Wheel of death

Wheel of death

Wheel of death may refer to:

* Wheel of death (Space wheel), a large rotating apparatus on which acrobatic and balancing feats are performed
* Wheel of death (Impalement arts), a stunt performed by knife throwers
* "Wheel of Death", an episode of the American television series "Murder, She Wrote"
* The Wheel of Death, a flying disc technique
* "The Wheel of Death", an anthology of writings on Zen Buddhism, edited by Philip Kapleau

See also:
* Breaking wheel, or Catherine wheel, a torture and execution device


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