The Weird and the Weirder Deaths

I was scrolling the internet and found some weird and wonderful deaths that I want to share. There are hundreds of these fables whether these are all true or not should be left up to the reader to either believe the internet or go out into the digital world and research for oneself. I however love a great story of how someone died in a weird and sometimes moronic way. Here we go.

The year was 892 and a  fellow by the name Sigurd Eysteinsson or as he was better know as "Sigurd the Mighty" was merrily ruling as the second Viking Earl of Orkney have succeeded his brother Rognvald Eysteinsson  He was hell bent on leading the Viking conquest into what is now Northern Scotland.  His mortal enemy Mael Brigte was killed and decapitated at sometime during this campaign and our friend Sigurd the Mighty strapped Mael's decapitated head to his horses saddle as a trophy. Well even though Mael's head had been separated from his body he was not finished the fight these two had started. As the story goes the teeth of Mael scratched Sigurd's leg as he triumphantly rode through the North of Scotland and caused a massive infection in his leg that he later succumbed to. Bite can be worse than the bark. 
4 BC The reign of Herod the Great in Roman Judea in modern day Israel and State of Palestine. There is debate on the accurateness of the title " the Great" as many historians believe he was a crazy person who murdered his family and many religious figures in his time but that is not what I care about. I care how this dude died.  There is a very technical paper of the highly possible reasons for Herod's demise by Dr. Litchfiel but I prefer the more crude and vial one from the internet. It states that Herod suffered and died of fever, intense rashes, colon pains, foot drop, inflammation of the abdomen, a putrefaction of his genitals that produced worms, convulsions, and difficulty breathing before he finally died. This was all to have been happening at around the same time.
 And I get a little crazy if my cold lasts for more than 3-4 days. Well those are but two that I found and have had time to write about. There may well be a part two to this in the near future.

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