Curious and Unusual Deaths

Noted experts explain the science behind the deaths some of the strangest, most grizzly, tragic or simply avoidable deaths from across the globe and throughout time.

Genre: Documentary,

Actor:

Creator: Andrew Kaufman, Marlo Miazga,

Country: Canada,

Type: tv

Season: 2

Episode: N/A

Duration: 21 minutes

Release: 2009-10-31

Rating: 7.7

Season 1 - Curious and Unusual Deaths
2009-10-31
A bible salesman is struck by lighting under a cloudless sky, a nuclear scientist accidentally explodes his research, and a lawyer tests a glass window on the 24th floor – all with fatal results.
2009-11-07
A pet lover falls into a cat dish filled with less than three-inches of water, an impatient man finds a way to make his Lava Lamp work faster, and a brick-layer is provoked to laugh for 25 minutes straight – all with fatal results.
2009-11-14
Engineering students see who can spit the furthest, a woman places second in a water-drinking competition, and a couple endures 86 hours of holding each other close – all with fatal results.
2009-11-21
An arrogant artist eats a poisonous fish, a daredevil challenges Niagara Falls with a barrel and an anvil, and a sunbather gets personal with a giant stingray – all with fatal results.
2009-11-28
An unemployed man plays an on-line video game for 50 hours, two stowaways try to fly to China in a wheel well, and famous whisky man Jack Daniels loses his toe – all with fatal results.
2009-12-05
A hoarder booby-traps his brownstone, a French tailor tests an experimental glider off the Eiffel Tower, and famous scientist, Marie Curie is radiant about her discovery – all with fatal results.

Season 2 - Curious and Unusual Deaths
2012-03-23
A man expires in his homemade sauna, an amateur repairman receives a fatal shock and a murderer dies in the electric chair that he himself designed.
2013-03-23
Aa city worker who drowned in three feet of water, a dog-walker who croaked in the park and a woman who died while taking a nap.