Most Popular Suicide Locations
Golden Gate Bridge
The most documented suicide spot on Earth is the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California. There are have been over 1500 documented suicides at the iconic landmark.
There are signs posted on the bridge urging people contemplating taking their own lives to use the special phone provided to contact a crisis hotline.
Suicides tarnish the Golden Gate USA Today
Film captures suicides on Golden Gate Bridge SF Gate
Aokigahara Forest
Known as “the perfect place to die,” the Aokigahara forest has become a popular place for Japanese businessmen to take their own lives. More than 500 of them have killed themselves in this enchanted forest since the 1950s. The rate of suicide has been increasing, with a record 78 bodies in 2002.
Japanese spiritualists believe that the suicides committed in the forest have permeated Aokigahara’s trees, generating paranormal activity and preventing many who enter from escaping the forest’s depths.
Desperate Japanese head to ‘suicide forest’ CNN
A Danish Documentory about Aokigahara Forest. Part 1 (Part 2)
George Washington Memorial Bridge, Seattle
Some 230 people have jumped to their deaths from the George Washington Memorial Bridge, making it the second deadliest suicide bridge in the United States. In the last decade, nearly 50 people have leaped to their deaths. The bridge is so deadly that a nonprofit group is trying to get the city of Seattle to erect suicide barriers.
Prince Edward Viaduct, Toronto, Canada
At the time of the construction suicide was not considered to be a major social issue, and as such the bridge design did not include any means for the prevention of suicides. As suicide became more more common the Prince Edward Viaduct became a magnet for suicide.
With nearly 500 suicides by 2003, the Viaduct ranked as the second most fatal standing structure in the world. At its peak in 1997, the suicide rate averaged one person every 22 days. This prompted the construction of a suicide barrier in 2003 called the Luminous Veil.
Beachy Head, County East Sussex, England
The cliff at Beachy Head is the highest chalk sea cliff in Britain, rising to 175 m (575 ft) above sea level.
Since the 1600s, Beachy Head has been notorious as a location for people to attempt suicide. About 20 people each year will attempt to end it all at Beachy Head. For the past 5 years a Chaplaincy Team has conducted regular day and evening patrols of the area in attempts to locate and stop potential jumpers. It has been considered the third most popular place in the world to commit suicide.
List of Suicide Sites at Wikipedia
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