Way to make history. This young, 21 year old Swedish man by the name of Marcus Jannes announced his plans to commit suicide on a Swedish forum board Flashback.org and remained a man of his word. As far as I know, this is the first, real suicide that was broadcast over the internet in real time so people could view it as it was happening.
When it became apparent that Marcus Jannes means business and is not just messing around, the viewers of this live broadcast suicide alerted the police. 21 minutes later, the Swedish police showed up at Marcus Jannes’ apartment and immediately started with resuscitation but the attempts to revive the man failed. He was later pronounced dead.
The suicide announcement that Marcus Jannes made came only minutes before he put the noose around his neck. He told board readers that he was a 21 year old guy with his own apartment and good money from government. He said he suffered from asperger syndrome (high functioning autism) and had poor social skills that made him a lonely person. Prior to suicide, he doped himself up with painkillers (100mg dexofen and 1500mg paracetamol) and tested self strangulation to get the hang of what was coming. He then set up his webcam with a program that dumps an image captured every 2 seconds onto an FTP server and provided the IP port and login credentials right before the initiation of suicide.
Marcus Jannes chose a rather appropriate t-shirt in which to commit live suicide. Reading “Just Do It”, the man didn’t mess around and just did it. He must have been seriously determined as he hung himself sitting. Being hung with hands tight behind one’s back and feet above ground is one thing, but being able to get up and loosen the rope that’s tightening around your neck to avoid dying, yet still managing to suppress instincts that would naturally strive for self preservation is whole another. Impressive determination to die.
And let’s not forget about the hue his face takes on and loses during the process of strangulation. First it turns blue and then goes back to being pale. Wow!
As they say about suicides – it’s a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Many survivors of suicide attempts admit to it being a mistake and are glad they’d survived. Marcus Jannes will not be getting a second chance.
The original thread (in Swedish) is on https://www.flashback.org/t1322408. Marcus Jannes signed up on the website as LurifaxFlux on the day he announced he was going to hang himself. Actual video of Marcus Jannes’ suicide as it was broadcast live across the internet is below. Now you can say you have seen it all:
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What a waste of a life.
Damn, EMS FLEW the hell in there at 1:28. I want those dudes to come when I DFO.
What a fucking idiot….his shirt says just do it too….lol.
Lmao!!
He’s autistic.. and for him to say he’s lonely shows the cruel world full of judgemental fucking arseholes he found himself in. mension autism and people treat them like their fucking stupid, aspergers persons are usually of above average intelligence but get treated like shit all the same, ignorance is bliss.. but he wasn’t blessed with the luxury of ignorance… and that far from makes him “a fucking idiot”, it makes it fucking tragic.
New Nike Commercial..Real Men JUST DO IT!!
At least he didn’t suffer a painful death unlike accidents or murders
I’m not sure about that… hanging can be a very painful way to go, depending.
I’ve watched most of the stuff on here but this is the saddest thing I’ve ever seen. My son has autism and I’d hate to think that he would ever feel this lonely….sad sad waste of life that could have been avoided.
I have Asperges.. and don’t worry its not all of us that get them tendencies, how are his social skills and how old is he?
I’m 20 now and doing well for myself.. i have issues every so often where i say very bad things or have a minor fit of emotion, but otherwise i’m a socialite
Was very antisocial from age 5-18, he just needs guidance and lots of friends ^_^
needed*
Yeah, being an Aspy can be kind of awkward. I am on the very low end of the spectrum and so is my daughter. It can be kind of fun, since we can be pissed at each other for misreading emotions. But it’s cool. I have never felt like killing myself, and love life; it can just be a little different. The other fun thing about being an Aspy: having an IQ of 150.
I’m alright with 99% of the stuff on BG, but for some reason this just gets me. Sucks. I wonder what was such a bummer to resort to this.
I’ve been in his position and glad i never got as far as him, i have asperges as he had and when i was like him.. not sociable life is very unbearable, even though i had a loving family, benefits thrown at me leading to a grand a month, life still felt unbearable and slightest thing could trigger it further
Sucks… wish he’d have stayed with us longer and maybe he’d have been alright.
I think that dude suffered a lot. For at least a minute and a half. But, he finally surrendered to death. Now, he’s gone forever.
“Damn, EMS FLEW the hell in there at 1:28.”
The footage could have been cut to shorten the track.
Otherwise… can really anything be said? This is just sad, a life wasted.
On another note a totally badass way to go. I wonder how much he had to WANT to die to actually push through? My sister’s friend hanged himself years ago and the investigators said that the first branch of the tree had broken under him. He untied the noose on his neck, untied the rope from the broken branch, climbed up to another branch and hanged himself. It’s something I couldn’t ever really grasp. 
Indeed, very sad. You can almost see the life go out of him
I’m not gonna lie, his shirt made me laugh but this made me a bit sad.
