The Most Brutal and Bizarre Suicides in History

Here are some unbelievable and unimaginable ways to end one’s own life.

Gerald Mellin

In 2008, Gerald Mellin, a U.K. businessman, committed suicide by tying one end of a rope around his neck and the other to a tree. He then got into his car and drove down a main road in Swansea until the rope decapitated him

Kevin Neil Whitrick

In 2007, Kevin Whitrick, a 42-year-old British electrical engineer, committed suicide by hanging himself live on a webcam during an Internet chat session

Australian Man

In 1995, a 39-year-old man committed suicide in Canberra, Australia by shooting himself with a pump action shotgun 3 times. The first shot passed through his chest and went out the other side. He reloaded and shot away his throat and part of his jaw. Breathing through the wound in his throat, he again reloaded, held the gun against his chest with his hands and operated the trigger with his toes. This shot entered the thoracic cavity and demolished the heart, killing him.

Brian Douglas Wells

In 2003, Brian Douglas Wells, an American pizza delivery man in Erie, Pennsylvania, was killed by a time bomb that had been fastened around his neck. He was apprehended by the police after robbing a bank, and claimed he had been forced to do it by three people who had put the bomb around his neck and would kill him if he refused. The bomb later exploded, killing him

Richard Sumner

In 2002, Richard Sumner, a British artist suffering from schizophrenia, went into a remote section of Clocaenog Forest in Denbighshire, Wales, handcuffed himself to a tree and threw the keys out of his reach. His skeleton was discovered three years later

Bernd-Jurgen Brandes

In 2001, Bernd-Jurgen Brandes, from Germany, was voluntarily stabbed repeatedly and then partly eaten by Armin Meiwes (who was later called the Cannibal of Rotenburg). Brandes had answered an internet advertisement by Meiwes looking for someone for this purpose. Brandes explicitly stated in his will that he wished to be killed and eaten.

Sharon Lopatka

In 1996, Sharon Lopatka, an Internet entrepreneur from Maryland, allegedly solicited a man via the Internet to torture and kill her for the purpose of sexual gratification. Her killer, Robert Fredrick Glass, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for the homicide

Franco Brun

In 1987, Franco Brun, a 22-year-old prisoner at Toronto East Detention Center, in Toronto, Ontario, choked to death after attempting to swallow a Gideon’s Bible.

Jimmy Lee Gray

In 1983, Jimmy Lee Gray, a man executed in Mississippi's gas chamber, died bashing his head against a metal pole behind the chair he was strapped into. The poisonous gas had failed to kill him but left him in agony and gasping for eight minutes

William Kogut

In 1930, William Kogut, an inmate on death row at San Quentin, committed suicide with a pipe bomb created from several packs of playing cards and the hollow leg from his cot. At the time, the red ink in playing cards contained flammable nitrocellulose, which when wet can create an explosive mixture. Kogut used the heater in his cell to activate the bomb.

See also

• The 12 Most Absurd and Weirdest Acts of World Leaders and Their Obscure Deaths
• The Weirdest and Most Unusual Deaths of Great Kings and Leaders
• The Most Peculiar and Unusual Ways on How People Were Killed by Machines
• The 13 Most Horrifying and Ridiculous Deaths Ever
• 12 Absurd and Strange Ways To Die
• The Most Excruciating, Brutal and Cruel Punishments in History
• 10 Weirdest and Bizarre Causes of Deaths
• 15 Most Notable Crucifixions in History
• Remarkable Live Telecast Deaths
• World’s Most Famous and Notorious Suicide Places
• World’s Deadliest Waterfalls

The Most Brutal and Bizarre Suicides in History

Here are some unbelievable and unimaginable ways to end one’s own life.

