# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1655
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33084 "2015-02-14T18:06:51Z")
Fictional works where someone commits suicide 1. Dr. Zhivago–Pasha Antipov (shooting) 2. _ **Anna Karenina** _ (title character throws herself under a train) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33085 "2015-02-14T19:21:44Z")
Fictional works where someone commits suicide 1. Dr. Zhivago–Pasha Antipov (shooting) 2. Anna Karenina (title character throws herself under a train) 3. Sister Carrie - George Hurstwood (asphyxiates himself with gas) ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33086 "2015-02-14T21:16:49Z")
Fictional works where someone commits suicide 1. Dr. Zhivago–Pasha Antipov (shooting) 2. Anna Karenina (title character throws herself under a train) 3. Sister Carrie - George Hurstwood (asphyxiates himself with gas) 4. Stephen King’s IT - Stanley Uris (slices his wrists in the bathtub and writes “IT” on the wall with his blood) ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33087 "2015-02-14T21:43:37Z")
Fictional works where someone commits suicide 1. Dr. Zhivago–Pasha Antipov (shooting) 2. Anna Karenina (title character throws herself under a train) 3. Sister Carrie - George Hurstwood (asphyxiates himself with gas) 4. Stephen King’s IT - Stanley Uris (slices his wrists in the bathtub and writes “IT” on the wall with his blood) 5. The Omen - Damien’s nanny hangs herself on his 5th birthday ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33088 "2015-02-14T22:01:28Z")
Fictional works where someone commits suicide 1. Dr. Zhivago–Pasha Antipov (shooting) 2. Anna Karenina (title character throws herself under a train) 3. Sister Carrie - George Hurstwood (asphyxiates himself with gas) 4. Stephen King’s IT - Stanley Uris (slices his wrists in the bathtub and writes “IT” on the wall with his blood) 5. The Omen - Damien’s nanny hangs herself on his 5th birthday 6. Atlas Shrugged - James Taggart’s wife throws herself into a river. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33089 "2015-02-15T08:05:29Z")
Fictional works where someone commits suicide 1. Dr. Zhivago–Pasha Antipov (shooting) 2. Anna Karenina (title character throws herself under a train) 3. Sister Carrie - George Hurstwood (asphyxiates himself with gas) 4. Stephen King’s IT - Stanley Uris (slices his wrists in the bathtub and writes “IT” on the wall with his blood) 5. The Omen - Damien’s nanny hangs herself on his 5th birthday 6. Atlas Shrugged - James Taggart’s wife throws herself into a River 7. Romeo and Juliet- title characters add themselves to Verona’s already soaring mortality rate ---
**Author:** ![Celan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Celan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celan)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33090 "2015-02-15T08:14:44Z")
1. Ophelia from Hamlet drowns herself. ---
**Author:** ![Celan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Celan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celan)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33091 "2015-02-15T09:02:33Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Fictional works where someone commits suicide > > 1. Dr. Zhivago–Pasha Antipov (shooting) > 2. Anna Karenina (title character throws herself under a train) > 3. Sister Carrie - George Hurstwood (asphyxiates himself with gas) > 4. Stephen King’s IT - Stanley Uris (slices his wrists in the bathtub and writes “IT” on the wall with his blood) > 5. The Omen - Damien’s nanny hangs herself on his 5th birthday > 6. Atlas Shrugged - James Taggart’s wife throws herself into a River > 7. Romeo and Juliet- title characters add themselves to Verona’s already soaring mortality rate 1. Ophelia from Hamlet drowns herself. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33092 "2015-02-15T10:26:34Z")
Fictional works where someone commits suicide 1. Dr. Zhivago–Pasha Antipov (shooting) 2. Anna Karenina (title character throws herself under a train) 3. Sister Carrie - George Hurstwood (asphyxiates himself with gas) 4. Stephen King’s IT - Stanley Uris (slices his wrists in the bathtub and writes “IT” on the wall with his blood) 5. The Omen - Damien’s nanny hangs herself on his 5th birthday 6. Atlas Shrugged - James Taggart’s wife throws herself into a River 7. Romeo and Juliet- title characters add themselves to Verona’s already soaring mortality rate 8. Ophelia from Hamlet drowns herself. 9. An Officer and a Gentleman: Sid Worley hangs himself ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33093 "2015-02-15T14:13:58Z")
Fictional works where someone commits suicide 1. Dr. Zhivago–Pasha Antipov (shooting) 2. Anna Karenina (title character throws herself under a train) 3. Sister Carrie - George Hurstwood (asphyxiates himself with gas) 4. Stephen King’s IT - Stanley Uris (slices his wrists in the bathtub and writes “IT” on the wall with his blood) 5. The Omen - Damien’s nanny hangs herself on his 5th birthday 6. Atlas Shrugged - James Taggart’s wife throws herself into a River 7. Romeo and Juliet- title characters add themselves to Verona’s already soaring mortality rate 8. Ophelia from Hamlet drowns herself. 9. An Officer and a Gentleman: Sid Worley hangs himself 10. Les Miserables- Javert drowns himself in the Seine ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33094 "2015-02-15T14:48:52Z")
