*Please be aware this episode discusses topics on the theme of depression, self harm, suicide & The Holocaust. Listener discretion is advised*

There are many things in life which may lead people to question their existence and place in the world but out of all the external factors which can lead to a bout of the black dog creeping in, a song may not be the first thing that springs to mind that would trigger it. 

A simple song created by a composer in Hungary in 1933 is said to be responsible for a number of deaths and lore has grown around the composition which says the tune itself is now cursed and any listen of it should be done so with a significant warning. 

But is the tune a trigger for depression so extreme it would lead to multiple people ending it all or is the legacy of its creation something far darker which would go on to change history forever...

Today on Macabre Mini Mysteries, we uncover the legend behind Gloomy Sunday otherwise known as the suicide song..

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Sources

1. Dénes, L. (2018). Gloomy Sunday and the Hungarian suicide song myth. Daily News Hungary. https://dailynewshungary.com/gloomy-sunday-and-the-hungarian-suicide-song-myth/
2. Kallay, Á. (2017). Gloomy Sunday: The Hungarian Suicide Song. The Culture Trip. https://theculturetrip.com/europe/hungary/articles/gloomy-sunday-the-hungarian-suicide-song/
3. Rohter, L. (2006). The ‘Curse’ of the ‘Hungarian Suicide Song’. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/02/arts/music/02gloo.html
4. https://dailynewshungary.com/was-the-life-of-the-writer-of-the-hungarian-suicide-song-sad

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