Rolling Stone Smiley Face Killer

Were their deaths accidental or will the investigation reveal evidence of foul play.

Rolling stone smiley face killer.

In 2019 rolling stone did a profile of the smiley face killer a nameless serial killer or killers still at large allegedly responsible for over 40 drowning deaths of mainly college educated white men in the midwest. The use of undetermined usually means there s no clear evidence of foul play. Oz contributor melissa moore whose father was a notorious serial killer is the latest audio series to be adapted for television. With bobby chacon derek ellington jason kolowski mike donovan.

Well presented series looking into the deaths of 6 healthy young men who accidentally drowned. The investigators responsible for popularizing the smiley face killer theory in 2008 kevin gannon and anthony duarte based a significant amount of their theorizing on the disappearance of 21 year old fordham university student patrick mcneill in new york city on feb. Cbs all access is developing the. As arntfield puts it jack the ripper and the smiley face killer are two great examples of the press combined with opportunistic people turning a series of tragedies into a myth of a killer.

Hard evidence on the smiley face killer is scarce but the theory has serious adherents. A s rolling stone notes almost all of the deaths that former detectives kevin gannon and anthony duarte believe are connected to the smiley face killer have been ruled either accidental or undetermined drownings.