Talk:List of unusual deaths

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Sucked by engine

Technicians sucked by jet engines seem to appear in the news from time to time. Quick search shows at least two such instances before 2015: [1], [2]. So maybe not that unusual in terms of including one particular incident. Brandmeister^talk 12:41, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

That may well be true (although I personally doubt that the actual statistics would supprt your claim). But the criterion for inclusion here is "described as unsual by multiple WP:RS." This was a requirement of the last RfD discussion. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:54, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

The first one is probably notable. Although the first recorded one (Sgt Daunt, Gloster Meteor) survived it. Andy Dingley (talk) 13:20, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

For better or for worse, the criterion for inclusion in this list pays no heed to any notion of "probability." We are simply tied to narrative descriptions in reliable sources, whatever they themselves may be based on. (Sgt Daunt might one day get his own article, but he'd never appear here of course.) Martinevans123 (talk) 13:29, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

Mum dies in tank of molten chocolate

Surely this death should be included in the list: Mum dies in tank of molten chocolate after 'tumbling in when leaning over to pick up mobile phone' (http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/mum-dies-in-tank-of-molten-chocolate-after-tumbling-in-when-leaning-over-to-pick-up-mobile-phone/ar-AAly1yR?li=BBoPRmx#image=5): ""She was minced, only her legs were left," said one local source at the Sergiev-Posad confectionery plant in Fedortsovo, Moscow region." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.208.181.44 (talk) 17:58, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

The source given for the entry was from the Daily Mail. Although that source described the death as "horrific" it did not claim it was unusual. That's the criterion for inclusion in this list. The MSN source you provide here says it was "a horror accident" and "her horrific death", so same problem. The circumstances sound quite unusual to me, although work- placed accidents with machinery are depressingly common. But a source which explicitly says "unusual" etc, would be needed. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:17, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

Death by clothes

So I guess this, death by clothes, wouldn't get it into the list, as there's already a similar entry (the first one): https://www.google.com/search?q=alicante+death+by+clothes&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:is-IS:IE-Address&ie=&oe= . Basically a married couple and their 12-year-old daughter died in Alicante after hundreds of kilos of clothing fell on top of them while they slept. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.208.181.44 (talk) 19:37, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

Red-hot iron

"1327: Edward II of England, after being deposed and imprisoned by his wife Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer, was rumoured to have been murdered by having a horn pushed into his anus through which a red-hot iron was inserted, burning out his internal organs without marking his body." The problem is liquid iron is not red, not even oragne, check out the melting pont and what Thermal radiation has to say about it. 83.13.239.255 (talk) 20:14, 20 February 2017 (UTC)