The story of Hello Stranger is in no way related to actual events.
In June of 1999, the small town of Horatio, Maryland, population four
thousand, two hundred, had it's second case of suicide in it's entire
history. The deceased was Jerry Doherty, aged twenty-five, and was found
self-poisoned in his own apartment. Mr. Doherty was a healthy man with a
wife and and upcoming child. He seemed to have no reason to commit
suicide. The only thing remarkable was his suicide note.
It is included here on the anniversary of the man's suicide.
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BunNy_TaiL: Hello stranger
Dart1812: Hey jerry.
L1feLess: Yeah, hello JerryD74.
B_0_0_M: hi
JerryD74: Hey, you guys.
BunNy_TaiL: Girl actually.
JerryD74: Yeah, nice name.
BunNy_TaiL: Thanks.
JerryD74: Your welcome
L1feLess: We were just discussing women.
B_0_0_M: Yeah.
L1feLess: It's just that they always seem to look a guy over and think
'is he rich?'
JerryD74: U got problems with girls?
L1feless: Lots.
Jerryd74: Nothing compared to mine
B_0_0_M: Cool.
Dart1812: Jerry?
L1feLess: Yeah, Jerry, where are you?
JerryD74: LOOK, HOW COME EVERY TIME THAT SOMEONE SAYS ANYTHING, NO MATTER
WHAT, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEONE WHO SAYS 'COOL'! WHATS SO COOL ABOUT ME
HAVING PROBLEMS! IF YOU HAD ****ING PROBLEMS LIKE I DID, YOU WOULDN'T SAY
COOL TO THEM!
B_0_0_M: Sorry.
BunNy_TaiL: Hey, calm down Jerry. Don't go jumping down Boom's throat
like that. Everybody says cool.
JerryD74: Sorry, I've had a bad day.
BunNy_Tail: Yeah, well...it's still not right
JerryD74: Yeah...a/s/l?
Dart1812: Uh-uh.
B_0_0_M: No.
L1feLess: No giving out that sort of personal information.
JerryD74: Ummm...y?
L1feLess: Well, we're, well kind of the regulars here. And we think its
best if everyone feels that they have the freedom to say anything they
want without any infringement upon this identity. That way everyone's
just a bunch of words describing their problems.
JerryD74: So, you guys help people?
B_0_0_M: Yeah.
JerryD74: Ever get someone who feels terribly alone?
BunNy_TaiL: All the time.
JerryD74: No...I mean really alone. The really, really alone.
BunNy_TaiL: Want to talk about it?
JerryD74: No, not really. Well, yeah.
BunNy_TaiL: Shoot then.
JerryD74: Well, ever shiver because a piece of music really moved
you?
B_0_0_M: Yeah
L1feLess: A lot actually. I get a very cold, crying feeling inside of me
when I listen to Tchaikovsky.
B_0_0_M: Shut up.
L1feLess: Oh, sorry. Yeah, Jerry's problem.
JerryD74: Well, I've been getting that for about a half hour as I
continue to well, eat.
BunNy_TaiL: You have an eating problem?
JerryD74:
JerryD74:
BunNy_TaiL: Hey, Jerry, you alright?
JerryD74:
JerryD74:
JerryD74:
B_0_0_M: Stop.
JerryD74:
JerryD74:
JerryD74:
JerryD74:
JerryD74:
BunNy_TaiL: Jerry, I'm sorry if you have a problem but you've got
attention now. Please stop flooding.
JerryD74:
JerryD74:
JerryD74:
JerryD74: Sorry.
BunNy_TaiL: It's okay.
JerryD74: No, it's not okay. IT'SSS NOT OKAY!
JerryD74:
JerryD74:
JerryD74:
JerryD74:
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JerryD74:
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JerryD74:
JerryD74:
JerryD74:Sorry. Okay. I was just pounding the enter key. I'm sorry. Okay,
I'm just sorry for everything!
BunNy_TaiL: Maybe you'd prefer to talk with someone in a private chat
room.
JerryD74: Yeah....okay..I'll go.
BunNy_Tail: Okay, everyone, take Jerry off ignore. We're goin to talk and
then come back here, okay.
JerryD74: Yeah...I'm sorry guys. I'm sorry. I'm more calm now.
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JerryD74: Hi.
BunNy_TaiL: Hi.
JerryD74: Y'know. You're very nice.
BunNy_Tail: Thanks. You're nice too.
JerryD74: Ur lying. I'm not nice.
BunNy_TaiL: Of course you are. You might not feel you're a nice person,
but when you really think about it, I'm sure you'll see that you're a
very nice and likeable person.
JerryD74: I looked a half hour ago and decided I didn't like what I saw.
So I came here.
BunNy_TaiL: Okay. How about telling me how you're feeling right
now?
JerryD74: You're very nice. Are you a pyschologist or something?
