Draft:Suicide of Gleb Korablev
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Gleb Vyacheslavovich Korablev (born September 13, 2001 - died October 17, 2019) was an 18 year-old Russian man, who shot himself in the head with a Saiga-12, during a VK stream. The suicide of Gleb Korablev took 3 days to remove the video, on YouTube’s response. The video has been widespread online on numerous websites, mainly known as, “1444” on TikTok and YouTube. The stream was 2 hours and 54 minutes long, while a 17 second clip was mainly spread all over TikTok and Twitter.
Suicide
[edit]On October 17, 2019, Korablev started a livestream to the social media website VK, he sat onto his couch and pointed a Saiga-12 to his temple and then proceeded to pull the trigger. The video broadcast kept live until police arrived in his apartment approximately 2 and a half hours later. Before committing suicide, Korablev said "Nikita, if you tell the parents about this too quickly, I will get you from beyond the grave. I know you have their phone number. Anyway, how does the saying go? Ня, пока!" (Nya, poka!), Which means "nya, bye!" In Russian, It is also a quote which had become a suicide meme in Russia, originating from the suicide of Rina Palenkova.
Viral Spread
[edit]On October 19, 2019, two days after his death, clips of Korablev's suicide originally made it on YouTube, on the now-deleted channel named "GORE". The video stayed up for three days before it was taken down but the video at already been reposted on several other sites. On Twitter, users took innocent screenshots to mask over the video before quickly cutting to the suicide clip. On YouTube, it was reported that the video would appear in a users auto-play, which could startle users. The video received over 150,000 views in just the three days of it being on YouTube, and Twitter users posted frantically about the video, warning each other not to watch it. The video was allegedly named "1444" to avoid YouTube detection bots and remain obscure.
Response
[edit]The search term "Video 1444" had a massive spike in late October and early December, despite the video being posted in mid-October. Users on the social media platform Twitter urged all other browsers of the site to avoid the video.
See Also
[edit]- Suicide of Ronnie McNutt
- Suicide of Kevin Whitrick
- Abraham Biggs, a 19-year-old who livestreamed his suicide on the video broadcasting platform Justin.tv
References
[edit]- https://portalvirtualreality.ru/2019/10/22/chto-takoe-video-1444-uzhasnoe-virusnoe-video-youtube
- Campbell, Nakeisha (2019-12-10). "What Is Video 1444? An Explanation of the Viral "Cursed" Video". Distractify. Retrieved 2022-09-27.