Post by hi224 on Jun 18, 2019 17:59:43 GMT
The bizarre death of Christopher Case
Not exactly an "unresolved" mystery, but an strange death that has always interested me, which I almost never see discussed on Reddit, and thought some of you might find interesting.
Christopher Case was an elevator music exec in the mid 90s. He traveled a lot for his job and eventually took a business trip to California. He met with an unidentified woman for a business meeting and apparently she took a liking to Christopher, making advances towards him. He was not interested in the woman's advances and politely turned her down. The woman did not take this well, and according to Christopher became extremely angry, claiming to be a witch, and yelling that she would put a hex on him, telling him he would be dead soon.
Christopher flew back home, not thinking anything of it, as he was by all accounts not religious nor superstitious whatsoever. Soon after though, he claimed that he was being awoken by strange people who threaten him and would cut up his arms. He claimed that this would happen nearly every night.
Eventually, it would get to the point where he would stay at hotels to avoid sleeping home. He called his close friends who lived across the country and told them that he believed the woman had indeed cursed him. He was in a panic. He then began visiting Christian bookstores and stocking up on crucifixes and Bibles. Shortly after, he was found in a bathtub, dead of cardiac arrest. Salt lined the floor, melted candles and crucifixes were everywhere.
Interested to hear some of your thoughts on the story. It has always fascinated and frightened me, that a man in his mid-thirties, perfectly healthy, physically and mentally, and by all accounts nonreligious and not superstitious, could spiral into apparently being frightened to death by a woman he probably met once. Did a young man literally scare himself to death? Did he have a rapid sudden mental breakdown that happened to coincidence with the incident? Is it possible the woman found out where he lived and sent people to frighten him?
community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19910504&slug=1281135
Not exactly an "unresolved" mystery, but an strange death that has always interested me, which I almost never see discussed on Reddit, and thought some of you might find interesting.
Christopher Case was an elevator music exec in the mid 90s. He traveled a lot for his job and eventually took a business trip to California. He met with an unidentified woman for a business meeting and apparently she took a liking to Christopher, making advances towards him. He was not interested in the woman's advances and politely turned her down. The woman did not take this well, and according to Christopher became extremely angry, claiming to be a witch, and yelling that she would put a hex on him, telling him he would be dead soon.
Christopher flew back home, not thinking anything of it, as he was by all accounts not religious nor superstitious whatsoever. Soon after though, he claimed that he was being awoken by strange people who threaten him and would cut up his arms. He claimed that this would happen nearly every night.
Eventually, it would get to the point where he would stay at hotels to avoid sleeping home. He called his close friends who lived across the country and told them that he believed the woman had indeed cursed him. He was in a panic. He then began visiting Christian bookstores and stocking up on crucifixes and Bibles. Shortly after, he was found in a bathtub, dead of cardiac arrest. Salt lined the floor, melted candles and crucifixes were everywhere.
Interested to hear some of your thoughts on the story. It has always fascinated and frightened me, that a man in his mid-thirties, perfectly healthy, physically and mentally, and by all accounts nonreligious and not superstitious, could spiral into apparently being frightened to death by a woman he probably met once. Did a young man literally scare himself to death? Did he have a rapid sudden mental breakdown that happened to coincidence with the incident? Is it possible the woman found out where he lived and sent people to frighten him?
community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19910504&slug=1281135
