[Doofy]

Assuming that the Daily Mail aren't just imagining the whole thing, what's going on here then? There's kids having a perfectly normal conversation with their parents then immediately going upstairs and hanging themselves. Bizarre.

Two cousins in 'suicide town' hang themselves within hours as death toll rises to 16.

All 16 victims, who were under the age of 26 and from Bridgend, hanged themselves in the suicide spate which started in January 2007

Two cousins in 'suicide town' hang themselves within hours as death toll rises to 16 | the Daily Mail

[Dakar the Fourth]

That is absolutely bizarre. Disturbing, too. No cult is involved, and it's all people under 30.

At the risk of being flamed that one girl had a smokin' bod, too.

[osiris]

Maybe the town is full of nutjobs, or perhaps there is something more substantial - like a chemical/gas leak that hasn't been discovered yet. What a shame though.

[Cold Warrior]

Sounds like some bizarre chapter of The Tipping Point coming to life.

Chapter 7: Case Study: Suicide, Smoking, and the Search for the Unsticky Cigarette
In another case study, Gladwell discusses the relationship between a sudden, alarming rise in suicide among adolescent males in Micronesia and the persistent problem of teen cigarette use in the United States. In both instances, teens were induced to become involved in potentially lethal experimentation. Gladwell asserts that both trends were predicated upon two main factors. First, teenagers are inherently, perhaps even genetically predisposed to imitate others and try on new behaviors and attitudes during adolescence. Second, the types of the people who are more likely to engage in dramatic, easily romanticized behavior such as early cigarette smoking or suicide are also more likely to be those that others tend to gravitate toward and seek to emulate.

From The Tipping Point - WikiSummaries, free book summaries

gladwell dot com - the tipping point

[KeriVit]

That's effed up.And yes, Cold Warrior, I agree.

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Copycat suicide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[abe]

Originally Posted by Doofy 

Assuming that the Daily Mail aren't just imagining the whole thing, what's going on here then? There's kids having a perfectly normal conversation with their parents then immediately going upstairs and hanging themselves. Bizarre.

Two cousins in 'suicide town' hang themselves within hours as death toll rises to 16 | the Daily Mail

Darwin fans?

[Shaddim]

there's more here than meets the eye.

[Doofy]

And another one:

BBC NEWS | Wales | Another young person's body found