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[–]SaevMe 356 points357 points ago

It's not actually real. It's a mock case study typically given to Law students to make them ponder culpability.

edit: Before someone asks for a source rather than GFGI.... http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/opus.asp

[–][deleted] 136 points137 points ago

Nuh uh, it says true story.

[–]chuperamigo 40 points41 points ago

Murder-cide, it could happen to YOU!

[–]JesseBB 17 points18 points ago

Murdercide kills over 1 Americans every year!

[–]we_talk_about_butts 1 point2 points ago

Murder-ception

[–]futuremarine213 2 points3 points ago

Shut up, Meg.

[–]BrennenG 2 points3 points ago

I've had this same article read to me in under-grad and I can affirm that it is an article written for the purpose of pondering culpability.

[–]FuzzyRealist 18 points19 points ago

You know that moment when you don't pull out fast enough? It was still good but at the same time I feel a bit deflated now.

[–]Xanthan81 5 points6 points ago

Dad?

[–]rhods1 2 points3 points ago

I came across this one in both Moral Philosophy and Philosophy of Law courses.

[–]MadViper 0 points1 point ago

Same here.

[–]Davepen 3 points4 points ago

As per this guy.

It's also in the opening of the film Magnolia, which is really good btw.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

Is there a correct answer?

[–]silentkill144 1 point2 points ago

God dam fact checkers.......

[–]Xanthan81 0 points1 point ago

damn

[–]praise_the_almighty 0 points1 point ago

Yeah the first time I heard that story it happened in LA of the 60s or 50s.

[–]unrealious -4 points-3 points ago

And I was going to say that that was the most bizarre thing which I had ever read. Now I guess I have to burn my computer or shoot myself. Wait I can't hurt my computer, then I wouldn't be able to read reddit.

[–]KittenBraden 105 points106 points ago

Isn't this from the movie Magnolia?

[–]lookcloserlenny 36 points37 points ago

Magnolia used it, and because of this, people began to actually think it was real.

[–]ZM2N4AiP_A4 23 points24 points ago

Magnolia also used the scuba diver dead in the forest after being picked up in a firefighting airplane, and a murder in a town called Greenberry Hill by 3 men whose last names are/were Green, Berry, and Hill. Magnolia is an amazing film and these 3 vignettes(the two I mentioned and the one posted by the OP) are reflected on by the narrator in the end, having to do with chance, luck, etc.

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[–]tttruckit 2 points3 points ago

I just recently introduced my sister to this film. Sometimes being ten years older has it's advantages.

[–]DutchPrisoner 3 points4 points ago

The 3 vignettes are played at the beginning of the film

[–]ZM2N4AiP_A4 15 points16 points ago

And are reflected on in the end by the narrator

[–]honeybadga 1 point2 points ago

Why are we discussing salad dressing?

[–]Uriniass 3 points4 points ago

Bitches loves tossed salad

[–]Chicken-n-Waffles 1 point2 points ago

I like how it ties the raining frogs to everything at the end.

[–]ZM2N4AiP_A4 1 point2 points ago

Yes so perfect!

[–]andytuba 1 point2 points ago

it's really the only way they could justify the entire movie. but mostly the frogs.

[–]KittenBraden 1 point2 points ago

I knew it! I only skimmed though it, as the text was so blurry, but I thought I recognized it :)

[–]eisregen 18 points19 points ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Opus

[–]egyptsFINEST8 153 points154 points ago

This has been posted 13 times (now 14) in the past 3 months.

title comnts points age /r/
Murder or Suicide? 1com 4pts 3mos funny
Nothing has blown my mind quite like this case.. 72coms 638pts 3mos WTF
Murder or Suicide? 3coms -2pts 3mos pics
Suicide Level: 99 6coms 18pts 2mos WTF
Murder or Suicide: You decide. 3coms 3pts 1mo WTF
Murder or suicide? 4coms 2pts 1mo funny
My mind just exploded. 5coms 17pts 2mos WTF
Nothing has blown my mind quite like this...true story. 5coms 23pts 3mos WTF
The case of a suicide turned murder turned suicide. 1com -6pts 3mos funny
Story about man shot while attempting to commit suicide ends in bizarre twist. 3coms -3pts 1mo WTF
This guy really wanted to die 5coms 0pts 1mo pics
Ming Blown 10coms 13pts 3mos pics
murder or suicide? 82coms 527pts 3mos WTF

source: karmadecay

[–]poizan42 28 points29 points ago

This specific picture has. I have also seen text versions and other picture versions posted. Probably more like 50 times in the past 3 months...

