The Golden Gate Bridge

A lot of people seem to choose this bridge to commit suicide, this is no recent thing at all. People have mysteriously died on the bridge or committed suicide by jumping off of the massive bridge. It’s said that even workers building the bridge in 1933 died during the construction. These strange events have never stopped, it’s said at least 1 person every 2 weeks … Continue reading The Golden Gate Bridge

Flyover of the Jones Town Massacre.

November 18, 1978, over 900 people died in the remote religious Peoples Temple commune in Georgetown, Guyana. The Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ, commonly shortened to Peoples Temple, was a new religious movement founded in 1955 by Jim Jones in Indianapolis, Indiana. Jones used the Peoples Temple to spread a message that combined elements of Christianity with communist and socialist ideas, as well as an emphasis on racial equality. The Peoples Temple is best known for the events of November … Continue reading Flyover of the Jones Town Massacre.

“The most beautiful suicide” after seeing this picture 4 minutes after her death.

On May Day, 1947, after leaving her fiancé, 23-year-old Evelyn McHale wrote a note. “He is much better off without me… I wouldn’t make a good wife for anybody.” She went to the observation platform of the Empire State Building. Then she jumped. In her desperate determination, she leaped clear of the setbacks and hit a United Nations limousine parked at the curb. Continue reading “The most beautiful suicide” after seeing this picture 4 minutes after her death.

Four calls you won’t Forget

“The suicides stick with me the most, here are a few: “First one was less than a year on, get a call from a female who sounded numb, said she came home from work and found her fiance hanging from the rafters. She kept asking me ‘What do I do now?’ I had no answer for her, just kept repeating that I would stay on the … Continue reading Four calls you won’t Forget

Rope

Jay was a normal kid. An absolutely, completely normal kid. I’m not sure why that happened… but I do know, the day we learned that Jay Martin was found strung up in a fucking oak tree in the park, the entire neighborhood wept. Jay made average grades, played trumpet in the band, and had average looks—absolutely nothing about him was special. Nothing really made him … Continue reading Rope

Depression is a bitch

“She was depressed and suicidal. She called from a disconnected cell phone and refused to give me her location. I never stopped trying to to get a ping on her but it was an apartment complex and there wasn’t much I could do for that. “She refused to let me send anyone to her, refused to talk to EMS, suicide hotlines or supervisors. I answered the phone … Continue reading Depression is a bitch