What a very dignified way to go out. And how very thoughtful to leave your severed head lying around for some poor sod to have to clear up. Prat.

Holy crap. But I’m intrigued. Granted, my crime-solving intellect is more on a par with MisaMisa’s than L’s, but the original article is sadly lacking in details: What kind of rope did he use? Garrotte wire?! I wonder if he meant to just strangle himself? How did he get the car to accelerate fast enough to actually make his head come off? And how did he get the car to continue for when he lost consciousness/died? It can’t be that easy to make your head come off, can it?

Man. Weird. And sad.

ghoti, definitely not original.

gaminette:
It’s my understanding in the old days of execution by hanging. The expert executioner had to make sure that the noose is tight enough when they drop through the trap door, it snaps their neck and kills them quickly. If it’s too tight, it could decapitate them. If it’s too loose, it will slowly strangle the condemned to death.

Thank you for the link, Blackbird. Exactly what search terms did you find to come up with that, I wonder?

Very few native born Americans are named Wolfgang, so we’ll likely have to ask the Germans about that bit of inspiration.

Beats hanging yourself in a cheap hotel room, I must say.

That is a very popular wayt to top yourself in rural Australia, according to an ex-flatmate of mine who was a rural firefighter.
They used to get stuck with the job of cleaning up the mess. He said that, surprisingly, the head was usually in their lap, or down by the pedals, and they would still be holding on tight to the steering wheel.