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15 Details Of Kurt Cobain's Death That Take The Weird To Eleven

On April 5, 1994, we sadly found out that Kurt indeed had a gun. And then it got sadder and weirder.

15 Details Of Kurt Cobain's Death That Take The Weird To Eleven

October 05, 2022

I enjoy this list of interesting facts. I love how facts have a way of coming to light in such an unexpected way and I love that they make people laugh. This list will probably be long. We all know the best way to get a point across is to illustrate it with a fact. This is one of my favourite methods to do so. And there are many, many interesting facts to be told. Some of them are just as absurd and silly as they are amazing. As such, I have decided to compile a list of facts. They will be strange and they will be absurd. They will make you question your reality. They will make you question whether the world is really the way you think it is. It will be a long list, and some of these facts may not seem like facts at all, but then again they might.

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The FBI Maintains a (Lackluster) Case File

The FBI Maintains a (Lackluster) Case File FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIESTION DEPARTMENT وطن 26 In 2021, the FBI released its re- cords on Cobain's suicide, but anyone hoping it might contain something useful was bound to be disappointed. It's just 10 pag- es of letters from people asking the Bureau to investigate his death and their polite responses that it's actually not their juris- diction. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Pitchfork

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Local News Misreported the Reopening of the Case

Local News Misreported the Reopening of the Case PUBLICO 599 79981 981 SEATTLE POLICE - POLICE 449970 ©SEATTLE 981 In 2014, rumors swirled on the internet that Seattle police were reopening the case of Cobain's suicide, but it turned out a local news station had misinterpreted an officer's statement that they were merely reexamining the case. What that essentially boiled down to was develop- ing some rolls of film that showed noth- ing new and doing another read-through of the file as a little treat for Cobain's fans on the 20th anniversary of his death because the Seattle police apparently — WashingtonPost

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There Was No Wave of Copycat Suicides

There Was No Wave of Copycat Suicides At the time, it was feared that Cobain's suicide would inspire copycats in his devoted fans, and some people claim that it actually did, but experts have found that not only did the wave never materialize, suicide rates in Seattle actually de- creased after his death. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — NewsWeek

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Yes, His Mom Did Report Him Missing

Yes, His Mom Did Report Him Missing They also claim that Cobain's wife, the chief suspect in his supposed murder, imperson- ated his mother to file a miss- ing person's report in the days before his death, but his mother told reporters herself that she was the one who filed it. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Chicago Tribune

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His Suicide Note Wasn’t Forged

His Suicide Note Wasn't Forged Conspiracy theorists also point to the only part of Co- bain's suicide note that defi- nitely hints at suicide, which looks like it could be some- one else's handwriting, but forensic analysis has contra- dicted the claim time and again. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Vice

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Kurt Cobain

No, Не Wasn't Too High SL NDd aps Let's talk conspiracies, because admit- tedly, all this talk about Cobain being afraid of trespassers and burglars in the days before his death sounds pretty sus. One aspect of the case conspiracy theorists latch onto is the truly ridicu- lous amount of heroin found in Cobain's system, which they claim would have left him too high to use a gun, but a doctor who was on the scene said it was possible depending on the user's tolerance, and Cobain's was legendary. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — The Newport Buzz

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They Dragged Neil Young Into This

They Dragged Neil Young Into This Cobain's suicide note referenced the Neil Young lyric It's better to burn out than to fade away, which was a pretty big blow to Neil Young. It fucked with me, he later wrote. I, coincidentally, had been trying to reach him. I wanted to talk to him. Tell him only to play when he felt like it. Let that be a lesson, kids: Don't do anything drastic, because Neil Young might be try- ing to call you. A week after Cobain was discovered, Pearl Jam also quoted the song during their performance on Satur- — NME

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He Knew the Medical Examiner

Не Knew the Medical Examiner One of Nirvana's first 1988 con- certs was booked by a man named Nikolaus Hartshorne, who later quit the music business ... and be- came the King County assistant medical examiner. Не ended up performing Cobain's autopsy and thus playing a crucial role in the beginning and end of his career. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Complex

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It Took Three Days For a Worker to Find His Body

It Took Three Days For a Worker to Find His Body It's believed that Cobain died on April 5, but he wasn't found until April 8, which seems weird, because you'd think the first place you'd look to find a world-famous rehab escapee would be his home. Apparently, people did, but they neglected to check the garage or its attached greenhouse until an elec- trician came to install the security lighting Cobain had ordered and saw his body through a window. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Entertainment.ie

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But He Legally Bought the Ammo

But Не Legally Bought the Ammo S&BIO The day after he Spider-Manned out of the California rehab, Cobain was back in Seattle, where he was picked up at home by a cab driver who said he asked him to take him somewhere he could buy shotgun shells because he was afraid of burglars. Twenty years later, a Seattle officer revealed that a receipt for $6.95 from a gun shop around the time and place the cab driver said he dropped Cobain off was kept in the case file. At least he got a good deal? CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — CBS News

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He Had His Friend Buy the Gun

Не Had His Friend Buy the Gun Between rehab flights, Cobain asked a friend to help him buy a gun because he was afraid the police would take it if it was in his name and, as he told the friend, he feared trespassers on his property. Apparently unaware of all the recent drama, his friend, explaining that Cobain seemed normal and he'd loaned him guns before, because they had a very different kind of friend- ship from most people. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — All That's Interesting

4

Police Took His Guns

Police Took His Guns a In the 10 months before his death, police seized firearms from the Co- bain residence twice, first after a domestic disturbance and then af- ter his wife reported that he'd locked himself in a closet and threatened suicide. The guns were returned af- ter the first incident, but after the second, the police decided they should maybe keep them. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — VPC

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He Escaped Rehab Twice in the Days Leading to His Death

Не Escaped Rehab Twice in the Days Leading to His Death After an intervention in which his band- mates threatened to break up the band unless he went to rehab, Cobain reluc- tantly agreed, then got in a fist fight with Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic on the way there and ran off. A few days later, he actually was admitted to the facility, but the next day, he scaled a six-foot brick wall to get out. We watch our patients really well, but some do get out, a facility spokesperson somewhat concerningly said. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — All That's Interesting

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His Chronic Pain Was Likely a Factor

His Chronic Pain Was Likely a Factor Cobain had chronic bronchitis and a mysterious stomach ailment that left him in constant pain so bad he could barely eat. Eerily, he remembered say- ing during Nirvana's first European tour that he never wanted to go on tour again until I have this fixed because I wanted to kill myself. I wanted to fuck- ing blow my head off. His only relief came from using heroin and the endor- phin rush of performing, both of which were in jeopardy at the time of his death. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — Come As You Are

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Suicide Ran in His Family

Suicide Ran in His Family Two of Cobain's uncles died of suicide, specifically by firearm, before his death. It inspired one of his cousins to become a men- tal health nurse decades before the most famous death in the family. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — A Healthy Me

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