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milkymaniac Mar 28, 2026 +246

David Letterman's stalker in the 90s met a similar fate, except her death was suicide by train.

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TheSchlockMaster Mar 28, 2026 +156

The dude was jogging on train tracks. Suicidal behavior regardless of intent.

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milkymaniac Mar 28, 2026 +36

True, but hers was 100% clearly intentional.

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moistmasterkaloose Mar 28, 2026 +111

This is from Letterman’s Wikipedia: >Beginning in May 1988, Letterman was stalked by Margaret Mary Ray, a woman with schizophrenia. >She stole his Porsche, camped out on his tennis court, and repeatedly broke into his house. Her exploits drew national attention, with Letterman occasionally joking about her on his show, though he never named her. >After she died by suicide at age 46 in October 1998, Letterman told The New York Times that he had great compassion for her. A spokesperson for Letterman said: "This is a sad ending to a confused life."

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_mully_ Mar 29, 2026 +11

Sad. Rest in peace.

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IvyGold Mar 29, 2026 +14

Dave's a class act.

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smurfseverywhere Mar 29, 2026 +2

Actually no.

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RollTh3Maps Mar 28, 2026 +932

What a weird headline. Wouldn’t “accused of stalking Billie Eilish” be cleaner? This makes it sound like he was the lone person assigned the task or something.

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Appropriate-Today779 Mar 28, 2026 +642

Passed away man that was being accused of being a stalker of Billie Eilish lost his life by getting killed from getting hit by a train inside of the city of New York

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PhuckingDuped Mar 28, 2026 +201

Passed away man is killing me

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BallDesperate2140 Mar 28, 2026 +65

Killed him, too!

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Proof_Discipline_816 Mar 28, 2026 +23

He just woke up dead.

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seramic_attilier Mar 28, 2026 +11

Lucky f*****.

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GrallochThis Mar 28, 2026 +3

Ain't no reason to hang my head / I could wake up in the mornin' dead - The Band

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One-Incident3208 Mar 29, 2026 +2

How the he'll you wake up dead?

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deaddaddydiva Mar 29, 2026 +2

I didn’t even know he was sick

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peppaz Mar 28, 2026 +2

That train is a murderer

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Avg_Sun_Enjoyer69 Mar 28, 2026 +7

Sounds like a Mega Man villain.

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oatwheat Mar 28, 2026 +5

Just a generic robot with a big ass tombstone for a head

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dangerphone Mar 28, 2026 +30

I learned to lose passive voice in journalism school. Now, having been employed by multiple government agencies as a contractor, I have been the victim of a slowly growing passive voice memetic virus.

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tabidots Mar 28, 2026 +8

Nothing wrong with the passive. As a general feature of most human languages, would it have come about if it wasn’t useful? The primary reason it’s disliked in journalism is that it allows you to obscure who is responsible for an outcome, but even then, there are situations where it is warranted. In English, the passive allows you to describe situations where the agent of the verb and topic of the sentence do not line up. In “Man was killed by train” the man is the topic but not the agent. The agent is the train, but it’s not really that important in comparison to the fact that the man was killed (unless you knew already that he was killed), and you could even drop it altogether (“Man was killed”). So while you could say “Train killed man,” that skews the relative importance of the two nouns. It also sounds smoother IMO in conversations to keep the subject and topic aligned where you can: “What happened to him?” “He got run over” is preferable to “A train ran him over” That said, I’m sure there’s plenty of dreadful writing in government documents, of which overuse of the passive is just one feature.

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yammys Mar 28, 2026 +77

If Mojo Jojo was a journalist.

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Dankleburglar Mar 28, 2026 +37

Mojo Jojournalist

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GrouchyDefinition463 Mar 28, 2026 +6

Mojournalist

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luxii4 Mar 28, 2026 +2

What do you mean? That headline is clear, concise, to the point.

