Ruby: "Looks like we've got, like, a sports death coming up."

This file is for incident 0115051993. A javelin is scribbled on the yellow cover.

Shannon: "I have to admit, gym was my least favourite class growing up. It just involved so much running, and I was left a panting, sweaty mess by the end."

The file's picture shows a man leaning on a javelin, his hands dangling at his side. The javelin's bloodied point is sticking through his eye socket.

Shannon: "But at least it didn't kill me. Not unlike the victim of this death…"

Zoom in.

We open to what appears to be the outside oval of a school. A number of students, around seven or eight, are stood at one end, their gym teacher nearby with a javelin in his hands.

Date of Incident: 15 May, 1993

Location of Incident: Milhouse High School, Glendale, California

Shannon: (Narrating) "For those of us who made it through high school, we were blessed with a lifetime of fond memories."

A close-up shot of one of the African-American students is shown, his face displaying a look of unenthusiasm. He yawns.

Shannon: (Narrating) "Remember being bored?"

The camera pans around to the other students, who look similarly disinterested.

Shannon: (Narrating) "Being a nerd? Wondering why girls didn't like you?"

It then turns around to the gym teacher.

Shannon: (Narrating) "Best of all, the gym teacher."

Gym Teacher: "Alright, you bunch of misfits. I know it's hot, but we've got some work to do."

We shot a shot of him throwing the javelin.

Shannon: (Narrating) "Mr. Jacousky here is a classic example. A blowhard with muscles."

Whilst talking about the Javelin, Mr. Jacousky hands it to one of the students. Several more shots reveal that the students are bickering and clearly unwilling to do it, to his annoyance.

Shannon (Narrating): "He couldn't believe in the collection of losers that stood before him."

Mr. Jacousky: "Alright, come on, come on!"

An Asian student eventually steps forwards and Mr. Jacousky begins instructing him on how to hold the javelin.

Shannon (Narrating): "But he's got a job to do - teach them how to throw a javelin."

Mr. Jacousky: "One hand, one hand, one hand."

Eventually once the student has it right Mr. Jacousky steps away.

Mr. Jacousky: "Okay, thow it!"

The Asian student throws his arm forward and lets go of the javelin, but it only pathetically flops to the ground with as much grace as a concussed giraffe. The other students break out in laughter. We then see a compilation of the other students attempting to throw the javelin, without much success.

Shannon (Narrating): "One by one these 'special Olympians' demonstrate the results of bad diets and a weakened gene pool."

After the final student has failed at throwing the javelin, a disappointed Mr. Jacousky picks it back up and faces his class down.

Mr. Jacousky: "D-does this look like a musical to you? What are you doing?!"

Shannon (Narrating): "Finally Mr. Jacousky has had enough. The time has come, as it always does, for this alpha male to prove his dominance."

Mr. Jacousky: "Alright, look. Put your hand here, it's simple. Tip goes forward."

Shannon (Narrating): "Now Jacousky was a good athlete. Displaying perfect form, he gave a mighty heave…"

Mr. Jacousky takes a few steps forward, winds up and hurls the javelin with all his might. It soars through the air with the grace of a bird, arcs, comes back down and implants itself in the ground around twenty or so metres away. The class only watch on in amazement.

Shannon (Narrating): "...and let it fly. Pretty impressive."

Mr. Jacousky: "Now THAT is how you throw a javelin."

Mr. Jacousky begins walking backwards towards where the javelin landed, chastising the students for their poor performance along the way.

Shannon (Narrating): "Now if he wasn't such a blow-hard, Mr. Jacousky would probably still be winning arm wrestling bets at the local sports bar."

He turns around and begins jogging towards where the javelin landed.

Shannon (Narrating): "But Mr. Jacousky forgot the one lesson teachers have been screaming for all eternity - pay attention."

The camera returns to behind Mr. Jacousky as he turns to look behind him.

Mr. Jacousky: "And that's how you do it."

He turns back to the javelin. Suddenly we hear a squelch noise, and Mr. Jacousky shudders before going limp.

Unnamed Student: "Coach?"

Growing suspicious, the students begin to approach Mr. Jacousky, who still isn't moving. They continue saying "Coach?" in an attempt to get his attention, their suspicion growing with each failure. The cawing of crows fills the air.

But as soon as the students get close to Mr. Lacowsky, the camera swivels to show what has happened, and the students recoil in shock. It is revealed that Mr Lacowsky has run into the javelin in such a way that it has stabbed him through the eye. There is blood coating the tip.

Unnamed Student: "Oh, that's rough."

Shannon (Narrating): "Ruby this is your bit."

Cut back to the office, where Ruby is holding up her tablet, which is displaying a diagram of a human head. There is a blue line piercing through the skull's eye socket and into the brain.

Ruby: "If it helps you, his death was likely quick and he probably lost consciousness immediately."

Shannon provides one of her CGIs. As Mr. Jacousky accidentally runs into the javelin it impales him through the eye socket and enters his brain, severing one of the arteries there and causing a brain bleed.

Ruby: "In this case we're looking at an aggressive, high-impact trauma that would have severed one of the blood vessels in his brain and caused a brain bleed. He would've died within seconds or minutes."

Back on the oval the students are still wincing at their teacher's corpse. One of them takes out a pocket camera , strikes peace sign and takes a selfie of themselves posing with Mr. Jacousky's body.

Shannon: (Narrating) "Mr. Jacousky's fatal error may have cost him his life, but he followed one rule to the very end - keep your eye on the javelin."

WAY TO DIE #197

DEAD EYE

Return to the Sharuby couple in their office.

Shannon: "This is why I never liked handling the javelin in gym class. I was afraid it would stab me, and this death has only validated it."

Ruby: "Oh babe. Why don't we take your mind off it by moving on to the next death?"

Shannon: "I'd like that. Your turn to narrate."

Ruby closes the file and marks it before wheeling over to get the next one.