21 Strange Deaths Caused By Everyday Objects

Sixteen-year-old Jonathan Capewell of Oldham, England, died in 1998. A heart attack, caused by his overzealous personal hygiene, killed him.Capewell obsessed over smelling fresh, covering his entire body in deodorant at least twice daily.The teen had ten times the lethal dose of propane and butane in his blood at his death.His blood had ten times the lethal dosage of propane and butane.It is believed these gases built up after months of repeated spraying in his bedroom.

The coroner reported, "He was..."He did not use any substance abuse. Excessive use of anti-perspirants simply overcame him.

Ten years later, the same event struck 12-year-old Daniel Huxley of Nottingham.

In 2007, Humberto Hernandez, a 24-year-old from Oakland, CA, died after an airborne fire hydrant struck his face. A passing car hit the hydrant, and the water pressure shot it at Hernandez, killing him.

A 24-year-old woman in Russia died in 2016 after falling into molten chocolate.News reports reported...The woman worked at the Sergiev Posad confectionery factory in Fedortsovo. One person said she dropped her phone while trying to get it, and another witness said she poured flour into the mixture when the bag caught.

Whatever the reason, Svetlana Roslina fell into the vat and was...The mixing blades minced her to death.Only her dismembered legs remained.

Austrian Hans Steininger had the world's longest beard, four and a half feet long. He also died because of it.

Steininger usually rolled his beard in a leather pouch because it trailed and could hinder him. However, a fire in 1567 caused him to neglect rolling it properly. While fleeing, he stepped on his beard, lost balance, and fell, breaking his neck.He stepped on his beard, lost balance, fell down, and broke his neck.

Source: Cabinet of Curiosities

Ilda Vitor Maciel of Rio de Janiero, an...An 88-year-old Brazilian woman entered the hospital in 2012 with a stroke. Hospital workers injected her with soup instead of putting it in her feeding tube, causing her to die from a pulmonary embolism.

Source: Huffington Post

When...Sixteen-year-old Jeremy Brenno of Gloversville, NY,Missing a shot on the sixth hole at the Kingsboro Golf Club, Brenno vented his frustration on a nearby bench. He hit it hard with his No. 3 wood. The shaft broke, bounced back at Brenno, and pierced his heart, killing him.

Source: The New York Times

An accidental meeting with a bale of hay in 2010 ended Mike Edwards' career as the founding member of the...prog rock bandElectric Light Orchestra (aka ELO). Edwards was killed.A large, round bale of hay rolled down a hill. It smashed through a wire fence and a hedge. The bale then hit his van while he was driving.

Jose Alberto, a 58-year-old Argentinian shepherd, was found naked in bed with a scarecrow.Police spokesman Rodolfo Moure said, “I first thought there were two bodies. Then I saw one was a scarecrow wearing lipstick and a long-haired wig.” Alberto attached a prosthetic member to the oversized Halloween staple.

"T"Moure explained, "The man died during sex with the scarecrow."

Source: NY Post

In 2004, a man named Richard Clare fought with Timothy Magee over a cell phone in Hertfordshire, UK. Clare annoyed Magee and hit him on the back of the head with a dessert spoon lying on a table.

The spoon hit an artery, causing fatal bleeding between Clare's skull and brain. Clare avoided punishment for the death but received seven days in jail for taking the phone that started the fight.

Seven years later, Clare upgraded his tools and killed someone with an axe, earning a 27-year prison sentence.

Source: BBC News

Legendary American dancer Isadora Duncan's Isadora Duncan's love for flowing scarves led to her death in a 1927 car accident in Nice, France. While riding in an Amilcar, her silk scarf got caught on the open-spoked wheels and rear axle, breaking her neck.

Atasha Graham, 34, let her hair down and relaxed at a club. Then, she died because of her hair.

In May 2011, Graham danced all night at a club where her boyfriend was the DJ. She collapsed and died shortly after arriving home. The pathologist found Graham likely died from a reaction caused by her latex hair extensions and the glue used to attach them. TRaces of glue could have entered her bloodstream after she sweated on the dance floor, poisoning her.

Santiago Alvarado, 24, died in Lompoc, CA. He fell face-first through the ceiling of a bicycle shop he was breaking into. The long flashlight he held in his mouth to keep his hands free lodged in his throat, cutting the second vertebra in his neck. He died instantly from the injury.It is believed he died instantly from the injury.

Source: Snopes

Basil Brown, a health fanatic from Croydon, UK, destroyed his liver in 1974 by drinking gallons of carrot juice daily. He later poisoned himself by taking too much vitamin A. He reportedly turned yellow when he died.

Soccer enthusiast Paulo Ricardo Gomes da Silva died weeks before Brazil hosted the 2014 World Cup. Rowdy fans tore out three of the stadium's toilet bowls.Fans threw one of the bowls from the stands, hitting Gomes da Silva and killing him instantly.

Source: Fox News

While on a 1941 South American cruise, American novelist Sherwood Anderson developed a sour stomach. This led him to leave the ship and get medical care. At the hospital, doctors diagnosed him with advanced peritonitis.Accidentally swallowing a toothpick sliver caused peritonitis, which damaged his organs and killed him.He thought he swallowed it while eating the olive from a martini.

Source: Narrative Magazine

People face murder with guns, bats, knives, and poison. But rarely do they use undergarments against an enemy. In 2013, a man in Oklahoma killed his stepfather with an "Atomic Wedgie."

The Boston Molasses Disaster of 1919 killed 21 people and hurt 150. A tank holding over 2 million gallons of molasses exploded. The blast sent the thick, sweet substance through the city at about 35 miles per hour.

For many years after the flood, the sticky smell of molasses stayed in the city's North End neighborhood every summer.

Source: Boston Globe

A 49-year-old Nebraska resident, Diana Durre, died in 2009. A 75-foot tall Taco Bell sign fell on her vehicle.

Officials said Ms. Durre and her husband agreed to meet another couple in North Platte, NE.They met "right underneath the big Taco Bell sign."They planned to sell them a pair of terriers.

Source: North Platte Bulletin

In 1982, David Grundman died near Lake Pleasant, AZ. He shot at cacti with his shotgun, calling it "cactus plugging." After firing at a 26-foot Saguaro Cactus up close, a four-foot limb broke off and crushed him.

Source: Arizona Republic

Esteemed American author Tennessee Williams held the cap of his eye drop bottle between his teeth while putting in drops. This habit ended his life.February 25, 1983,in a suite at the Elysee Hotel in New York, when he inhaled the cap and choked to death on it at age 71.

Some say it was a bottle cap from a prescription bottle that Williams choked on. His gag reflex was likely weakened by alcohol then. Still, the official cause of death listed a cap from eye drops.

Source: The Medical Bag

A 20-year-old man in Guangzhou, China, died in 2009. His cell phone exploded, cutting a main artery in his neck. Authorities guessed the man finished charging his phone and wore it in his shirt pocket when the blast hit.

In 2007, Xiao Jinpeng, 22, died from chest wounds when his mobile phone exploded at work at a mill. Authorities blamed high workplace temperatures.

Source: Daily Mail