Are these deaths the work of the 'Smiley Face Killers' — or just unfortunate drowning accidents?
and whose testimonies pointed to dares, suicide attempts, and, most commonly, accidents. The Center for Homicide Research’s own team found that footwear slip marks are common on the riverbanks of Minneapolis.
Examples of smiley face graffiti identified by the investigators near various crime scenes. Photograph courtesy of Dr. Lee Gilbertson This desire to finger-point can also contribute to a larger phenomenon called moral panic, described as the spread of fear over an often-exaggerated or mischaracterized societal threat, from the Salem witch trials to the “satanic panic” of the 1980s. The spread of moral panics has grown with the expansion of media and its influence over society — when Jack the Ripper was supposedly stalking London, for example, it was in the early stages of tabloid newspapers.
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