{"id":38667,"date":"2023-09-10T00:35:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T00:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miamiheatnation.com\/?p=38667"},"modified":"2023-09-10T00:35:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T00:35:40","slug":"worlds-deadliest-karaoke-song-has-seen-12-people-killed-for-performing-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miamiheatnation.com\/world-news\/worlds-deadliest-karaoke-song-has-seen-12-people-killed-for-performing-it\/","title":{"rendered":"World’s deadliest karaoke song has seen 12 people killed for performing it"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    A night out at a karaoke bar sounds like a fun way to relax with friends.<\/p>\n

    But if you're in one country, there\u2019s a song you should never choose to sing as the consequences could be deadly.<\/p>\n

    Romy Baligula was one such unfortunate victim when he performed the classic in the Philippine city of San Mateo back in May 2007.<\/p>\n

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    As Romy belted out the unmistakeable introduction \u2013 \u201cand now, the end is near, and now I face the final curtain\u201d \u2013 43-year-old security guard Robilito Ortega yelled that he was out of tune.<\/p>\n

    The 29-year-old Sinatra fan wasn\u2019t put off, and carried on with his rendition of My Way. <\/p>\n

    At which point Ortega pulled out his revolver and shot him in the chest.<\/p>\n

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    According to Senior Superintendent Felipe Rojas, Romy died instantly.<\/p>\n

    That wouldn\u2019t be a remarkable story, if it wasn\u2019t for the fact that it keeps happening.<\/p>\n

    Podcaster Mr Ballen explained: \u201cIn the Philippines, there is one song that everybody knows you do not sing.<\/p>\n

    \u201cIn fact this song is often banned in most karaoke bars and then even when it's not banned nobody sings it.<\/p>\n

    \u201cAnd the reason this song is so forbidden is because since 1998 people have begun being murdered for singing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Since 1998, at least a dozen people have been killed either while singing Frank Sinatra\u2019s classic ballad My Way, or shortly after they have finished singing it.<\/p>\n

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