The 10 Strangest Historical Deaths

Great fuel for RPG scenario construction. Or nightmare fuel. Maybe just good for a laugh?

Martin was suffering from indigestion on account of eating an entire goose when his jester entered the king's bedroom. Martin asked him where he had been, the jester replied "Out of the next vineyard, where I saw a young deer hanging by his tail from a tree, as if someone had so punished him for stealing figs." The king started laughing uncontrollably until he fell over and died.

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