Ever Wonder Why There's No Bathroom in the Board Game Clue...
...when lot's of notable people in history died in the loo?
- Eglon, King of Moab BCE, Old Testament, murdered by Ehud (stabbed in the bowels) while relieving himself in his private chamber. Judges 3:1-31
- Elagabalus, Emperor of Rome (203 - 222), murdered by the Praetorian Guard, along with his mother, Julia Soaemias, in the Emperor's latrine, where the pair had gone to hide
- Arius, founder of Arianism (256 - 336), died of a flux of his bowels, possibly as the result of poisoning
- Edmund Ironside, King of England (989 - 1016), allegedly stabbed in the bowels while using the toilet
- James I, King of Scotland (1394 - 1437), murdered while trying to flee through his bathroom into the sewers. A lady-in-waiting, Lady Catherine Douglas, attempted to keep the door closed to protect the King, but the killers smashed down the door and broke her arm.






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