10 thoughts on ““Man Dies in Washing Machine””

1. I really hope no one believes that. That is a very contrived story, not to mention quite precise.

2. snOMG, that was my cousin’s sister’s butler!

3. That’s an early urban legend. First ran across it in the late 80s,

4. Was it the reaction between the Urine and the Baking soda? Or the Urine and the Bleach? Or All three?

   I know Urine and bleach cause a sort of Mustard gas type of reaction, but I’d never heard of the Baking soda urine combo.

   Sounds like a fun home chemistry experiment!

5. Always google the name- then find it at Snopes
   http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/laundry.asp

6. Yeah, that happened to me one time.

7. This story was featured years ago in the Darwin Awards.

8. I first heard this urban legend several years ago on Mythbusters. Including the C’ville location.

   Killer Washing Machine: BUSTED
   The washing machine has a safety feature that prevents the spin cycle from hooking on into anything. The dog urine would not explode with the bleach or the detergent, so it was quickly busted.

9. That actually really happened to me, but not in Charlottesville. It was Crozet. I died in Crozet.

10. The story seems to have disappeared, but it’s really amusing to read these comments without the context. :-D

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