Show Notes
Did you know beards can be deadly? Or that a lawnmower once killed a spectator at a football game? What if I told you someone died from drinking too much water? These are just some of the wild and crazy deaths…that are truly unbelievable.
Thank you to our experts who contributed to this episode: Austin Rogers, Hakeen Oluseyi, Larissa Tracy, Kavitha Davidson, Chris Gerdes, Don Wildman, Matthew Steiner, Jason O. Harris, Thor Hanson, Natalia Reagan, Sami Jarroush. Rebecca Hsu. Holly Frey, and Edward O'Donnell.
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