A Brief History of Death by Selfie | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror

This short documentary tracks the history of people dying while in pursuit of the perfect self-portrait, also known as "death by selfie"...

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CHAPTERS: 🔖
► 00:00 - History of the Selfie
► 03:06 - Plane Crash
► 04:54 - Bull Run
► 06:11 - Geothermal Field
► 07:48 - Rooftopping
► 09:49 - Conclusion

MUSIC: 🎵
► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory

SOURCES: 📑
► Cessna Crash NTSB Report published by the NTSB. Available via: https://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2015/im...
► "NTSB: 'Selfies' likely contributed to fatal plane crash near Denver" by Jesse Paul, published by The Denver Post, February 2015. Link: https://www.denverpost.com/2015/02/02...
► "The horrific moment man, 32, was gored to death after trying to film bull run on his mobile phone at Spanish festival" by Gerard Couzens, published by the Daily Mail, August 2015. Link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...
► "Chinese rooftop climber dies in 62-storey fall" published by BBC News, December 2017. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia...
► "Daguerre (1787–1851) and the Invention of Photography" by Malcolm Daniel, published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2004. Link: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dag...

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