5 HALLOWEEN Pranks that Ended in Unexpected Deaths

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🗓️ 18 October 2021

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Most of us are familiar with Halloween and its timeless traditions: carving jack-o-lanterns, wearing costumes, and of course Trick or treating. On October 31, if you don’t hand out a candy, you can expect a trick…Some are as harmless as scaring a person or egging a house, but, there are also some those outlyers that took it way to far. Here are 5 Halloween Pranks that Ended in Unexpected Deaths.

5. Marcie Jones
In the 2005 American romantic comedy film "Wedding Crashers," John Beckwith, a character played by Owen Wilson, poisons Sack Lodge, played by Bradley Cooper, with some kind of liquid concoction from a bottle of eye drops.

4. Caleb Rebh
Americans have a distinct love affair with Halloween. These people love this holiday season so much that they would go out on a limb just to spook people out.

3. Adam Provencal
Toilet papering or TP-ing is a ubiquitous activity done by young and old people alike on the eve of Halloween.

2. Jordan Morlan
Aside from skeletons and gravestones, the hangman's knot or a hangman's noose has become one of the most distinguishable symbols used as décorations during Halloween.

1. Tivarus King
"Egging" is yet another Halloween prank idea that a lot of people enjoy and abhor so much. This depends on who got egged and who threw the egg.

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0:00.0	Five Halloween pranks that ended in unexpected deaths.
0:11.4	Most of us are familiar with Halloween and its timeless traditions, carving jack-a-lanterns,
0:17.6	wearing costumes, and of course, trick-or-treating.
0:21.7	On October 31st, if you don't hand out candy, then you can expect a trick.
0:28.6	Some are as harmless as scaring a person or egging a house, but then there are also
0:34.0	those outliers that took it way too far.
0:38.4	Here are five Halloween pranks that ended in unexpected deaths.
0:45.6	Number five, Marcy Jones.
0:50.2	In the 2005 rom-com film, Wedding Crashers, John Beckwith, the character played by Owen Wilson,
0:58.4	Sack Lodge, played by Bradley Cooper with some kind of liquid concoction from a bottle
1:04.2	of eye drops.
1:06.4	The drink, laced with what is found to be vizene, made Sack suffer with gastrointestinal problems
1:12.9	like stomach cramps and diarrhea.
1:16.7	The thing about movies are, most of what we see are all just make-believe, but one woman
1:22.3	thought that the Wedding Crashers' prank is what they needed to liven up their Halloween
1:27.4	party.
1:29.4	In 2009, Denise Moyer decided to spike the punch at a party she was attending with vizene
1:36.1	eye drops.
1:37.8	The prankster thought that the substance would make those who drank it feel woozy and ill.
1:43.3	But unbeknownst to her, vizene and other brands like it have an active ingredient called
1:48.7	tetrahydrazoline, which narrows the blood vessels.
1:52.7	Thus, it serves as the best remedy in reducing eye strains and even stuffy noses.
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