Gerald Mellin

In 2008, Gerald Mellin, a U.K. businessman, committed suicide by tying one end of a rope around his neck and the other to a tree. He then got into his car and drove down a main road in Swansea until the rope decapitated him

Kevin Neil Whitrick

In 2007, Kevin Whitrick, a 42-year-old British electrical engineer, committed suicide by hanging himself live on a webcam during an Internet chat session

Australian Man

In 1995, a 39-year-old man committed suicide in Canberra, Australia by shooting himself with a pump action shotgun 3 times. The first shot passed through his chest and went out the other side. He reloaded and shot away his throat and part of his jaw. Breathing through the wound in his throat, he again reloaded, held the gun against his chest with his hands and operated the trigger with his toes. This shot entered the thoracic cavity and demolished the heart, killing him.

Brian Douglas Wells

In 2003, Brian Douglas Wells, an American pizza delivery man in Erie, Pennsylvania, was killed by a time bomb that had been fastened around his neck. He was apprehended by the police after robbing a bank, and claimed he had been forced to do it by three people who had put the bomb around his neck and would kill him if he refused. The bomb later exploded, killing him

Richard Sumner

In 2002, Richard Sumner, a British artist suffering from schizophrenia, went into a remote section of Clocaenog Forest in Denbighshire, Wales, handcuffed himself to a tree and threw the keys out of his reach. His skeleton was discovered three years later

Bernd-Jurgen Brandes

In 2001, Bernd-Jurgen Brandes, from Germany, was voluntarily stabbed repeatedly and then partly eaten by Armin Meiwes (who was later called the Cannibal of Rotenburg). Brandes had answered an internet advertisement by Meiwes looking for someone for this purpose. Brandes explicitly stated in his will that he wished to be killed and eaten.

Sharon Lopatka

In 1996, Sharon Lopatka, an Internet entrepreneur from Maryland, allegedly solicited a man via the Internet to torture and kill her for the purpose of sexual gratification. Her killer, Robert Fredrick Glass, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for the homicide

Franco Brun

In 1987, Franco Brun, a 22-year-old prisoner at Toronto East Detention Center, in Toronto, Ontario, choked to death after attempting to swallow a Gideon’s Bible.

Jimmy Lee Gray

In 1983, Jimmy Lee Gray, a man executed in Mississippi's gas chamber, died bashing his head against a metal pole behind the chair he was strapped into. The poisonous gas had failed to kill him but left him in agony and gasping for eight minutes

William Kogut

In 1930, William Kogut, an inmate on death row at San Quentin, committed suicide with a pipe bomb created from several packs of playing cards and the hollow leg from his cot. At the time, the red ink in playing cards contained flammable nitrocellulose, which when wet can create an explosive mixture. Kogut used the heater in his cell to activate the bomb.

See also

• The 12 Most Absurd and Weirdest Acts of World Leaders and Their Obscure Deaths
• The Weirdest and Most Unusual Deaths of Great Kings and Leaders
• The Most Peculiar and Unusual Ways on How People Were Killed by Machines
• The 13 Most Horrifying and Ridiculous Deaths Ever
• 12 Absurd and Strange Ways To Die
• The Most Excruciating, Brutal and Cruel Punishments in History
• 10 Weirdest and Bizarre Causes of Deaths
• 15 Most Notable Crucifixions in History
• Remarkable Live Telecast Deaths
• World’s Most Famous and Notorious Suicide Places
• World’s Deadliest Waterfalls

The Weirdest and Most Unusual Death of Great Kings and Leaders

If you are given the chance to choose which way you should die, which one will you choose- death by a shot to the head or a shot to the heart?

This article provides a list of unusual deaths – unique, or extremely rare circumstances recorded throughout history. The list also includes less rare, but still unusual, deaths of prominent people.

William Wallace

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Sir William Wallace (1272 or 1273 – 23 August 1305) was a Scottish knight and landowner who became one of the main leaders during the Wars of Scittish Independence. In 1297, he defeated an English Army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge and was dubbed the Guardian of Scotland. He was defeated by the English Army at the Battle of Falkirk. In 1305, he was captured and was handed to Edward I of England and he was ordered to be hanged, drawn and quartered. He was fastened to a wooden hurdle and drawn by horse to the place of execution, where he was hanged (almost to the point of death), emasculated, disemboweled, beheaded and quartered (chopped into four pieces). His remains were displayed in prominent places across the country.

