The Lighter Side Of Death by venemous george - Blogithttp://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/venemousgeorge8290/hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/venemousgeorge8290/948535Have to admit I'm sort of hooked on PARANORMAL CAUGHT ON CAMERA, although some of the paranormal "experts" critiquing the episodes are just a little too quick to jump on the "it HAS to be something supernatural" bandwagon, and not even acknowledging that many of them can be easily explained...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/venemousgeorge8290/945394Does anybody wonder what really happens in reincarnation? What happens if a loved one died many years ago? Do they reincarnate in an entirely different body and brand new life before we get a chance to reunite with them? What happens to a widow or widower who outlived two spouses, but loved each...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/venemousgeorge8290/944770As much as I like most "ghost hunting" shows, I felt PORTALS TO HELL was pretty much unwatchable, and then I realized why. In addition to being very amateurishly acted, I didn't realize that Jack Osbourne was Ozzy's idiot son. There goes any credibility for that show. I can see it now...Jack...God helps those who...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/venemousgeorge8290/944513During the Battle of Lutzen in 1632, King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden refuses to wear any steel body armor, telling his troops, "The Lord God is my armor." Well, not THAT particular day anyway. The king's final moments included being shot in the arm, thrown from his horse, stabbed, shot in the...Improving with age...even at 150 !http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/venemousgeorge8290/944508Vladimir Lenin has been dead since 1924, but Russia's most famous embalmee is still quite the fashion plate. Under his tailored three-piece suit, the father of communism also wears a rubber wetsuit, which holds the solution that keeps him from falling apart. Twice a week the parts of his body...It sure seemed like a good idea on paper...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/venemousgeorge8290/944504King Mithradates Vl had the "brilliant" idea that by slowly filling his body with poisonous toxins that in time he would be able to build up enough resistance to survive a possible assassination by poisoning. After a strict regimen of taking very small doses of poison almost daily, he finally...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/venemousgeorge8290/944503In 1649 Royalist commander Sr. Arthur Aston is beaten to death with his own wooden leg during the English Civil War.http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/venemousgeorge8290/944418While there have been four presidential assassinations throughout U.S. history, Andrew Jackson was the first to survive a bullet being fired at him when he prevailed against a fellow suitor in a duel over a woman. It is said the gaunt Jackson, approximately 145 pounds stretched out over a 6'1...A tough "Axe" to grind...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/venemousgeorge8290/944343Talk about a guy who loved his job. The Duke of Alva was the chief executioner to King Phillip of Spain during the time of the Holy Inquisition. His job was pretty simple and clear cut....Wiping out heretics. His favorite method of execution was to seal the victim's mouth with an iron gag that...Losing your head...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/venemousgeorge8290/944206The guillotine definitely holds a morbid fascination for many. Many wonder if after the swift severing of the head by the razor sharp blade if the head actually survives for a few moments. Countless arguments have been sparked by this idea over the years. In 1794 when Charlotte Corday was...