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22 May 2017, 7:58 am

A suicidal genius engineered a helmet to kill himself with. This happened 40 years ago. Check it out
https://www.bizarrepedia.com/the-suicide-helmet/


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22 May 2017, 10:09 am

Looks pretty cool!



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22 May 2017, 11:45 am

The guy was very meticulous about the design too. The article on bizarrepedia said
"There are holes visible in the helmet opposite some of the shells – they’re the holes from the shot – .33-inch lead balls – that passed through his head and embedded themselves in the helmet. He knew something about the skull: thicker and stronger at the front where he placed three shells. it would have made more sense – for maximum kill power – to put the shells at his temples, but it seems like he may have been trying to tic boxes for both homogenous skull obliteration and maximum death.

This kid was sharp. On one side, there’s a hole through the helmet from the shell opposite it. It also looks like he placed the shells in such a way so the shot would penetrate the majority of the brain tissue. The inside pic shows this pretty well and you can see the holes at 6, 12, and 2 o’clock opposite the shells at 12, 6, and 7 o’clock respectively. The others were aimed downward enough to miss the helmet oppositely, or simply didn’t go through the cranium.

Not only was this a feat of electrical design, but it had a backup system and was made specifically to defeat the skull anatomy. This kid was brilliant. And all pre-internet."
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22 May 2017, 8:48 pm

I wonder if he was really suicidal or not. Maybe he just thought the idea of a kill helmet was super kewl & couldn't resist the temptation to test it out on himself without really processing that he would die or anything.


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22 May 2017, 10:31 pm

I read about that on Listverse a couple of weeks ago. It makes me very sad. :(



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22 May 2017, 10:37 pm

That is fascinating but so terribly sad. I mean he was smart to have come up with that, but it's such a pity he used his intellect to off himself. I don't judge, I tried to kill myself when I was 15 and failed so I understand how it feels to be suicidal...but its sad nonetheless.


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23 May 2017, 6:26 pm

I like the idea of a life helmet, better.


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23 May 2017, 6:40 pm

I wonder if they're being really sarcastic about the "genius" part, because why go to such lengths to deliberately end your own life when all you have to do is jump off a bridge or overdose on drugs?

But then again, suicide and the victims of it are not something about to make jokes about ever. This is pretty sad.



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25 May 2017, 2:50 am

CockneyRebel wrote:
I like the idea of a life helmet, better.

:idea: QFT :wtg:



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25 May 2017, 2:54 am

what a messy death it musta been, what with all that bloody splattered brain and shattered bone and shredded skin all over the place. he musta hated his brain. very sad. :cry:



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25 May 2017, 7:34 pm

auntblabby wrote:
CockneyRebel wrote:
I like the idea of a life helmet, better.

:idea: QFT :wtg:
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25 May 2017, 7:38 pm

^^^^ :idea: :star: :idea: let us all here, brainstorm on making a "life helmet" and see if we can make it so! :bounce:



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25 May 2017, 9:04 pm

auntblabby wrote:
^^^^ :idea: :star: :idea: let us all here, brainstorm on making a "life helmet" and see if we can make it so! :bounce:


It needs viking-horns.


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25 May 2017, 9:16 pm

enbalmed wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
^^^^ :idea: :star: :idea: let us all here, brainstorm on making a "life helmet" and see if we can make it so! :bounce:


It needs viking-horns.

i'll accept that, if the horns play music :dj: