Digital Social Hour
How Killers Exploit Police Loopholes to Escape | Alex Cody Foster DSH #1190
19 Feb 2025
How do killers exploit police loopholes to escape justice? 🕵️♂️ Tune in to this captivating episode of the Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly, featuring Alex Cody Foster—a true crime expert and writer with jaw-dropping insights into the mind-boggling world of serial killers and law enforcement blind spots. 🚨 Alex shares chilling accounts of the Smiley Face Killer phenomenon, the dark web of cult-like killer groups, and the investigative loopholes that help these criminals evade capture. From his harrowing personal experiences to uncovering conspiracies that could change history, this episode is packed with valuable insights you won’t hear anywhere else. 😱 Don’t miss Alex’s stories about his own tumultuous journey, encounters with criminals, and his groundbreaking work on "We Hunt Serial Killers." Watch now and subscribe for more insider secrets on the Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly! 📺 Hit that subscribe button and stay tuned for more eye-opening stories! 🚀🎙️ CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 01:32 - Smiley Face Killers 02:38 - Your Mother 06:27 - Your Grandfather 09:56 - How Alex Found Himself 13:07 - Alex’s Last Experience 17:01 - Alex’s First Ghostwriting Gig 19:38 - Empathy in Ghostwriting 22:10 - Transition to Cinematography 23:32 - Long Island Serial Killer Case 29:40 - FBI Report Insights 31:40 - Netflix Series Analysis 34:30 - Trump and Missing Children 35:40 - John McAfee 38:00 - Alex’s Premonition of McAfee’s Death 44:50 - Alex’s Book Deal with Bitcoin Founder 46:56 - John McAfee Discussion 48:40 - The Rat 52:20 - Monetizing True Crime 57:16 - The Dark Side of True Crime 58:28 - Exploring Karma 59:30 - We Hunt Serial Killers 1:03:15 - What's Next for You 1:04:07 - Future Projects 1:04:10 - Wrapping Up 1:04:12 - Importance of Authenticity 1:04:50 - Outro APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: [email protected] GUEST: Alex Cody Foster https://www.instagram.com/alexfosterghostwriter/ https://www.alexfosterghostwriter.com/ LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/ #horrorstories #patrickmcneill #kevingannon #scarystories #truecrime
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...to this group is that they know investigative methods. They know law enforcement methodology. They know so like acutely what law enforcement does. And if they frame these perfect crimes as drownings by just another drunk college kid, they're not examined as anything else. All right, guys. Alex Cody Foster here in Vegas today. Long flight from Maine, right?
It was. It actually had a bunch of delays, and it ended up being like 12 and a half hours. Holy crap. Was it snowing out there?
Yeah, it was snowing. They had to de-ice the plane. We were running out of fuel when we were coming in because Trump was here. Oh, wow. So they wouldn't allow us to land because there was so much air traffic. So we had to reroute because we were running out of fuel. Damn. Back to Phoenix, get fuel, and then come back here. Dude, that's crazy. It's been a shit show, man.
I went to Minneapolis before. I had to do two extra days because I had to overnight in different cities because of delays. But it's worth it, man. It's fun. I love travel. I love it. Were you out in Minneapolis doing interviews or what were you doing there?
Yeah, I was there for... We have serial killers. It's the project that I started in 2024. And there are a lot of cases in Minneapolis and La Crosse that belong to the alleged smiley face killer phenomenon. And so we were out there, actually on behalf of iHeart Radio, we just got a green light that I'm doing a show with.
So we're out there interviewing a lot of victims' families and eyewitnesses and stuff. Yeah, so smiley face killers, how many of them are there allegedly?
uh that is a very good question so my former partner and friend kevin gannon he's the detective who broke the story back in 1997 with the case of patrick mcneil and he believes that there are over a thousand members yeah that's crazy thousand members i haven't been able to verify that um
but I know that there is a coordinated group effort and that these guys have been working together for a long time. So I think that there are at least dozens of members. And I think originally it was just a small group of killers who sort of found each other during the advent of the internet age in the late nineties. and started working together and killing people.
That's way more than I expected. I thought it'd be like a handful. Yeah. That's pretty scary, man. When you take all of the potential cases and put them together, it's over 700. So it could be the biggest serial killer cult in history. Whoa. That is crazy. Speaking of cults, Oh yeah. That's fun stuff. Perfect segue into your mother, man. So was it your mother and father or just your mother?
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