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- Season 21 Carry to Bury: The Abortion Debate
- Season 21 The Invisibility Of Anti-asian Hate: Part 1
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- Season 21 School Shooters: Is There A Solution?
- Season 21 Inclusivity or Indoctrination? What's Happening in Schools Today?
- Season 21 How To Survive Inflation
- Season 21 Horror Hazing: Left Blind & Paralyzed: Part 1
- Season 21 Deadly Brotherhood: The Fight to Stop College Hazing: Part 2
- Season 21 America's Short Fuse: Afraid to Leave the House
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- Season 21 How to Survive Inflation: Smart Spending During Shortages
- Season 21 Is America Too High on Marijuana?
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- Season 21 Right to Life, Right to Choose: The Conversation
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- Season 21 Slut Shaming or Asking for Modesty?
- Season 21 How to Survive Inflation: Money Saving & Money Making Tips!
- Season 21 Dumbing Down America
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- Season 21 Medical Gaslighting: It's Not All in Your Head
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- Season 21 In the Presence of Evil: Face to Face With Jeffrey Dahmer
- Season 21 Raising Evil: The Interview With Jeffrey Dahmer's Dad
- Season 21 Jeffrey Dahmer's Journey to Evil: The Home Movies and Childhood Clues
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- Season 21 "Deconstructing Karen"
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- Season 21 Was the Pandemic Mismanaged? What You Desperately Need to Know: Part 1
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- Season 21 Parents Obsessed With Social Media
- Season 21 Murdaugh Murder Trial: Dissection of the Guilty Verdict
- Season 21 Alex Murdaugh Guilty: His Body Language of Lies
- Season 21 How Safe Are Our Streets?
- Season 21 Exclusive: I Believe I Am Madeleine McCann
- Season 21 The Rise of Victimhood Culture
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- Season 21 The Battle Over Gender Inclusivity in Schools
- Season 21 Missing in the Dark World of Sex Trafficking
- Season 21 Influenced to Spend
- Season 21 Generation XL
- Season 21 Dog Attacks on the Rise: Who's to Blame?
- Season 21 Surviving a Vicious Dog Attack
- Season 21 My Husband Murdered His Fiancée
- Season 21 Invested in Love or Just Another Scam?
- Season 21 Romance Scams, Fraudsters, and Their Victims
- Season 21 Moms on Mushrooms: A Growing Trend?
- Season 21 The Rise in Anti-Latino Hate
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Dr. Phil - Season 21 Episode 74 Shedding Light on "The Blackout Challenge"
4.58 42 minutes Throughout the years, many different social media challenges have emerged. The popularity of online challenges is rising and unfortunately, have become extremely unsafe -- and in some cases, deadly. “The Blackout Challenge,” which encourages children to strangle or suffocate themselves until they blackout, is arguably the most dangerous. It originated as “the choking game,” even as early as the 1930s. Prior to 2007, the CDC reported it resulted in the deaths of 82 children, with most victims being adolescent males ages 11-16, with the average age being 13. Since then, it has resurfaced on social platforms and in 2021, caused the death of roughly 10 children in the U.S. Dr. Phil meets two families who lost their sons to "The blackout challenge." He also receives an update from a past guest who lost one of her 13-year-old twin boys to "the choking game" in 2005.