He was like turning a dark shade and then it got back to his normal skin color.
This man didn’t mess around, didn’t waste time or anything. Just got right down to business
Good for him. Kudos to anyone who takes a stand, makes a plan, and follows through with it.
Sad. It was hard to watch his struggle..
Well, I’ll definitely never be able to look at the “Just Do it” logo the same way again… Amazing how blue his face went and then it just went pale. How sad just to know that loneliness can cause something like this
I think that this suicide really just saddens people, because we were able to watch him go for it, and watch him die in the end.
A photograph of the aftermath of a suicide, compared to one where we see what happens can just hit home.
Also, this is not the first time that a suicide has happened on webcam on a site live as it was happening.
The first one that I remember, which gained popularity on world news happened on JTV. A 19-year-old threatened to kill himself for 12 hours on his webcam. The people in the chat did not believe him and told him to go for it. He did by overdosing on pills.
He took the dose, convulsed, and just simply looked like he was sleeping. Some thought it was fake, yet they called the cops, and it turned out to be true.
What is he putting on his neck before he hangs himself? i dont mean the rope either.
he really had balls to do something like that. however suicide is not the answer. “what doesn’t kill you simply makes you stronger”. no matter in what situation or hardship you face in life don’t give up. a man is not recognized by his failures and falls, but by triumph and getting up every time he falls.
This is just so incredible sad. I have seen many things on the internet, but this just blow me away. R.I.P
VERY DISTURBING.
With the timing sped up you couldn’t really tell, but at a slower speed, you can tell the “heaving” just before death, is his unconscious body trying to breathe. EXTREMELY SAD. DYING ALONE.
DORIS- it looks to me like he is putting “Olive Oil” on his neck. Perhaps in an attempt to reduce the rope-burn so his body would look better for the funeral? Or maybe so it wouldn’t hurt the skin on his neck before he passed out. He also rubbed some on the rope. Who knows the why. Sure can’t ask him!
Take a look at this dude’s facebook photo
http://www.facebook.com/LurifaxFlux
He likes Bam Margera. He must be used to getting kicked in the bratwurst.
licky-louie, an oil would certainly make sense – the rope would slide better and tighten better than just naked skin.
Sadly, he received attention in death that was never available to him in life.
I’m not going to bother reading all the comments on this one, but I do have a comment.
He was not the first one to do it live.
There was a kid or young man not long ago who also did it with pills.
He said his goodbyes, took the pills and went to bed and died.
Crap, he took junk pills and not enough, didn’t even get a buz.
100mg dexofen known in the US as Darvocet.
1500mg paracetamol known as Tylenol.
fucked up shit
If I were in the mood for snarky commentary, I’d have to say the crazy fucking fractal wall art got to him. But since I’m not, I’ll just add echo the sentiment that it is sad. And not to be a nit picky asshole about it, but sad does not equal gory. Less sadness, more gore. Just saying.
Yea, I was thinking the same thing.
By the way, the story was posted on a site called “The Local”. An English version of Sweden News. I got the email this morning.
*-Swedish man dies in live ‘cyber suicide’ broadcast
A Swedish man hanged himself during a live broadcast on the internet on Monday morning, a phenomenon that police described as rare in Sweden.
Similar incidents have occurred in other countries, but it is still a relatively unknown phenomenon in Sweden.
thelocal.se/29566/20101012/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=191
You know he chose that Nike shirt on purpose.
Sweden must have a good government aid program. This guy had a nice place, view, and flat screen.
Hopefully the family of the deceased is at peace with his death.
I hate to say this, but I really think the video is interesting, but also morbid. What I mean, is that I can actually get to see the whole “Hanging process” and stuff. I already know what happens, but to see it live is sorta amazing to me. I hope that doesn’t offend anyone.
This may sound like a gay thing to say on a gore blog, but I cannot stress enough that I DONT give a FUCK about anyone’s troll opinins over what I am about to say:
This video almost made me cry. My husband has asperger syndrome and he was very lonely and suicidal when I met him. He was never really close to anyone and has never had the perfect family, or even an okay one. He truly felt he was unloved and destined to die alone. We went out all throughout high school and got married a few months after I turned 18 (this was just recently, in fact). On top of his aspbergers, he was raped twice, and has the shittiest, most inconsiderate and childish father I have ever fucking seen in my entire life. Basically, what I’m trying to say is, this video made me feel so lucky. I’m glad I found him, and glad he found me. I’m certain he wouldn’t be alive today, and I wouldn’t feel alive today if we hadn’t found each other, and I am grateful he didn’t end up like Marcus Jannes. and I feel terrible that the Marcus did not find the same happiness.
