Mr. Morbid
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Some Unusual Deaths
These are some deaths that have a bit of mystery surrounding them. While not claiming there was any foul play, the circumstances are not clear cut.
Pope John Paul I
After only 33 days as Pope, he was found dead, apparently of a heart attack. There was
some conflicts with the time of death and some people assumed he was poisoned. The Vatican
refused to let an autopsy take place, citing it was undignified.
Louis Renault
The famous French auto manufacturer who arrested for collaborating with the Nazi’s
after the second World War. Healthy when he entered prison, he was dead a month later. The
cause of death was listed as uremia but a later x-ray revealed a fractured neck vertebra.
William Harding
This disgraced U.S. President never had an autopsy and it was suspected that he was
poisoned by his wife as he died very suddenly. The saddest thing is that most people were
glad to see him out of office, any which way.
Meriwether Lewis
Half of the famed exploratory team of Lewis & Clark, the official statement is that
Lewis killed himself because he suffered from what is now known as depression. However,
there was considerable debate, not only about his suicide but also his mental condition.
He was buried immediately after death and the matter was never looked into.
Jess Smith
Although not as well known as some of the others, Smith was the Attorney General for
Harding. His case is unusual in that it was apparently a botched cover-up job. As the
rumors of corruption infested Harding’s office, Smith was found with a gunshot to the
head. The pistol in his right hand indicated suicide yet he was shot in the left temple.
The gun later disappeared and the death was ruled suicide.