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2009 Darwin Award: Painkiller
On October 26, charges were dismissed against Lucas, 32, who six weeks earlier had pleaded guilty to knowingly violating registration required of a predatory offender. Charges were dismissed....because L
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2006 Personal Account: Missed Stop Misstep
'My father works as an investigator for an insurance company, a job he frequently reminds me of how much he hates. One of his major clients is a train station. On a day not unlike any other, a man awoke on a tra
Relevance: 97.1% |
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2002 Darwin Award: Chainsaw Insurance
A violent attack on an innocent man? Andreas, a 23-year-old ex-bouncer from Italy, was found lying in a pool of blood near a country road. Police initially mistook him for a victim of sadistic mutilation. His leg
Relevance: 92.8% |
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2009 Darwin Award: Mock Death
November 2009, Belgium | Police received a desperate call from a man who had been attacked on a motorway near the town of Liege. When the policemen arrived, the 37-year-old man was lying dead on the ground...
Relevance: 92.8% |
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2006 Personal Account: Sileage Spreader
UK | I represent an insurance company specialising in farms. Farm workers do the most insane things, which never ceased to amaze me, but this one takes the biscuit...
Relevance: 91.4% |
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2006 Darwin Award: A Slow Burn
Ohio | Insurance fraud is harder than it looks. Just ask Musa and his son Essa, who hired an arsonist to burn down their Steak Thyme Subs shop...
Relevance: 88.5% |
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2009 At-Risk Survivor: Down In The Dumps
During the scrape and resurface of a large residential street in Edinburgh, it was noticed that a large foul sewer ran down the street. As it was belived to be quite shallow, it was necessary to determine its exac
Relevance: 87.1% |
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2009 At-Risk Survivor: The Mane Attraction
One day a young man living in Wroclaw received a letter in a large envelope. One look and he knew it was THAT letter. In Poland, when a man turns 18 he must allow the medical commission to determine whether he i
Relevance: 87.1% |
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1998 Urban Legend: The Bricklayer
Accident Report This one needs an introduction, so you won't be lost at the beginning. This man was in an accident at work, so he filled out an insurance claim. The insurance company contacted him and asked for more information. This was his response: I am writing
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