‘Vincent and Hillary had been partners together at the Rose Law firm and allegations of an ongoing affair had persisted … Foster was also the keeper of the files of the Clinton’s Arkansas dealings and had indicated in a memo that “Whitewater is a can of worms that you should NOT open”.’ ibid. Jeremiah Films
In West Virginia authorities are investigating the mysterious death of a journalist and possible connections to the BCCI bank scandal and the weapons for Iran case. The Corbett Report: Requiem for the Suicided: Danny Casolaro, James Corbett online 2017, news report
Danny Casolaro told friends he was on the conspiracy of the century. He was meeting a source in West Virginia. ibid.
Discovered in a hotel room with 12 slashes in his wrist but when the local authorities ruled it suicide the family said no way. ibid.
A conspiracy he called the Octopus which involved the Iranian hostage crisis, the Iran-Contra affair with believe it or not all funds channelled through BCCI. ibid.
Yes yet another case of a journalist working on a politically sensitive topic and ending up dead in a hotel room. ibid. James
The Octopus: a conspiracy that went into the very top echelons of the United States government. The Corbett Report: Requiem for the Suicided: Danny Casolaro II: Hunting the Octopus, James Corbett online
1981: The Cabazon triple homicide … tribal leader Fred Alvarez and his friends … executed by a Mafia hitman … to expose and document what was taking place out there at the Cabazon Indian Reservation. ibid. Cheri Seymour, interview Coast to Coast, author The Last Circle
Wackenhut chose Cabazon Indian Reservation to develop weapons there. ibid.
What more do we know? … Not only myself but many many many other people in the ‘conspiracy theory ’ community have been talking about the very likely possibility that Jeffrey Epstein would end up dead in jail. Suicided: The Final Days of Jeffrey Epstein, James Corbett online 2019
August 9th cellmate removed; Epstein not being monitored as required; August 10th found dead by a bedsheet hanging. ibid.
A bedsheet hanging does not seem particularly plausible. ibid.
When a controversial doctor is found dead, conspiracy theories erupt. The family digs for answers. Was Jeffrey Bradstreet at the end of his road? Or had his radical medical practice attracted the wrong sort of the attention? Scene of the Crime with Tony Harris s1e3, Discovery 2017
32-year-old Rebecca Zahau lived in the historic Spreckels mansion in Coronado, California, the home she shared with her boyfriend, pharmaceutical multimillionaire Jonah Shacknai. On July 13th 2011 Rebecca Zahow was found hanging from a balcony overlooking the courtyard. She was nude; he wrists and ankles were bound; her mouth gagged with a T-shirt. In the bedroom a cryptic message was scrawled in black paint: She Saved Him Can You Save Her. The police were baffled. Marcia Clark Investigates: Spreckels Mansion Mystery, A&E 2018
Detectives announced their finding: suicide. ibid.
Existence – well, does it matter? I exist on the best terms I can. Control 2007 starring Sam Riley & Samantha Morton & Alexandra Maria Lara & Joe Anderson & Toby Kebbell & Craig Parkinson & James Anthony Pearson & Harry Treadaway & Andrew Sheridan & Robert Shelley & Matthew McNulty & Ben Naylor & John Cooper Clarke et al, director Anton Corbijn, opening monologue
Warsaw – now we’re Joy Division. ibid. Ian
First gig in London and nobody there. ibid.
Who’s Anik? … I don’t deserve this. ibid. her to him
I never meant for it to grow like this … I’ve no control any more. ibid. Ian
I suggest a jump off the nearest block of flats. Looking for Eric 2009 starring Steve Evets & Eric Cantona & Stephanie Bishop & Gerard Kearns & Stefan Gumbs & Lucy-Jo Hudson & Matthew McNulty & Laura Ainsworth & Max Beesley & John Henshaw et al, director Ken Loach, Cantona
I don’t need another day, sweetheart. Ray Donovan s5e8: Horses, Abby to Bridget, Showtime 2017
No, if you want to kill yourself, what you do is you stand somewhere wet, get yourself a good earth, then plug yourself into the mains. That’s what I was going to do. Woof! … There’s got to be more to life than committing suicide. That Sinking Feeling 1979 starring Tom Mannion & Eddie Burt & Richard Demarco & Alex Mackenzie & Margaret Adams & Kim Masterton & Danny Benson & Robert Buchanan & Drew Burns & Gerry Clark & Anne Graham et al, director Bill Forsyth, gang in jam-jar
He did films, TV, just an all-round good guy. Murder in Soho: Who Killed Freddie Mills? daughter, BBC 2018
24th July 1965 10.30 p.m.: Freddie Mills leaves his family at home and travels to his Soho nightclub. ibid. caption
Freddie Mills Is Shot Dead: Found in Citroen car behind his Soho night club. ibid. Sunday Mirror headline
Curiously, everybody who knew him was unanimous that that man certainly was not the kind to go and kill himself. ibid. investigator
His wife Chrissie said that on the day he died he had been suffering from headaches. ibid.