[–]JBob250 6 points7 points ago

and its not just 50 times in the last 3 months, either. this stupid thing is at least a decade old!

[–]Aikarus 24 points25 points ago

AND IT'S UPVOTED BY PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOT SEEN IT BEFORE.

My fucking god, get this already. Not everyone has spent 10 years lurking the Internet.

[–]kousi 4 points5 points ago

First time I've seen it. All you people who shout "repost" on every repost are making me feel bad for not seeing every post, every time it's posted. I suppose I'll quit my job and devote my day to refreshing reddit's front page.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points ago

And Apostolate was created.

[–]Aikarus 1 point2 points ago

Im starting to think they are sociopaths. They don't give a shit other people have not seen it. The Internet is made to please them, not anyone else. And they DEMAND new content.

[–]alps25 -4 points-3 points ago

Believe me, it's worse to actually have seen this 14 times.

[–]kousi 2 points3 points ago

It's only got a decent amount of upvotes twice.

[–]alps25 1 point2 points ago

That's somewhere between reassuring and bone-chilling.

[–]Ozwaldo -2 points-1 points ago

If there wasn't a constant churn of reposts, stuff would stay up longer and you'd be more likely to see it the first time.

[–]jkayak 0 points1 point ago

.

[–]Guess_My_Weight -1 points0 points ago

And every post has the same comments

[–]dexterdex 6 points7 points ago

Yep. It's not a real case, and it's used in the film Magnolia.

[–]HankyPankyMilk 52 points53 points ago

Holy fuck, how many time must this be reposted!?

[–]AffectiveMan 12 points13 points ago

This guy knows.

[–]alexanderpas 2 points3 points ago

more like the fourteenth, but you're correct.

http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/xq2hx/mind_blown/c5onxcc

[–]Ginger_Slayer 6 points7 points ago

First time I've seen it. Reposts aren't here to annoy people who have already seen it, they also benefit people who haven't.

[–]elPusherman 2 points3 points ago

I agree..although I had heard about it from another friend who read it on reddit..I'm glad to see it for myself.

Also, if it's something most people have seen it wouldn't (shouldn't) be receiving so many upvotes.

[–]Ginger_Slayer 3 points4 points ago

I'm not saying everyone who complains about reposts is on here 24/7 and has no life, but I get a chance once every two days on average to hop on here so I'm happy to see stuff that I might have missed. The hypocrisy in everyone complaining is that this site would be dead if all material was brand new. And they would complain that it's dead. I see reposts all the time. On my favorite subs like ECards, I see reposts everyday. I simply move on. I don't understand why people get so mad.

[–]mookdaruch 5 points6 points ago

Let's bank on this karma. I'm thinking 3 weeks aught to do it. You can repost it first. I'll wait.

[–]docblue 1 point2 points ago

Now that I have seen it for the first time I believe that this will be enough.

[–]Eskelsar -1 points0 points ago

I guess the first time you saw it was the first time it had ever been posted, right?

[–]malaporpism 5 points6 points ago

I don't care if it's a repost and it's fake, that title gets pun points.

[–]chagspop 3 points4 points ago

Shenanigans.

[–]Theemuts 5 points6 points ago

Threatening his wife with a shotgun... lovely man

[–]zEncLave 4 points5 points ago

I know...even if it's not loaded, you don't do that shit.

[–]LiThiuMElectro 4 points5 points ago

It's actually fake sorry :(

[–]LordVald 2 points3 points ago

This has appeared in movies as well as an episode of "Homicide: life on the street". One of my favorite episodes. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0604413/reviews

[–]Ofreo 0 points1 point ago

I knew I saw it on something else as I read it. I loved that show. IIRC that was when they were debating who had the best crime story. And now on to the link to see if I was correct.

