In 2007, Jennifer Mee got her fifteen minutes of fame when she couldn’t stop hiccuping. In 2016, she was once again on TV—this time on a show called “Killer Women.” Fame is a curse, and it had cursed her.

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Sources:

Jennifer Mee advocacy website: jmeefree.com

St. Petersburg Times coverage of Jennifer Mee, 2007-2013, especially coverage from journalist Mary Jane Park

“Fla. ‘hiccup girl’ charged with first-degree murder,” Charleston Daily Mail, 18 Sept 2013

“‘Hiccup Girl’ Charged in Fatal Robbery,” The Ledger, 25 Oct 2010

“Jail Call to Mom Played in Court,” Tampa Bay Times, 20 Sept 2013

“Victim’s brother: Hiccup girl’s Internet trap led to homicide,” Tribune Business News, 25 Oct 2010

Jennifer Mee episode, Killer Women with Piers Morgan, 6 July 2017

Freak Show entry in Encyclopedia Britannica

“Teen Known for Hiccups Now Faces a Murder Charge,” New York Times, 25 Oct 2010

“Facing a New Surge, Florida Prisons Need to Get it Right This Time,” Orlando Sentinel, 4 Dec 2020

“3 on Florida Commission Decide Parole of Thousands of Inmates,” Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, 10 Dec 2019

“Florida’s Longest-Serving Inmates: They Get Older, Sicker and More Well-behaved,” Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, 17 Oct 2019

“VIDEO: Hiccup girl, Jennifer Mee, breaks silence after going from media darling to convicted killer,” ABC Action News, 17 November 2015

Team:

Jillian Collins, research assistant

Jennifer Longworth of Bourbon Barrel Podcasting, editor

Music: Stereodog Productions (Dan Pierson & Peter Manheim). Intro and conclusion: “Guilty” by Richard A. Whiting, Harry Akst, and Gus Kahn, sung by Anna Telfer.

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