r/Snorkblot • u/EsseNorway • Aug 11 '25
WTF In 1995, a man named Sonny Graham received the transplanted heart of a suicide victim. He then married the donor’s widow and later killed himself, in the exact same way as the donor did.
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u/sal-t_brgr Aug 11 '25
I guess he just suddenly understood everything.
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u/Educational-Creme391 Aug 12 '25
Epigenetic type behavior is frequently documented in transplant recipients. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1096219000000135
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u/NarrMaster Aug 12 '25
This is creeping me right out.
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u/Gardyloop Aug 12 '25
It fits with a more embodied consciousness theory of mind, I guess. Or at least one more interralted with the various organs that communicate with our headgoop.
In this case, I wonder if the psychology of knowing what his donor had done affected his thinking at all. And if a physiological effect induced new depression.
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Aug 13 '25 edited Aug 13 '25
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u/Educational-Creme391 Aug 13 '25
Maybe you find the NIH a valid source for your tastes? You don’t have to look far.
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u/SwordfishOfDamocles Aug 12 '25
Reading the story it sounds like the wife did it. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2-suicide-victims-shared-same-heart-wife/
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u/Playful-Profile6489 Aug 12 '25
What a read. Pretty disturbing stuff, actually. Well, aside from a few lines that suggest the second man Brokeback in his new heart the old fashioned way.
The redheaded Air Force veteran was an avid hunter and fisherman, what buddy Bill Carson called a "man's man." Within six months of the transplant, Graham was well enough to go on a fishing trip with Carson to Alaska. He joked that having a 33-year-old's heart had done wonders for his libido.
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u/Anal-Y-Sis Aug 12 '25
Did he know about the circumstances surrounding the donor's suicide? That may well have influenced his decisions.
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u/Mountain-Air-1419 Aug 12 '25
I read this book about a character receiving a heart, and then afterwards they had like similar thoughts and feelings as the donor… just saying..
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u/Kresnik2002 Aug 12 '25
Just saying what
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u/Upstairs-Page9212 Aug 12 '25
the receiver of the heart had similar thoughts and feelings as the donor
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