Marcus Licinius Crassus

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In 53 BCE, Marcus Licinius Crassus, a Roman general and consul, was reported to have been put to death, by the Parthians after losing the battle of Carrhae, by being forced to drink a goblet of molten gold, symbolic of his great wealth.

King Pyrrhus of Epirus

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In 272 BCE, Pyrrhus of Epirus, conqueror and the source of the term “pyrrhic victory”, died while fighting an urban battle in Argos when an old woman threw a roof tile at him, stunning him and allowing an Argive soldier to kill him. He was a cousin of Alexander the Great.

Edward II of England

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In 1327 CE, Edward II of England, after being deposed and imprisoned by his Queen consort Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer, was rumored to have been murdered by having a red-hot iron inserted into his anus. That’s such an absurd way to die.

King Martin of Aragon

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King Martin of Aragon (1336 – 1410) died of unusual way. He died from a combination of indigestion and uncontrollable laughter in 1410 CE. He was called the Elder, the Humane and the Ecclesiastic.

Bela I of Hungary

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In 1063 CE, Bela I of Hungary, called the Champion or the Bison, died when his throne's canopy collapsed upon him. He was king from 1060 until his death.

George Plantagenet

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In 1478 CE, George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, was executed by drowning in a barrel of Malmsey wine at his own request. What an obscure way to die.

Gyorgy Dozsa

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In 1514 CE, Gyorgy Dozsa, Szekely man-at-arms and peasants' revolt leader in Hungary met his death at the most unusual and peculiar way. He was condemned to sit on a red-hot iron throne with a red-hot iron crown on his head and a red-hot scepter in his hand (mocking at his ambition to be king), by Hungarian landed nobility in Transylvania. While Dózsa was still alive, he was set upon and his partially roasted body was eaten by six of his fellow rebels, who had been starved for a week beforehand.

Adolf Frederick

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Don’t eat too much, it kills. In 1771 CE, Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden, died of digestion problems on February 12, 1771 after having consumed a meal of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, smoked herring and champagne, topped off with 14 servings of his favorite dessert: semla served in a bowl of hot milk. He is thus remembered by Swedish schoolchildren as "the king who ate himself to death

Sigurd the Mighty

Sigurd Eysteinsson (aka Sigurd the Mighty, ruled circa 875–892) was the second Viking Earl of Orkney. He was a leader in the Viking conquest of Northern Scotland. Bizarrely, he was killed by the severed head of one his enemies, Mael Brigte. Sigurd strapped Máel Brigte's head to his saddle as a trophy of conquest, and as he rode, Máel Brigte's teeth grazed against Sigurd's leg. The wound became infected and Sigurd died in 892 CE.

See also

• The 12 Most Absurd and Weirdest Acts ofWorld Leaders and Their Obscure Deaths
• The Most Peculiar and Unusual Ways on How People Were Killed by Machines
• The 13 Most Horrifying and Ridiculous Deaths Ever
• 12 Absurd and Strange Ways To Die
• The Most Excruciating, Brutal and Cruel Punishments in History
• 10 Weirdest and Bizarre Causes of Deaths
• 15 Most Notable Crucifixions in History

The Weirdest and Most Unusual Death of Great Kings and Leaders

If you are given the chance to choose which way you should die, which one will you choose- death by a shot to the head or a shot to the heart?

This article provides a list of unusual deaths – unique, or extremely rare circumstances recorded throughout history. The list also includes less rare, but still unusual, deaths of prominent people.