[–]pygmeking 0 points1 point ago

This had to be the most wtf worthy post I've read in a long time. Thanks for the post.

[–]airickanderson 1 point2 points ago

TL;DR?

[–]t0wn 10 points11 points ago

mind = blown? vote = down. Also, old as fuck repost.

[–]Aikarus 1 point2 points ago

I'm not saying everyone who complains about reposts is on here 24/7 and has no life, but I get a chance once every two days on average to hop on here so I'm happy to see stuff that I might have missed. The hypocrisy in everyone complaining is that this site would be dead if all material was brand new. And they would complain that it's dead. I see reposts all the time. On my favorite subs like ECards, I see reposts everyday. I simply move on. I don't understand why people get so mad.

Ginger_Slayer

[–]SubZero_Karma0124 4 points5 points ago

thanks for reposting this i was looking everywhere for it

[–]Choochieman3 3 points4 points ago

I'm tired of the comments ruining everything!

[–]NavywifeJP 1 point2 points ago

When I read the last part I actually screamed "no way!" at my computer. what a twist!!

[–]drcl 1 point2 points ago

you should watch the movie Magnolia

[–]dot_bmb 0 points1 point ago

So was Ronald Opus'

[–]BlackSmokeDemon 0 points1 point ago

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! (Inception noise)

[–]Mogli-Deception 0 points1 point ago

I laughed.

[–]BlackSmokeDemon 0 points1 point ago

If you are looking at the comments before reading the link listen to this while doing it

[–]ThisIsDystopia 0 points1 point ago

If you try to read this on your cell phone, you're not going to be able to.

[–]Blackkeysfan7 1 point2 points ago

Well, I just did.

[–]HMS_Pathicus 0 points1 point ago

All hail "pinch and zoom"!

[–]thrawnie 0 points1 point ago

Aka, the secret origin of the "Yo dawg" meme.

[–]windowlicker9k 0 points1 point ago

True story.

[–]nathanws 1 point2 points ago

In my head, I heard that entire article in Ricky Jay's voice.

[–]Bagofshet 0 points1 point ago

Further investigation reveals that the shotgun was sold to opus from... Kaiser Soze

[–]max86234 1 point2 points ago

"The story was originally told by Don Harper Mills, then president of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, in a speech at a banquet in 1987. After it began to circulate on the Internet as a factual story and attained the status of urban legend, Mills stated that he made it up as an illustrative anecdote[1] 'to show how different legal consequences can follow each twist in a homicide inquiry.'"

[–]buttons_arent_toys 0 points1 point ago

literally

[–]triddy5 0 points1 point ago

Ah the lie that will not die http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/opus.asp

[–]Mermania27 0 points1 point ago

My favorite part was that he used to threaten his wife with an unloaded shotgun on a regular basis. Talk about terrorizing someone.

[–]Arab_on_Radar 0 points1 point ago

Mind blown......Said the shotgun to the head.

[–]Jobbieteeth 0 points1 point ago

anyone with one iota of sense would realize that this is not a real case.

People on reddit are highly gullible sometimes.

[–]TheSmartestMan 0 points1 point ago

People on reddit are highly gullible sometimes.

FTFY

[–]playpianoking 0 points1 point ago

It was a failed suicide that turned into a suicide. He must really suck at life. :(

[–]twdevil 0 points1 point ago

well I don't know if he sucks at life, but he sure used to

[–]MKSLAYER97 -1 points0 points ago

http://karmadecay.com/imgur.com/oawEu This is the fifteenth time that this has been posted, and the tenth time to this subreddit.

[–]muteki_maigo 0 points1 point ago

Blew my mind!

[–]tbonebullcrusher 0 points1 point ago

not a real story

[–]catsnstuff97 0 points1 point ago

"Unless...you a zombie"

[–]5one6 1 point2 points ago

Written by M. Night Shyamalan

[–]feriths 0 points1 point ago

holy shit this is amazing

[–]aeon_ducks 0 points1 point ago

my brother told me about this a couple of months ago funny that it resurfaced.

[–]CmdrTroll -1 points0 points ago

Bullshit.

