The tranquility of North Porta quiet city in the state of Floridawas left in check with the news of the death consecutive and incomprehensible three students. Some time later, when spinning the storiesattention was focused on George Kenneythe director of the school where the victims attended.
Regarding the victims, Marcus Freemanthe first of them, was driving in the spring of 2011 with his girlfriend heading home after a painful dental treatment. In an instant, according to information from The Guardian, he changed his gaze, left the road and crashed into a tree.
A few weeks later, Wesley McKinleyfrom the same school, took his life. Wesley He was preparing to enter a prestigious music school in New York and seemed to have the necessary talent to meet that challenge.
Brittany PalumboThe following month, as reported by a People site, he entered his room and said he was going to take a nap. When she didn’t respond to the calls, her parents went in and found her. dead in his closet.
The disastrous power of hypnosis
George Kenneycompiles a note from El Heraldo de México, had an excellent reputation and aspired to become superintendent of his school district.
In the docuseries Look Into My Eyes, who narrates the case, said that he developed interest in hypnosis when I was a teenager. He began to read and train himself.
Then, when starting to work on North Port High Schooltwo years before the fateful deaths, attended a massive conference.
The results he saw inspired him to take a five-day course. However, as People indicates, he did not professionalize his knowledge.
Very shortly after and with that little training, following the article in El Heraldo, he began to offer private sessions for students to help them regulate your anxiety before the exams, counteract concentration problems o improve your sports performance
The parents had to sign permissions for the practice and he had to record the sessions. According to Kenney, Several students benefited greatly from this therapy.
As an example, he cited Eric Williamsabout whom he said had drastically improved his grades. On the other hand, the testimonies indicate that other young people stated that they felt “intimidated.”
The El Heraldo article also included that on a school trip a student hypnotized He stated that he woke up with lipstick all over his face and no memory of what had happened.
The sentence for George Kenney
People reports that the Florida Department of Health investigated the incidents and alleged that Kenney violated state law because was not a licensed healthcare professional.
He was sentenced with two consecutive six-month probation sentences y 50 hours of community serviceaccording to the docuseries. After serving the sentences, Kenney moved from Florida.
“We live in the city for another year after this happened, with journalists and people knocking on the door,” he said in Look Into My Eyes.
As reported by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Kenney moved to North Carolina with the intention of retiring. “I’m thinking about retiring and moving to the Smoky Mountains like turning the page,” he said in Look Into My Eyes.