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Flemz Mar 28, 2026 +13

“Ten people died in the Bronx last night in a fire that killed ten people in the Bronx last night”

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SnooRabbits2040 Mar 28, 2026 +6

Brought to you by the Ministry of Redundancy Department

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Temporary_Maybe11 Mar 28, 2026 +12

Passad away by train while being a stalker of Billie Ellish

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frankev Mar 28, 2026 +16

A man who, prior to his untimely and most irreversible departure from the realm of the living, had been embroiled in accusations asserting that he had devoted himself with troubling enthusiasm to the unwanted surveillance and obsessive pursuit of the celebrated musical prodigy Billie Eilish, has now conclusively and catastrophically perished — his mortal existence brought to a dramatic and terminal conclusion by the unfortunate circumstance of being violently intercepted by a passing train within the vast, labyrinthine, and ceaselessly bustling urban territory commonly known as the City of New York

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hc600 Mar 28, 2026 +8

Train fingered in killing of alleged stalker of “Bad Guy” singer Billie Eilish

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dsposableaccount Mar 28, 2026 +3

…Until he died

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dont_disturb_the_cat Mar 28, 2026 +2

Train victim stalked Eilish

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usernamesBstressful Mar 28, 2026 +1

lol that was pretty funny

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eppsilon24 Mar 28, 2026 +1

This gave me a headache. Well done

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_steve_rogers_ Mar 28, 2026 +1

Why say few word when many do trick

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all4monty Mar 28, 2026 +1

Eilish stalker: pancaked by drunk train driver

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NoirYorkCity Mar 28, 2026 +1

Needs to be longer

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flyingcactus2047 Mar 29, 2026 +1

This is exactly my writing style and it’s a giant problem

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Orbax Mar 29, 2026 +1

If you make this a plug in, you could just automate listnook post titles

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Nessie Mar 29, 2026 +1

Non-passenger passes from passing train; made passionate passes at pop performer

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whoadudechillfr Mar 28, 2026 +65

“Alleged Stalker of Singer Billie Eilish Struck, Killed By NY Train”

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Iginlas_4head_Crease Mar 28, 2026 +16

Youre hired

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fotowork3 Mar 28, 2026 +2

I’d like this version

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Stock-Mission-7561 Mar 29, 2026 +1

Man Loses Pants, Life

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Aggressive-Owl2043 Mar 28, 2026 +38

Now that he has passed away, expect a mail very soon with your new responsibility

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Sp_Gamer_Live Mar 28, 2026 +18

Not the Billie Clause

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Wiseau_serious Mar 28, 2026 +6

I think it follows Santa Clause rules, so Billie Eilish will now be stalked by the train.

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BadAspie Mar 28, 2026 +6

Maybe they think that would sound like Billie Eilish was on the train and that he was actively stalking her?

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rubberkeyhole Mar 29, 2026 +1

The train, which was male, was actively stalking her?

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thursdaynovember Mar 28, 2026 +5

"alleged stalker of Eilish's"

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JFoxxification Mar 28, 2026 +10

It also sounds like the train made the concerted effort to kill this man

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Temporary_Maybe11 Mar 28, 2026 +5

How do you know it didn’t

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Icy-Whale-2253 Mar 28, 2026 +4

We’re losing English majors.

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My_Other_Car_is_Cats Mar 28, 2026 +4

He was two weeks away from retirement.

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magseven Mar 28, 2026 +4

"Eilish Stalker Annihilated By Train, But Billie's Not The Bad Guy"

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blarbiegorl Mar 28, 2026 +5

Yes, passive vs active phrasing matters.

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Flowerplower3 Mar 28, 2026 +4

I think a bot wrote this. The whole headline is strange.

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tanjim7 Mar 28, 2026 +2

Accused Billie Eilish stalker killed by New York train

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eppsilon24 Mar 28, 2026 +2

“Billie Eilish’s alleged stalker” also works, I think.

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scarabflyflyfly Mar 28, 2026 +2

Unless of course Billy Eilish’s Stalker is a title for which there’s an ongoing competition

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userhwon Mar 28, 2026 +2

Her actual stalker was unavailable for comment.

