This week we're discussing the mystery surrounding an online challenge, and the so-called ‘Death Groups', where this challenge is alleged to have taken place. Our oddity is The Butt Sniffer.

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https://meduza.io/en/feature/2017/11/02/a-moscow-college-student-stabbed-his-health-instructor-to-death-and-then-killed-himself-with-a-buzzsaw

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36379815

https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-46505722

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_of_Renata_Kambolina

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https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/man-dubbed-butt-sniffer-arrested-again-in-burbank/3768636/

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