Mexican cartels are infamous for their brutality – you probably shouldn’t mess with them. But that’s what Alejo Garza Tamez did. “Alejo Garza Tamez (1933 – November 14, 2010), better known as Don Alejo, was a Mexican businessman and hunter. Don Alejo made news when he died heroically after having […]
If you’ve ever played GTA you’ll know that getting a tank is pretty much the ultimate thing you can do. Well it turns out, getting one in real life plays out pretty similarly… “Shawn Timothy Nelson (August 21, 1959 – May 17, 1995) was an American plumber and U.S. Army […]
Well if you’re going to make the biggest improvised bomb the FBI has ever seen, you’d better make sure it’s the most complex too, right? “The Harvey’s Resort Hotel bombing took place on August 26–27, 1980, when several men masquerading as photocopier deliverers planted an elaborately booby trapped bomb containing […]
If you could take a sword through the torso without a problem, you’d probably feel pretty invincible right? Well, so did Mirin Dajo – and that’s what killed him. “Arnold Gerrit Henskes (6 August 1912 – 26 May 1948), known by the pseudonym Mirin Dajo, was a Dutch performer. He […]
Looking for the “killer” karaoke song for your performances? Well, unless you mean that in the literal sense, maybe stay away from this song… “The “My Way” killings are a social phenomenon in the Philippines, referring to a number of fatal disputes which arose due to the singing of the […]
This man survived the highest known accumulated radiation dose in any human – and he had no clue what was happening to him. “Albert Stevens (1887–1966), also known as patient CAL-1, was a house painter from Ohio who was subjected to an involuntary human radiation experiment and survived the highest […]
This is one world record I wouldn’t recommend attempting to break – and neither would its accidental holder! “Vesna Vulović (3 January 1950 – 23 December 2016) was a Serbian flight attendant who holds the Guinness world record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute: 10,160 m (33,330 ft; […]
An ancient classic revived in the modern age to be more dangerous than ever. “Motorcycle chariot racing is a motor sport that combines motorcycle racing and chariot racing. The sport was extant in the 1920s and 1930s, having been inspired by the 1925 film Ben-Hur. It went largely (although not […]
You probably wouldn’t want the ghost of the person you murdered consulting the jury at the trial, but that’s exactly what happened in this case – well, if you believe in ghosts… “The ouija, also known as a spirit board or talking board, is a flat board marked with the […]
You’ve done it. You’ve made it to the Olympics. The only problem is, you can’t compete… “Eric Moussambani Malonga (born 31 May 1978) is an Equatoguinean swimmer. Nicknamed Eric the Eel by the media, Moussambani won brief international fame at the 2000 Summer Olympics for an extremely unlikely victory. Moussambani, […]