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iDoWeird Mar 28, 2026 +2

It’s for SEO and intentional. They want this to come up as a result when people search “Billy Eilish’s stalker” for the revenue.

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mirandalikesplants Mar 29, 2026 +2

No, it’s a different meaning. “Accused of stalking Billie Eilish” means that she might have been stalked, and if so, it was by this man. “Accused of being Billie Eilish’s stalker” means that she definitely has been stalked, and it might be this man.

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whoadudechillfr Mar 28, 2026 +3

It’s my hot take that editors simply don’t exist anymore.

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AslowLearn Mar 28, 2026 +1

In mother america, train accidents happen all the time. I wouldn't question it; at all.

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TheManOfOurTimes Mar 28, 2026 +1

Maybe they got paid by the word? "Lone individual who is allegedly accused of the act known as stalking, of the celebrity known as Billie Eilish, was struck by a moving locomotive transportation vehicle, and has succumbed to injuries leading to his expiration from the mortal coil"?

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elinamebro Mar 28, 2026 +1

Probably some AI generated shit

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TopRevenue2 Mar 28, 2026 +1

Billie's bully pulls a train in NYC

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EbmocwenHsimah Mar 29, 2026 +1

I feel like “Man accused of stalking Billie Eilish killed by New York train” opens up the possibility of someone skimming over headlines and just reading “Billie Eilish killed by New York train”

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MealieAI Mar 28, 2026 +195

I mean... she wouldnt say it or even be told, but I suspect hearing that one of your stalkers is no longer an issue would let you sleep a bit easier at night.

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AtBat3 Mar 28, 2026 +59

Honestly it’s got to be such a freeing feeling

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Less-Engineer-9637 Mar 28, 2026 +16

I love that for her! She's really living her best life now that he's dead.

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theunrealdonsteel Mar 29, 2026 +14

I once read a column by an actress from *Baywatch* who recalled being stalked by the same woman for over 15 years. She learned that the woman had died, and immediately began doing convention appearances.

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NMSDalton Mar 28, 2026 +19

My anxious ass would be like “great, now they can see *everything*” 😭

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LastLadyResting Mar 28, 2026 +18

4 possibilities my friend. 1: they went to Hell, Hell does not allow them to see you ever again because it’s Hell. 2: they were mentally ill on earth but reached heaven where they were no longer burdened by their earthly sufferings, and as such don’t actually want to check up on you. 3: they’re a ghost but because they died on the tracks they’ll be there forever so just don’t go there and you’ll be fine. 4: no afterlife so there’s nothing left to watch you.

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CompetitiveRub9780 Mar 29, 2026 +1

Doubt she even thought about him ever again. It was 2 days and he rang the doorbell and talked to her dad in 2020. I’m sure she’s had other things to deal with and think about since then

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Cecil_B_DeMille Mar 28, 2026 +252

I have never stalked Billie Eilish. I have also never been hit by a train. I'm not saying theres a correlation, but I sure am thinking it loudly.

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prettygirlavenue Mar 28, 2026 +53

This Just In : 100% of cases of having been Hit By Train caused by being Billie Eilish Stalkers

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Careless-Passion991 Mar 28, 2026 +37

Breaking: BILLIE EILISH CONTROLS THE TRAINS.

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Cecil_B_DeMille Mar 28, 2026 +15

100% of Billie Eilish stalkers have been hit by a train.

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WheelieMexican Mar 28, 2026 +3

Cecil please 😭… just make a movie about it

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sexartandgod_com Mar 28, 2026 +3

billy's security detail states, fafo.

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Icy-Whale-2253 Mar 28, 2026 +2

Billie is welcome to stalk me though

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Cecil_B_DeMille Mar 28, 2026 +9

Don't you think she's been through enough?

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beegtuna Mar 28, 2026 +1

Locating…

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LooseSeal88 Mar 28, 2026 +31

What a strange situation. He was "jogging on or around train tracks" and so they're concluding it to be an accident rather than a suicide. Why would somebody even be messing around on tracks like that for fun? Just odd.

