- While some inventors enjoy fame and fortune thanks to their inventions, for a handful of inventors, their devices proved their own worst enemies.
- Here are 13 unlucky (and in some cases, foolhardy) inventors who perished thanks to their own creations.
- The Flying Tailor (1879-1912)
- This Austrian-born French tailor is remembered for his accidental death by jumping from the Eiffel Tower while testing his own invention, a wearable parachute suit for pilots who would escape from a damaged plane.
- The first tests were quite successful with using dummies, so he wanted to jump himself.
- The 187-foot (57 m) fall to the icy ground killed him instantly.
Read about the other 12 "unlucky inventors" here.
