37 h. ago Media mogul's horror kidnap and death after being buried alive in a box

In 1987, a media heir was buried in a plywood box before he suffocated and died when his kidnappers failed to make contact with his wealthy family for a $1m ransom

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37 h. ago Dad's horror death after being buried alive in tiny wooden box in woods

Stephen Small was a media mogul and the grandson of Len Small, who served as the governor of Illinois between 1921 and 1929 - but his life was cut tragically short after a kidnapping plot

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37 h. 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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3 d. ago The man who buried himself alive for 61 days: Irish labourer hoped to make a fortune by breaking world record... but never made a penny

In 1968, penniless, but determined, Mick Meaney vowed to become the greatest 'burial artist' on the planet by staying entombed underground longer than anyone else.

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3 d. 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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4 d. 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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4 d. ago Incredible story of Irish labourer buried alive in coffin for 61 days told in new documentary

Mick Meaney made global headlines when he beat world record in 1968, but returned to Ireland pennilessThey were known as burial artists – people who had themselves buried alive in macabre feats of endurance – and Mick Meaney resolved to be the best there ever was.It was 1968 and the Irish labourer had barely a pound to his name but he believed that if he stayed underground in a coffin longer than anyone else the world would remember his name. Continue reading...

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6 d. 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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7 d. ago Murdered mother Muriel McKay could be buried behind a betting shop in East London, police admit

Mrs McKay was abducted in December 1969 by Arthur and Nizamodeen Hosein, who had mistaken her for the wife of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch.

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7 d. 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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7 d. 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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7 d. 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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8 d. 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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9 d. ago Woman 'almost eaten by bear' as it mauls and scalps her before burying her alive

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT A woman out walking in the woods with a friend was savagely attacked by a bear, believed to have been killed, yet miraculously she was later found buried alive

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1 week 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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2 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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2 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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2 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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2 w. ago Jeremy Vine claims Andrew will be 'in US jail within five years after being buried alive'

Jeremy Vine said the Royals want Andrew "humiliated" and wondered whether Americans will now think, "okay we can now go for him".

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2 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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