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• In February of 2008, a 24-year-old woman calling herself "90 Day Jane" wrote on her blog of the same name that she was planning to kill herself in ninety days.

• Fast Facts

  1. The blog was online for less than ten daysJossip: 90 Day Jane Didn’t Make it 10 Days (February 13, 2008)
  2. "Jane" enlisted readers' help in choosing a suicide methodDaily News: Controversial 90-Day Jane blogger maintains suicide countdown is real (February 13, 2008)
  3. "Jane" tried on potential suicide outfits in a video she posted on YouTubeDaily News: Controversial 90-Day Jane blogger maintains suicide countdown is real (February 13, 2008)

• Confirmed Hoax

  On February 12, 2008, shortly before the blog was taken down, 90 Day Jane confirmed that her impending suicide was a hoax and stated that the point of the blog was to pay tribute to Christine Chubbuck, a television reporter who committed suicide on the air in 1974.Radar Online: Suicide Site Purveyor 90 Day Jane A Living, Breathing Hoax (February 13, 2008)

• Quotes

  "Intended or not, this blog is likely to contribute to an increase in the risk of suicide of people who learn about it. If the blog makes it to the mainstream media (and we’ve had reports where it seems increasingly likely that it will), we’re afraid of what the suicide contagion effects might be."—John M. Grohol, Psy.D.World of Psychology: 90 Day Jane and Suicide (February 12, 2008)

  "This blog is not a cry for help or even to get attention. It's simply a public record of my last 90 days in existence."—From 90 Day Jane's blogDaily News: Controversial 90-Day Jane blogger maintains suicide countdown is real (February 13, 2008)

  
  

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