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Zora74 Mar 28, 2026 +43

Mental illness. I had to stop someone from tap dancing on the yellow line of a busy road once.

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Self-Comprehensive Mar 28, 2026 +6

When earbuds and mp3 players were a new thing we had a rash of people getting hit by trains walking tracks in the town I lived in. Dude was probably jogging on or crossing the tracks while listening to music and just got hit. We actually had to have an advertising/educational campaign about it.

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Icy-Whale-2253 Mar 28, 2026 +3

Unfortunately in NYC people really do stupid shit like that for fun… so much so that there are daily announcements about it (in stations) telling people not to.

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BeefInGR Mar 28, 2026 +6

NYC 🤝 Rural America F****** around by the railroad tracks

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Pretend_Fee_1738 Mar 29, 2026 +1

I mean you’ve got to be pretty mentally ill to stalk someone in the first place

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AccomplishedSmell921 Mar 28, 2026 +84

This tracks. (I’ll see myself out)

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WheelieMexican Mar 28, 2026 +9

So you’re a bad guy

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Mixitman Mar 28, 2026 +149

New York, where trains dish out justice.

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BravesMaedchen Mar 28, 2026 +16

Trains are the judge, jury and executioner

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_steve_rogers_ Mar 28, 2026 +6

In a world …

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markayhali Mar 28, 2026 +6

Journalism ain’t what it used to be

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HemingwaySweater Mar 28, 2026 +10

When I was stalking Billie Eilish and I got hit by a train it really put a lot in perspective for me. I try not to do those things any more.

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Hefty_Debt_638 Mar 28, 2026 +21

Convenient for her.

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macthesnackattack Mar 28, 2026 +3

You think she feels a sense of relief?

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Debalic Mar 28, 2026 +6

She's the bad guy, duh.

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Unpossib1e Mar 28, 2026 +5

A little too convenient....

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TheModeratorWrangler Mar 28, 2026 +4

This headline is off the rails.

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DentistPitiful5454 Mar 29, 2026 +4

Wait was he stalking her to the train or did someone just leave a life like cutout on the other side of the tracks and it turns out it was actually a train in disguise?

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CaliggyJack Mar 28, 2026 +3

Read it too fast and thought a male Billie Eilish impersonator got killed by a New Yorker.

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19-inches-of-venom Mar 29, 2026 +3

r/brandnewsentence

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IncarceratedScarface Mar 28, 2026 +8

Is the train being charged with murder

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ddiggler2469 Mar 28, 2026 +12

it's white so no

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Invader_Skooge22 Mar 28, 2026 +10

Good for him 👍🏻 Billie has a hit man and he is on point

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Pretend-Beach6465 Mar 28, 2026 +2

r/brandnewsentence

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Lostinthestarscape Mar 28, 2026 +2

Man, that train really had it out for him....

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eazy7 Mar 28, 2026 +2

Sounds like that really Boomeranged on him.

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Truth-out246810 Mar 28, 2026 +2

This entire comment thread should be used in classrooms: English (grammar), Science (does cause equal effect?), social sciences (does Ms. Eilish control the trains? Media? Minds?), P.E. (How fast we all ran to the comments)…

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Silverbawls Mar 28, 2026 +2

What weapon did the train use?

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bittermelonpizza00 Mar 28, 2026 +2

does this qualify for isekai

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Natural_Turn9915 Mar 28, 2026 +2

"Eilish problem solved; replaced by worse one for others due to train"

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Putrid_Dream9755 Mar 28, 2026 +2

Trash takes itself out, nice.

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augustus-aurelius Mar 29, 2026 +2

Was she driving the train?

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CompetitiveRub9780 Mar 29, 2026 +2

He showed up 2 days back in 2020. And just rang the doorbell. I mean 7 times in 2 days is crazy. But when I read stalker, I expected to read years of stalking and more instances. Because he went to court and stalking laws are trash. He was “at or near” the tracks. I don’t know if it was on purpose, but people forget how wide trains are. You need to stay far away from the tracks

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Prestigious-Trip-927 Mar 29, 2026 +1

Well now she has one fewer stalkers.

