Li Dao

from Hooked · host Rachel Diamond

CW: This episode contains discussion of suicide Mark Drybrough and Nadia Kajouji both completed suicide after being sent instructions on how by a friend on the internet. But who was this friend really, and why did they encourage dozens of people online to kill themselves? www.patreon.com/hookedthepod SOURCES https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Francis_Melchert-Dinkel https://www.gq.com/story/suicide-nurse-mark-drybrough-chatrooms-li-dao https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/american-stalked-hillfields-man-internet-3049931 https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/internet-predator-who-urged-midland-6865626 https://people.com/crime/suicide-chat-room-tragedy-inside-nadia-kajoujis-death/ https://www.bramptonguardian.com/news-story/3072906-nadia-kajouji-remembered/

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