences, hopes and fears of the terminally ill. All of them agreed to be photographed shortly before and immediately after death.
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Sentenced to death for spreading his brother's word Posted: 10 months ago by pocksucket
Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh, 23, has been sentenced to death by three judges in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan.
His crime is that he printed an article written by his journalist brother that violates Islam.
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Charges dismissed in sherry enema death Posted: 1 year ago by Nicky666
yes, sherry enema death, that wasn't a typo
(not showing the bottle neck, I mean, who knows what's going on there...(?!))
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Hospital death rates for key conditions unveiled Posted: 3 months ago by TraumaMamma
If you or a loved one develops pneumonia or has a heart attack and is taken to a hospital, do you know what the chances are of getting out alive? Hospital death rates are difficult to pin down because some see sicker patient populations than others. Your chances of survival have become a little easier to find, thanks to information included in the government's Hospital Compare Web site.
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U.S. death toll in Iraq reaches 4,000 Posted: 8 months ago by dollyllama
Four U.S. soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in southern Baghdad late Sunday, raising the death toll for American forces since start of the war to 4,000, according to the Pentagon.
*wait, didn't the "surge" make baghdad safe?
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Girl, 8, Starved To Death by adoptive parents Posted: 1 year ago by moe
So they take the kid away from mom due to drug use. Then the aunt & uncle chain her to a wall and starve her to death. HANG THEM NOW!
Comments: 7 Score: [-] 237 [+].