Are there any famous cases of CTB that weren't by famous people?

[TheBigGuiltHaver]

You always hear about famous serial killers, Jeffery Dahmer, Jodi Arias, Ted Bundy, people like that, that have gained a following because of their case and their story. They always have interest on their case but you never hear about famous CTBs unless they were already famous like Kurt Cobain, Etika, Robin Williams.
Is there a following for the cases of people that weren't famous that took their own life with actual interest? Yes, people like Amanda Todd and Chazz Petrella are famous cases but as far as I can see, they aren't kept up on with interest like serial killers have in the True Crime scene.
If there is anything, could someone point me in the right direction?

 

[noname223]

Budd Dwyer. This case is extremely brutal and unfair. He was a (local) politician. There was a group of people also his wife who tricked him into a prison sentence. He was the only one who was not corrupt in this case. Though everyone blamed him. He was the scapegoat. In his last days of freedom he invited journalists to a press conference. He took his gun and shot himself in the head in front of the journalists. I think he wanted attention so that the case will be solved. At least today we know the truth. The video of his suicide is on youtube I think. But I would not recommend watching it. But it is up to you.

 

[TheBigGuiltHaver]

Budd Dwyer. This case is extremely brutal and unfair. He was a (local) politician. There was a group of people also his wife who tricked him into a prison sentence. He was the only one who was not corrupt in this case. Though everyone blamed him. He was the scapegoat. In his last days of freedom he invited journalists to a press conference. He took his gun and shot himself in the head in front of the journalists. I think he wanted attention so that the case will be solved. At least today we know the truth. The video of his suicide is on youtube I think. But I would not recommend watching it. But it is up to you.

Weird to see a big incident like that be allowed on YouTube in full of all websites, it's a tragic thing to have happen, corrupt god damn world.

 

[Manaaja]

I remember seeing an old black and white photo that was probably titled the world's most beautiful suicide or something. A woman fell down and hit a car and lay there.

 

[UpandDownPrincess]

Budd Dwyer. This case is extremely brutal and unfair. He was a (local) politician. There was a group of people also his wife who tricked him into a prison sentence. He was the only one who was not corrupt in this case. Though everyone blamed him. He was the scapegoat. In his last days of freedom he invited journalists to a press conference. He took his gun and shot himself in the head in front of the journalists. I think he wanted attention so that the case will be solved. At least today we know the truth. The video of his suicide is on youtube I think. But I would not recommend watching it. But it is up to you.

There's a great documentary about it, too. It's called Honest Man.

 

[Kristicide]

Christine Chubbuck was an American television news reporter who worked for WTOG and WXLT-TV in Sarasota, Florida. She was the first person to die by suicide on a live television broadcast. She shot herself.
Christine Chubbuck was an American television news reporter who worked for WTOG and WXLT-TV in Sarasota, Florida. She was the first person to die by suicide on a live television broadcast. She shot herself.

 

[thedaywillcome]

Christine Chubbuck was an American television news reporter who worked for WTOG and WXLT-TV in Sarasota, Florida. She was the first person to die by suicide on a live television broadcast. She shot herself.
Christine Chubbuck was an American television news reporter who worked for WTOG and WXLT-TV in Sarasota, Florida. She was the first person to die by suicide on a live television broadcast. She shot herself.

She had a joker: Through direct broadcasting she had a kind of provocative help overcoming SI. Same goes for this politican.

 

[Chinaski]

Amelia Bolanios, a teenager who killed herself because El Salvador lost to Honduras in a World Cup qualifier, which was the catalyst for the ensuing "Football War".

 

[makethepainstop]

One particular case greatly annoys me on a personal level. Kurt Cobain was gifted with things I would do anything to have. First, he had blond hair and blue eyes, which I have always wanted. (Since 1st grade when I learned what blond hair and blue eyes were).
Next little Kurt was worth 50 million USD, when he died. Once again, I'd do whatever it took to get that kind of money. He chose to CTB in a beautiful million-dollar home.
So, if there is a God why did Kurt get most of what I wanted, and then he was unhappy?
I mean like Lord if thou doth exist why could not I have all of that? Like DAMMMN!
So, either life is random with some people getting everything and being supremely unhappy. Why are some of us lacking all of the above, getting unhappy and CTB ing outta here. The only things Kurt had that I don't want is small size and a curved spine. If reincarnation is so I hope the next time I come back........... rant over. Love to you all.

 

[Euthanza]

There are several self-immolation cases done by Buddhist monks (famous one is Thich Quang Duc - Vietnam) and also in Indonesia by a university student Sondang Hutagalung, deemed as political statement, the ultimate protest.

 

[WhatPowerIs]

Amanda Todd isn't famous but her case certainly is. She was harassed, sexually extorted, and cyberbullied all online. She was 15 years old when she committed suicide.

 

[wljourney]

There are a few urban legends connected to a Hungarian song from the 1930s.
Billy Holliday's recording of "Gloomy Sunday" is quite famous. But the song itself and the songwriter weren't.

There have been claims that people listened to the song on the radio and then chose to die by suicide, which is why it was then banned by radio stations, though that's probably not true/coincidence.

it's a beautiful song though...

Lyrics:

Sunday is gloomy,
My hours are slumberless
Dearest the shadows
I live with are numberless
Little white flowers
Will never awaken you
Not where the black coach of
Sorrow has taken you
Angels have no thought
Of ever returning you,
Would they be angry
If I thought of joining you?

 

[notlongnow]

That Budd Dwyer vid is gnarly!!! Raw. Morbid curiosity won.