The Saw franchise, similar to others on this list, has influenced extremely young teenagers to engage in heinous crimes. Thankfully, the outcomes were not always as intended, but in one instance, a life was almost claimed. The initial incident occurred in 2007, when two 13-year-old girls decided to play a prank call on a woman, informing her that one of her friends was trapped inside her house and that she had only 10 minutes to locate her before she would be murdered. The victim, Beverly Dickson, became so overwhelmed with panic that she suffered a severe stroke with lifelong consequences. Two years later, two teenagers from Salt Lake City attempted to devise a plan to torment three victims, but luckily, one of their mothers discovered the scheme and promptly alerted the authorities before it could be executed.
