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Going Down the Rabbit Hole: Emailing Detectives and Dark Web Theories
from The Smiley Face Killers · #132
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
2 minHe describes spiraling into obsessive research, emailing detectives and dark-web contacts, and explains how untraceable messages (even inside video games) could let a killer network communicate.
- 12:51Tim argues the cops and FBI dismiss deaths as accidental when they may not be, citing FBI denial of the Franklin scandal.
- 13:19Oxygen aired a limited series about these deaths dubbed the Smiley Face Killers based on graffiti found near some recovery sites.
- 13:44The graffiti connection is weak—sometimes found so far from bodies it seems negligible to the investigation.
- 14:02Tim questions why young athletes would walk miles from bars in winter when they have Uber and Lyft available.
- 14:29The pattern of deaths is strange because these victims weren't poor and had resources to get home safely.
- 14:45Detective Kevin Gannon followed the case for years and held a press conference in 2008 about the coordinated killings.
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