Hello dave Please, Someone Say Boo and Hand Me Candy

Two days ago, a woman was gruesomely murdered by her son in the Farmingdale area. The son then threw himself in front of a LIRR train. Today I read that a woman hung herself at the Medford station.

Please, someone tell me I'm on Candid Camera. Usually I'd make some kind of snarky comment, but these stories just make me sad.