Today is the anniversary of the rescue of the Donnor Party, according to The History Channel's This Day in History. (Put 2/19 in the upper left corner of their site if you're viewing this after Feb. 19.)
The Donnor ordeal is a tale of true-life horror that's inspired many re-tellings and spin-offs including the chilling "A Child of the Golden West" from Dennis Etchison. Read that story and you'll never look at a bottle of Mountain Dew in the same way again.
Addendum
A great tool for terror writers can be found at How Stuff Works - How Voodoo Works
Showing posts with label strange deaths. Show all posts
Showing posts with label strange deaths. Show all posts
Monday, February 19, 2007
Monday, January 15, 2007
Strange Deaths
I used to play around with a blog I called Hoofbeats of the Reaper that dealt with strange ways to die. Generally I pondered ways I might go, but I also included links when I ran across them to strange deaths around the world.
There have been a host of strange deaths the past few days:
Death while mole-killing - moles survive
Death by drinking water
Death by Australian eastern brown snake
Not a death but a rare case of a knife and saucepan fight
There have been a host of strange deaths the past few days:
Death while mole-killing - moles survive
Death by drinking water
Death by Australian eastern brown snake
Not a death but a rare case of a knife and saucepan fight
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