[–]chaosinus 0 points1 point ago

Mr.opus- directed by m night shaymalan

[–]The_New_Decider 0 points1 point ago

I was born on March 23, 1994. Funny

[–]johnrkennedy 0 points1 point ago

Sorry. http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/opus.asp

[–]Havnaz 0 points1 point ago

Yes snopes wins again, however definitely a great story to debate!

[–]obliterationn 0 points1 point ago

My mind was nowhere near blown, but it was a great story.

[–]thedeejus 1 point2 points ago

Wow cool, I was going to post this last time I saw it but my mom picked up the phone and AOL kicked me offline

[–]kunnekt 0 points1 point ago

Wow karma you're not playing around.

[–]eromitlab 0 points1 point ago

Also adapted for a sideline plot in the sixth season of "Homicide: Life On The Street."

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

My mind just tried to divide by zero.

[–]blanketkitty 0 points1 point ago

Yea, I'm not reading that.

[–]georgeo 0 points1 point ago

He knew about the net but heard his parents arguing and jumped knowing that the blast would hit him just as he passed by.

[–]UncleverUsername 0 points1 point ago

Have you all never seen "happiness"?

[–]SargeMacLethal 0 points1 point ago

REPOST

[–]blacktide808 -1 points0 points ago

Re-posting ass mother fucker

[–]Howitworks 0 points1 point ago

Repost! :D

[–]evange 0 points1 point ago

To be murder there must be intent. This is manslaughter.

[–]alastor136 0 points1 point ago

Lol, this is a repost from Ragecry.

No offense intended.

Link is here

[–]Duraace 0 points1 point ago

WOW I've never seen this posted before.

[–]MrCoolGuy69 0 points1 point ago

Can I get a TL;DR?

[–]Karmakerosene 0 points1 point ago

Downvoting because this is a repost.

[–]Yinzer314 0 points1 point ago

I think I heard this 20 years ago

[–]meepmarshmallow 0 points1 point ago

Holy.Shit.

[–]theheartlesshero 0 points1 point ago

The show Homicide:Life on the Street also turned it into a side story in one of there episodes.

[–]MensAgitatMolem 0 points1 point ago

Wouldn't the Man who shot the gun be Charged with Accidental Manslaughter or something, because he still fired a gun inside a building that just happened to hit a man.., like a stray bullet might.

[–]AvidLebon 0 points1 point ago

Not real http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/opus.asp

[–]eeyore134 0 points1 point ago

They need to fire their typesetter.

[–]Jymzjameson 0 points1 point ago

re=post

[–]pogue23 0 points1 point ago

I guess I really am the only person who ever saw Magnolia

[–]skynerd 0 points1 point ago

This same story was dramatize and filmed as part of the opening sequence to Magnolia, the 1999 Paul Thomas Anderson epic saga. If you haven't seen it, watch it, it's incredible.

[–]SirPhallic 0 points1 point ago

tl;dr: a guy killed himself

[–]scrubbyducky 0 points1 point ago

magnolia

[–]bLa07 0 points1 point ago

Something definitely wanted that guy dead... and it even had a backup plan.

[–]099873 0 points1 point ago

Scene it before on memebase

[–]Dielon 0 points1 point ago

Suiception?

[–]sonofsammie 0 points1 point ago

Who I felt was telling me this story.

[–]thanksfine 0 points1 point ago

"a witness who saw the old couple's son loading the shotgun about six weeks prior to the fatal accident"...prove it

[–]Boring_Machine 1 point2 points ago

If it sounds too good to be true, its too good to be true.

[–]Coolbeanz7 0 points1 point ago

Using this story in "Magnolia" to balance with the coincidences was a nice touch. Also, reminds one of the frogs falling from the sky scene...

[–]RedPanther1 0 points1 point ago

If that was for real I think it would be ruled manslaughter as the firing of the gun was intentional but the killing of the person was not.

[–]Hope_Eternity 0 points1 point ago

...This has been reposted at least three times before in the last three months

[–]shawmutt 0 points1 point ago

This is only about a 20-year old made up story...

[–]IZ3820 0 points1 point ago

Written by Stephen King.

