SOURCES – 15 historical figures that cheated death

The following sources were consulted in the preparation of the article “15 historical figures that cheated death.”

 

ABC News. (2009, January 22). Man wills himself to live after body nearly severed by train. https://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=6708240&page=1

Guinness World Records. (n.d.). Highest fall survived without parachute. https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/highest-fall-survived-without-parachute

Guinness World Records. (n.d.). Longest time adrift at sea—alone. https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-time-adrift-at-sea-alone

Guinness World Records. (n.d.). Most lightning strikes survived. https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-lightning-strikes-survived

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. (2013, July 2). Underwater survival story presents physics puzzle. https://www.llnl.gov/article/39171/underwater-survival-story-presents-physics-puzzle

National Geographic. (2003, July 24). Did climber have to cut off arm to save life? https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/climber-ralston-amputate-arm-utah

Pearson, E. (1933, September 23). Malloy the Mighty. The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1933/09/23/molloy-the-mighty

Smithsonian Magazine. (2010, January). Phineas Gage: Neuroscience’s most famous patient. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/phineas-gage-neurosciences-most-famous-patient-11390067/

Smithsonian Magazine. (2019, November 26). In 1954, an extraterrestrial bruiser shocked this Alabama woman. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/1954-extraterrestrial-bruiser-shocked-alabama-woman-180973646/

ZDF Studios. (n.d.). Through the Green Hell. https://www.zdf-studios.com/en/program-catalog/international/unscripted/people-places/through-green-hell