A staple mark of college life in the US and several other countries our fraternities and sororities these student and alumni led institutions vary in numerous ways though the process of becoming a member almost always includes a period of pledging during this probationary period the pledges often have to go through a
Number of hazing rituals however when organized by immature or even drunk students these initiations can quickly get out of hand with pledges being asked to perform ridiculous humiliating and sometimes dangerous tasks here are ten examples of extreme hazing that went horribly wrong number one 19 year-old Kenny Luang was
One of ten pledges taking part in a hazing ritual at the University of California’s Irvine campus where they were made to play a three hour long game of american football against forty brothers an alumni of the Lambda Phi Epsilon a fraternity with a notoriously bad reputation the game was played
Without padding helmets or any other form of protection and during the course of the hazing pledges were forced to do ridiculous things such as jumping in the air and landing flat on their chests without being able to use their hands to break their ball despite numerous pledges splitting their chins open in
The process they were forced to continue during the course of the grueling event the active members of the fraternity became more and more violent towards their pledges piling into them with force exhausted dehydrated and in pain the pledges could put up little resistance Kenny was tackled so hard he
Was left unconscious on the ground for ten minutes he lay there with nobody even realizing he may be seriously injured that was until he began to violently compulsion the floor he had been tackled so hard that his brain began to swell inside his skull before calling an ambulance
The brothers an alumni forced the other pledges into a vow of silence instructing them to simply tell authorities that they were playing a friendly game of football and that this was definitely not an initiation Kenny was eventually taken to hospital but was pronounced brain dead later that week
Some of the other pledges didn’t keep quiet when asked if he thought that the Lambda members would be prosecuted Daniel day one of the other pledges stated all lamda presidents have lawyers they’re prepared for this this all took place in 2005 and Daniel day was right none of the fraternity members ever
Faced criminal charges number two drinking is a big part of college life for many students it’s the first time they’re really able to let loose away from their parents and in an environment where social gatherings are in large part fueled by booze it’s no wonder that alcohol is incorporated into
Many initiations but at this early point in their lives and with the legal drinking age in the u.s. being 21 younger pledges are often inexperienced when it comes to heavy sessions of drinking in an article she wrote for The Huffington Post rabbit al a 2009 Dartmouth graduate exposed exactly what
Happened to her during her sophomore year as a Kappa Kappa Gamma pledge her future sisters in the sorority line folded her in the middle of the night led her into a car and told her to chug an extremely strong alcoholic concoction from a large water bottle simple enough
But things were taken to ridiculous extremes rabbit al was also given shots of vodka which she was made to drink in between gulps of the alcoholic punch determined to join the sisterhood rabbit al drank an ungodly amount she was then forced out of the vehicle at which point her memory of the night
Completely disappears she awoke in the intensive care unit of dartmouth-hitchcock Medical Center with a point three nine nine blood-alcohol content a point for blood alcohol content level is almost always fatal resulting in a coma swiftly followed by brain death in rabbit Al’s own words I was literally one sip of alcohol away
From dying her body was also covered in cuts and bruises suggesting that even more happened to her after she blacked out number three if you didn’t like liver before you certainly won’t after this hazing in the Greek system dates back a long way and this particular initiation
Ritual took place in September of 1954 at the University of Southern California Kappa Sigma pledges were told that in order to become a brother they would each need to swallow a quarter pound piece of raw liver without chewing that’s basically the same size as a club
Sandwich the liver was soaked in oil and the initiate spent this seemingly impossible task one of the pledges richard swanson began to choke on the meat after it became lodged in his throat unable to breathe Richard died two hours later in hospital struggling and gasping for breath the entire time
Perhaps the darkest part of all of this is that the brothers of Kappa Sigma attempted to cover up the fact that Richard was choking as part of a hazing ritual by not telling the ambulance crew about the meat that was stuck in his throat as a result the paramedics
Thought that Richard was suffering from a nervous spasm had they confessed to what they were forcing their pledges to do Richard would have likely survived number four another case of sorority hazing gone wrong now showing that be male pledges are pushed to the same extremes as their male counterparts Cal
States Alpha Kappa Alpha chapter is one of the USA’s most respected black sororities after a week of intense hazing 22 year old Kristin high and 24 year old kanita Saphir were both taken to Dockweiler state beach where they were forced to exercise for hours on end
As part of their pledge despite the fact that kenneth a’ didn’t know how to swim the two pledges were then instructed to walk backwards into the ocean seeing as they come this far and were so close to being accepted into the sisterhood the girls obliged but the sea was more
Ferocious than usual that night kenneth ax was hit by a wave that dragged her further out into the ocean being her friend kristen knew that kanita couldn’t swim and valiantly swam out to try and save her from drowning unfortunately strong currents pulled both of the girls under and neither of
Them would surface again until their bodies were recovered from the sea number 5 1979 Louisiana State University in perhaps one of the more obviously dangerous hazing rituals members of theta sigh blindfolded a group of pledges and forced them to walk blindly down a highway guided only by the voices
Of their frat brothers a car that failed to spot the group of blindfolded pledges crashed right into five of them three of them suffered broken legs but one of the pledges Bruce Wiseman was killed on impact number six 18-year old Chad Meredith was a Kappa Sigma pledge at the University
