Suicide Buddies

Know as the father of Italian adventure novels, Emilio Salgari lived a live of near poverty and committed suicide via seppuku in 1911\. Dave and Hampton discuss this, and his life, and his work, and Hampton makes the most dick jokes Dave has ever heard, which is saying a lot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kiyoko Matsumoto jumped into a volcano in the 1930s, ending her own life and creating a phenom in Japan: suicide by volcano. Hampton and Dave explore her life and the aftermath of her decision to take her own life, which included volcano donkey tours, we are not kidding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hampton and Dave discuss the life and suicide of serial killer Jeanne Weber. More specifically, she was a serial child murderer, who got away with it by relying on people's disbelief that a mother could kill children. Any way, the episode is fun! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bernard Loiseau is recognized by 9/10 of people in France and is NOT Chef Boyardee, if you can believe it. We talk about chefs and the perilous world of critics they have to appease. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave outlines a series of stories of failed suicide attempts in history and surprises Hampton with who they are. The episode is mostly Hampton saying, "Woah!" and Dave saying, "Yeahhhhhhhhhh." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave and Hampton talk about Avicii being essentially killed by his management. This episode is amazing on ecstasy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Dave and Hampton talk about Paul Bern (not Blart) a producer in old Hollywood who killed himself OR might have been Michael Clayton'd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave and Hampton finally catch up from Dave’s tour of America. This is a friendship episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this shorter episode of Suicide Buddies, Dave and Hampton check in while Dave is on tour to tease upcoming episodes and apologize profusely for not having a full episode this week. They thought they’d recorded enough to sustain while Dave was on the road, but they did the math wrong, because they are stupid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hampton gives a beautiful, informative, well thought-out outline of the life and death-by-poison/government of philospher Socrates, and Dave does everything he can to derail the discussion.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peg Entwistle committed suicide by jumping from the Hollywood sign. Dave and Hampton discuss her suicide and yell about ghost hunters. Why are you a ghost hunter seriously why.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Johnny Ringo, outlaw and character in the movie Tombstone, killed himself, and most people think he was shot by Doc Holiday. I mean what the hell bro.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The lead singer of Joy Division, Ian Curtis, hanged himself after years of epilepsy when his band was on the cusp of stardom. Dave and Hampton talk about him, his life, and his crazy voice.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daniel V Jones committed suicide surrounded by police, live on tv, on an LA freeway. Dave and Hampton discuss the circumstances of his untimely death, and basically yell about how lame the news is, and everyone who works in news media.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hampton and Dave discuss the gunshot suicide of Lori Erica Ruff, the woman of a thousand names.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Noble tragically took his own life after being banned from the Vegas casino buffet at which he'd won lifelong free meals. There's much more to the story. Hampton and Dave think it's important you know that there's much more to the story.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Darby Crash, lead singer of 70s LA punk band the Germs, purposely overdosed on heroin the day before John Lennon died. Dave and Hampton discuss that, and the Germs, and punk rock at large.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Dave and Hampton talk about... DAVE AND HAMPTON. They take the week off from doing a suicide in history to talk about what's been going on with them, and some of their tribulations in comedy. It's been messed up, dude. Oh damn it's been real messed up.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonathan Brandis, of the movie Sidekicks (and in Dave's mind only the movie Sidekicks) tragically killed himself by hanging in his apartment. Hampton explains the life and death of Jonathan Brandis to Dave, and Dave talks a lot about Sidekicks.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hampton and Dave discuss the elaborate self-inflicted death of possible werewolf and confirmed Polish person Jan Potocki.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices