How to Kill Yourself and Make it Look Like an Accident?
 

I'm writing a short story and one of the characters is going to kill himself and will make it look like an accident that is totally believable....


how would you think it'd be done best to accomplish that 'accidental' vibe & maintain credibility?

undo your shoelace and jump off a tall object/building ?

Drive off a cliff.

I was thinking that might work well too, but then thought, unless there is some break/streaks on the road wouldn't the police/whoever think that it was done on purpose? so would it be best to speed up then skid off that cliff?


hmmmm

slip and fall in the shower with a fleshlight

any thoughts on accidental poisoning?



I don't know much about it, so I might have to just go with the cliff plot...



it's kinda important that this looks very much like an accident for this character as he wants his family to get the life insurance money...so it's gotta be pretty much perfect...

They say a lot of unexplained accidents may have been suicide. The car accident angle would be a good ideal. Like you mentioned making it look like an attempt to stop would make it more real.

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Cliff is to cliche, think of something better. :2 cents:

Skiing Accident

how about some researching some unsolved cases or cases that have actually been ruled an accident, don't know from where to get that kind of info from

Does the character do drugs?

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Fix a bulb of light when it's on

autoerotic asphixiation.

or a car-accident... :helpme

Interesting read so far, book marked for future reading :thumbsup

A number of boating accidents happen during the summer months..

Fishing in your boat.. stand up to reel in the big one.. lose your balance.. fall overboard... nuff said...

a person known to party or use drugs recreationally could do an "accidental" overdose

the best way to go of the alternatives also:2 cents:

Drowning or some type of untraceable poison. Go down to the ghetto and pay a homie to shoot and rob you. Taking a bath and radio falls in the shower. Walk in front of a bus. Dress like a black or hispanic male and reach in to your inside jacket pocket in front of a cop.

heroine overdose

moutain road...plant a couple of big rocks in road (to look like rockslide) he "swerves" to go around them, breaking through the guard rail and plunging to his death....

agreed, that would be the least painful and nicest way to leave...but I think the life insurance policy might not payout for the character's family if they went that route :/...

so far the cliff/car accident seem the most plausible...

Believe me, an OD is not the least painful and nicest way to leave. It's like hell.

drink yourself to death with some 151

but... why make it look like an accident? then you just look like you died from your own stupidity

nevermind... insurance doesnt cover suicide

ooo, tha'ts a nice touch, I'll have to add something like that....

skydiving accident :thumbsup

I'm thinking it would really depend on the drug used...


but you are right, it could be very nasty as well...I've heard some horror stories about ODs....

this person would want to guarantee death . 100% no chance of being paralyzed, braindead, etc. so why not go with accidental gunshot

Drowning always looks accidental.

Get really really drunk then crash into something or off a cliff, then they could think you were drunk and couldnt think straight.

Go skydiving, make frantic motions so it looks like you're trying to open the chute, but don't actually open it, make sure others are jumping with you, so they can see your attempts. Slam into the ground and die.

Cyanide.

How easily is it obtained? Let's say your character is working in the garage, mixing up some concoction to use as rat poison, and he intentionally spills the cyanide, some of which gets in his mouth.

Cyanide kills in a matter of seconds. Too fast to be painful.

go to florida and jump in with the gators for a swim.....

drive thru west dayton blasting country music, they will just think you were an unsuspecting tourist

ouch, that sounds way painful and not very predictable....


allllthoughhhh, a car wreck at high speed down in Dade county into some swamp could work....hell if the wreck didn't kill him and he remained passed out the gators would surely end up knawing on him sooner or later....


too bad the story isn't set down there :/

Go bungee jumping off a 50 foot cliff/building/bridge/whatever with a 60 foot bungee cord. Oopsie. Accidentally failed to measure the length of the cord and now you're dead. Saw that happen on Faces of Death.

i'm fresh out of ideas on that subject

dude why do you want to kill yourself?

dont do it man

er, I mean, have your 'character' win the lottery or something

Hmm.. He was trying to remove a rock stuck inside the lawnmower with his teeth?

sales aren't doing so well ??

food allergy?

fuck a famous football players ex wife.... you may have to settle for a girlfriend since OJ never re-married.

Very interesting site!!! LOL

Happy Birthday BTW!!!

Poisonous snake or insect bite while in the wilderness from a regional venemous snake or spider will do it. More gruesome is a mauling from a large mammal or reptile but will work just as well.

get boozed real hard and fool around your balcony and then whoa...accidental death!!!

Go camping and bring a kerosene heater. Slap one of those suckers in your tent or trailer and close the door and you'll be dead by dawn from the fumes.

Actually happened to a local guy around here, just trying to stay warm.

climbing accident with people around.