Yes, there was a spike in suicides after Goethe published his first novel Die Leiden des Jungen Werthers (The Sorrows of Young Werther). https://www.thevintage

Yes, there was a spike in suicides after Goethe published his first novel Die Leiden des Jungen Werthers (The Sorrows of Young Werther). https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/04/22/the-werther-effect-a-spike-of-emulation-suicides-after-a-widely-publicized-suicide-following-goethes-novel-the-sorrows-of-young-werther/ https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/04/22/the-werther-effect...