It’s the Ultimate Game for H.S. Seniors, Until Someone Dies - The REAL Story with Dr. Phil

The Dr. Phil Podcast

Dr. Phil McGraw

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

You know the saying: it’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt. Well, what if someone gets shot?

Across the country, high school seniors are diving headfirst into a nationwide craze called Senior Assassin—a “game” involving toy guns, secret missions and, sometimes, real-world consequences.

From students leaping walls and dodging water balloons to 911 calls, armed civilians, and police pulling real triggers on toy-wielding teens, what’s meant to be harmless fun is spiraling into chaos.

With cash prizes on the line and paranoia in the air, the line between game and danger is vanishing fast. "Senior Assassin"... fun until it’s not.

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0:00.0	You know the old adage that it's all fun in games until someone loses an eye?
0:05.0	Well, how about if someone gets killed?
0:10.0	Breaking right now, a Bishop Kenny student shot while playing a game with water guns in Nassau County.
0:16.0	The latest warning from police about a high school graduation game.
0:19.0	Senior assassins poorly led to this
0:21.6	rollover crash. He was shot in the back and left paralyzed after a senior assassins game.
0:27.6	A recent article in the Wall Street Journal about a new game that is driving seniors wild
0:33.6	really caught my attention. It's the senior assassin craze, and it may be a lot of fun,
0:40.9	but I need to tell you the real story. You know, seniors are looking for something to really mark
0:47.2	the last year of school, something that they can go nuts about, have fun about, and remember
0:53.1	that marks that day, marks that time.
0:56.7	I get it.
0:57.6	Here's how it works.
0:58.7	Students organize teams.
1:00.7	They assign targets, and these are targets for mock assassination.
1:06.7	They eliminate them using water guns or nerve blasters.
1:10.2	It sounds fun, right?
1:12.0	I mean, who's going to get hurt with a Nerf gun or a water blaster?
1:16.5	And the last team, standing, wins, sometimes with a cash prize.
1:22.2	And, I mean, it's supposed to be fun.
1:23.6	Sounds fun, right?
1:25.2	Here's a student being assassinated by getting a bucket of water poured on her as she sat in her car.
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