The Escaped Death sequences were a series of end-episode segments featured throughout Season 1. Rather than feature glorified depictions of people dying, they instead featured legitimate accounts of people who very nearly died. For reasons unknown, these segments were scrapped entirely come Season 2 and onwards.
| Episode | Date of Story | Location | Survivors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life Will Kill You | February 11, 1990 | Daytona Speedway Daytona Beach, FL |
Paramedic Mike Staley |
| Hard Lives, Easy Deaths | October 9, 2005 | Siloam Springs, AR | Parachute Jumper Shayna Richardson |
| Unforced Errors | July 12, 1998 | Lake El Mirage San Bernardino, CA |
Motorcycle Racer Ron Cook |
| Death Over Easy | April 11, 1989 | Milwaukee, WI | Helicopter Pilot Benjamin Moore |
| Dead and Deader | January 25, 1993 | Oahu, HI | Tourist Hugh Alexander |
| Death Gets Busy | August 12, 2000 | Spanaway Speedway Tacoma, WA |
Stock Car Racer Mike Easley |
| The Lighter Side of Death | February 24, 1985 | Firebird Raceway Firebird Lake, AZ |
Drag Boat Racer Sunny Moon |
| The Good, The Bad, and the Dead | February 20, 1991 | USS Roosevelt Persian Gulf |
Aviation Boatswain Mate J.D. Bridges |
| Death Be Not Stupid | November 23, 1996 | Comoros, Indian Ocean | Plane Crash Survivors including Franklin Huddle and his wife |
| Cure for the Common Death, Part I | April 23, 2003 | Skydive DeLand Deland, FL |
Skydiver Chris Colwell |
| Death: A User's Manual | May 5, 2005 | Mexico City, Mexico | Producer/Actor Sergio Mayer |
| I See Dead People (And They're Cracking Me Up) (Only in the dubs by DMAX and Discovery Science) |
May 4, 2004 | New York City | Reporter Shannon Sohn |
| I See Dead People (And They're Cracking Me Up) | January 29, 2003 | Punta Gorda, FL | Snake Handler David Weathers |
These escaped death segments are only on Season 1 (including two pilot episodes). In the German version however, the escaped deaths of episodes 3-11 are replaced with an extra death segment and one extra escaped death segment is added in episode 12.
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