Sarasota Principal Hypnotized Three Students Before Their Strange Deaths

• Didn't you know that teachers and/or school administrations are doctors?  Goodness...everyone knows that they have an MD behind their name....I am being heavily sarcastic here, if you didn't notice!  ;) My daughter once suffered a concussion, while on the school playground, at the hands of some very, very mean and malicious boys.  The concussion diagnosis came from an actual medical doctor.  The next day, her teacher told me that my daughter did not have a concussion.  I told her to read the medical report.  She again told me that it didn't matter; my daughter didn't have a concussion, because those boys were just messing with her.  They didn't mean to hurt her.  Ummmm...yeah....okay...,,,whatever.  

• Regardless of what hypnotism is or isn't in terms of therapy, dismissing it by calling it "some mystic pseudo-science therapy" is unprofessional journalism. Since when is actual news allowed to include an authors opinion? Shame on the editor for letting that slide.

• Maybe he did suggest that they kill themselves!?

• Who wrote this article? A high school drop out?

• This is the kind of sensational  article I would expect to see in the National Enquirer.

• This article is the epitomy of the universal misconception of hypnosis.  Hypnosis is simply basic psychology. The author displays his ignorance on the subject.  Condolences to the families but hypnosis could not have caused these deaths unless the hypnotist suggested that they kill themselves.  There are many legal precedences on the matter and the hypnotist will prevail in court. The principal is guilty of disobeying orders and nothing more, but as such should be fired.

• Agree with you 100%.  This article is in fact offensive.  Sad, that these kids die, but it has nothing to do with hypnosis.  Perhaps, Dr. Kenney was trying to help these kids and now he is being used as a scape-goat

• Hypnosis is not something mystical, nor does it hurt in anyway.  Those that believe that the death of those students had something to do with the hypnosis that was done by Dr. Kenney need to research to a greater extense.  "Sometimes we try to blame others for our kids drug-addiction, wrong-doings, etc., because we do not want to accept what is wrong in our children." Hypnosis helps, it is not what you see on TV... no-one gets hurt under hypnosis nor afterwards. You are always aware when having hypnosis, nothing can be done against your own-will while under this state.  By the way, it is not a 'trance', please research before writing something like this.  Your brain in the maximum machine a human being has.  Don't make hypnosis look like an evil thing, don't try to create something of what has no fault.  People need to do the research, before judging; including the school system and those that are looking whom to blame for the death of these students.  

• Unfortunately this guy is NOT a therapist, He's a school administrator. He may be licensed as one but that is well beyond the scope of his duties as a principal. He should have stuck to the duties his superiors assigned him and ceased hypnosis sessions when ORDERED to do so. Any Dr that loses a few patients from the same procedure and keeps performing it is violating their oath to do no harm because anyone who repeats the same action and expects a different result isn't sane.

• I am a hypnotist and take offense. to the author of this article calling hypnosis  mystic psuedo-science magic!!!! Hypnosis is an proven medical tool that has been around for 4000 years. And had NOTHING to do with these students death!!!

• Hypnosis is NOT  mystic psuedo-science magic, as you state.  I recommend you do some research before spouting such nonsense.  You will find that hypnosis is widely used in a number of areas such as psychotherapy. For instance, in order to reduce phobias. Please talk to some therapists and you will find you are quite mistaken.

• Keep this creep away from the kids.

• Very creepy but a cool story!

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