To me the fight game has always been a kind of wonderland. ibid. Freddie Mills
He became to me at the end a rather sad man, you know. That’s when I noticed he used to get depressed. ibid. Frank Butler, boxing writer
Found dead in the back seat of his car close to his club with a gunshot [gun neatly arranged] wound through the eye [open]. ibid. daughter
Freddie Mills was murdered. ibid. daughter
Mills was one of the victims of the West End protection racket. ibid. writer
The police never saw the body in situ. ibid. investigator
He [Freddie] could have destroyed everything. Multi-billion pound deal [West End gambling/Mafia]. And he wasn’t to be allowed to get away with it. ibid. Roger Huntman, promoter’s/Mafia point-man’s son
Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 45 … I have to live with the dark reality every day: seven years ago my dad Peter took his own life, aged just 43. Ever since, I’ve been tormented by his loss and struggled to face up to it … The scourge of male suicide in Britain. Professor Green, Suicide & Me, BBC 2018
Over 6,000 people take their own lives in Britain each year, according to the most recent figures. Nearly 80% are male, a proportion that is on the rise. ibid.
11 February 2010: On the eve of his mother’s funeral, Lee Alexander McQueen took his life. McQueen, 2018
In 2015 there were 24,025 documented suicides in Japan, almost 70 people per day. One of the most popular suicide destinations is Tojinbo Cliffs in Fukui Prefecture. Yung Chang, Gatekeeper, 2016
Man: Well, I’m off.
Wife: Have a good day. ibid.
‘When I first started in 2004, a lot of people thought what I was doing was crazy. They said, Let sleeping dogs lie. How do you expect to save someone if they’re already doomed? They said, Are you stupid?’ ibid. hero in jam-jar
Tojinbo Nonprofit Organisation Support Centre: ‘Let’s meet again but not on the cliffs, OK? ha-ha.’ ibid.
‘About 20 to 30 people were killing themselves in Tonjinbo every year. The community were capitalizing on that. They were exploiting it to attract tourists from across Japan. They were using it as advertising.’ ibid.
‘The success rate for jumpers is 70%.’ ibid. boat tourist trip dude
‘My parents killed themselves when I was in eighth grade. My father in January and my mother in October. When I see people standing on the cliffs, it feels like I’m looking at myself … I feel like I have to save them.’ ibid. lady
‘It’s happened here a few times: parents have jumped with their kids … Someone jumped with a child on their back and a baby in their arms. And there was a murder case when they dumped the body to fake a suicide.’ ibid. hero
‘I have about 20 patrol staff who work when they can.’ ibid.
Daily Patrol Log. ibid.
‘Their cries, their wishes, their hopes. I feel a sense of duty towards them. It’s a responsibility that comes with being born into this world.’ ibid.
Over the last 12 years, Yukio Shige and his team of volunteers have saved 550 people.’ ibid. caption
1 in 50 people have body dysmorphic disorder. Suicide amongst people diagnosed with BDD is thirty times the national average. 5% of people with BDD get treatment from mental health services. Ugly Me: My Life with Body Dysmorphia, captions, BBC 2019
Theresa May went on a walking holiday in Wales with two security guards – I assume they were there as a kind of suicide watch. Frankie Boyle’s New World Order e2, BBC 2019
I love that this is my home and I grew up here. We are all so close. Kingdom of Us, Jamie-Jodie, Netflix 2017
There’s seven of you [children]. We live in a wonderful house. At a wonderful time. And you have all got a very bright future. ibid. dad’s home video