[–]MrSyster 0 points1 point ago

[debunked] [repost]

[–]tronn4 0 points1 point ago

M. Knight Shamalamadingdong

[–]gaben3 0 points1 point ago

I still feel like the guy who shot the gun should have been charged with manslaughter (I'm aware this isn't a real scenario). It's his responsibility to check the ammunition in his gun, so the excuse that he didn't know the gun was loaded is not valid.

[–]LondonTiger 0 points1 point ago

needs tl;dr version

[–]00kirby 0 points1 point ago

I hate to say that I've seen this multiple times before

[–]AloeRP 0 points1 point ago

Nice repost bro.

[–]AllTheRowboats93 0 points1 point ago

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/opus.asp

[–]NZ_yeah_baby 0 points1 point ago

I'm 36. I heard this before the internet existed.

[–]radiokiller02 0 points1 point ago

Immediately thought of "A 1000 Ways to Die"

[–]FatherEternity 0 points1 point ago

Repost aside, this thought experiment is 2nd degree manslaughter. The person responsible for pulling the trigger is the one that committed the act. There is not a 100% chance of death as there would be with poison. The father coincidentally killed his son. When a jury gets involved it becomes more based on feeling. But ethically speaking in this case, it is the act, not the intentions that determines the perpetrator.

[–]lealeaballerina 0 points1 point ago

"he was so upset he missed his wife."

[–]josephanthony 0 points1 point ago

I think there's a short film in this.

[–]DaBongler 0 points1 point ago

I swear this gets posted once a month here and ever time goes right to the top

[–]Hawke84 0 points1 point ago

Sounds the plot to an episode of "Monk".

[–]squirrel970 0 points1 point ago

I'm not readin that

[–]Slavigula 0 points1 point ago

The case solved itself, next!

[–]Garizondyly 0 points1 point ago

Magnolia. One of the most interesting movies out there. But that's Paul Thomas Anderson for ya!

BOOM frogs falling from the sky.

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[–]Aikarus 0 points1 point ago

Not everyone has seen it before. Reddit has more than 2 million users and you really think that everyone has seen it just because it has been posted 14 times?

Every upvote it has is because people have not seen it before.

[–]tacobones 1 point2 points ago

Not only is this old, it is also made up.

[–]bigbabich -1 points0 points ago

Thank you for taking this IQ/age test. You did exactly what we expected. Now move to Arizona where you can do the least amount of damage.

[–]MistrMink 0 points1 point ago

I saw this in 1996. Seriously.

Thanks Internet. Today I have come full circle.

Goodbye forever.

[–]N8theGr8 -3 points-2 points ago

That was actually interesting, and deserves to get posted to a better subreddit than /r/wtf.

[–][deleted] ago

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[–]N8theGr8 1 point2 points ago

I'm not really sure. My meaning was that /r/wtf gets a lot of crap, and this is the sort of submission that actually makes you think a little bit.

/r/misc might be good.

[–]Thecharlster -1 points0 points ago

TLDR

[–][deleted] ago

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[–]CaptainDickbag 1 point2 points ago

Though shot spreads a lot more than projectiles like bullets, it's not some magical device that allows the user to hit everything downrange without aiming.

Here's a writeup concerning shotguns. Spread is covered briefly there.

[–]uclaw44 -1 points0 points ago

Fake as it is, it is first degree felony murder in most states.

[–]Farvamus_prime 1 point2 points ago

I went down knowing someone would say something about this. He still shot a man. The father would be charged with at least manslaughter.

[–]uclaw44 0 points1 point ago

Someone died during the commission of a felony . That is enough for murder in most states even without intent to kill the deceased.

[–]Patrickfoster 0 points1 point ago

This should be a film

Oh

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[–]B_Boudreaux -2 points-1 points ago

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOMG

[–]Sapian 0 points1 point ago

I'm upvote number 667, you're welcome reddit.

Holy nuts what a crazy story btw.

[–]my_Tanzkarte_is_full -3 points-2 points ago

This is old.

[–]Link2999 -5 points-4 points ago

Too much reading.

[–]Jacksondee -3 points-2 points ago

Repost.

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