BunNy_TaiL: No. I take social work training though.
JerryD74: Oh.
BunNy_TaiL: U were sayin?
JerryD74: Yeah. Well, remember when I told you about how some people
shiver because of a song?
BunNy_TaiL: Yeah.
JerryD74: Well, thats how I feel right now. Cold and shivering and sad
and crying.
BunNy_TaiL: Ur crying?
JerryD74: Yeah.
JerryD74: My life is terrible.
BunNy_TaiL: Oh, it's not that bad. Can you think of any good thing thats
happened? Anybody you love or cherish?
JerryD74: My parents.
BunNy_TaiL: Oh. There.
JerryD74: They died two hours ago.
BunNy_TaiL: Oh..I'm so sorry.
JerryD74: Not your fault. Mine.
BunNy_TaiL: Of course not. It's not your fault at all.
JerryD74: You can think that.
BunNy_TaiL: Jerry, are you there?
BunNy_TaiL: Jerry?
BunNy_TaiL: Are you okay, Jerry?
BunNy_TaiL: You can always talk to me if you want.
BunNy_TaiL: Jerry, are you okay?
JerryD74: Sory
BunNy_TaiL: What happened?
BunNy_TaiL: Jerry, what happened?
BunNy_TaiL: Jerry?
BunNy_TaiL: Are you okay?
BunNy_TaiL: Jerry, I know how you're feeling right now. And I think that
you may have decided because of guilt over your parents death to do harm
to yourself. Sometimes people think this way for absolutely no reason at
all. You have a real reason, Jerry! By all rights, you should be allowed
to be able to take anything for the pain that you're having now! But
thats not the right thing to do! You hear me! Thats not the right thing
to do!
BunNy_TaiL: Jerry? Do you understand me?
BunNy_TaiL: Jerry? Do you want any help?
BunNy_TaiL: Jerry?
JerryD74: I just had to get something from the bathroom. Sorry.
BunNy_TaiL: Jerry, I'm so sorry. I thought that you were about to kill
yourself.
JerryD74: No, I wasn't about to kill myself.
BunNy_TaiL: Thank goodness.
JerryD74: What you said made me think. Do people always come in here
saying they want to kill themselves and you help them find the bright
spot in their lives so they can keep on going?
BunNy_TaiL: A lot. Some people don't realize how selfish they're being
until they understand that there are people who love them and cherish
them all around them.
JerryD74: I see. I think I even understand. Goodbye.
BunNy_TaiL:Huh?
JerryD74: I just took several dozen instant painkillers. Goodbye.
BunNy_TaiL: Jerry, I want you to go to the hospital right now!
BunNy_TaiL Jerry, go to the hospital!
BunNy_TaiL Jerry, please!
BunNy_TaiL Jerry!
BunNy_TaiL Jerry, please answer me!
BunNy_TaiL Jerry, please go to hospital!
BunNy_TaiL Jerry!
BunNy_TaiL Jerry, where do you live?
BunNy_TaiL Jerry, I want to know where you live so I can contact the
ambulance in your city!
BunNy_TaiL Please, Jerry, please tell me!
BunNy_TaiL Jerry!
BunNy_TaiL I'm going to phone the police to find out Jerry! Please, just
tell me!
BunNy_TaiL Jerry! Please!
BunNy_TaiL Jerry! Jerry! I'm crying over here! Please, tell me where you
live!
BunNy_TaiL: Jerry!
BunNy_TaiL: Jerry, I'm calling the police!
BunNy_TaiL: Jerry!
BunNy_TaiL: Jerry, they need your name and phone number!
BunNy_TaiL: Jerry!
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Jerry Doherty was a happy, well-adjusted man who had no discernible
reason to be suicidal. His parents were alive and well at the time of his
death. Deep psychological study of this case has been made by a Ms.
Katherine Driscoll, who believes Mr. Doherty, suffering from one of the
many simple and little ups and downs of everyday life, tried to gain
sympathy at a chat room by posing as having suicidal thoughts, where she
spoke with the man thinking him to be suffering from genuine depression.
"I believe that we all feel that on certain occasions that we wish
to end our own lives. Mr. Doherty may have been suffering from such
thoughts, but he remains a strange puzzle of the mind to this day. A man
who will commit suicide for nothing, in a way that gives him some measure
of publicity through the Internet, yet showing no sign of being mentally
disturbed, presents a very interesting study for psychologists all over
the world," said Ms. Katherine Driscoll, who then paused to
recollect herself. Ms. Driscoll, through the use of a chat room, spoke
with the man for the last half hour of his life.
"Mr. Doherty will remain a psychological conundrum that brings us
into strange, unexplored waters of the human mind concerning
suicide," said Ms. Driscoll.
The story of Hello Stranger is in no way related to actual events.
