Number 8 Millie Taplin In August of 2021, British
teenager Millie Taplin and her friends went out in Southend, Essex, to celebrate the lifting of
lockdown restrictions. It was reportedly Taplin’s first night out to club, as her 18th birthday,
which she’d celebrated the previous November, had been marked by a quiet meal at home with her
family. She and her companions had cocktails at a local pub before making their way to a club called
Moo Moos. During the course of the evening, Taplin began talking to a young man on the dance floor
and reportedly accepted a drink from him. Before long, she started feeling sick and went outside,
whereupon she began experiencing blurry vision, her speech became slurred and she had trouble
standing upright. Her friends got so worried that they called Taplin’s sister, 28-year-old Sadie,
who arrived at the scene and rushed her to the emergency room. It was there that they were later
joined by Claire, Taplin’s mother. Talking to a media outlet, the 48-year-old woman compared the
state in which she’d found her daughter to a scene from the Exorcist. Claire reported “her hands were
clawed, her jaw was clenched and her face was so distorted she looked possessed”. It was determined
that Taplin’s drink had been spiked, although the exact substance remained unclear, with MDMA or
Ecstasy derivatives being named as the likeliest drugs, based on her symptoms. Claire filmed her
daughter’s horrific reaction to the drugs with the intention of subsequently showing her the video
as a warning for her to be more careful in the future. Once Taplin recovered, a few hours later,
she urged her mother to post the footage to a Crimewatch Facebook group, hoping it would serve
as a cautionary example for parents and other young people. The video of her horrifically
contorted face and body went viral. Some commenters argued that Taplin had intentionally
taken the drugs that caused the paralyzing reaction, but she vehemently denied ever doing so,
an assertion wholly supported by her family. Number 7 Alexey Ponamarev
A patron at a bar in southwestern Siberia, Russia, was left with horrific burns, in May of 2013,
following a stunt in which a bartender poured a glass of flaming absinthe into his mouth.
28-year-old Alexey Ponamarev’s girlfriend, Anfisa Kirillova, began filming the bar trick at
an unspecified establishment in Novosibirsk. The bartender ignited the drink as Ponamarev laid his
head back on the counter. As the blazing liquid began cascading, bright blue flames engulfed the
man’s face. Kirillova was heard screaming in the background before the footage, which was
subsequently shared thousands of times online, cut off. Ponamarev was rushed to the hospital
with first and second degree burns to his face and ear. He subsequently stated an intention of suing
the establishment for half a million rubles, which amounted to over $14,000. Bartender Albert Bykov,
aged 34, claimed that it was Ponamarev who’d asked he use absinthe, instead of the usual Sambuca, and
added that the customer bore responsibility for the failed trick because he’d covered his mouth.
Number 6 Kim Pham In November of 2014,
two women were sentenced to six years each in a state prison, at Orange County Superior Court,
after they’d beaten 23-year-old Kim Pham to death outside an establishment in Santa Ana,
California. The incident occurred on January the 19th of that same year
at a bar and club which at the time was known as The Crosby. Candace Brito and Vanesa Zavala,
aged 27 and 26 respectively, were outside when an acquaintance of theirs, only identified as Emelia,
bumped into Pham as she was taking a photo with her friends. A verbal fight erupted between the
two women prompting Brito and Zavala to intervene on Emelia’s behalf. It was reported that Pham
had thrown the first punch, igniting a brawl that was captured on a bystander’s cellphone and later
presented as evidence in court. In the course of the melee, Pham was knocked to the ground at which
point Brito and mother-of-one Zavala repeatedly kicked her in the head. She sustained brain damage
and was taken off life support two days later, with the cause of death reported to have been
complications from blunt force trauma. Only Brito and Zavala were charged in the case and,
during their court proceedings, they initially claimed to have acted in self-defense but were
ultimately convicted of voluntary manslaughter and assault. A judge would point out that the two
“law-abiding, nice young women” weren’t gangsters or fighters and that they’d had
every opportunity to swallow their pride and walk away but, instead, chose to brutally attack Pham.
Number 5 Tiger Tiger Incident On December the 7th of 2021,
patrons at an establishment called Tiger Tiger, in central London, were left vomiting and
bleeding from their mouths in an incident that was initially feared to have been an organized attack.
A group of five club goers, the identities of whom weren’t released, had downed tequila shots
and used salt and lemon to soften the taste. Not long afterwards, they began to painfully retch
and spit out blood. Police and ambulance vehicles raced to the Tiger Tiger, as panic had overtaken
the club with patrons fearing it was under a biological attack. The authorities placed the club
on lockdown but it soon emerged that the incident had been the result of an accident stemming from
staff keeping caustic soda and salt in similar containers. When the group downed the shots,
they’d actually touched the corrosive cleaning chemical which causes burns in contact with skin.
Because of its effectiveness in decomposing proteins the substance,
also known as sodium hydroxide, is also used to dissolve animal remains, particularly
road kill. The injuries the club goers had sustained weren’t reported as life-threatening
although one of them still required hospital treatment over a month after the incident.
