GB. Wales. Bridgend. The Bridgend Suicides. Since 2007, dozens of young people have been found hanged in Bridgend, a town in southern Wales. Many of them knew one another, they were friends, neighbors, and family. The striking similarities between their deaths have confounded authorities and struck fear into the hearts of parents. Headlines splashed across the UK earned Bridgend its infamous nickname: "Death Town."

Jamie Beecham, 23, brother of Justin, 20, who hanged himself in 2010 from a tree opposite his home, in the bedroom of his brother which remains just as Justin left it.


2011