Tales Of The Unusual Death In 15 Seconds

A laboratory assistant at a dye works, a man named Reginald, committed the cardinal sin of old chemistry: he pipetted by mouth. He was tasked with transferring a solution that smelled vaguely of bitter almonds. He did not smell it. He was in a rush.

These stories are not meant to scare you into a padded room. They are meant to remind you that the most unusual death is not the one you expect. It is the one you never see coming—the one that happens in the time it takes to say, “Oh, I didn’t realize…” tales of the unusual death in 15 seconds

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