Does everyone really believe that Ariel Castro hung himself?

Nope. Sounds like a big load of malarkey to me. Not alone, anyway.

He was suicidal, even before he was apprehended. His actions proved he was more than willing to cooperate with authorities, simply to hasten his death, if nothing else. In short, he committed suicide by cop. He just chose a long way around to achieving his death. But, yes, he was extremely accommodating in bringing about his end. Some people just don't have the courage to go through with suicide. But, they DO make it a lot easier for someone ELSE to kill them. In fact, their entire life's actions and behaviors are DESIGNED to ensure that they will be despised, even unto murderous rage. He probably wanted to die, even when he was a child. You will notice, when he WAS murdered, he certainly didn't call out for help. Yes, he committed suicide, when he was only a child. We just left a breathing corpse---until a few days ago.

I think he hanged himself. He could not tolerate the frustration of life behind bars with nobody to take out his anger on, and no alcohol to dull his mind. His mind was half-dead already; he was not up to all the fighting and lawyering. And when deprived of alcohol, he probably found it very burdensome to live with himself.

Yes. It wasn't the ghost of Christmas past.

No he was helped along. Thank you to the police dept. !