Heartbeat in the Brain - Lost 1970 documentary in which the director/subject drills a hole in her forehead with a dentist's drill ( en.wikipedia.org )
Holy Innocents' Cemetery - A medieval cemetery so overfilled, buildings were constructed around it, which were then filled with exhumed bones up to the rafters to make room for more bodies. ( en.wikipedia.org )
John Murray Spear - Minister who attempted to create an electrically-powered metallic machine god which was dubbed "The New Motive Power" ( en.wikipedia.org )