Thammakorn Wangpreecha, 68, had been planning to do the act for five years He committed the act on his birthday as other devotees prayed at a nearby pavilion The National Office of Buddhism disagreed ...

A depressed Russian engineer built a macabre homemade guillotine to commit suicide in his bedroom, Pravda reported Tuesday. Troubled Albert Repin told his parents he was building a closet at their ...

A BUDDHIST monk beheaded himself with a DIY guillotine hoping it would bring him good luck in the afterlife, reports claim. Thammakorn Wangpreecha, 68, had been planning the bizarre ritual sacrifice ...

A builder took 12 sleeping pills and lay on his bed under his home-made guillotine. Hours later the blade was released by an "ingenious" timing device and cut off his head. Boyd Taylor, 36, had spent ...