William Wallace

Image Source 

Sir William Wallace (1272 or 1273 – 23 August 1305) was a Scottish knight and landowner who became one of the main leaders during the Wars of Scittish Independence. In 1297, he defeated an English Army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge and was dubbed the Guardian of Scotland. He was defeated by the English Army at the Battle of Falkirk. In 1305, he was captured and was handed to Edward I of England and he was ordered to be hanged, drawn and quartered. He was fastened to a wooden hurdle and drawn by horse to the place of execution, where he was hanged (almost to the point of death), emasculated, disemboweled, beheaded and quartered (chopped into four pieces). His remains were displayed in prominent places across the country.

Marcus Licinius Crassus

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In 53 BCE, Marcus Licinius Crassus, a Roman general and consul, was reported to have been put to death, by the Parthians after losing the battle of Carrhae, by being forced to drink a goblet of molten gold, symbolic of his great wealth.

King Pyrrhus of Epirus

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In 272 BCE, Pyrrhus of Epirus, conqueror and the source of the term “pyrrhic victory”, died while fighting an urban battle in Argos when an old woman threw a roof tile at him, stunning him and allowing an Argive soldier to kill him. He was a cousin of Alexander the Great.

Edward II of England

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In 1327 CE, Edward II of England, after being deposed and imprisoned by his Queen consort Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer, was rumored to have been murdered by having a red-hot iron inserted into his anus. That’s such an absurd way to die.

King Martin of Aragon

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King Martin of Aragon (1336 – 1410) died of unusual way. He died from a combination of indigestion and uncontrollable laughter in 1410 CE. He was called the Elder, the Humane and the Ecclesiastic.

Bela I of Hungary

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In 1063 CE, Bela I of Hungary, called the Champion or the Bison, died when his throne's canopy collapsed upon him. He was king from 1060 until his death.

George Plantagenet

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In 1478 CE, George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, was executed by drowning in a barrel of Malmsey wine at his own request. What an obscure way to die.

Gyorgy Dozsa

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In 1514 CE, Gyorgy Dozsa, Szekely man-at-arms and peasants' revolt leader in Hungary met his death at the most unusual and peculiar way. He was condemned to sit on a red-hot iron throne with a red-hot iron crown on his head and a red-hot scepter in his hand (mocking at his ambition to be king), by Hungarian landed nobility in Transylvania. While Dózsa was still alive, he was set upon and his partially roasted body was eaten by six of his fellow rebels, who had been starved for a week beforehand.

Adolf Frederick

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Don’t eat too much, it kills. In 1771 CE, Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden, died of digestion problems on February 12, 1771 after having consumed a meal of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, smoked herring and champagne, topped off with 14 servings of his favorite dessert: semla served in a bowl of hot milk. He is thus remembered by Swedish schoolchildren as "the king who ate himself to death

Sigurd the Mighty

Sigurd Eysteinsson (aka Sigurd the Mighty, ruled circa 875–892) was the second Viking Earl of Orkney. He was a leader in the Viking conquest of Northern Scotland. Bizarrely, he was killed by the severed head of one his enemies, Mael Brigte. Sigurd strapped Máel Brigte's head to his saddle as a trophy of conquest, and as he rode, Máel Brigte's teeth grazed against Sigurd's leg. The wound became infected and Sigurd died in 892 CE.

See also

• The 12 Most Absurd and Weirdest Acts ofWorld Leaders and Their Obscure Deaths
• The Most Peculiar and Unusual Ways on How People Were Killed by Machines
• The 13 Most Horrifying and Ridiculous Deaths Ever
• 12 Absurd and Strange Ways To Die
• The Most Excruciating, Brutal and Cruel Punishments in History
• 10 Weirdest and Bizarre Causes of Deaths
• 15 Most Notable Crucifixions in History

Humans With the Most Prolific Body Parts

Amazing People That Hold Amazing World Records

Some people are amazingly extraordinary.

1.) Manjit Singh

Can you inflate a standard meteorological balloon (1,000g) to a diameter of 2.44 m or 8 ft under time pressure? Manjit Singh of the UK achieved this in 42 minutes at Rushley Pavilion Centre, Leicester, UK on September 16, 1998 – making him the man with the most powerful lungs in the world.

