EfreetSK@lemmy.world to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoDeath of Hedviga Golik - Croatian woman who died while watching TV and no one noticed for 42 yearsen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down11cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.onlinetodayilearned@lemmit.onlinecreepywikipedia@lemmy.world
arrow-up1106arrow-down1external-linkDeath of Hedviga Golik - Croatian woman who died while watching TV and no one noticed for 42 yearsen.wikipedia.orgEfreetSK@lemmy.world to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square14linkfedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.onlinetodayilearned@lemmit.onlinecreepywikipedia@lemmy.world
minus-squarebranch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoAnd the TV was still on (they did pay the bill all these years from what I understood).
minus-squareFenderStratocaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoReruns of Gilligan’s Island were still playing on the CRT
minus-squarebranch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoI’m more amazed at the fact that the TV is still working after being turned on for 42 years.
minus-squareFenderStratocaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoIf it had a physical knob that it turned on with then it’s feasible. It wouldn’t be getting any stations. I don’t think because they’re all digital now and they were analog back then
minus-squareClusterfck@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoNot sure when Croatia switched to digital, but I think the year they found her was around the time the US had only just switched to digital.
And the TV was still on (they did pay the bill all these years from what I understood).
Reruns of Gilligan’s Island were still playing on the CRT
I’m more amazed at the fact that the TV is still working after being turned on for 42 years.
If it had a physical knob that it turned on with then it’s feasible. It wouldn’t be getting any stations. I don’t think because they’re all digital now and they were analog back then
Not sure when Croatia switched to digital, but I think the year they found her was around the time the US had only just switched to digital.