Top five worst ways to die: the strangest ways people have died. These are some of the scariest and most shocking deaths that rank among the worst ways to die in real life. Subscribe to World5List http://goo.gl/cpJSA6 Find us on... -- http://www.twitter.com/world5list -- http://www.pinterest.com/world5list -- http://www.boredbadger.com -- http://www.facebook.com/world5list Today we are looking at the 5 worst ways to die! Welcome to subscriber saturday where you make the list and we make the video, more on that later. At number 5 we find The Brazen bull as requested by Fed Ff. The Brazen bull is an ancient torture device. We decided it would be fun if we would pick a mix of ancient and more modern methods from your suggestions. The brazen bull was used as a horrible torture and execution method in ancient Greece. There once was a tyrant named Phalaris who was approached by an inventor by the name of Perillos. Perillos had made a hollow bull made entirely out of bronze with a door in it. The inside of the bull was designed so that it converted screams into the sound of a bull. The condemned were locked in the device, and a fire was set under it, heating the metal until the person inside roasted to death. It's one thing if a tyran orders a device like this to be made and forces someone to make it right? But to have someone voluntarily design this bull makes him almost as bad as the tyrant he is trying to sell it to. Well, Perillos the inventor soon got what he had coming! When Perillos presented his invention he said to Phalaris: "His screams will come to you through the pipes as the tenderest, most pathetic, most melodious of bellowings." Disgusted by these words, Phalaris ordered its horn sound system to be tested on Perillos himself. When Perillos entered, he was immediately locked in, and the fire was set, so that Phalaris could hear the sound of his screams. Before Perillos could die, Phalaris opened the door and took him away. Instead of getting a reward for his invention Perillos was thrown from the top of a hill, killing him. We are guessing the tyrant found it too brutal to leave Perillos to get toasted to death in his own invention. A shiver of mercy! Phalaris himself is said to have been killed in the brazen bull when he was overthrown after which the Romans had some fun with it in later times as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PToapr_EuEE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7B3DrxH8rA Rene on screen: Let me quickly interrupt before we move onto number 4. Next week's subscriber Subscriber Saturday topic is the biggest historic scandals that were swept under the carpet. A topic that was inspired by watching the movie spotlight. Leave your pick in the comment section below and get featured in next week's Subscriber Saturday video! At number 4 is buried alive as requested by Pootersmasher. Buried Alive Fear of being buried alive is one of the most common phobias that people have. There are of course many different ways in which someone can be buried alive. The different ways can be split up into 2 groups really; Accidental and intentional. When you think accidental, think avalanche, people getting buried because they are believed to be death, or beach goers digging a hole that ends up collapsing on them. How people end up getting buried in an avalanche is pretty obvious and it's not hard to envision. It happens often and it almost always happens in the same way. People go off piste and they pay a hefty and sad price. People getting buried because they are believed to be death is a different story. It sounds sick and hard to believe but it DOES happen and it even happens in today's modern day and age! The first report that we could find of someone accidentally being buried alive dates back to the fourteenth century. A philosopher named John Scotus was found outside his coffin when his tomb was reopened. His hands were torn and bloody and he had clearly tried to escape. We are pretty sure that similar stuff happened a lot back in the day and that this fourteenth century occurrence wasn't the first time because well medical science just wasn't as advanced as it is today right?!

• published: 27 Feb 2016
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