Gang iniatiates are dousing pay phones with a fatal mixture of LSD and strychnine.

See the warning from "Tina Strongman" here.

• No media or police reports of this "gang initiation" exist.
• LSD and strychnine do not chemically interact to form a new fatal substance.
• While both LSD and strychnine can be fatal if taken in excess and can be absorbed through skin, the lethal dose for either could not be absorbed by briefly touching a telephone keypad.

Coming on the heels of two recently popular urban legends, the "lights out" gang initiation rumors and the "needles in payphones" rumors, this appears to be a deliberate attempt to crossbreed popular urban legends to produce a new breed.

• Other commentaries
  • "Another Round of Payphone Hysteria" from About.com
  • "Payphone Poison" from the Urban Legend Reference Pages
• "Lights out" gang initiation legends
  • "Lights Out"
  • "Flash Your Headlights and Die!" from About.com
  • "Lights Out" from the Urban Legends Reference Pages
• "Needles in payphones" legend
  • Urban Legend Zeitgeist: "Hypodermic Hysteria"
  • "HIV Needle-Stick Rumors Still Thriving Online" from About.com
  • "Slots of Fun" from the Urban Legends Reference Pages

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