The Smiley Face Killer - Fact or Fiction?

The Smiley Face Killer - Fact or Fiction?

Between 2009 and March 2016, authorities searching Boston area waterways recovered the bodies of at least 11 people, mostly young men, who had previously been reported missing.

This happens across the world - from small towns to huge cities. In England, 61 bodies, mostly of young men, were recovered from the canals of Greater Manchester between 2008 and 2014.

Could all these deaths really just be accidents or is there something more at play here?

Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we discuss the possibility of Smiley Face Killer/s being responsible for some of these disappearances and deaths. Are a network of domestic terrorists working together to carry out these crimes?

We also discuss some cases where Smiley Face graffiti was found near a location where a previously missing man was found dead -

- A smiley face was found painted on an overpass near where Dakota James' body was found.
- Tommy Booth went missing from a bar in 2008 and his body was found in a creek behind the venue two weeks later. A smiley face was painted on a wall under the deck of the bar.
- Lucas Homan went missing from La Cross, Wisconsin in 2009. He left a bar to walk home with a friend and was not seen alive again. The friend woke up the next day in the ER with a head injury and no memory of what happened. Lucas' body was pulled from the Mississippi River days after and a smiley face was found painted near the scene.
- Todd Geib went missing in 2005 from Michigan. His body was found three weeks later in a lake that had already been searched. A smiley face had been spray-painted on a tree near where his body was found, and a smiley face sticker was later placed on his gravesite.
- William Hurley went missing in Boston in 2009 after leaving a Bruins game. His body was found in the Charles River six days later and there was a smiley face painted near the scene.

You can listen to this episode on Spotify here -
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5OMIzW20IF3eclaVjznwqw?si=S5LLf89QQIWnwLkLmkjiFQ

and Apple here-
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/true-crime-society/id1504300714?i=1000543697343

In our last episode, we did a deep dive on the cases of 6 men who had vanished and were either found in waterways or are still missing. Make sure you listen to that episode first!

You can listen to the first episode here - https://open.spotify.com/episode/34H1dMmMjZYO6sZ6p0aHN1?si=c36b55bc525d48f0

and here - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/accident-or-murder-why-do-missing-men-keep-turning/id1504300714?i=1000543019867

You can read our blog for more information on all the cases discussed here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2021/11/10/missing-men-and-waterways-what-is-going-on/

Thank you as always for listening!



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The Todt Family Murders

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Missing Corinna Slusser & Human Trafficking

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