He holds 31 Guinness World Records for feats of strength concerned with pulling large obstacles such as;

-         pulling an empty double-decker bus over 55 feet with his teeth

-         pulling a double-decker with 54 passengers on board with one hand for a distance of 180 feet

-         pulling a similar bus with 30 people aboard for 256 feet using only his ponytail

-         using his ears to lift 85 kg and hauling an 8 tonnes mobile library for 18m

-         In 1995 he pulled a 203,000-pound Vulcan bomber for 6 inches using a harness round his body.

2.) Kim Goodman

Kim Goodman of the USA can pop her eyeballs to a protrusion of 12 mm or 0.47 inches beyond her eye sockets. Her eyes were measured in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 2, 2007.

 3.) Hans Langseth

Hans Langseth of Norway died in 1927 and his beard was measured at 17.5 feet. Hans Langseth’s beard is now on display at the Smithsonian Institution in the United States.

4.) Annika Irmler

Annika Irmler is recognized as the female with the longest tongue in the world. Her tongue is 2.7 inches long.

5.) Lee Redmond

Lee Redmond of Utah, USA is recognized as he person with the longest fingernails. The total length of her nails is 28 ft 4.5 in. She lost them on a car crash in 2009.

6.) Mehmet Ozyurek

Mehmet Ozyurek is the man with the longest nose in the world. This man’s nose measured 4.5 inches long. He is from Turkey.

7.) Devendra Harne and Pranamya Menaria

Two persons are recognized for having the most fingers and toes - Devendra Harne and Pranamya Menaria. They both have 25 fingers and toes – 12 fingers and 13 toes. They are both from India.

8.) Frank Ames

Frank Ames of Saranac New York is recognized as the person with the longest eyebrow hair in the world. It measured 3.7 in or 9.6 cm.

9.) Vivian Wheeler

Vivian Wheeler is recognized as the World's Longest Female Beard. Her beard’s measurement is 11 inches long.

10.) Badamsinh

Badamsinh of India was measured on February 29, 2004 and was declared to be the man with the longest mustache in the world. It was 12.5 feet long or 4.2 meters in length.

11.) Radhakant Bajpai

A man in northern India name Radhakant Bajpai has been recognized by Guinness World Records as having the world’s longest ear hair. The tufts coming out of the man’s ears measured more than 5 inches when he set the record in 2003.The hair has now grown to nearly 10 inches.

12.) Wes Pemberton

Wes Pemberton of Tyler holds the world record for the longest leg hair. His hair, which is about 5 inches long, exceeded the previous record of 4.88 inches long.

13.) Tran Van Hay

Tran Van Hay, a Vietnamese, has not cut his hair in 31 years. It is 6.2 meters long and is recognized as the man with the longest hair in the world.

14.) Xie Qiuping

A 40 year-old woman name Xie Qiuping of China is recognized as the woman to have the world’s longest documented hair. Her hair is 5.627 meters long or 18 ft 5.54 inches. She has not cut his hair since she’s 13.

15.) Jonah Falcon

Jonah Falcon has the world’s longest reproductive organ (male) on record at 13½in.

16.) Shamsher Singh

Currently, the longest beard belongs to Shamsher Singh of India. His beard last measured in at 6 feet long. He still has a long way to go.

17.) Stephen Taylor

Stephen Taylor of the United Kingdom has a tongue that measures 9.5 cm or 3.74 inches from the tip to the center of his closed top lip. It was measured in Milan, Italy on January 5, 2006.

See also

• Amazing Facts About the Human Body


• Amazing Facts About the Human Body Two


• Interesting Facts About the Human Body


• The Incredible Human Body


• The Human Extremes: World’s Most Amazing People


• The Strongest Muscles and the LargestHuman Body Parts

Humans With the Most Prolific Body Parts

Amazing People That Hold Amazing World Records

Some people are amazingly extraordinary.

