{"id":993,"date":"2025-09-19T17:40:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T17:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/?p=993"},"modified":"2025-09-19T17:40:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T17:40:03","slug":"stephen-kings-novel-rage-banned-after-being-linked-to-school-sh-ootings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/?p=993","title":{"rendered":"Stephen King\u2019s Novel \u2018Rage\u2019 Banned After Being Linked to School Sh-ootings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The horror icon Stephen King has taken the extraordinary step of withdrawing his novel\u00a0<em>Rage<\/em>\u00a0from print following its association with multiple school shootings over the years. The story, which follows a high school student taking classmates hostage after a breakdown, became a point of reference for several violent incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the most notorious was the 1997 shooting at Heath High School in Kentucky, where shooter Michael Carneal was found with\u00a0<em>Rage<\/em>\u00a0in his possession. This tragedy led King to become the first major author to ask that a book be pulled due to its potential to inspire harm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Rage<\/em>\u00a0was initially published under a pseudonym but showcased personal struggles King faced during his youth. The realization of the impact the novel had in emboldening real acts of violence deeply affected King.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"434\" height=\"740\" src=\"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-20.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-20.png 434w, https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-20-176x300.png 176w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>King also wrote essays advocating for gun control and awareness, donating proceeds to advocacy groups. His decision to suppress\u00a0<em>Rage<\/em>\u00a0stands as a rare example of an author prioritizing social responsibility over commercial interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The horror icon Stephen King has taken the extraordinary step of withdrawing his novel\u00a0Rage\u00a0from print following its association with multiple school shootings over the years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/547937284_1364829501758821_8307862004878171012_n.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=993"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":996,"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/993\/revisions\/996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humorsidehub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}