Episode 63, Real-Life Final Destination Deaths: The Cases That Actually Happened — Final Destination (2000)

Hello my little Gremlins!!! Today we kick off a 6 Part series where we cover the cases that actually happened- where real life mirrored the Final Destination films.

We will go through each movie and the mechanism of death presented in the films, then we will cover the case files that happened IRL.

Today we will cover:

TWA Flight 800

Northwest Airlines Flight 255

American Airlines Flight 191

Accidental bathroom strangulation and asphyxiation cases

Speeding city busses

Kitchen explosions and impalements

and

Decapitation by train, and the 1972 Illinois Central Commuter Rail Crash

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TWA Flight 800

Northwest Airlines Flight 255

American Airlines Flight 191

Speeding city busses

Kitchen explosions and impalements

Decapitation by train

1972 Illinois Central Commuter Rail Crash

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