r/GotMeHooked

In 2015 a woman accidentally snorted 55 mg of pure LSD (equal to 550x a normal recreational dose), thinking it was cocaine. She "blacked out" for the first 12 hours & felt "pleasantly high" for the second 12. A day later her chronic foot pain ceased, leading her to eventually end her morphine habit.

In 2023, Susan Hodgson was on vacation when a neighbor called to ask why workers were tearing down her house. She had hired no one. When a relative checked the demolition permit, the crew realized they were at the wrong address, but by then the house was already gone.

A pregnant Walgreens employee wasn't allowed to leave work to see her doctor after she began spotting blood. Her boss refused to let her go without a replacement. So, she was forced to quit to seek medical care, but had a miscarriage later that day. Walgreens paid her $205,000 to settle her lawsuit.

In 2026, 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie vanished from her Arizona home. Footage showed an armed masked man disabling her doorbell camera. The next day, a ransom note demanded $4 million in bitcoin. A second note later claimed Nancy had died and was “buried in nature.” She has never been found.

In 2006, 17-year-old Liam Ashley’s parents asked the court to keep him in custody after he stole their car, hoping it would teach him a lesson. Instead, authorities put him in a prison van with a violent adult offender who beat and strangled him to death.

In 1997, 14-year-old Reena Virk had been relentlessly bullied by classmates over her Indian heritage. Her life ended when one of those bullies, Kelly Ellard, held her head underwater until she drowned.

In 2006, Frauke Liebs disappeared while walking home in Germany. Over the next week, she called home five times, repeatedly saying she would return soon. During the final call, her roommate asked, “Are you being held?” Frauke answered, “Yes... No! No!” She was never heard from again.

In 2021, Halima Cissé was told she was carrying seven babies. When she gave birth in Morocco, doctors found nine instead. All five girls and four boys survived, making them the first known nonuplets in history to do so.

In 2021, 52-year-old Dee Ann Warner disappeared from her Michigan farm without a trace. More than three years later, investigators searched the property again and found her remains sealed inside a fertilizer tank.

Samantha Petersen, high on meth, rear-ended an Amish buggy and kIlled 2 sisters aged 7 & 11. She called her twin to take the blame. Her twin sat in a cop car whispering "no way they'd know the difference between us" a deputy's pocket recorder was running.