Grim magazines and articles.
I have a good friend who has been through the mill over the years. He's lost his business, his health and his family. During his life being systematically ripped apart his wife committed suicide. For many this would be the final straw but he's managed to (just) about keep it together, although he can be quite volatile and emotionally unstable at times, especially if he’s had a few. A few years back when he was working long hours and seeing less of his family his wife was plunging deeper into depression. She started visiting those sick websites where people goad each other into suicide, she was also reading some pretty grim magazines and articles.

A while back I was round his place, he’s got lots of cool stuff lying around he's a bit of a hoarder to be honest; old valve radios, stuffed animals, bits of old machines, you name it. A lot of it is quite cool and is always worth a poke around. On a high shelf full of dusty volumes and old periodicals I spotted a heavily rusted old iron hook. I picked it up and asked where it was from. This was a bad idea. The look on his face was frankly terrifying, from laughing and joking he instantly flipped to frothing wild-eyed nutter.

"PUT IT DOWN" he screamed at me. I think the whole street might well have dropped anything they were holding at that point.

"Alright mate, calm down" I spluttered. "What’s the fucking problem”?

Through stinging tears and veins popping at the temples he grabbed the rusty artifact and virtually spat these words at me, "This hook hanged my wife"
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Thu 15 May 2008, 16:31, 6 replies)

so I take it
you're against reading then?
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Thu 15 May 2008, 16:34, closed)

'tis a shame
that we can't click "I like this," to replies.

Terrifying story, though, if a bit out-of-place in this qotw.
( Ghoti Fingers, Thu 15 May 2008, 17:10, closed)

@ the two muppets above
remember the days when we celebrated dreadful puns on this bleeding site?

observe:

this book changed my life
this hook hanged my wife

it may well be terrifying but its also total fiction
you muppets
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Thu 15 May 2008, 20:22, closed)

oh dear.
too subtle. i missed it. exelent work, you win! click.
(lazy killer robot found that beer tastes better when your older, Fri 16 May 2008, 3:29, closed)

Got it 3rd time
Thinking you'd misspelled GRIMM I read it 3 times before realising what you'd done.
Nice one.
Maybe the next one will be about a burgler kicking over your bee's home? (This crook banged my hive)
Or how noisy sex on the table rattled the cutlery? (This f### clanged my knife.)...
(paof2 Nude might not be rude, but rude could be nude..., Fri 16 May 2008, 8:43, closed)

@paof2
nice one like it *virtual click*
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Fri 16 May 2008, 9:24, closed)