Curious and Unusual Deaths
Season 2
TV-14
A tv show that re tells the true stories of people who have died in unlikely, strange and unusual ways. Each episode typically contains 3 different stories told over an hour.
Where to Watch Curious and Unusual Deaths • Season 2
13 Episodes
- Death By SportE1
Death By SportRay Chapman faced pitcher Carl Mays, whose unique submarine delivery combined with a scuff-ball, created a ball whose path was impossible to predict. Chapman didn’t even duck as the ball struck him on the head... “Tide Up, Pinned Down”: An angler spent the day fishing without a single bite. He decided to catch a quick nap underneath his truck before fishing into the night... “Game, Set, Death!”: Tennis superstar Vitas Gerulaitis had spent the day giving tips to corporate donors. He’d decided to take a nap in the pool house where he was staying... - Deaths In New YorkE4
Deaths In New YorkThe infrastructure of a city the size of New York needs daily repairs. WHen servicing systems that big and complex you better know what you're doing. When you don't; A city works is sucked down a drain pipe. A steam explosion below ground kills a woman several stories above ground. Woman is electrocuted stepping on a metal grating on the street. - Rich and Famous DeathsE5
Rich and Famous DeathsIn Wilmington, North Carolina, Brandon Lee is killed during the film of The Crow (1994) after an accident with a prop gun. In St. Petersburg, Russia, the mystic Rasputin is murdered after bring poisoned, shot, beaten, and dumped into a river. In Nice, France, dancer Isadora Duncan dies when her long silk scarf gets caught in a car wheel. - Death by RemedyE6
Death by Remedy“Carrot Juice Overload”: A health enthusiast believed the path to good health was paved with Vitamin A. So much so, that he daily drank 5 litres of carrot juice and took 21 times the recommended daily dose of Vitamin A tablets. The resulting overdose overloaded his body and he died of acute liver damage. “Trapped!”: A man cleaning out his closet took an awkward tumble, which caused an upright wardrobe to fall, trapping him inside. Hoping to gain freedom, he tore a pipe from the wall, which caused water to gush. Seven days later he was found dead from a severe bronchial infection. “Tanned Alive!”: A woman suffering from a skin rash went to her doctor, who prescribed the drug Psoralen and UV radiation. The pills she got from the pharmacist and the UV light she got from a tanning booth. But a pre-existing ultra-sensitivity to light caused third degree burns from a single tanning session and she died in hospital. - Death by Routine MaintenanceE9
Death by Routine MaintenanceIn Michigan, an attendant at a car wash dies after he is entangled in the spinning brushes at the wash. In Dallas, Texas, theater director Margo Jones dies after being exposed to toxic fumes from a solvent that was used to clean her carpet. In New Zealand, a newlywed couple die after they are exposed to a deadly amount of underground Hydrogen Sulfide in their hotel room. - Death by Mechanical BreakdownE10
Death by Mechanical BreakdownIn Indiana, a woman cooking beets in a pressure cooker is kipped by shrapnel when it explodes. In Michigan, a college wrestler trying to make weight dies of hyperthermia when he exposes himself to heat and overexercises in a sweat suit. In Canada, a woman on a date is killed by falling concrete at a restaurant. - Trapped in DeathE11
Trapped in DeathIn Connecticut, a teenager falls into a sand hole on a beach and dies after it entombs him in sand. In Utah, a man crawls into a small crevice in a cave and dies after becoming trapped. In Moscow, a cosmonaut dies after he catches on fire in a high oxygen environment. - Death by HardwareE12
Death by HardwareIn New Jersey, a young man recently admitted to West Point dies after being electrocuted by lighting while on the telephone. In Malta, a farmer dies after he accidentally detonates an old mine he found buried in his field. In British Columbia, a man dies after his laptop computer catches fire. - Death Under PressureE13
Death Under PressureIn New Jersey, a teenage girl drowns when she gets caught underwater in the intake valve of a hot tub. On an oil platform in the North Sea, a group of deep sea divers die of explosive decompression when a clamp on a diving bell fails. In England, a man dies of a ripped blood vessel after a very powerful sneeze.
