Original title
Curious and Unusual Deaths
Released
10/31/2009
Origin country
CA
Genre
Documentary
Production companies
Lamport-Sheppard Entertainment
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
2
Number of episodes
19
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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