{"id":2509,"date":"2015-03-05T00:09:17","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T05:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.167.168.176\/~phillips\/kerriansnotebook\/kerriansnotebook\/?p=2509"},"modified":"2025-04-15T19:10:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T23:10:43","slug":"kerrians-notebook-p-100-100-ways-to-die-an-unnatural-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pattiphillipsbooks.com\/kerriansnotebook\/2015\/03\/kerrians-notebook-p-100-100-ways-to-die-an-unnatural-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerrian’s Notebook, p. 100 “100 Ways to Die an Unnatural Death”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Shovels anyone?<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kerrian\u2019s Notebook<\/em> has been around for 100 pages. That deserves some serious noisemakers. Maybe that should be 100 handcuffs rattling or 100 jail cells slamming shut on the bad guys, but whatever noise we use to celebrate? Make it loud. We love a party!<\/span><\/p>\n

In honor of the 100 pages, here is a list of 100 ways to die by unnatural causes. A death certificate (which lists the cause of death) is issued after any death in the USA, whether natural or otherwise, but if the attending medical practitioner notes anything suspicious, an inquiry may or may not be conducted. Keep in mind that a law enforcement officer will only investigate these deaths if a dastardly deed is suspected. Sometimes, foul play is not always apparent.<\/span><\/p>\n

Can you spot the ones in the list that indicate murder was afoot?<\/span><\/p>\n

1)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Drowning in bathtub<\/span><\/p>\n

2)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Drowning in ocean because of undertow<\/span><\/p>\n

3)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Drowning in a molasses spill<\/span><\/p>\n

4)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Suffocation by pillow<\/span><\/p>\n

5)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Suffocation after entire body has been painted<\/span><\/p>\n

6)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Hanging by rope<\/span><\/p>\n

7)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Electrocution for death penalty<\/span><\/p>\n

8)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Electrocution by hairdryer<\/span><\/p>\n

9)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Electrocution by electrified fence<\/span><\/p>\n

10) Electrocution while changing light bulb<\/span><\/p>\n

11) Hit by lightning<\/span><\/p>\n

12) Knife in the chest<\/span><\/p>\n

13) Knife in the leg<\/span><\/p>\n

14) Axe to the head<\/span><\/p>\n

15) Bleeding out because of slit wrists<\/span><\/p>\n

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16)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Arson<\/span><\/p>\n

17)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Gas leak in house<\/span><\/p>\n

18)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Smoke inhalation<\/span><\/p>\n

19)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Bullet to the head<\/span><\/p>\n

20)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Accidental drug overdose<\/span><\/p>\n

21)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Medical malpractice<\/span><\/p>\n

22)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Tripped and hit head, cracking skull<\/span><\/p>\n

23)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Beaten to death<\/span><\/p>\n

24)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Death by roller coaster<\/span><\/p>\n

25)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Vending machine fell with your arm in it<\/span><\/p>\n

26)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Lethal mix of drugs and alcohol<\/span><\/p>\n

27)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Alcohol poisoning<\/span><\/p>\n

28)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Radiation poisoning<\/span><\/p>\n

29)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Arsenic in tea<\/span><\/p>\n

30)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Baked in an oven<\/span><\/p>\n

31)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Allergic reaction to shellfish<\/span><\/p>\n

32)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Allergic reaction to nuts<\/span><\/p>\n

33)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Attacked by wolves<\/span><\/p>\n

34)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Bitten by cobra<\/span><\/p>\n

35)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Clawed by tiger<\/span><\/p>\n

36)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Mauled by a shark<\/span><\/p>\n

37)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Attacked by alligator \u2013 C.C.J.<\/span><\/p>\n

38)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Bitten by several fire ants<\/span><\/p>\n

39)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Bitten by poisonous spiders<\/span><\/p>\n

40)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Crushed by boa constrictor<\/span><\/p>\n

41)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Thrown from a horse<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 42)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Trampled by elephants<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 43)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Gored by a bull<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 44)\u00a0 <\/span>Bitten by scorpion<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 45)\u00a0 <\/span>Bitten by mosquito during sleep \u2013 allergic reaction to bite \u2013 B.R<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 46)\u00a0 Poisoned by contact with weed killers<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 47)\u00a0 Poisoned by ingesting toxic flowers\/leaves<\/span><\/p>\n

