Curious and Unusual Deaths will presents some of the strangest, grizzly, or simply avoidable deaths from across the globe – and the science that transforms bizarre mystery into explainable fact.
SEASON 1 EPISODE 1: AT WORK
A bible salesman is struck by lighting under a cloudless sky, a nuclear scientist accidentally explodes his research, and a lawyer tests a glass window on the 24th floor – all with fatal results.
SEASON 1 EPISODE 2: AT HOME
A pet lover falls into a cat dish filled with less than three-inches of water, an impatient man finds a way to make his Lava Lamp work faster, and a brick-layer is provoked to laugh for 25 minutes straight – all with fatal results.
SEASON 1 EPISODE 3: IN A CONTEST
Engineering students see who can spit the furthest, a woman places second in a water-drinking competition, and a couple endures 86 hours of holding each other close – all with fatal results.
SEASON 1 EPISODE 4: FROM THE DEEP
An arrogant artist eats a poisonous fish, a daredevil challenges Niagara Falls with a barrel and an anvil, and a sunbather gets personal with a giant stingray – all with fatal results.
SEASON 1 EPISODE 5: AGAINST THE CLOCK
An unemployed man plays an on-line video game for 50 hours, two stowaways try to fly to China in a wheel well, and famous whisky man Jack Daniels loses his toe – all with fatal results.
SEASON 1 EPISODE 6: BY THEIR OWN INVENTION
A hoarder booby-traps his brownstone, a French tailor tests an experimental glider off the Eiffel Tower, and famous scientist, Marie Curie is radiant about her discovery – all with fatal results.
SEASON 2 EPISODE 1: DEATH IN NEW YORK
The infrastructure of a city the size of New York needs daily repairs. When servicing systems that big and complex, you better know what you're doing. A steam explosion below ground kills a woman several stories above ground & a woman is electrocuted stepping on a metal grating on the street.
SEASON 2 EPISODE 2: RICH & FAMOUS DEATHS
Unusual deaths don't happen only to usual people. Brandon Lee, Rasputin and Isadora Duncan died in curious ways. Though in Rasputin's case he had even more curious cases of surviving death.
SEASON 2 EPISODE 3: DEATH BY SPORTS
Today's lessons to help you stay alive: From baseball - don't try to predict an unpredictable pitch. From fishing - don't turn your back on the ocean. It will get in ways you'll never expect. From a professional tennis player - almost safe isn't safe.
SEASON 2 EPISODE 4: DEATH BY HANDIWORK
Thinking that doing your own repairs isn't dangerous is almost as stupid as what these people did. These do it yourselfers do it to themselves with a home-made sauna, electric chair and microwave oven.
SEASON 2 EPISODE 5: DEATH BY SECURITY SYSTEMS
As if it's not embarrassing enough to die in a freak accident, how about being killed by your own security system. These victims are killed by a home-made electric fence, his own booby trap and an electronic hotel door lock.
SEASON 2 EPISODE 6: KILLED BY A REMEDY
You wouldn't expect your wardrobe to hold you captive in a closet for a week. And following you doctor's instructions when combining medical treatments is a given because a quick tan shouldn't feel like a day in the Sahara.
SEASON 2 EPISODE 7: DEATH BY INNOCENT PASTIMES
If you eat food in a chem lab, even gum, don't complain once you're dead. But you can't be blamed for being infected by a virus on a search and destroy mission. But what's the harm of a video game after a hard day's work.
SEASON 2 EPISODE 8: DEATH BY THE GREAT OUTDOORS
Mother Nature isn't always nurturing, and she was out to get an overly ambitious kite flyer. But a snake shouldn't kill after it's pickled in beer. And golf isn't a particularly lethal sport.
SEASON 2 EPISODE 9: DEATH BY ROUTINE MAINTENANCE
In Michigan, an attendant at a car wash dies after he is entangled in the spinning brushes at the wash. In Dallas, Texas, theater director Margo Jones dies after being exposed to toxic fumes from a solvent that was used to clean her carpet. In New Zealand, a newlywed couple die after they are exposed to a deadly amount of underground Hydrogen Sulfide in their hotel room.
SEASON 2 EPISODE 10: DEATH BY MECHANICAL BREAKDOWN
In Indiana, a woman cooking beets in a pressure cooker is kipped by shrapnel when it explodes. In Michigan, a college wrestler trying to make weight dies of hyperthermia when he exposes himself to heat and overexercises in a sweat suit. In Canada, a woman on a date is killed by falling concrete at a restaurant.
SEASON 2 EPISODE 11: TRAPPED IN DEATH
In Connecticut, a teenager falls into a sand hole on a beach and dies after it entombs him in sand. In Utah, a man crawls into a small crevice in a cave and dies after becoming trapped. In Moscow, a cosmonaut dies after he catches on fire in a high oxygen environment.
SEASON 2 EPISODE 12: DEATH BY HARDWARE
In New Jersey, a young man recently admitted to West Point dies after being electrocuted by lighting while on the telephone. In Malta, a farmer dies after he accidentally detonates an old mine he found buried in his field. In British Columbia, a man dies after his laptop computer catches fire.
SEASON 2 EPISODE 13: DEATH UNDER PRESSURE
In New Jersey, a teenage girl drowns when she gets caught underwater in the intake valve of a hot tub. On an oil platform in the North Sea, a group of deep sea divers die of explosive decompression when a clamp on a diving bell fails. In England, a man dies of a ripped blood vessel after a very powerful sneeze.