In 2007, a teenage girl from Florida made headlines around the world — not for a crime, but for a condition no one could explain. Jennifer Mee just couldn’t stop hiccupping. For five weeks, her body convulsed with over 50 hiccups per minute. She went viral on social media and gained nationwide attention for her mysterious medical condition. Jennifer began to get used to the attention and got high on her newfound fame. But she would not remain the center of attention for long and the loss of public attention was a challenge for her to accept.

Join us for The Hiccup Girl: From Viral to Verdict. Just three years after she was cured of her hiccups, Jennifer was back in the headlines… but this time, she was accused of murder. So, what really happened to Jennifer between the hiccups and the handcuffs? Was she a manipulating criminal, a media puppet, or a victim of circumstance?  Today we are covering the case of the girl who hiccupped her way into the national spotlight and never found her way back to normalcy.

Sources

Hiccup girl charged with murder of Florida man, BBC, 10/25/2010. Retrieved 9/22/2025.

How the Notorious Hiccup Girl Jennifer Mee Ended Up Jailed for a Murder She Didn’t Commit, Huffington Post, Sarah C. Nelson, 6/7/2017. Retrieved 9/22/2025.