Number 4 Tenerife Club Dance Floor Collapse Dozens of revelers were injured at a nightspot
in Tenerife, in November of 2017, after a stage and part of the dance floor collapsed. Footage
of the incident would show a performer singing and dancing on stage, at around 2:30 am, at the
Butterfly Disco Pub. Moments later, screams echoed through the establishment as the floor covering
an area of approximately 43 square feet, gave way sending the performer and other club goers
plummeting into the basement. The lower level, normally operated as a bingo, was, fortunately,
unoccupied at the time. After plummeting an estimated 10 feet, revelers were extracted
from the rubble with various injuries, none of which were described as life-threatening. Those
most seriously hurt reported broken legs, ankles or hips. Eight ambulances had been dispatched to
the scene on the main strip, Avenida Rafael Puig Lluvina, in the municipality of Adeje. 22 people
were taken to the hospital including British, Spanish, Romanian, French and Belgian nationals.
An investigation was launched into the incident. As of the latest updates on the matter, British
couple Brian Young and Kevin Dilworth, both in their late 50s, initiated legal action against
the Butterfly. The former had shattered his ankle and suffered from depression in the aftermath
while the latter had sustained ligament damage. Number 3 Marco Guberovic
In May of 2021, a man from New Jersey was killed following an argument at a gentleman’s club made
famous by the HBO series The Sopranos. 38-year-old Marco Guberovic had gotten into a fight with other
patrons at Satin Dolls, in Lodi, which was known as Bada Bing on the aforementioned TV series. As
the conflict spilled outside, shortly before 4 am, a group of five men beat Guberovic into
unconsciousness and abandoned him in the middle of the highly-circulated Route 17. Moments after
the assailants had fled the scene, a driver, who wasn’t identified, sped down the road in a 2020
BMW M8 and failed to notice Guberovic. The man was fatally struck and his body was gruesomely mangled
after being dragged under the vehicle for approximately 600 feet. Kevin Agudelo,
Christian Reyes and Julio Pena were arrested alongside brothers Adrian Hoti and Fero Hoti.
The suspects, all in their early to mid-20s, were identified through surveillance footage and
witness testimonies. The authorities determined they’d displayed "extreme indifference to human
life" and each faced charges of aggravated manslaughter and endangering an injured victim.
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Number 2 Rampage of Mohammed Abdul In March of 2018, a club goer was arrested
and charged with attempted murder after plowing his Suzuki Vitara into a crowd at a marquee area
of Blake's nightclub in Gravesend, Kent, England. Most of those in attendance had gathered for a
performance by grime artist Giggs. 21-year-old Mohammed Abdul was kicked out by bouncers because
he’d become too intoxicated on the dance floor. He’d allegedly told them, as he was being ejected,
“I'm going to come back and shut this place down and kill you guys”. Abdul had reportedly smoked
cannabis and drank tequila shots in addition to up to 15 vodka mixers. He got in his vehicle,
for which he only had a provisional license, and maneuvered into a narrow alleyway at the side of
the club. Abdul then accelerated, crashed through closed metal gates, and smashed into the revelers
who were waiting for Giggs on the dance floor. He’d done so even though they were unconnected
to his dispute with the bouncers and merely enjoying a night out. The victims were reportedly
“sent sprawling like dominoes” and eight of them sustained injuries. Pierre Jermaine Joseph, who
was at the venue to film Giggs, was pinned by the Vitara and suffered a fractured shinbone and knee.
18-year-old Katie Wells went under the vehicle and was left with a fractured pelvis, bruising
and tire marks on her thighs. Clubbers pulled Abdul out of the Vitara and detained him until
police arrived at the scene. Prosecutors noted that Abdul had had an obvious “intent to kill”
in the revenge attack and he was eventually jailed for 28 years and banned from driving for 16 years.
Number 1 Borderline Bar and Grill Shooting On November the 7th of 2018, a former US Marine
entered the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, California, equipped with a Glock 21,
several high-capacity magazines, a folding knife and smoke bombs. 28-year-old David Long had served
in the Marine Corps, from 2008 to 2013, a time during which he’d spent over half a year in
Afghanistan. Following his honorable discharge from the military, with the rank of corporal,
concerns gradually arose for his mental health. He was, at one point, diagnosed with adjustment
disorder and PTSD. Police and a mental health crisis team visited him in 2017, on account of his
irate behavior and several legal troubles, but the authorities ultimately decided against detaining
him at a psychiatric facility. Roughly a year later, he walked through the front doors of the
Borderline, a country-western bar that was often visited by college students. At around 11:18 pm,
Long opened fire on those inside. Patrons and staff, numbering close to 260, desperately
scrambled to escape the hail of bullets and many died within the first few minutes of the shooting
as they were either charging towards the gunman or lying on the floor. Impairing their attempts
to find shelter or a way out was the fact that Long had been throwing smoke bombs.
About ten minutes into the shooting, three members of law enforcement approached the Borderline.
Long followed their movements through the club’s surveillance systems and engaged them in a
shootout. Sgt. Ron Helus, of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office, was shot five times by Long,
who’d used a flashlight with a laser sight on his handgun to locate him in the smoke-filled room.
More police officers and a SWAT team arrived at the scene but, after the fire exchange with law
enforcement, Long stopped shooting victims. At around 11:38 he placed the Glock under his chin
and pulled the trigger, taking his own life. The motive for the shooting, aside from Long’s
crumbling mental health, was theorized to have been his disdain for college students and those
unaffiliated with the military in general. After his service, he’d enrolled at the California
State University, Northridge but didn’t graduate, and his alleged hatred of students
had grown following interactions in which some had expressed negative opinions towards the military.
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