The final hours of 13-year-old Omayra Sanchez were captured in this haunting photograph, which was named the World Press Photo of the Year in 1986
Category: Deaths
The Granite Mountain Hotshots
In June 2013, dry lightning ignited a wildfire on land near the town of Yarnell, Arizona. Following a long period … More
2003 Fatal Leopard Seal Attack
While the first fatal attack was recorded in 2003, leopard seals have shown to be willing to actively hunt humans for over a century
The Exorcisms of Anneliese Michel
Convinced that a mentally ill young woman was possessed by demons, her family and a priest carried out a total of 67 exorcisms
The Disappearance of Rudolf Diesel
When the German inventor of a revolutionary combustion engine went missing, many believed he had been murdered to prevent his invention falling into British hands
The 2002 Moscow Theatre Crisis
After Chechen separatists took the audience and cast of a Moscow theatre production hostage, Russian authorities used a tranquilizer gas to retake the theatre, with disastrous consequences
The Nepalese Royal Massacre
In 2001, ten members of the Nepalese Royal family, including the king and queen, were shot dead during a garden party
The Blue Hole
Why have up to 200 divers lost their lives at a popular dive site on the Red Sea?
The execution of Jean Calas
Two years after his brutal torture and execution for the murder of his son, a French merchant was found to be innocent
Alferd Packer – The Colorado Cannibal
How one failed mountain guide and prospector achieved enduring infamy on the 19th century American frontier
