Who do you think is the most prolific killer and why? I’m also now on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook! There are even more places for you to talk to me about your mysteries. Drop a line in the usual place with DREAD THE UNSOLVED suggestions. Thanks for hanging out with DREAD THE UNSOLVED! We’ve talked about smart killers, lucky killers, unknown killers, and now I want to know if I missed a killer. Rader, do you know why you’re going downtown?” All he could say was, “Oh, I have suspicions why.”
When the cops arrested him they asked, “Mr. This, combined with some sleuthing, led the police to Rader. There was a Word document on the floppy with metadata indicating that it was from Christ Lutheran Church, and last edited by “Dennis”. The police of course got this floppy and got to digging.
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So Rader took the word of the police and sent a purple Memorex floppy to a TV station in Wichita, Kansas. They were more than helpful and told him that a floppy would be hella safe. He figured he’d just ask some people that would definitely know if a floppy disk could be tracked. The only problem was technology truly had passed by Rader. How better to show you’re “hip” and “with it” to send your letter on a floppy disc? That is truly the most innovative way to send something digitally in 2005. Also Read: New SPOOKY SWAP MEET Haunted Los Angeles for Half-O-Ween In 2005, high on his own superiority complex, Rader decided to send a taunting letter. Rader was killing for so long, that technology was able to pass him by. Who is prolific through sheer luck? Well, that honor of course goes to Dennis Rader, also known as the BTK killer. Is that prolific? Certainly, the most prolific that police haven’t caught. They stated that they believed there are actually multiple serial killers operating out of Chicago. In 2019, the Chicago Police Department gave us all a cheery update. They’ve chosen a part of Chicago that isn’t well-policed. Beat police, detectives, private investigators, and even amateur sleuths like me have all come up empty. What’s scary about this, is that no one knows anything. Why don’t we go a bit deeper? Let’s get into a mystery with some seriously creepy vibes.
45 college-aged males that had been drinking is a hefty body count. So if The Smiley Face Killer is real, I’d consider them to be pretty prolific. I’ll leave it up to you to decide for yourself, of course. Then again, maybe people just like drawing smiley faces? I personally think there’s something to go off of here, even if mainstream law enforcement thinks there isn’t. Twelve out of 45 almost passes this out of the realm of unbelievable to slightly believable. The smiley face graffiti was found in at least 12 of these cases. They were almost always found after leaving a bar or party with alcohol. Now for some quick facts: These men were found drowned in 11 different states. From the late ’90s to as recently as 2017, 45 college-aged males can be loosely connected to the modus operandi of The Smiley Face Killer. Gannon and Duarte decided that this graffiti wasn’t a coincidence. Also Read: The Boy in the Box: Who is America’s Unknown Child? You know, the smiley face? The simplest thing to draw? Two dots and a curve, yeah? That was everywhere. Dubbed “The Smiley Face Killer” after crime scene photos showed that often these young men were found near smiley face graffiti. In their eyes, these accidental drownings are the work of a highly organized killer or killers. Retired New York City Detectives Kevin Gannon and Anhony Duarte, along with criminal justice professor Dr. Now this seems to be the tragic outcome of drinking and swimming, or drinking and being anywhere close to a body of water. Well in the late 90’s, college-aged dudes be drownin’. I’m Jans Holstrom, and this, is Dread: The Unsolved… It’s in this tradition of poring over the details of serial killer cases, that I want to talk about the most prolific serial killers in history. When it comes to their notoriety, we, as a society, like us some grim details to make our lives a bit more livable. It’s understandable because we’re people. We don’t like that a person can wantonly slaughter other people. So why do we elevate serial killers to an almost celebrity status? We are afraid. Chin up though, because your odds of being killed by a serial killer are roughly 0.00039%. Various sources tell us that at any given time, there are 50 active serial killers in the world. How can someone decide that killing is what defines them? Of course, some serial killers lived lives outside of their dark escapades, but it’s a relative few. I wake up every day, go about business, and don’t murder anyone. Some of us want to know way more than others, but the urge is there.
Most of us would like to know what pushes people to kill.