Sex Fact #114

Erotic asphyxiation, cutting off oxygen to your brain to feel a stronger sensation during sex causes around 500 American deaths every year.

The first recorded case of death from EA is of the Czech composer Frantisek Kotzwara who died in 1791, when he tied a ligature around the doorknob of the room in a prostitute he visited, while the other end was fastened around his neck, then had sex with her. When it was over, he was well… dead.

On of the most shocking cases of Erotic Asphyxiation was that of Stephen Milligan, then 45, who was a British Conservative Member of Parliament. His dead body was reportedly found draped across a kitchen table at his London home in 1994 by his secretary Vera Taggart, who let herself in when she became worried he had missed his appointments.

He was found almost naked, save for suspenders and women’s stockings which he wore, with an electrical cord tied from around his neck to his ankles, a plastic trash bag over the head and a segment of orange in his mouth.

The most famous case is, of course, the case of Michael Hutchence, then 37, lead singer of INXS, who *might* have died from autoerotic asphyxiation in 1997, although officially, suicide was cited as the cause of death.

Info Source: The statistic was widely used in the mainstream media following the death of martial arts star David Carradine (though it hasn't been 100% confirmed he died this way).