Fictional works where someone commits suicide 1. Dr. Zhivago–Pasha Antipov (shooting) 2. Anna Karenina (title character throws herself under a train) 3. Sister Carrie - George Hurstwood (asphyxiates himself with gas) 4. Stephen King’s IT - Stanley Uris (slices his wrists in the bathtub and writes “IT” on the wall with his blood) 5. The Omen - Damien’s nanny hangs herself on his 5th birthday 6. Atlas Shrugged - James Taggart’s wife throws herself into a River 7. Romeo and Juliet- title characters add themselves to Verona’s already soaring mortality rate 8. Ophelia from Hamlet drowns herself. 9. An Officer and a Gentleman: Sid Worley hangs himself 10. Les Miserables- Javert drowns himself in the Seine 11. Macbeth - Lady Macbeth, “Who, as 'tis thought, by self and violent hands took off her life.” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33095 "2015-02-15T15:14:49Z")
Fictional works where someone commits suicide 1. Dr. Zhivago–Pasha Antipov (shooting) 2. Anna Karenina (title character throws herself under a train) 3. Sister Carrie - George Hurstwood (asphyxiates himself with gas) 4. Stephen King’s IT - Stanley Uris (slices his wrists in the bathtub and writes “IT” on the wall with his blood) 5. The Omen - Damien’s nanny hangs herself on his 5th birthday 6. Atlas Shrugged - James Taggart’s wife throws herself into a River 7. Romeo and Juliet- title characters add themselves to Verona’s already soaring mortality rate 8. Ophelia from Hamlet drowns herself. 9. An Officer and a Gentleman: Sid Worley hangs himself 10. Les Miserables- Javert drowns himself in the Seine 11. Macbeth - Lady Macbeth, “Who, as 'tis thought, by self and violent hands took off her life.” 12. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest - Billy ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33096 "2015-02-15T15:32:12Z")
Fictional works where someone commits suicide 1. Dr. Zhivago–Pasha Antipov (shooting) 2. Anna Karenina (title character throws herself under a train) 3. Sister Carrie - George Hurstwood (asphyxiates himself with gas) 4. Stephen King’s IT - Stanley Uris (slices his wrists in the bathtub and writes “IT” on the wall with his blood) 5. The Omen - Damien’s nanny hangs herself on his 5th birthday 6. Atlas Shrugged - James Taggart’s wife throws herself into a River 7. Romeo and Juliet- title characters add themselves to Verona’s already soaring mortality rate 8. Ophelia from Hamlet drowns herself. 9. An Officer and a Gentleman: Sid Worley hangs himself 10. Les Miserables- Javert drowns himself in the Seine 11. Macbeth - Lady Macbeth, “Who, as 'tis thought, by self and violent hands took off her life.” 12. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest - Billy Bibbitt (cuts throat) 13. Vera Claythorne in Agatha Christie novel \*\*\*And Then There Were None \*\*\*(in movie version, she’s innocent and survives; in novel, she’s a murderess and hangs herself). New topic: Fictional Murderers In Non-Mystery Novels.Stories/Plays 14. Rodion Raskolnikov in Dostoevsky’s _ **Crime and Punishment** _ ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33097 "2015-02-15T17:14:23Z")
Can we have a definition of “mystery” for this? Are you talking “books in the Mystery” genre" or “books that have a mystery in them”? If the former, put me down for 1. Hannibal Lecter, _Silence of the Lambs_ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33098 "2015-02-15T17:26:02Z")
New topic: Fictional Murderers In Non-Mystery Novels.Stories/Plays 1. Rodion Raskolnikov in Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment 2. Hannibal Lecter, Silence of the Lambs 3. Macbeth in Shakespeare’s Scottish play ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33099 "2015-02-15T18:47:19Z")
I have a great idea for a category but it will not be timely after this evening. May I interject? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33100 "2015-02-15T19:12:21Z")
We’ve done that kind of thing even a day or two later. Fictional Murderers In Non-Mystery Novels/Stories/Plays 1. Rodion Raskolnikov in Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment 2. Hannibal Lecter, Silence of the Lambs 3. Macbeth in Shakespeare’s Scottish play 4. John Rainbird, Firestarter ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33101 "2015-02-15T19:17:59Z")
Fictional Murderers In Non-Mystery Novels/Stories/Plays 1. Rodion Raskolnikov in Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment 2. Hannibal Lecter, Silence of the Lambs 3. Macbeth in Shakespeare’s Scottish play 4. John Rainbird, Firestarter 5. Karl Childers, Sling Blade ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33102 "2015-02-15T19:37:21Z")
Fictional Murderers In Non-Mystery Novels/Stories/Plays 1. Rodion Raskolnikov in Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment 2. Hannibal Lecter, Silence of the Lambs 3. Macbeth in Shakespeare’s Scottish play 4. John Rainbird, Firestarter 5. Karl Childers, Sling Blade 6. Syndrome, The Incredibles ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/33103 "2015-02-15T19:39:23Z")
Fictional Murderers In Non-Mystery Novels/Stories/Plays 1. Rodion Raskolnikov in Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment 2. Hannibal Lecter, Silence of the Lambs 3. Macbeth in Shakespeare’s Scottish play 4. John Rainbird, Firestarter 5. Karl Childers, Sling Blade 6. Syndrome, The Incredibles 7. Goneril, King Lear [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1654) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1656)