Suicide Helmet Nearly 40 Years Ago a Very Bright but Very Troubled Young Man Decided to Build Something He Meticulously Labored Over It for Weeks Until It Was Finally Complete Within Days of Completing His Project the Boy Was Found Dead He Had Built a Suicide Helmet Hand Crafted and Designed to Deliver Nine Shotgun Shells Simultaneously to His Head a Shell Was Placed Inside Each of the Helmet's Hollow Metal Tubes Then a Nail Was Fitted at the End of Each Tube the Nails Were Wired Together to an Arc Welder Which Provided the Electricity That Would Ignite the Primer and Fire the Shells While It's Now Missing From the Helmet the Police Believed That the Wiring Was Made From Old Coat Hangers the Entire Helmet Is Also Covered in a Fiberglassepoxy Material That Kept the Helmet Together When the Shells Fired the Nail at the Top of the Helmet Was Wired as a Manual Backup That Could Be Set Off Ifthe Other Shells Failed to Fire