My husband was slowly committing suicide through constant meth use. Never eating, never giving a damn about anything. Especially having to deal with a bad divorce before hand. He, too, has the same asperger syndrome. And like you, sadiekryst, it makes me glad he met me. I love that man to death and will always to make sure to make him happy. Your husband is very lucky to have you. As is mine is lucky to have me and our cute little girl. >^.^<
Its horrid whats happened to this poor lad.. and i give my love to your MR, i have Asperges and went through that big depressive moment.. abusive dad, drunk mother.. and many other things ontop, as well as 0 friends..
nearly did this myself.. but during that time i had a younger sister born.. and it kept me going .. you’ve kept your Mr Going, <3.
Thats a nice story thanks for sharing it with us . Bless your heart . Marcus , R.I.P god bless . so sad to see this sort of thing and so young . poor fellow
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Sadiekryst: We are all entitled to our opinions. Glad things worked out for your husband.
On a side note: I love his T-shirt… JUST DO IT!!!
@jouzinka It took EMS 30 minutes to arrive on scene…this video would be entirely this poor man hanging dead for almost 35 minutes (if I’m not mistaken) had they not cut out quite a bit, so you were right.
And on a more personal note, if I decide to CTB, I’m broadcasting it online. Screw it. If other people get entertainment out of my death, I’ve done something right!
That’s “Wee Man” from the movie “Jack-Ass” This particular stunt was called,”The Mongoloid Merengue”
A REAL hit with the viewing audience.
Is it weird that it pisses me off that EMS are trying to revive him. I mean what nerve! The guy obviously was sick of playing the game, let him go!
I’m REALLY pissed off. The video was already in progress. At first I thought it was a Nigger,then once nature took over I saw that he was a good guy like us.
Hey johnnywad. “A good guy like us”? Does that mean all white people are deer-huntin, 4-wheel-drivin, sister fuckin yokels? If anybody agrees or disagrees with my post, please let me know. As for you johnnywad, you can go fuck yourself. And before you ask, “What are you, a nigger?”, no motherfucker I AM WHITE. Reading what you posted makes me ashamed of it.
agreed, logicintheUS. And just for the record, johnnywad, even white people, mexicans, chinese, japanese, any race in the world will commit suicide. And no one is a good guy when they do such thing. They are when they decide not to do it because they figure how upset their family would be if they did do it. (That’s what’s stopping my mom from doing it.)
agreed
My phrase to this (considering I would never commit suicide), suicide is not the answer to everything. It is a waste of time. If you are going to die, just die naturally. If you are that depressed, seek some help (and avoid the anti-depressants. They make it worse.) Marcus was clearly depressed and needed some serious help. Shame he didn’t seek it instead of committing suicide live on the internet.
I like his choice of clothing.
“JUST DO IT.”
And why are all you fags saying he shouldntve killed himself? If he seeked help, all they’d do is send him to a mental hospital. Or maybe have a fucking counselor lend a shoulder to cry on. That doesnt solve anything. The dude wanted to die, he got what he wanted. End of story.
Don’t try to save that fuckhead…
I was thinking the exact same thing his shirt said 😀
Is it just me or was he humping the wall until he came and that’s why his face was red and then he nut and color when back to normal I did like the carpet on the wall lol…
I didn’t realize at first that every frame was 2 seconds apart in real time. That means that it must have taken something like 1:30 or 2 minutes for him to die (can anyone confirm that?). I don’t know why but this is a really disturbing video to me (only the dnepropetrovsk maniacs evokes a stronger reaction for me). He must have had some overwhelming pain as he died.
It almost looks like he tried with his last bit of energy to get up by moving his left leg but I really doubt that that’s the case as he went through with it up to that point.
By the way, for American readers. Paracetamol is acetominophen (Tylenol) and Dexofen (I believe) is dextropropoxephene (Darvon-N). The combination was probably something like Darvocet, a relatively weak opiod painkiller. It’s not a high enough dose to render someone unconsious or anything similar.
Poor Guy
Shit….must have been so far over the edge poor bloke.
this was actually pretty coool
I remember seeing this video not long after it happened. It’s the most iron willed suicide I’ve ever seen. He put the noose around, went limp and died with 0 hesitation. Serious balls.
i thought you had to be deprived of oxygen for at least 4 mins to die…that was so quick
What happened here is this:
When you constrict blood flow to the brain you pass out, which can happen in as little as a minute. If he prepared himself and took fast, shallow breaths, then that’s what happened. So basically, he choked his trachea and constricted blood flow at the same time. He was passed the fuck out before he croaked.
Anyway, this guy’s got balls the size of church bells and I hope they’re on display somewhere for all to see.
How unfortunate that one could appreciate his life so little.
But how amusing that he chose to end it in such an entertaining fashion. I only wish more suicides would learn from his brilliant example. While I don’t advocate suicide, there is no denying the pleasure of watching one. Why I must have masturbated at least three times to this video.
Yeah very sad i guess he had nobody to turn to or talk to.