by Travis Mateer
The screen-shot above comes from an Entertainment News article from 2019 about a theory I am increasingly growing suspicious of, and that’s the Smiley Face Theory asserting ONLY young men are being hunted by a network of killers, and that these killers use graffiti’d smiley faces to proudly signal their work.
There are a number of reasons I’ve grown weary of this theory, and those who are promoting it, but it’s NOT because I think the core assertion is necessarily wrong. Like I wrote in my kick-ass Super Bowl post, my thinking on this theory has moved toward these killers existing as a sub-culture vs. cells of isolated human hunters, and because of this evolution in my thinking, I’ve started to see promoters of this theory as witting or unwitting players in a purposeful distraction that obfuscates the true scope of what we’re dealing with.
William Ramsey is one of the main promoters of this theory, having written a book and made two documentaries about it, but I caught William using my own insights without crediting me after he dismissed those insights as not relevant in an email.
This email correspondence was from October of last year. When I heard William Ramsey on a recent podcast interview CHANGING HIS TUNE about this movie, I complained about it to one of his main apologists, who I communicated with back in October, since this “expert” on the Smiley Face Killers was appearing so stupidly dismissive.
Well, now even the apologist is shutting me out, blocking me after his handler approach to my frustration didn’t work. Here’s a portion of our conversation:
First, let’s get a few things straight: I actually DO CARE about making a dollar, but making a dollar will ALWAYS take a back seat to THE TRUTH. Second, this supposed “researcher” is NOT my friend, which was made clear when this coward quickly blocked me after it became apparent I couldn’t be easily handled while his “expert” pal LARP’s the Smiley Face Theory for book sales.
Let’s get back to the originators of this theory, the New York cops who I’m sure are in this game for pure, honorable reasons, and not to get some co-ed action while searching for missing college-aged men. Am I wrong to assume noble intentions from New York cops like Kevin Gannon? From the link:
Kevin Gannon, the ex-New York cop who believes a team of “smiley-face” serial killers is responsible for the drownings of young men across the country, was investigated in the sexual assault of a 19-year-old University of St. Thomas student last spring during the search for a missing St. Thomas freshman.
The investigation was closed late last summer after Ramsey County prosecutors “reviewed the case and declined charges citing insufficient evidence to pursue prosecution,” said St. Paul police spokesman Sgt. Paul Schnell.
“One of the challenges in the investigation was the lack of cooperation by Mr. Gannon,” Schnell added. “While the case is currently inactive, the department can reopen the inquiry as may be warranted and future investigative efforts cannot be ruled out.”
This situation arose MANY years ago, but I think it’s worth considering, especially when the involvement of this cop in the search for the missing college dude was so UNimpressive. Here’s what I’m talking about regarding this investigation in RAMSEY County (interesting coincidence):
According to one search organizer, Gannon had not done much to help, “with the exception of hanging around downstairs, talking with female volunteers and eating,” the police file states. The student “said Gannon would just sit around eating and talking to the females — telling them ‘war stories.’ ”
Other students told investigators that Gannon called the alleged victim “pretty” and complimented her on “her beautiful legs.”
The assault allegedly took place April 19 in the parking lot of the U.S. Bank office park at 2751 Shepard Road in St. Paul. Surveillance cameras recorded a Lincoln matching Gannon’s rental vehicle’s description in the parking lot for 73 minutes that evening.
The student, described by police as “very distraught,” was first interviewed by St. Paul police April 23. She told Sgt. Shannon Hutton that she did not know Zamlen well but that some of her friends involved in the search did.
She joined the search and also had heard the rumors that Zamlen “was abducted by the Smiley Face Killers,” according to Hutton’s report.
“They told us about their NYPD stories and filled us all with hope,” the student told Hutton. “They said they were going to figure this out, and they were going to help us find Dan.”
Giving desperate people hope is one of the oldest grifts in the book. I mean, entire RELIGIONS have been created due to the mortal dread we all experience at some point living these finite lives of ours, so this scenario is not surprising at all, but it IS disappointing, since I really do think these young men are being hunted by well-organized and highly protected killers.
I hope I’m wrong about William Ramsey and his apologist pal, Jim, but at the end of the day I do appreciate the clarity on this topic they’ve helped me gain, so THANKS BOYS! I’m going to keep kicking-ass, like my recent discovery of an occult Montana connection so big, I’m figuring out how to absorb it into my understanding of this region and the role its going to play in the madness that’s about to descend, so stay tuned!
And, as always, thanks for reading!