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Bizarre Ways People Have Died, From Sewer Grates to Molasses Walls
TLDR This podcast episode explores some of the most unusual and tragic ways people have died, including getting stuck in a sewer grate and drowning in molasses. It also discusses the mysterious deaths of a group of Russian college students and the dangers of excessive aerosol deodorant use.
Timestamped Summary
00:00
A discussion about bizarre ways to die, including a man who got stuck in a sewer grate and died after being pulled out by a tow truck.
03:23
A man died after being stuck in a sewer grate for hours and was pulled out by a tow truck.
06:37
21 people were killed by a 25-foot-high wall of molasses that was traveling at about 35 miles an hour, causing them to drown in molasses.
09:52
Langley Collyer was buried alive under a pile of junk after tripping on one of his own booby traps, leading to his brother Homer's starvation and death.
13:05
In 1959, a group of Russian college students went hiking in the Ural Mountains and were found dead under unexplained circumstances, with their tent ripped open from the inside, their clothing irradiated, and no signs of struggle or external wounds.
16:13
A teenager in England died from heart failure after using aerosol deodorant excessively, resulting in 10 times the lethal dosage of butane and propane in his system.
19:44
This section includes plugs for the podcast's spoken word album and blog, as well as a listener mail about prosopagnosia.
23:07
Facial recognition is specialized for faces only in the brain, but people can also recognize others based on their voices, body language, and clothing.
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Society & Culture
