By the early morning hours of May 21st, 1938, in Japan, a man by the name Matsuo Toi had become a full-fledged hikikomori....that is, someone who has become severely isolated from everyone around them.  That morning, Matsuo Toi would go on to carry out the worst mass shooting in Japanese History.

You're in for a real treat today.  But let's preface this with the following quote, “The thought of suicide is a great consolation: by means of it one gets through many a dark night.”

― Nietzsche

Suicide is a touchy subject. Some people ridicule those who choose to end their lives, others will commend them for their courage.  Let's be honest, though....if someone chooses to take their own life and leave this plane of existence, that is their decision and their decision alone to make.  Yes, it can be heartbreaking and cause us tremendous pain and suffering when we lose a loved one to suicide, but hold on, that's being a little selfish of us, isn't it?  Are we forgetting 'their' pain and suffering and only focusing on ourselves?  Maybe, but let's back up a bit.....

Today's episode is strictly about those suicides that are, well, really fucked up. These aren't your usual suicides, for the most part.  Many of these just leave you wondering, "Why the fuck would you even consider that?"

Let's go.

Todays episode will conclude the story of James Huberty, the San Ysidro McDonalds shooter. The year is 1984. Twenty-one people would lose their lives and another nineteen would be wounded. It's a terrible tale, and a bloody one. Our hearts go out to all families of all murder victims.

In present day America, it seems that everyday we can turn on any one of a number of news channels and we'll hear about a mass shooting somewhere.  It seems that, unfortunately, it's become a fad with those who are mentally unstable.  Often, they are fans of previous shooters, and they try to 'out-do' each other in terms of violence and the impact their actions might have on the public.  But mass shootings aren't a new occurrence.  They have been happening ever since fire-arms were invented - that is the underbelly of human nature.

Today, we are going to begin the story of James Huberty and the actions that he carried out in San Ysidro, California, in 1984.

Today we go to France where we will talk about a woman who spent (25) years in the attic of her aristocratic home beginning in the late 19th century. It's said she wanted to marry a 'penniless lawyer' but her mother refused the arrangement. After some arguing, the mother decided to lock her daughter in the attic.  Twenty five years.  There is a lot to this story, so let's get on with it.

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