> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 09:29:35 -0800
> To: barnowl@rain.org
> From: c538128@mizzou1.missouri.edu (KMO)
> Subject: Sorry , another one (fwd)
>
> >Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 22:48:22 -0600 (CST)
> >From: Brian Stuhlman <c664792@showme.missouri.edu>
> >X-Sender: c664792@black.missouri.edu
> >To: "Kevin O'Connor" <c538128@mizzou1.missouri.edu>,
> > "Tim O'Donnell" <c665241@showme.missouri.edu>,
> > Joel Braden <c665193@showme.missouri.edu>,
> > Amy Friederich <c664807@showme.missouri.edu>,
> > Carrie Snyder <csnyder@husc.harvard.edu>,
> > Sara Hill <museh9@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>, Josh Wellman <wellman@umr.edu>,
> > Jim Bunk <jmb@umr.edu>,
> > Julie Hoerr <Julie_Hoerr_at_Students/G-L@ccmail.iwu.edu>,
> > Julie Janes <jaj283s@nic.smsu.edu>,
> > Brad Peuster <s289%nemomus.bitnet@academic.nemostate.edu>,
> > Jay Gottman <c666429@showme.missouri.edu>,
> > Jason Miller <c663072@showme.missouri.edu>
> >Subject: Sorry , another one (fwd)
> >MIME-Version: 1.0
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 23:01:16 -0600 (CST)
> >From: c668958@showme.missouri.edu
> >To: "Jessica M. Nicol" <s327%nemomus@ACADEMIC.NEMOSTATE.EDU>
> >Subject: Sorry , another one (fwd)
> >
> >--------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------
> >--------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------
> >
> >
> >---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 22:54:16 -0600 (CST)
> >From: c668958@showme.missouri.edu
> >To: Kimberly Corrine Kelley <kkelle1@icarus.cc.uic.eduC>
> >Subject: Sorry , another one (fwd)
> >
> >
> >
> >---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 22:51:35 -0600 (CST)
> >From: c668958@showme.missouri.edu
> >To: Carrie Barnes <cbarnes@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu>
> >Subject: Sorry , another one (fwd)
> >
> >
> >
> >---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 15:42:53 -0600 (CST)
> >From: moore megan ann <mamoore@students.uiuc.edu>
> >To: Michelle Ipema <ipema@uiuc.edu>, Kim Hushka <hushka@uiuc.edu>,
> > Stephanie Young <sayoung@uiuc.edu>,
> > Mary Stancliff <stanc_ma@students.uwlax.edu>,
> > Amber Spaulding <aspauldi@uiuc.edu>,
> > Mindy Patten <patte_mc@students.uwlax.edu>,
> > Jason Morrise <morrise@uiuc.edu>, Molly Moore <xmhh93d@prodigy.com>,
> > Lisa Lemke <lmlemke@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu>,
> > Elizabeth Kraft <Kraft@uwplatt.edu>,
> > Steven Jerbi <c668958@showme.missouri.edu>,
> > Erika Flanigan <flaniga@uiuc.edu>, Nathan Basken <basken@uiuc.edu>
> >Subject: Sorry guys, another one
> >
> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >* * * * * * * * * * * * *
> >>> >
> >>> > If you have read this far, you must keep reading
and follow the
> >>> >instruction at the end.
> >>> > This letter was originated in India, and has been
received by
> >>> >101,624
> > people. It is not your usual chain letter, as it can curse
> >you for
> >>> >eternity. When I first got this chain letter it
was so long and had so
> >>> >many stories written by people who had received
it beforehand, in an
> >>> >effort to warn those who will receive this letter
someday. Since it was
> >>> >too long to copy them all, I only included the original
messages when
> >>> >typing it into e-mail. If you want to add something
of your own to this
> >>> >letter, you can; but don't forget to copy the original
paragraphs.
> >>> >
> >>> >Here is the story, as it was written by the original
author:
> >>> > In December of 1955, five of us gathered in my
house, and we
> >>> >talked about chain letters, which had become popular
among our peer. One
> >>> >of us proposed an idea that interested us: making
our own chain letter.
> >>> >We started it just for fun, and we did enjoy it
when people we knew
> >>> >believed that their bad luck was caused by the letter.
But the fun didn't
> >>> >last for long...
> >>> > About four months later, one of us died from a
wound received by one
> >>> >of his own dogs. We didn't know -- and didn't believe
-- that it had
> >>> >anything to do with the chain letter we had written.
Seven months later,
> >>> >another one of us, the one who came up with the
idea to start the chain
> >>> >letter, hung himself for no reason. We later learned
that he had received
> >>> >the chain letter that we had made up (and didn't
send it, since he knew
> >>> >it was not a real chain letter), but we still could
not believe that
> >>> >he had been cursed by the letter. The chain letter
had at that time been
> >>> >received by more than 800 people, and contained
the following, written by
> >>> >a woman wrongly inprisoned in an insane asylum:
> >>> >
> >>> > "I got this mail exactly one year ago tomorrow,
and three of my friends
> >>> > died. I am afraid that I will be the next one who
will die unless
> >>> > people in this hospital believe my words and let
me sendthirteen
> >>> > copies of this letter..."
> >>> >
> >>> > Unfortunately, one of the three of us that were
still alive was sent
> >>> >to a mental institution a few weeks ago, and I feel
that this is my last
> >>> >hope. I don't think I have enough time to explain
what happened to us in
> >>> >every detail. So, now I continue the chain in hopes
that one of you is
> >>> >the one who can stop this cursed letter. However,
if you are not totally
> >>> >sure that you are the one who can stop this, please
don't test your luck.
> >>> >I will pray for you and everyone who will receive
this letter, hoping
> >>> >that one day the curse can be broken.
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >INSTRUCTIONS:
> >>> >Forward this letter to thirteen (13) people.
> >>> >You must include the above paragraphs, although
you can write more below
> >>> > these instructions. Do not erase anything that
appears within the
> >>> > asterixes (*).
> >>> >Make sure you add 13 to the number of people that
have received this
> >>>letter.
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >YOU HAVE SIX DAYS TO FORWARD THIS LETTER
> >>> >DO NOT BREAK THE CHAIN
> >>> >SEND THIS LETTER NOW, BECAUSE YOU MIGHT FORGET LATER
> >>> >
> >>> >* * * * * * * * * * * * *
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>>
e1995-11_india_q13.htm
Chain Letter Evolution (a
history of paper chain letters).