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"Wel-dead", Way to Die #504, is the first death to be featured in "Dead and Deader", which aired on February 15, 2009.

Plot[]

A man named John Cook, who's an adrenaline junkie, has an addiction to being electrocuted for a fix of adrenaline, such as being zapped by a taser by his girlfriend, Tess. Then, one day, John Cook attaches his welder to his ear piercings to apply a higher electrocution and a bigger adrenaline rush. He turns the voltage on the welder to the max when Tess forbids doing it, and the electricity disrupts his natural electrical rhythms, resulting in cardiac arrest (heart attack).

"Tess would only take it so far. If John was really going to push his envelope, he'd have to deliver it himself."

Transcript[]

(Electrocute Larry Law is playing, John enjoying heavy metal, bites a lamp, headbanging, sprays beer can over his head)

-Narrator: Life as John Cook saw it, was one long obscene gesture.
-John: (SCREAMS)

(John flips off the cameraman, heavily headbanging)

-Narrator: He was only too happy to oblige.
-John: (SCREAMS)

Narrator: He was the ultimate adrenaline junkie, always looking for the next fix.

(John smashes his head with his palms)

John: (GRUNTS)

Dr. S. Thomas Carmichael: These... uh, kind of person or kind of personality type, that seems to require thrills, a higher set point. They seem to...need to take constant risk to move things forward to expand their horizons.

John: (ROARS)

Dr. S. Thomas Carmichael: Some people are- are...are addicted to it.

(John uses grinder)

Narrator: His customized bikes and edgy metal sculptures brought him more than enough coin for John's needs.

(Constructive Synthetic Death is playing, a girl shows up with a taser, gets close to John, smashing some metal sheet with hammer, hard)

Narrator: What money didn't give him, his sweet and twisted Tess did.

(Tess grabs John, John turns around)

Narrator: She knew how to push his buttons.

(Tess zaps John to fix his adrenaline)

John: (GROANS)

Dr. S. Thomas Carmichael: Somebody putting themselves repeatedly in harms ways likely to be addicted to... the neurochemical bang they get.

(John is ready to the next level: welder)

Narrator: Cook wanted more bang for his buck,

(Tess plugs the jumper cable)

Narrator: Tess obliged by attaching a welding machine to his stainless-steel ear piercings.

(Tess increases the amperage adjustment, electrocutes John for more tension, Welder Synthetic Death is playing)

Narrator: But Tess would only take it so far.

(Tess turns down the adjustment)

Narrator: If John was really going to push his envelope,

(John grabs Tess' arm away because he wants more)

Narrator: he'd have to deliver it himself.

(John turns the amperage adjustment to max, but as that, he dies; Percussive Crime Science is playing, replay of John electrocutes)

Dr. S. Thomas Carmichael: The brain, the spinal cord and the heart use electricity which defunction.

(CGI heart electrocutes)

Narrator: When a 130 amps of raw current rip through the body, the heart, is the first organ to short out.

Dr. S. Thomas Carmichael: There is...um, a death from the limb from the electric shock and from the lightning strike, it's because of cardiac arrest.

Narrator: To anyone who knew John Cook, his death came as no shock.

Interviewees[]

  • Dr. S. Thomas Carmichael - Neurologist

Trivia[]

  • It is based on this Darwin Award .
  • This is one of 2 deaths caused by welding machines or equipment, the other is Weld Done.

Segment Nickname[]

  • Out-of-Control Freak
  • Volt-Dead
  • John Cooked
  • Electrifi-Kill
  • Watt Was He Thinking!?
  • Shocked the Life Out of Him

Foreign Names[]

  • Bien Muerto por la Soldadora (Well Killed by the Welder) - Latin American Spanish dub
  • Electro-Chocante (Electro-Shocking) - European Spanish dub
  • Adicción Mortal (Deadly Addiction) - Mexican Spanish dub
  • Solda-choque (Shock-welding) - Brazilian Portuguese dub

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