- Yeah, and you thought
slipping on a banana peel was just in cartoons. - [Man] This is-- (woman screams) - All of us have had clumsy moments, moments when we aren't exactly at our best and maybe we fall or stub our toe or even break something. Not a good situation to be in because people are going to laugh at you but, hey, at least that wasn't
the last thing you ever did. The following are real stories of a select group of people who paid the ultimate price and became eternally locked
in legacy of embarrassment. These are the 10 most embarrassing ways people have died. Number one is the clumsy daredevil On July 25th 1911, Englishman Bobby Leach became the 2nd person
ever to survive going over Niagara Falls. Leach accomplished the
feat by encasing himself within a fortified barrel which protected him as he rushed over the massive waterfall. The stunt actually put him in the hospital for six months with broken
kneecaps and a fractured jaw but, believe it or not,
that couldn't keep him down. Soon after, he was on a world tour to brag about what he had done. However, what did keep him down ended up being an orange peel. Yep. While touring New Zealand
in February of 1926, Leach slipped on an orange
peel and broke his leg. His injury became infected and then became gangrenous so doctors decided to amputate. On April 26th 1926, Leach succame to failing health at 69 years old, his body unable to handle his recovery. That's right. He survived an incredible 187 foot fall off of a rushing waterfall only to slip up and get taken
out by a piece of fruit. See, this is why you should always throw away your banana and orange peels. You might end up killing someone. Number two is crushed by stone boobies. On May 17th 2006, 58
year old Hungarian artist and sculptor, Mihaly Gubis
was crushed by his own artistic creation in Mundelsheim, Germany. He and another sculptor were trying desperately to load his beautiful 24 foot,
3,300 pound sculpture into the back of a truck. The giant artistic expression, titled Woman With Four Breasts, was falling to one side when
he tried to push it back with the force of his body. His attempt to balance the piece only made the situation worse when it fell directly on him, crushing him under the hard excess boobage and killing him immediately. Prior to this incident, he was forced to give up
his career as a guitarist when he accidentally lost a finger in a print shop accident. No stranger to accidents, he
again misjudged a decision to throw himself in harm's way rather than just let his art be destroyed and ended up paying dearly for it. I don't think this is what
most guys are talking about when they say they want to
be crushed by some boobs. Y'know what I'm sayin'? Y'know what I'm sayin'? Number three is death by Orgasmatron. In Malaga, Spain, police
found a 65 year old German electrician named Manfred Lubitz dead in his apartment. In a very awkward situation, Manfred had been hooked
up to an electrical device of his own creation which he affectionately named the Orgasmatron. This device consisted of massage pads, a vibrating mat, and a few electrodes which were secured to
his (clears throat) junk. While he watched a special movie that we'll refer to simply
as something something nuns, his pleasure machine worked its magic. Things were going swell for
our pervertedly crafty friend until the Orgasmatron
was hit by the one thing you would never want such a device to be hit by, a power surge. The surge traveled through the device and hit him right in his junk which became electrified,
ending the poor man's life. Now that's what you call a sad ending. But, in a way, I guess he
died doing what he loved most. Testing out his new
inventions and himself. Number four is wound up tight. On August 11th 1987, 47
year old Paul G. Thomas co-owner of George Thomas
and Sons Textile company was working on a pinwheel
dresser at his wood mill. The dresser takes yarn from a big spool and winds it onto a smaller one with the help of a giant motor. This was an ordinary Tuesday
afternoon at the mill for Paul until he fell onto the smaller spool and found himself caught
up in a yarn transfer. Before he knew it, he was being
rapidly wrapped up in wool and it was starting to constrict and squeeze the air out of him. By the end of the ordeal,
Paul was no longer visible as he'd become part of a
massive 800 foot spool. When his coworkers finally found him, he was completely buried in the fabric and by the time he was unraveled, he had already suffocated. Do not underestimate the
power of factory machinery because it will murder
you if you do not take extra care while operating it, baby. Though Mr. Thomas was successful
in his textile business, it ultimately led to his undoing. Number five is beaten with his own leg. In September of 1649, English military leader Oliver Cromwell and his forces attacked the
town of Drogheda, Ireland. This attack was part of
a conquest of Ireland during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms or the British Civil War. The town was held by Sir Arthur Aston, a man with only one leg
who refused to surrender. Cromwell had led a successful
siege against the town and soon they had cornered
Aston and 200 of his men in Millmount Fort. Cromwell then offered
them a surrender agreement that would spare everyone's lives and Aston had little choice
to agree to the terms. He and his men laid down their arms and were led to a windmill where, surprise, surprise, they were massacred but Aston had his head bashed
in by his own wooden false leg which the soldiers believed
was full of gold coins. Surrendering to a dishonest enemy who turns around and
slaughters you is one thing, but being beaten to death