Of Miami back in 2001 he was a charismatic young man and the fraternity members were all excited about Chad joining their ranks on the 5th of November only a few months after Chad started college classes were cancelled due to a hurricane warning this was cause for celebration and the Kappa
Sigma brothers and pledges drank together back at the frat house Travis Montgomery one of the brothers and a personal friend of Chad’s suggested that the pledges go through a rite of passage that night to swim across Lake Osceola Travis said that he had done it back
When he was a pledge and so it made sense that the others follow in his footsteps drunk and determined to prove himself worthy Chad agreed so in the dead of night he stripped down to his underwear and began to swim the 437 feet across the freezing cold lake with two
Other fraternity members but chad only made it halfway before he started struggling and calling for help his two elders continued to swim to dry land assuming that the other was helping Chad intoxicated and exhausted he struggled on thus far as he could but simply couldn’t swim any further
Chad surrendered to the lake and disappeared out of sight only 34 feet from the shore when his body was recovered his blood alcohol content was 0.13 his family was awarded 14 million dollars in compensation taken from Kappa Sigma’s insurance policy the largest amount ever awarded for a fraternity
Hazing death number 7 Robert champion a skilled musician was a Florida A&M University drum major and a member of the school’s marching band Robert had aspirations of becoming bandleader the only problem was that in order to even be considered for a leadership position he had to go through
An initiation to prove his worth just like all of the other band leaders before him this ritual was called crossing bus C he would have to walk from one end of a parked bus to the other all the while being punched kicked and hit with a variety of objects by the
Other members of the band as strange as that might seem it was a band tradition and Robert decided that the pain would be worth the reward as he walked down the aisle of the bus pushing through the other students in the aisle Robert didn’t anticipate just how violently his
Fellow band mates were beat him he collapsed before he even made it to the other side of the bus and died as a result of soft-tissue bleeding Robert’s family received 1.1 million dollars and an apology from the University the band was suspended for little over a year number eight at Monmouth College New
Jersey five pledges of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity were taken out to a sandy beach on the Atlantic Ocean and made to dig symbolic graves in the sand each of them six feet deep they were then told to lie in the graves whilst their frat brothers covered them in sand
Effectively burying them however things quickly got out of control as the symbolic grave that William II flowers was lying in became a real one after it collapsed in on him causing him to inhale heaps of sand and cutting off his oxygen supply the other frat members were unable to
Dig him out in time and William died of asphyxiation number nine men Ivana was an unsanctioned underground fraternity at Virginia State University as part of an initiation right seven pledges were made to link arms and attempt across the length of the Appomattox River without separating however the members of men of Honor
Hadn’t realized that the river had swelled considerably since the last time this initiation had been conducted the current was also far stronger it didn’t take long before the seven pledges were swept downstream five of them were instantly rescued by the other frat members but two of the pledges Marvel
Edmondson and Ewan Holmes weren’t so fortunate they were swept out of sight two days later their bodies were recovered from the bottom of the river four of the unsanctioned fraternity members were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and hazing charges two of the men were sentenced to five months in
Prison one for 12 months and one for 14 number-10 admittedly this last one is in college-based but it is an initiation into a fraternity of sorts the Freemasons and it is quite morbidly interesting you’ve probably heard of the Freemasons but don’t really know much else about them they’re a highly secretive Society
The particular Masonic Lodge where this took place followed this code of secrecy but after this incident and a police investigation the general public was able to catch a glimpse into some of their activities as part of an initiation ceremony William James was told that to become an official member
Of the club he would have to sit still in a chair at the lodge whilst the senior member shot tin cans around his head the tin cans were arranged and William nervously assumed his position little did he know that all of the other members were in on a little secret the
Gun they were going to use to shoot the tin cans was loaded with blanks several other members stood around William planning to knock the tin cans down around his head to make it seem as if he really was being shot at however things took a horrible twist when the 76 year
Old shooter mistakenly pulled out the wrong gun from his pocket a gun that was loaded with real bullets the elderly World War two veteran was well known for carrying a licensed firearm and got confused when it came time to pull the prank he fired at William hitting him
Square in the face and killing him instantly Freemason leaders say that this particular Lodge was not officially tied to the Masonic organization and deny that any of their rituals involve the use of any kind of weapon hi guys lazy here and thank you very much for listening we don’t actually
Have sororities or fraternities here in England at least not that I’m aware of and that was something I was kind of envious of back in my university days me and my friends would watch movies like old school and we’d want to be a part of that kind of frat house Brotherhood kind
Of thing but after hearing about some of these incidents I’m kind of grateful we don’t have that Greek life hazing system over here well other than our sports teams and stuff I think these look a bit but I’m not a very sporty person so forget about
It but how about you guys do you have any experience with college initiations funny or disturbing let me know down in the comments and you’ll hear from me again very very soon stay spooky and remember the best things happened in the dark
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