Friday, April 24, 2015

Urban Legends That Turned Out to Be True

Urban legends are those stories that we love to tell that are so creepy or far-fetched that they cant possibly be real. Or are they?

#1 Buried Alive


Before advances in modern medicine, this shockingly occurred very regularly. In the 19th century, William Tebb compiled all known instances of premature burial. He collected 219 cases of near premature burial, 149 cases of actual premature burial and few cases where embalming had begun on an undead body.







#2 Dead Body Under The Bed


This has actually happened on numerous occasions. Cases have been reported in Kansas City, Atlantic City, N.J., Las Vegas, Florida and California.







#3 Dead Body Rolled In Carpet


Columbia University students discovered an old rolled up carpet on the side of the street. They decided to take it and use it in their dorm. When they got to their dorm and unrolled it, they discovered a dead body that had been shot several times.






#4 Halloween Stunt Goes Horribly Wrong


A working gallows was built for a Halloween show. It was supposed to be rigged where the “victim” was secured by a harness and he’d stop just before actually being hanged. Unfortunately, it didn’t work. The incident has happened more than once.





#5 Elevator Decapitation

In 2003, Dr. Hitoshi Nikaidoh stepped into a Houston hospital elevator but the doors closed early. It pinned his torso and as the elevator went up, it chopped off his head..





#6 Runaway Gurney

This was originally an urban legend. It came true in 1991 when a 76-year-old man was transported from his nursing home to a hospital for a regular check-up. The attendants went to talk to the office staff and the gurney rolled away and flipped over. The man suffered head injuries and later died of complications from his injuries.




#7 Ice Bath Surgery

In 2008, an Indian construction worker woke up on a metal table without his kidneys after meeting his new “bosses.” He was the latest victim of an organ-trafficking scheme. Several other cases have also been reported because selling black market organs is very lucrative in parts of the world.




 

 

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