1.) Manjit Singh

Can you inflate a standard meteorological balloon (1,000g) to a diameter of 2.44 m or 8 ft under time pressure? Manjit Singh of the UK achieved this in 42 minutes at Rushley Pavilion Centre, Leicester, UK on September 16, 1998 – making him the man with the most powerful lungs in the world.

He holds 31 Guinness World Records for feats of strength concerned with pulling large obstacles such as;

-         pulling an empty double-decker bus over 55 feet with his teeth

-         pulling a double-decker with 54 passengers on board with one hand for a distance of 180 feet

-         pulling a similar bus with 30 people aboard for 256 feet using only his ponytail

-         using his ears to lift 85 kg and hauling an 8 tonnes mobile library for 18m

-         In 1995 he pulled a 203,000-pound Vulcan bomber for 6 inches using a harness round his body.

2.) Kim Goodman

Kim Goodman of the USA can pop her eyeballs to a protrusion of 12 mm or 0.47 inches beyond her eye sockets. Her eyes were measured in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 2, 2007.

 3.) Hans Langseth

Hans Langseth of Norway died in 1927 and his beard was measured at 17.5 feet. Hans Langseth’s beard is now on display at the Smithsonian Institution in the United States.

4.) Annika Irmler

Annika Irmler is recognized as the female with the longest tongue in the world. Her tongue is 2.7 inches long.

5.) Lee Redmond

Lee Redmond of Utah, USA is recognized as he person with the longest fingernails. The total length of her nails is 28 ft 4.5 in. She lost them on a car crash in 2009.

6.) Mehmet Ozyurek

Mehmet Ozyurek is the man with the longest nose in the world. This man’s nose measured 4.5 inches long. He is from Turkey.

7.) Devendra Harne and Pranamya Menaria

Two persons are recognized for having the most fingers and toes - Devendra Harne and Pranamya Menaria. They both have 25 fingers and toes – 12 fingers and 13 toes. They are both from India.

8.) Frank Ames

Frank Ames of Saranac New York is recognized as the person with the longest eyebrow hair in the world. It measured 3.7 in or 9.6 cm.

9.) Vivian Wheeler

Vivian Wheeler is recognized as the World's Longest Female Beard. Her beard’s measurement is 11 inches long.

10.) Badamsinh

Badamsinh of India was measured on February 29, 2004 and was declared to be the man with the longest mustache in the world. It was 12.5 feet long or 4.2 meters in length.

11.) Radhakant Bajpai

A man in northern India name Radhakant Bajpai has been recognized by Guinness World Records as having the world’s longest ear hair. The tufts coming out of the man’s ears measured more than 5 inches when he set the record in 2003.The hair has now grown to nearly 10 inches.

12.) Wes Pemberton

Wes Pemberton of Tyler holds the world record for the longest leg hair. His hair, which is about 5 inches long, exceeded the previous record of 4.88 inches long.

13.) Tran Van Hay

Tran Van Hay, a Vietnamese, has not cut his hair in 31 years. It is 6.2 meters long and is recognized as the man with the longest hair in the world.

14.) Xie Qiuping

A 40 year-old woman name Xie Qiuping of China is recognized as the woman to have the world’s longest documented hair. Her hair is 5.627 meters long or 18 ft 5.54 inches. She has not cut his hair since she’s 13.

15.) Jonah Falcon

Jonah Falcon has the world’s longest reproductive organ (male) on record at 13½in.

16.) Shamsher Singh

Currently, the longest beard belongs to Shamsher Singh of India. His beard last measured in at 6 feet long. He still has a long way to go.

17.) Stephen Taylor

Stephen Taylor of the United Kingdom has a tongue that measures 9.5 cm or 3.74 inches from the tip to the center of his closed top lip. It was measured in Milan, Italy on January 5, 2006.

See also

• Amazing Facts About the Human Body


• Amazing Facts About the Human Body Two


• Interesting Facts About the Human Body


• The Incredible Human Body


• The Human Extremes: World’s Most Amazing People


• The Strongest Muscles and the LargestHuman Body Parts