# Have people who have helper monkeys really died under mysterious circumstances?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 26, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-people-who-have-helper-monkeys-really-died-under-mysterious-circumstances/504282 "2009-07-26T02:28:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-people-who-have-helper-monkeys-really-died-under-mysterious-circumstances/504282/21 "2009-07-27T18:22:04Z")

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Google doesn’t show anything and I couldn’t find an entry in Snopes. I’m a little skeptical this is an actual widespread story, whether true or false. Perhaps one of the OP’s friends had recently seen the above linked horror movie and was pulling his leg?

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-people-who-have-helper-monkeys-really-died-under-mysterious-circumstances/504282/22 "2009-07-27T20:44:48Z")

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Google “Dead Organ Grinders missing wallet” and check the results. 🙂

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