# What show? Man killed by icicle in freezer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 31, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-man-killed-by-icicle-in-freezer/594785 "2011-08-31T21:03:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-man-killed-by-icicle-in-freezer/594785/1 "2011-08-31T21:03:09Z")
I’m trying to remember what show had a man who died in a restaurant walk-in freezer, stabbed in the head, but no murder weapon was found. Turns out there were icicles in the freezer, the man had apparently stuck his head in there and raised up, impaling himself, then the icicle melted. I’m thinking NCIS or “Life” but can’t find it in the episode guides. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-man-killed-by-icicle-in-freezer/594785/2 "2011-08-31T21:50:44Z")
I’m no help to you, but I wanted to add that this had been done on _Quincy_, also. But, instead of an icicle, it was a bullet made of ice, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-man-killed-by-icicle-in-freezer/594785/3 "2011-08-31T21:58:02Z")
Was it the Spike show, 1000 Ways to Die? ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-man-killed-by-icicle-in-freezer/594785/4 "2011-09-01T01:05:56Z")
[Die Hard 2?](http://youtu.be/JdgFpPKxal0) UT ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-man-killed-by-icicle-in-freezer/594785/5 "2011-09-01T01:19:21Z")
No, it was a detective show with a “murder of the week”, probably within the last 5 years. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-man-killed-by-icicle-in-freezer/594785/6 "2011-09-01T01:22:56Z")
CSI did a “frozen hamburger bullet” episode, I recall. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-man-killed-by-icicle-in-freezer/594785/7 "2011-09-01T01:28:14Z")
It wasn’t a bullet though, it was an icicle in a freezer. The person raised up and accidentally drove it through their skull, so it wasn’t a murder. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-man-killed-by-icicle-in-freezer/594785/8 "2011-09-01T01:32:26Z")
It was Castle. The guy was a famous chef or something. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-man-killed-by-icicle-in-freezer/594785/9 "2011-09-01T01:46:18Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > It was Castle. The guy was a famous chef or something. In Castle the guy froze to death. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-man-killed-by-icicle-in-freezer/594785/10 "2011-09-01T01:49:29Z")
I thought you had it, I did see a couple episodes of Castle. But it was [Life](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1341316/). Bad title, great show. Am rewatching the series now on DVD and was waiting for this episode. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-man-killed-by-icicle-in-freezer/594785/11 "2011-09-01T02:00:25Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > In Castle the guy froze to death. Shit I could have sworn it was Castle. But I did watch every episode of Life as well. Shit. My apologies. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-man-killed-by-icicle-in-freezer/594785/12 "2011-09-01T02:01:27Z")
It was _Life_. It was a sub-plot of the episode, so it doesn’t show up on the writeup. As I saw the episode, I’m 99.9% sure it wasn’t _Castle_, as I’ve never seen an episode of _Castle_ (or it could have been _Castl_e copying _Life_). If I can find it before my fantasy draft, I’ll let you know the specific episode. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-man-killed-by-icicle-in-freezer/594785/13 "2011-09-01T02:14:27Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > I thought you had it, I did see a couple episodes of Castle. > > But it was [Life](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1341316/). Bad title, great show. Am rewatching the series now on DVD and was waiting for this episode. That’s the episode. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-man-killed-by-icicle-in-freezer/594785/14 "2011-09-01T02:23:23Z")
Clearly not what you’re thinking about , but it was used in the mystery, “[The Tea Leaf](http://gaslight.mtroyal.ca/tealeaf.htm)” by Edgar Jepson and Robert Eustace from 1925. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-man-killed-by-icicle-in-freezer/594785/15 "2011-09-01T02:50:52Z")
Balls. For once I knew the exact answer and was beaten to it. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-man-killed-by-icicle-in-freezer/594785/16 "2011-09-01T02:54:00Z")
Would an icicle really be sharp enough to impale you if you accidentally bumped your head against it? ---
**Author:** ![oliversarmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@oliversarmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oliversarmy)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-man-killed-by-icicle-in-freezer/594785/17 "2011-09-01T03:40:23Z")
If I remember correctly, Hawaii 5-0, the old one, used an ice bullet once. I also seem to remember that Columbo solved a case with involving an ice weapon, but I can’t remember the details. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-man-killed-by-icicle-in-freezer/594785/18 "2011-09-01T13:01:21Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Would an icicle really be sharp enough to impale you if you accidentally bumped your head against it? No, I think this could only happen if somebody’s head was made from styrofoam. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-man-killed-by-icicle-in-freezer/594785/19 "2011-09-01T13:11:00Z")
are you sure it was a man, and not a velociraptor? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-man-killed-by-icicle-in-freezer/594785/20 "2011-09-01T13:31:31Z")
Are you sure it was an icicle and not a treadmill? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-man-killed-by-icicle-in-freezer/594785.md?page=2)