with your own false limb is some sort of evil overkill. Damn, Cromwell. That's cold, brah. Number six is died protesting safety. On July 2nd 2011, 55
year old Philip A. Contos was riding his 1983
Harley Davidson motorcycle as he made his way through the
town of Onondaga, New York. A firm believer that motorcycle
helmets were unnecessary, Contos was enjoying the
summer wind in his hair when, around 1:30 p.m.,
something ahead made him suddenly hit the brakes. His bike fishtailed and the force sent him over the handlebars. Striking the pavement head first, he was rushed to the hospital, but soon after died. Coincidentally, Contos' tragic accident was witnessed by many of
the over 550 men and women that he was riding with. The crazy part is that they were all part of a group known as American Bikers Aimed Towards Education or ABATE for sure. Ironically, the organization
was riding through town in a yearly protest against
the New York State law that mandated the use
of helmets while riding, but Contos' doctor, as well
as witnesses to the accident, claim that if he had worn the very helmet that he was protesting, it would have saved his life. Number seven is the worst stage dive. On July 20th 2005, rock
band Bad Beat Review had just booked a gig at the last minute to replace another band at
a show in Leeds, England. During their performance,
29 year old lead singer, Patrick Sherry, decided to
pull a classic rock star move and leap off the stage into the crowd. He aimed to jump and grab
onto the stage lighting rig suspended above the crowd before falling, but the whole act went awry. He failed to grasp the lighting rig and instead caused himself
to flip upside down and land head first on the solid wood floor amongst the crowd. A victim of his own self confidence and poor acrobatic skills, Patrick had just lethally
smashed his noggin while attempting to be an epic rock star. He was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead the next day. His older brother, Brenden,
compared his stage presence to a caged animal set free. Unfortunately, that animal
was clearly not a cat because he did not land on his feet. Number eight is a man and his chicken. In 1990, an unnamed 39 year
old man in Ourense, Spain, was hidden amongst some large boulders. A frequent visitor to the area, he was enjoying a night of sexual deviancy that seriously nobody
should ever long for. The man was engaged in some
pants down thrusting activity with, uh, his chicken. While the man moved his
pelvis back and forth, he managed to shake a
massive rock behind him loose which tipped over and
slid forward down onto him and the poor little
emotionally scarred chicken. Pinned, the man and the chicken
both died still connected. This is quite the visual. The chick was, quite literally, stuck between a rock and a hard place. Poor little clucker. Number nine is segwayed away. On September 26th 2010, 62 year
old British multimillionaire and owner of the Segway
company, Jimi Heselden, lost his life due to a combination of being a nice guy, not
watching where he was going, and, sadly, sucking at
controlling his own investment. Heselden was riding his
standing, two-wheeled electric scooter along a walking trail above the river wharf
in Boston Spa, England when he found himself on a narrow path in front of Sean Christie, another man who was walking his dog. Being a respectful and courteous man, Heselden reversed the Segway
to give Christie room to pass but wound up backing right off the cliff. The businessman fell 42 feet to his death and his body was soon
after found by Christie floating face down in the river at the bottom of the cliff. Think about that. The man who owned the Segway company segwayed himself off a cliff. Heselden's wife and family were left with a 427 million dollar estate. And number 10 is testing
unbreakable glass. On July 9th 1993, 38 year old Garry Hoy accidentally committed suicide by jumping out of a
window on the 24th floor of the Toronto Dominion Center
in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Hoy was a lawyer for the
Holden, Day, Wilson Law Firm and was entertaining a group of interns by proving that the glass
window in the conference room was made of unbreakable glass. Why is that something that you brag about? Just, who cares about the
strength of the window? But this was not the first time. In fact, Hoy would regularly
try to impress people by running and jumping onto the window only to bounce off of it unharmed. This time, however, the window's frame, weakened by the various other
times Hoy had jumped onto it, gave out and sent Hoy
and the window itself plummeting towards the street below. Hoy's death hit the law
firm hard since he was such a well known and respected
lawyer in Toronto and eventually, without Hoy, the firm actually had to
close its doors in 1996. But ironically, Hoy's point
was actually proven true as the glass did not
shatter when he hit it. Instead, it just came out in one big piece and he rode it down. The jury is still out on whether or not it was worth proving, though. Here's a suggestion. It wasn't. So, those are the 10
most embarrassing ways that people have died, but I want to know what you
guys think of these stories. I mean, was it just bad luck or were these people destined to end up just dying a terrible death? Leave a comment below because I'll be reading through them and I'll pin the best one to the top. But, as always, thank you guys
so much for coming by today. Remember to come back tomorrow and every weekday at exactly
3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time because I'll have a
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