Death in Politics

Dying at the Ritz – Can You Name History’s 3 Most Famous Hotel Deaths?

Earlier this week, guests in a Los Angeles hotel got horrifying news: there was a corpse rotting in the rooftop…

11 years ago

Four Ancient Weapons Much Scarier Than a Gun

As the gun control debate heats up, Digital Dying decided to take a look at a handful of more ancient…

11 years ago

Death by Video Game and the Unfortunate Case of “Evil Otto”

Earlier this week, President Obama outlined a series of possible actions in response to the Sandy Hook Shooting. On the…

11 years ago

Serial Killer Art And Homemade Guillotines – Interview with the World’s Most Provocative Museum Owners

JD Healy and Cathee Shultz once built their own guillotine. The couple now runs the Museum of Death, in Los…

11 years ago

What Do Asia and Africa Think About the Sandy Hook School Shooting? Comments From Around the World

The horrific shooting in Newtown, Connecticut has reignited the debate on gun control in America, but what does the rest…

11 years ago

Dead on the Same Day I was Born, Millionaire Murderers and an Early Toilet Inventor

Yesterday was December 9th and my birthday. I decided to play that fun game of looking to see who else…

11 years ago

Was Yasser Arafat Poisoned? These Famous Actors, Spies and Philosophers Were

Last week, former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was exhumed to see if his death eight years ago was actually brought…

11 years ago

The World’s Largest Funeral Processions, from Brazilian Racecar Drivers to Iranian Leaders

More than 200,000 people recently gathered in Mumbai for the funeral procession of Balasaheb Thackeray, a famous newspaper cartoonist, creating…

11 years ago

How Napoleon’s “Death Mask” got to New Orleans

The French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is buried in a crypt in Paris but if you want to see his “death…

12 years ago

The Boring Deaths of Extraordinary People, from Belle Boyd the Civil War Spy to Casanova

Edwin Wilson, a CIA operative turned illegal arms dealer lived a life like something out of a James Bond movie.…

12 years ago