28 h. ago Man choked to death after eating live cockroaches in gruesome competition

Edward Archbold, 32, died after choking during a cockroach-eating competition at a Florida reptile store

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28 h. ago Man's horrifying death as he eats cockroaches in gruesome competition

Edward Archbold, 32, collapsed and died after taking part in a cockroach eating contest at a Florida reptile store

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7 d. ago 'Cruelest death in history' where man's flesh was torn off and EATEN by prisoners

Human history has been filled with gruesome bloodshed, but for some there is one cruel death above all others that stands out as the most horrifying executions on record

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9 d. ago Media tycoon's gruesome death after being buried alive in tiny box in botched kidnapping

Stephen Small was a media mogul who was kidnapped and buried alive in a 6ft box by a drug dealer who demanded a $1million ransom - but the killer has now walked free

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1 week ago Politician's gruesome death as swarm of rampaging monkeys raid his home

Surinder Singh Bajwa, a deputy mayor in New Delhi, India, was on the first-floor terrace of his house when a group of rhesus macaques swarmed the balcony and he fell

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1 week ago Parents 'starved son, three, to death "after abusing him in the most gruesome way" after fortune teller convinced them he was a demon'

Elias, born in Tyrol, Austria, died weighing only seven kilograms as a result of months of malnutrition and dehydration, an autopsy found.

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2 w. ago Triple murderer chooses gruesome way to die after 20 years on death row

Stephen Bryant became only the third person to die by firing squad in the state of South Carolina this year — as the lethal injection or the electric chair are often preferred

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2 w. ago One man's horrific death tops historian's list of 'most gruesome' final moments

Historian Alexander Meddings has spent years studying the most gruesome deaths in history - and he believes there is one that stands out above all others

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2 w. ago Reality TV star and snake handling pastor's gruesome death after rattlesnake bite

Jamie Coots, from Kentucky in the US, was a snake-handling pastor who believed that the serpents wouldn't hurt him

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2 w. ago 'I'm an expert and man had penis chopped off in most gruesome death in history'

Historian Alexander Meddings has spent years studying some of the most gruesome deaths in history - and he believes there is one that stands out above all the rest

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2 w. ago Train robber decapitated in public hanging gone wrong after executioner made mistake

Thomas Edward Ketchum, a member of the 'Hole-in-the-Wall' gang, suffered a gruesome death

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2 w. ago Death row inmate has days to make gruesome decision about his own execution

Harold Wayne Nichols, who was sentenced to death in 1990, is due to be executed on December 11 but he has refused to chose between the electric chair and lethal injection

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3 w. ago New 'carnivorous death ball' discovered in deep dark ocean depths

Scientists have explored the dark depths of the deep ocean, and among several new sea discoveries, boffins have uncovered a ball-looking species , called the carnivorous 'death-ball' sponge

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3 w. ago Harrowing final words of killer executed by firing squad before gruesome death

Brad Keith Sigmon carried out a brutal double murder after a night of drinking and smoking crack cocaine - telling a friend he'd get back at his girlfriend "for leaving him"

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3 w. ago Gruesome death of killer executed by firing squad after final chilling statement

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Brad Keith Sigmon was executed by firing squad after he brutally murdered his ex-girlfriend's parents

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4 w. ago Death Row murderer choses gruesome execution after taunting cops with blood

Stephen Bryant was sentenced to death more than 15 years ago after he killed three in South Carolina, and wrote a taunting message to cops using one victim's blood

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