A photojournalist was at the right place at the right time to capture the worst possible outcome for a woman standing on the beach during a thunderstorm.

Police in Chicago say a Minnesota man was pronounced dead after attempting to retrieve his cellphone from the iced-over waters of the Chicago River just after midnight on Monday.

In the spirit of living once and dying young, two female subway patrons decided to pass the time by jumping onto the track bed and twerking their improvident hearts out.

A couple who stopped to have relations on railroad tracks in an effort "to spice up their sexual life" was subsequently run over by a train.

An infamous Halloween urban legend came tragically true (yet again) for one Kentucky mom whose son accidentally hanged himself with a noose the family was using as a Halloween decoration.

With the staggering volume of quality Vines out there it's becoming harder and harder for Vine makers to get noticed, leading some to resort to drastic measures.

It took some forty years of convincing, but Barry Strang finally managed to persuade his wife Pam to let him buy a motorcycle.

A 17-year-old "amateur stuntman" from Tarzana, California, bet his friends he could clear a moving car in a single bound.

A 19-year-old woman in Phoenix who accidentally shot and killed her brother was posing with a gun for Facebook photos, according to local police.

A man in Tunisia lost a bet and his life after consuming 28 raw eggs in a single sitting for the entertainment of his friends.

Is it possible to bridge the divide between two NYC subway platforms?

After a day of downing pints at the pub, Little Miss Drunky Pants goes home to drink some more.

And the winner of next year's Darwin Award is.... this guy! Watch as a man rams his motorized scooter into an elevator after missing it, ultimately breaking the panels and, sadly, plummeting to his eventual death. (Video isn't graphic, FYI.)