bar bet
dare
endurance
for female
sailor dare
spitting
with electric current
competitive, inhibitor
condom, to defeat breathalyzer
Cooking with Gas (Honorable Mention)
crops, protection with landmine
Crotch Rocket (Honorable Mention)
curiosity
Damned if You Do…(Darwin Award)
daredevil
Daring Feet (Darwin Award)
Death Valley Daze (Darwin Award)
death
blown off roof
by anaphylactic shock
by auger
by bullet
by catapult
by decapitation
by dehydration
by drowning
by electricity
by goring
by gymnastics
by horse kick
by lava lamp
by parachute failure
by shopping cart
by stabbing
crushed by car
crushed by concrete slab
crushed by subway
crushed by tree
crushed by truck
drinking antifreeze
exsanguinations
falling from balcony
falling from stadium
falling from tower
falling into traffic
in airplane
in explosion
in flash flood
lacking seat belt
leaping from car
leaping over banister
on jet ski
on moped
on motorcycle
on roller coaster
on snowmobile
on snowmobile
playing chicken
retrieving eyeglasses
sex in plane
sex in street
sleeping on beach
snake venom
Do What I Say, Not What I Do (Personal Account)
Dodging the Draft Horse (Personal Account)
Do-It-Yourself Bass Boat (Personal Account)
Do-It-Yourself Landmine (Darwin Award)
Dope on a Rope (Darwin Award)
drunk driving, snowmobile
duct tape
dump, trash
Dying for a Ciggie (Darwin Award)
Eel Enema (Honorable Mention)
Eiffel Tower
electrical outage
electricians, on truck
electricity
and bird nests
and train
and vacuum
climbing utility pole
detonating explosive
Elephant Tail (Darwin Award)
elephant trail
elephant, teasing
Endogenous Retroviruses and Evolution (Science Essay)
engine, cold
Evel Knievel, Montana daredevil
Exploding Boat (Honorable Mention)
Exploding Ex-tortionist (Darwin Award)
Exploding Outhouse (Honorable Mention)
explosion
artillery
chemical
Coleman stove
detonator
fireworks
fishing
fuel
gasoline
grenade
landmine
lava lamp
M80
natural gas
outhouse
oxygen brick
pressurized can
explosives, tossed from car
eyebrows, missing
eyeglasses, loss of
Failed Frame-Up (Darwin Award)
fall
from stairwell
from wheelchair
off tower
scaling wall
Federal Railroad Administration
feet, use in steering
fire
fire, explosion
Firewalls (Honorable Mention)
fireworks
fireworks, firecrackers
fishing
Flaming Bungee Jump (Honorable Mention)
Flying Dutchman (Darwin Award)
Forensic Analysis: Achieving Justice (Science Essay)
Freeway Dangler (Darwin Award)
fumigation, with natural gas
Gas Spill (Personal Account)
gasoline
girlfriend
attempt to impress
gift for
helping
romantic idea
teasing
glass, broken
Go With the Floe (Honorable Mention)
graffiti
grenade
gun
and sex
nail
Gun-Safety Nonsense (Personal Account)
gunshot victim, self-inflicted
gymnastics
Hammer Head (Honorable Mention)
Happy Camper (Honorable Mention)
Hazard Befell Him (Darwin Award)
Heck on Wheels (Darwin Award)
History of the Darwin Awards (Introduction)
homemade car
homemade parachute
Homemade Wine (Darwin Award)
horse, kick
Hot Hot Chocolate (Personal Account)
Hot Pants (Honorable Mention)
Human Paper Towel (Personal Account)
Human Torch (Darwin Award)
hunting
bird
coyote
raccoon
hurricane
Hurricane Blumpkin (Darwin Award)
Hurricane Bob
Hurricane Isabel
Hurricane News Junkie (Darwin Award)
Icarus (Personal Account)
ice maker
ice scraper, as throttle control
ice
thin
trapped on
Jack Up (Darwin Award)
James G. Petropoulos, Science Writer
jet ski
Juice Me Up! (Personal Account)
jump
from bridge
from car
from Eiffel Tower
from ledge
from window
onto subway tracks
over banister
over railing
with knife
keys
in apartment
in pocket
Killer Shades (Darwin Award)
Kills Bugs Dead (Honorable Mention)
knife
axe
bayonet
kitchen
throwing spider
landmine
Lava Lamp (Darwin Award)
license, suspended
lighter, butane
Love Bites (Science Essay)
Love Struck (Darwin Award)
lubricant, dishwashing liquid
Maia Smith, Science Writer
Man Drowns in Kitchen Sink (Darwin Award)
mechanic, inept
Medieval Flambé (Personal Account)
methamphetamine
danger of making
mid-life crisis
Mile-High Club Failure (Darwin Award)
Military Intelligence (Darwin Award)
military story
military, soldier
Mining for Elephants (Darwin Award)
motorcycle. See vehicle.
