Rolling Stone Smiley Face Killer

They picked the name because smiley.

Rolling stone smiley face killer.

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. 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. 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. That night mcneill was last seen leaving a bar called the dapper dog on manhattan s upper east side. Happy face the podcast about dr. 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.

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. Well presented series looking into the deaths of 6 healthy young men who accidentally drowned.