January 26, 1972Srbská Kamenice, CzechoslovakiaA airliner carrying 28 people explodes mid-air, leaving only 22-year-old flight attendant Vesna Vulović alive About an hour after the DC-9 airplane took off from Copenhagen to Belgrade, it was broken apart by an explosion. It is believed many of those aboard the aircraft were sucked out of the vessel and…
Man found fatally wounded after killing a man while under hypnotism
January 10, 1909Carthage, IllinoisReverend John Carmichael is found fatally wounded days after killing and dismembering a man On January 5, Rev. Carmichael told his wife and children he had business to attend in a church in Rattle Run, Michigan. Later the same day, the church was found to have been a scene of violence. Blood…
Man fatally shot after being mistaken for ghost
January 3, 1804Hammersmith, London, EnglandThomas Millwood (22) is shot after he is mistaken for a ghost For five weeks before Millwood’s death, the Hammersmith area had been seemingly plagued by a malevolent ghost. During one incident, a woman watched the ghost “rise from the tombstones.” The sighting scared her to the point she fainted and…
Man dies in home, his death officially ruled as spontaneous human combustion
December 22, 2010Ballybane, Galway, IrelandMichael Faherty (76) dies in his home; his death is officially ruled spontaneous combustion Faherty was found in his sitting room, laying on his back with his head near an open fireplace, though the fireplace was determined not to have been the source of the fire. His body was “totally burnt,”…
Man kills his wife with antifreeze and battery acid
December 4, 2006Near Bethany, MissouriAnna Yoder Borntreger (26) dies, ostensibly from liver problems Anna’s death, while sudden, was not presumed to have been foul play, primarily because she had been ill for a short while prior to her death. Some of her family had their suspicions, however. “They felt that maybe it wasn’t actually a…
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