New Hog (Honorable Mention)
Niagara Falls
Nighttime Fun with Bullets (Honorable Mention)
nitroglycerine
Norm Sleep, Science Writer
nudist
Off-Road Driving (Darwin Award)
Oktoberfest
Oops, Did It Again (Honorable Mention)
Origin of the Novel Species Noodleous doubleous (Science Essay)
ovaries, toad, eating
Overheated Engine (Honorable Mention)
pain
t, body
paint, spray can
painters
Pancake Thief (Darwin Award)
paper towel dispenser
parachute, home made
Parrot Hunter (Honorable Mention)
penis
beringed
burned
severed
Picking the Winners (Introduction)
Picture Perfect Cop (Honorable Mention)
pilots
distracted
joyriding
Plug Me In (Darwin Award)
Pocket M80 (Personal Account)
poison, thallium
police, outrunning
Power Over Plate Glass (Personal Account)
prank, gone wrong
raccoon hunting
rat poison
recliner, as deck chair
Renaissance Fair
rescue, by British lads
revenge, backfire
Right Over the Dam (Darwin Award),
river
Avon
Braamfontein Spruit
Gatineau
Rocketing to Glory (Darwin Award)
roller coaster
running
alongside a car
from bison
from police
naked and screaming
toward balcony railing
Rutting Contest (Darwin Award)
safety helmet, limitation of
saliva
SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism),
seat belt, absence of
Second Time’s the Charm (Darwin Award)
Self-Demolition Derby (Darwin Award),
self-inflicted gunshot wound
Self-Protection (Honorable Mention),
Serbian Tsunami (Honorable Mention),
sex
aloft
in the street
with chocolate
with gun
sharks, feeding
Sharp Landing (Darwin Award)
sheep, bighorn
Shoot ’em Off (Darwin Award)
Shooting Blanks (Darwin Award)
shopping cart
Shortcut Cut Short (Personal Account)
Sizzling Scaffolding (Darwin Award)
Slaughterhouse Robbery (Darwin Award)
sleep deprivation, and poor judgment
sleep, beneath truck
Snake Man (Darwin Award)
snake
deadly mamba
Gaboon viper
snowmobile. See vehicle.
Snowmoboater (Darwin Award)
Spy vs. Self (Darwin Award)
spy, amateur
spy, professional
Stephen Darksyde, Science Writer
sterilization
by cleaver
by electricity
by firecracker
by gun during sex play
by home-made explosive
by injecting saline
by pellet gun
by penis ring
stove
and air freshener
and bullets
and lava lamp
Coleman
student
biology
engineering
Stupid Car (Personal Account)
submarine, and firearms
Surprise Attack Surprise (Darwin Award)
Survival of the Fittest (Introduction)
teacher, inept
Terminal Creativity (Darwin Award)
termite control
testicle
and electricity
enlargement of
Testosterone, Chickens, and Guns (Honorable Mention)
thallium
The Army’s a Blast (Darwin Award)
The Bigger the Better (Personal Account)
The Categories (Introduction)
The Man with the Iron Stomach (Personal Account)
The Nuisance of Seatbelts (Darwin Award)
The Rules (Introduction)
The Skinny on Fat (Science Essay)
theft
as an excuse
at brothel
at slaughterhouse
of amphetamine
of dump truck
of fireworks
of honey
of snakes
of support braces
of wallets
Tide Waits for No Man (Darwin Award)
Tight Wad (Personal Account)
toad
train. See vehicle.
Tree Hard, Head Empty (Darwin Award)
Tree vs. Man (Darwin Award)
tree
catapulted by
falling
forcibly uprooted
immobility of
truck. See vehicle.
tsunami, collateral damage
Tunnel Vision (Darwin Award)
Ultimate Quest for Airtime (Darwin Award)
University
Carleton
James Cook
James Madison
Nebraska
Summit College
Taiwan
urination
vacuum repair
Vancouver Film Festival
vehicle
airplane
ATV
bicycle
boat
bus
canoe
car
BMW
demolition derby
Ford Mustang
home made
Nissan
Opel Kadett
Subaru Legacy
Volkswagon microbus
jet ski
moped
motorcycle
Harley
shopping cart
snowmobile
SUV, on ice
train
truck
truck, dump
venom
hemotoxic
neurotoxic