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Mysterious-Pie2636 Mar 28, 2026 +5

weirdly jocular thread. Tragic all round, guy clearly wasn't right in the head.

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youbiquitous1 Mar 28, 2026 +2

He got a one way ticket…

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mr_nin10do Mar 28, 2026 +2

Mta being the goat as always

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j2020l Mar 28, 2026 +2

Jayz is behind this somehow

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nanrah88 Mar 28, 2026 +2

Yay! One less crazed stalker type!

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Special-Captain2172 Mar 28, 2026 +2

Finally my chance to be a conspiracy nut...... "People don't just get killed by trains"

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The_Dark_Vampire Mar 28, 2026 +2

What about Astrotrain

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Sunshineadventurer48 Mar 28, 2026 +2

Ugh she’s so lucky. Still waiting for my stalker to keel over.

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ElectrOPurist Mar 28, 2026 +1

I hope they try the train as an adult. He may have been a stalker but he still deserves justice!

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pattyicevv77 Mar 28, 2026 +1

Trains do tend to kill people yeah

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ThatFlamingo942 Mar 28, 2026 +1

What? I never got hit by a train..

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RawkyRac00n Mar 28, 2026 +1

When the stalker becomes the stalked

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Running-With-Cakes Mar 28, 2026 +1

That train going hard. He was on a boat at the time

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tgong76 Mar 28, 2026 +1

Leon Kennedy: You’ve got a train to catch.

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Zendall Mar 28, 2026 +1

So you’re saying the train is a bad guy?

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zipporat Mar 28, 2026 +1

Now that’s what I call AWESOME SECURITY!

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keen_observer34130 Mar 28, 2026 +1

Woah… well I’ll be bopping “The Diner” all afternoon, now!

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the_river_erinin Mar 28, 2026 +1

There’s definitely something about a boomerang idol in here somewhere

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FrozenPizza21 Mar 28, 2026 +1

Well now we’ll know if it was him if the stalking stops…

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in1gom0ntoya Mar 28, 2026 +1

not every day that theres a good train witha gun around...

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Substantial-Ad2200 Mar 28, 2026 +1

They chose a photo of her that makes it look like she pushed him.

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creeeeeeeeek- Mar 28, 2026 +1

That train had been a huge fan since before Bad Guy

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Jaded-Management-517 Mar 28, 2026 +1

[ Removed by Listnook ]

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Late-Button-6559 Mar 28, 2026 +1

Those trains have no chill. Shocking stuff.

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myermikals Mar 28, 2026 +1

Train accused of being Billie Eilish stalked by New York man

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VinylHighway Mar 28, 2026 +1

At least he died doing what he loved

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zoydcompson Mar 28, 2026 +1

Nice, now she only needs to worry about her brother.

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DarthLithgow Mar 28, 2026 +1

If only he had a Billie Eilish boomerang idol

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MRintheKEYS Mar 28, 2026 +1

Apex Predator remains undefeated

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Sufficient-Bid1279 Mar 29, 2026 +1

Maybe Billie can write a song about it now.

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Brasi91Luca Mar 29, 2026 +1

She’s probably ecstatic

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collinwade Mar 29, 2026 +1

Damn what a sentence

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_mully_ Mar 29, 2026 +1

Sad. Rest in peace.

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N4RQ Mar 29, 2026 +1

Finneas seen in area earlier that day...

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Fartville23 Mar 29, 2026 +1

Article is impossible to read.

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DimeloFaze Mar 29, 2026 +1

I didn’t know Billie get down like that.

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Hemorrhoid_honeyPop Mar 29, 2026 +1

He was a bad guy…

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No_Cash_Value_ Mar 29, 2026 +1

So they’re both on stolen land?! Get off people!! Go home.

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Man accused of being Billie Eilish’s stalker killed by New York train: report

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