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Hans Nilson Langseth (July 14, 1846 – November 10, 1927) was a Norwegian-American who held the record for the world's longest beard. [1] Biography
Nigel Tetley (c. 1924–1972), British sailor who was the first person to circumnavigate the world solo in a trimaran; his body was found hanging from a tree, clothed in lingerie, considered by the pathologist to have been engaging in masochistic sexual activity. Vaughn Bodé (1941–1975), American artist, died during autoerotic asphyxiation
Monument to John Steele, whose parachute caught on a church pinnacle on D-Day. Today, these events are commemorated by the Airborne Museum (Sainte-Mère-Église) in Place du 6 Juin in the centre of Ste-Mère-Église and in the village church where a parachute with an effigy of Private Steele in his Airborne uniform hangs from the steeple. [2]
A pair of blood-spattered trousers in a miso tank and an allegedly forced confession helped send Iwao Hakamata to death row in the 1960s. Now, more than five decades later, the world’s longest ...
Immurement (from Latin im- ' in ' and murus ' wall '; lit. ' walling in ' ), also called immuration or live entombment , is a form of imprisonment , usually until death, in which someone is placed within an enclosed space without exits. [ 1 ]
World's longest-serving death row inmate cleared of 1966 murders. Emmet Lyons. Updated September 27, 2024 at 1:09 AM. An 88-year-old former boxer has been found not guilty in a retrial of a 1966 ...
A man believed to be the world's longest-serving death row inmate has been acquitted by a Japanese court at age 88. On Thursday, Sept. 26, the Shizuoka District Court announced the verdict of Iwao ...
Entrance to the prison. On 22 December 1955, Hannan, with fellow inmate Gwynant Thomas, escaped the prison. Hannan had been there just 30 days. Hannan and fellow inmate Gwynant Thomas escaped by using a knotted bedsheet to climb over the wall (according to a later interview with a future governor, the wall was "probably" lower than it is today).