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Oleander<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

48)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Crushed by falling tree<\/span><\/p>\n

49)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Stepped on a land mine<\/span><\/p>\n

50)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Bomb explosion<\/span><\/p>\n

51)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Rocket attack<\/span><\/p>\n

52)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Hit in the head by a pitched ball<\/span><\/p>\n

53)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Death in a boxing match<\/span><\/p>\n

54)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Car accident, crushed<\/span><\/p>\n

55)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Car accident, gas tank explodes<\/span><\/p>\n

56)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Car accident \u2013 car ripped in half by telephone wire – anonymous<\/span><\/p>\n

57)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Hit by a car while crossing the street<\/span><\/p>\n

58)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Hit by commuter train<\/span><\/p>\n

59)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Propane tank on BBQ exploded<\/span><\/p>\n

60)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Chemical spill<\/span><\/p>\n

61)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Airplane crash<\/span><\/p>\n

62)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Airplane mid-air explosion<\/span><\/p>\n

63)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Parachute didn\u2019t open<\/span><\/p>\n

64)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Parasail collided with cliff<\/span><\/p>\n

65)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Choked on food<\/span><\/p>\n

66)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Choked on bottle cap<\/span><\/p>\n

67)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Pushed off a cliff<\/span><\/p>\n

68)\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Fell off a roof<\/span><\/p>\n

69)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Jumped out a window<\/span><\/p>\n

70)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Froze in a snow bank<\/span><\/p>\n

71)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Stabbed with icicle<\/span><\/p>\n

72)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Buried in an avalanche<\/span><\/p>\n

73)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Fell off a ski lift<\/span><\/p>\n

74)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Starved to death<\/span><\/p>\n

75)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Mercury poisoning<\/span><\/p>\n

76)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Asbestos poisoning<\/span><\/p>\n

77)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Decapitation<\/span><\/p>\n

78)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Strangled by another person<\/span><\/p>\n

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79)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Strangled \u2013 tie caught in laminating machine while wearing it<\/span><\/p>\n

80)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Sword fight<\/span><\/p>\n

81)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Sniper bullet<\/span><\/p>\n

82)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Stabbed with knitting needle<\/span><\/p>\n

83)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Hung upside down by feet until dead <\/span><\/p>\n

84)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Death by dehydration<\/span><\/p>\n

85)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Sinkhole collapsed with person in it \u2013 C.C.J.<\/span><\/p>\n

86)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Latrine on flatbed of truck fell onto your car \u2013 J.P.M.<\/span><\/p>\n

87)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Death by barbed wire fence \u2013 J.P.M.<\/span><\/p>\n

88)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Cyanide salts in an almond cake \u2013 E.M.<\/span><\/p>\n

89)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Elevator doors malfunctioned and closed on neck<\/span><\/p>\n

90)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Walked into empty elevator shaft<\/span><\/p>\n

91)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Jumped off diving board into empty pool<\/span><\/p>\n

92)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Got stuck in a storm drain while trying to retrieve wallet<\/span><\/p>\n

93)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Trapped inside a folding bed<\/span><\/p>\n

94)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Buried under falling bookshelves<\/span><\/p>\n

95)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Mangled by farming\/industrial machinery<\/span><\/p>\n

96)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Botulism<\/span><\/p>\n

97)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Shot yourself while cleaning a gun<\/span><\/p>\n

98)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Crashed into tree while ziplining<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 99)\u00a0\u00a0 Bungee cord broke while jumping<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 100)\u00a0 Hypothermia<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sources? I\u2019ve lived longer than I\u2019d like to admit and over 90 of these deaths are ones I\u2019ve heard about in the news or seen in the movies over the years. Some of the Kerrian\u2019s Notebook<\/em> readers have told me about a few more. Thanks to Barbara Rosario, Christy Crowley Johnson, Jessica Pettengill Messinger, and a person who prefers to remain anonymous, for their ripped-from-the-headlines suggestions. Thanks to mystery writer Edith Maxwell<\/span><\/a><\/span> for an intriguing cause of death. I wonder if one of her books will include that COD? Remind me to stay away from any almond dishes at her house.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/p>\n

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*Photos by Patti Phillips, but nobody died while she was shooting them, nor is the body part in the fourth picture real flesh and blood.<\/span><\/p>\n

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