The Suicide Club was a secret society in San Francisco that was founded by Gary Warne . It began in Spring 1977 as a course that Warne taught at the Communiversity in San Francisco, part of the Free School Movement , and it lasted until shortly before Warne's death in 1982.
The name of the Suicide Club was inspired by a story written by Robert Louis Stevenson, but it belied the gentle albeit zany nature of its members, who had a predilection towards light-hearted practical jokes.
In 1986, some of the former members of the Suicide Club formed the Cacophony Society, a group similar in spirit to the Suicide Club, but one with open membership.
The Suicide Club is also the name of multiple movies based on the story written by Robert Louis Stevenson.
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