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Numerology, Envy, and the Wall of Not Knowing
from The Smiley Face Killers · #132
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4 minTim weighs numerology and symbolic significance in victim selection, dismisses the theory that poor jealous people are behind it, and admits the investigation hits a wall of unknowables.
- 20:56Over 300 people ending up in rivers with identical stories suggests something organized is happening to them.
- 21:20The victims are last seen with other college kids or a couple buying them drinks at bars, then disappear for a month before surfacing in rivers.
- 21:45Tim theorizes the perpetrators communicate on the dark web and operate like terrorist cells.
- 22:05He questions whether graffiti associated with the deaths has cult significance.
- 22:24American history hasn't properly examined occult and Masonic influences on how powerful groups in the country formed and behave.
- 23:10Occult doesn't mean Hot Topic goths; it means people with a shared belief system that drives their actions.
- 23:39Bohemian Grove members wear hoods in Monterey, California and perform mock sacrifices to Moloch the owl as fraternity camaraderie.
- 24:03The victims killed share a similar profile, suggesting a deliberate targeting.
- 24:21Numerology—the number of letters in a name and the significance of dates when people disappear—may play a role in the killings.